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{
"rr0": [
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/34",
"basic_date": "4/4/34",
"date": "4/4/34",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In China, a \"shooting star\" white in size of the Moon appears. Around it, about 10 small stars turn. (4 April)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/34.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_0"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/80",
"basic_date": "80",
"date": "80",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Caledonia, the Roman Emperor Agricola and others observe, on a clear day, an aerial vessel flying over the country \\(*Present-day Scotland*\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/80.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/98",
"basic_date": "98",
"date": "98",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Rome, a flaming shield is seen above the city.",
"ref": [
"[W. Raymond Drake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DrakeWalterRaymond.html), *Gods and Spacemen in Greece and Rome*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/98.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/189",
"basic_date": "189",
"date": "189",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(or 190\\) Under the reign of the tyrant Commodus, a bright and large object was seen crossing the sky in broad daylight.",
"ref": [
"Lampride, *Life of Commodus*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/189.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/193",
"basic_date": "193",
"date": "193",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Publius Helvius Pertinax \\(126-193\\), after a successful military career and a consul post, was chosen by the conspirators who had just freed Rome from the tyrannical Commodus to take his place. He was assassinated a few months after his accession to the throne by the Praetorian Guard. In the last three months of his brief reign, he had coins minted. One of these coins was found in Syria and can be seen in the Federico Eusebio Archaeological Museum in Alba, the Piedmont city where Publius Helvius Pertinax was born. This coin has the remarkable peculiarity of showing what could well be a mysterious flying object. In the Italian ufology magazine *Clypeus*, numismatist Renato Gatto gave the following description: <br/><br/>The Emperor Pertinax \\(...\\) had coins minted not with any star \\(a decorative motif often used to immortalize great events\\) but with a globe surmounted by antennas similar to those of our first artificial satellites. Many experts, after examining these coins, agreed to affirm that the object represented was neither the Sun, nor the Moon, nor any other celestial body. This certainty is based on the fact that the 4 \"rays\" of the globe in question are arranged in a completely different way from that which characterizes the representations of stars. The words *Providentia deorum* engraved on one of the faces of the coin exalt the goodness of the gods. On the other face, one sees a woman personifying *Providentia*, a minor divinity who must have manifested herself at the time of the appearance of the four-rayed globe that Rome wanted to commemorate.<br/><br/>Is it rash to suggest that this antennaed globe could be one of those mysterious flying objects called UFOs? By looking at the photographs of the coin, one sees a woman stretching out her hands towards an enigmatic object above her, a globe from which 4 rays emerge in asymmetrical positions, while the usual representations of a known star are symmetrical. But then, what is the mysterious event commemorated by the coin? The Roman historian of the 5th century Lampridius speaks in his *Life of Commodus* of a bright and quite large object that had crossed the sky during the reign of the tyrant. The excellent Greek historian Herodian \\(170-240\\), considered one of the most reliable of his time and who held public offices in Rome, confirms in his *Notes on the History of the Empire after Marcus Aurelius* \\(book 1\\) that stars were seen suspended in the air in broad daylight at that time and locates the appearance of the event in 189 or 190. It is therefore quite possible that the coin of Emperor Pertinax wanted to account for its appearance.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/193.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_4"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/235",
"basic_date": "235",
"date": "235",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In China, Liang went to war against the kingdom of Wei. While his troops were stationed at Wei-nan, a [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) red emitting \"pointed rays\" came from the sky towards the southwest of his camp above which it moved 3 times back and forth, each time with a greater magnitude forward than on its withdrawal. Soon, Liang died in his camp. His troops then burned it and left. A little later, Liang's generals began to fight each other. These events will not surprise anyone because all Chinese thought that the passage or fall of a meteor on an army invariably foreshadowed its defeat.",
"ref": [
"Edmond Biot, *General Catalogue of Shooting Stars in China for Twenty-Four Centuries*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/235.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_5"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/251",
"basic_date": "251",
"date": "251",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Under the consuls P. Posthumius Tubertus 2 and Agrippa Monenius Lanatus, in the year 251 of Rome, in the thickest of the night, lances of fire were seen in the sky.",
"ref": [
"Julius Obsequiens \\< Costaglioga 1998",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/251.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_6"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/251",
"basic_date": "251",
"date": "251",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sometimes a star shoots out of the sky, or else they are fires, sometimes stationary and still, sometimes rolling through space. We observe various kinds: we have wheels, when a luminous edge surrounds a vast depression in the sky, similar to a deep and circular cavity... When an enormous mass of rounded fire moves through the sky or burns in place; chiasmas when a corner of the sky opens up and through this sort of crevice reveals a flame in the mysterious space.",
"ref": [
"Julius Obsequiens \\< Costaglioga 1998",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/251.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_7"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/251",
"basic_date": "251",
"date": "251",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) There are those brilliant [meteors](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) that suddenly depart like shooting stars, others remain in place emitting such a bright light that they dispel the darkness and bring back the day until, having consumed what fed them, they become less bright and like a diminishing flame gradually fading away. They often appear in the clouds, better seen above them.",
"ref": [
"Julius Obsequiens \\< Costaglioga 1998",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/251.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_8"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/300",
"basic_date": "300",
"date": "300",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In a small and rocky valley closed off on all sides, he saw a snuffling dwarf with horns on its head and forked extremities like those of goats. At this sight, Antoine, like a good soldier, seized the shield of faith and the helmet of hope: nevertheless, the creature offered him the fruit of the palm tree to sustain him on his journey and as a kind of peace offering. Antoine, seeing this, stopped and asked him who he was. The answer he received was this: \"I am a mortal being and one of the inhabitants of the Desert whom the Gentiles abused by designating him in an erroneous cult of various forms under the names of Fauns, Satyrs and Incubi. I am sent to represent my people. We beg you to solicit for us the favor of your Lord and ours, who, we have learned, once came to save the world, and whose voice has penetrated the whole earth.\" As he uttered these words, tears streamed down the old traveler's cheeks, witnesses of his deep emotion, and which he shed in the fullness of his joy. He rejoiced in the glory of Christ and the destruction of Satan, and marveled at being able to understand the language of the satyr during all this time, and, striking the ground with his staff, he said: \"Woe to you, Alexandria, who, instead of God, have worshiped monsters! Woe to you, city of prostitutes, in which the demons of the whole world rush together. What have you to say now? Beasts that speak of Christ, and you who, instead of God, worship monsters...\" He had not finished speaking when - as if it had wings - the wild creature fled far away. Let no one have any scruple in believing this incident; its truth is affirmed by what happened when Constantine was on the throne, an affair of which the whole world was witness. For a man of this kind was brought alive to Alexandria and shown to the people as a wonderful spectacle. Later, to prevent his corpse from rotting in the heat, it was preserved in salt and taken to Antioch so that the Emperor could see it.",
"ref": [
"Saint Jerome, *The Life of Saint Antoine the First Hermit*, Chapter 8",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/300.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_9"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/457",
"basic_date": "457",
"date": "457",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Great Britain and northern France, a flamboyant thing in the shape of a globe is seen in the sky. Its size is immense and from this ball of fire two beams come out, one that goes further than France, and the other that goes towards Ireland, and ends in fire, like beams.",
"ref": [
"Conrad Wolffart, known as Lycosthenes, professor at the University of Basel, Switzerland, since 1539",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/457.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_10"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/500",
"basic_date": "500",
"date": "500",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Probable settlement of Easter Island by navigators from the Society Islands or the Marquesas Islands, via the Gambier Islands.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/500.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_11"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/577",
"basic_date": "577",
"date": "577",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A fireball as big as the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html) traverses the sky towards the West, accompanied by a loud noise and winding through the air.",
"ref": [
"Abel Rémusat, *Le journal de la physique et de la chimie*, 1819",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/577.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_12"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/584",
"basic_date": "584",
"date": "584",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Appeared in the sky bright rays of light that seemed to cross and collide.",
"ref": [
"Saint Gregory, Bishop of Tours, *Historia Francorum* --- \"History of the Franks\"",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/584.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_13"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/585",
"basic_date": "9/585",
"date": "9/585",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Some people saw signs, namely rays or domes as one usually sees... flying in the sky. (September)",
"ref": [
"Saint Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Historia Francorum --- *History of the Franks*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/585.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_14"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/637",
"basic_date": "637",
"date": "637",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, a large star moved from east to west, and there was a sound that resembled thunder. People of that time said that it was the crash of the star falling. But the Buddhist priest Bin said: \"It is not the star that falls, it is the Celestial Dog whose bark is like thunder\" \\(...\\) The Celestial Dog is a winged creature with a human form, with an incredibly long nose; it frequents mountains and secluded places.",
"ref": [
"*Nihon-shoki*, cited by W. Raymond Drake",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/637.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_15"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/7/640",
"basic_date": "4/7/640",
"date": "4/7/640",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In China, an astre is observed entering the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html). \\(Or 642. The seventh day of the second month of spring.\\) (April 7)",
"ref": [
"*Nihon-shoki,* cited by W. Raymond Drake",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/640.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_16"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/7/642",
"basic_date": "4/7/642",
"date": "4/7/642",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In China, an astre is observed entering the Moon. \\(Or 640. The seventh day of the second month of spring.\\) (April 7)",
"ref": [
"*Nihon-shoki,* cited by W. Raymond Drake",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/642.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_17"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/661",
"basic_date": "661",
"date": "Autumn 661",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First day of the 8th month. In China, the imperial prince, after coming to bow to the mortal remains of the deceased empress, returns to the Ihase palace. That night, at the top of Mount Asakura, there is a Spirit wearing a large hat who watches the funeral proceedings. Everyone present gives loud cries of astonishment. (Autumn)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/661.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_18"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/3/680",
"basic_date": "11/3/680",
"date": "11/3/680",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In China, a brightness is seen in the east from Dog Hour \\(8 PM\\) to Rat Hour \\(midnight\\). (November 3, 8 PM-12 AM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/680.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_19"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/3/682",
"basic_date": "8/3/682",
"date": "8/3/682",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In China, a great star traverses the sky from East to West above Tsukushi. (August 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/682.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_20"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/11/682",
"basic_date": "8/11/682",
"date": "8/11/682",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) something appeared that had the shape of a Buddhist baptismal flag, flame-colored. It hovered in the void, headed north and was seen from all provinces. Some said it plunged into the sea off Koshi. (August 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/682.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_21"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/692",
"basic_date": "692",
"date": "Autumn 692",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In China, one can see in the night the planets Mars and [Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html) approach each other and then move away 4 times in succession, shining and fading alternately. (Autumn)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/692.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_22"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/776",
"basic_date": "776",
"date": "776",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Annales Laurissenses* testify to an astonishing observation during the Saxon siege of the Frankish fortress of Sigisburg: Saxon warriors who were preparing the siege of a castle where Franks were sheltered, were put to flight at the sight of two \"flaming shields\" descending from the sky and moving above the chapel.",
"ref": [
"Paul Misraki, *Des Signes dans le Ciel*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/776.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_23"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/789",
"basic_date": "789",
"date": "789",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A law prohibiting contact with the peoples of the clouds is promulgated by Charlemagne \\(747-814\\) in Aachen.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/789.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_24"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/793",
"basic_date": "1/793",
"date": "1/793",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the monastery of St Cuthbert \\(Lindisfarne\\), the monks witnessed remarkable phenomena: terrible portents appeared in Northumbria, greatly afflicting its inhabitants. These were exceptional lightning bolts \\[*sky-bourne portents*\\], and fire dragons seen flying in the air and Fire dragons in the sky terrified the unfortunate nation of the English. Shortly after the observation, the monastery was attacked and razed by invading Vikings. The dragons observed were seen as an ill omen. (January)",
"ref": [
"Roger de Wendover",
"Anglo Saxon Chronicles",
"Mysterious Britain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/793.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_25"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/807",
"basic_date": "807",
"date": "807",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Charlemagne's court astronomers reported that a small planet, the size of Mercury, interposed itself between the [Sun](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Soleil.html) and the [Earth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Terre.html) for 8 days. This planet appeared in the [Sun](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Soleil.html)'s disk as a black spot. There were also 4 eclipses: 3 of [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Lune.html), 1 of [Sun](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Soleil.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/807.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_26"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/814",
"basic_date": "814",
"date": "814",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of Charlemagne.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/814.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_27"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/814",
"basic_date": "814",
"date": "814",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Many lunar and solar eclipses are observed.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/814.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_28"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/842",
"basic_date": "3/842",
"date": "3/842",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Multicolored armies are seen marching in the sky... these observations of infernal armies are nocturnal, and sometimes accompanied the siege of Jerusalem. (March)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/842.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_29"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/919",
"basic_date": "919",
"date": "919",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An object like a flaming torch is observed in the sky, with spheres flying above Hungary, emitting a light brighter than the stars.",
"ref": [
"*Ribera El gran enigma*, p. 356",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/919.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_30"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/927",
"basic_date": "927",
"date": "927",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The city of Verdun, like all of Eastern France, sees armies of fire appear in the sky. A similar phenomenon appeared at various times.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/927.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_31"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/950",
"basic_date": "950",
"date": "950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the town of Cloera \\(old Ireland\\), on a Sunday when the population was attending religious service, a metal anchor with a long rope attached to it fell from the sky and one of its pointed legs got stuck in the wooden arch above the church door. The congregation immediately rushed outside and saw a man jumping from some kind of stationary ship in the sky and descending down the rope to free the anchor. He moved like a submarine diver. People rushed to apprehend him, but the bishop ordered that he be released. The stranger then quickly ascended back to the ship which rose and disappeared, after cutting the rope. The anchor remained in the church as a testimony to this event.",
"ref": [
"*Speculum Regali*, according to [Frank Edwards](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ufologues.html\\#EdwardsFrank)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_32"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/3/989",
"basic_date": "8/3/989",
"date": "8/3/989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, during a period of great social unrest, 3 round objects of an unusual brilliance were observed. Shortly afterwards, they come together to form only one. (August 3)",
"ref": [
"Vallee 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_33"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1034",
"basic_date": "1034",
"date": "1034",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Fireball sailing from South to East and then to West. An illumination shows a kind of cigar surrounded by flames flying over green valleys. Incunable \\(printed book or phamplet\\) from 1493 from the library of Saint Atry.",
"ref": [
"Wartmann Schaeden \\< archives de Verdun \\< discovered by the canon Boulleaux, LDLN 329 \\< Costaglioga 1998",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1034.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_34"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1054",
"basic_date": "1054",
"date": "1054",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Chinese astronomers observe the supernova that will give birth to the Crab Nebula, in the constellation of Taurus.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1054.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_35"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1104",
"basic_date": "1104",
"date": "1104",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Switzerland, \"fiery torches, streaks of fire, and flying fire were often seen in the sky that year. And there were close to the stars, like swarms of butterflies and small strange fiery worms. They flew in the sky and darkened the sky as clouds would have done\".",
"ref": [
"Wolffart",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1104.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_36"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1113",
"basic_date": "1113",
"date": "1113",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In England, a group of clerics from Laon travel from town to town in Wessex \\(southwest England\\), carrying with them the relics of the Virgin Mary, which allow them to perform miraculous healings. Arriving at the coastal town of Christchurch, in Hampshire, they are astonished to see a dragon emerge from the sea, breathing fire from its nostrils.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1113.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_37"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/9/1170",
"basic_date": "3/9/1170",
"date": "3/9/1170",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At St Ostwyth, in Sussex \\(South East England\\), an incredibly large dragon was observed, leaving the Earth to fly into the air. The air was set ablaze by its action and a house was burned to ashes along with its outbuildings. (March 9)",
"ref": [
"Ralph Niger, 12th century chronicler",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1170.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_38"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1180",
"basic_date": "10/27/1180",
"date": "10/27/1180",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, an unusual, luminous object, similar to a clay bowl, flew from a mountain in the Kii province at midnight towards the Fukuhara mountain in the Northeast. After some time, the object changed direction, went South and was lost from sight, leaving behind a luminous trail. (October 27th, 0:00)",
"ref": [
"as reported by ancient Japanese documents",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1180.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_39"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1211",
"basic_date": "1211",
"date": "1211",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) He arrived in the town of Cloera \\(Ireland\\), on a Sunday, while everyone was at Mass, something wonderful. There is in this town a church dedicated to Saint Kinarus. It happened that an anchor was thrown from the sky, attached to a rope, and one of the beaks caught in the arch above the church door. People ran out of the church and saw in the sky a ship with men on board, which floated in front of the anchor cable, and they saw a man climb over the railing and jump to the anchor as if to free it. It seemed he was swimming in the water. People rushed to try to seize him but the bishop forbade them to catch the man because, he said, it could kill him. The man was left free and hurried to the ship; the crew cut the rope and the ship set sail until it was out of sight. It is said that the anchor was kept in the church. This story has been located in many other places the same year including Gravesend in Kent \\(England\\) or Bristol \\(Somerset\\). Other sources suggest that the Cloera story dates from 965 and appeared in the *Speculum Regale*.",
"ref": [
"Irish story telling the two incidents of Drake and Wilkin",
"Mysterious Britain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1211.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_40"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/30/1222",
"basic_date": "11/30/1222",
"date": "11/30/1222",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In London \\(England\\), \"dragons\" are observed above the city. After the observation, violent storms cause significant flooding. (November 30)",
"ref": [
"Mysterious Britain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1222.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_41"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/24/1235",
"basic_date": "9/24/1235",
"date": "9/24/1235",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, General Yoritsume camps with his army. Suddenly, his sentinels observe a curious phenomenon: mysterious sources of light come and go, swirl to the southwest, describing loops, and this until morning. General Yoritsume orders that a thorough scientific examination be carried out, and his collaborators get to work. It takes them little time to draw up their report: the phenomenon is quite natural. It is only the wind that moves the stars. (September 24)",
"ref": [
"Yusuke J. Matsumura, from Yokohama",
"Vallee 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1235.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_42"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/24/1239",
"basic_date": "7/24/1239",
"date": "7/24/1239",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As the Sun set, a great star appeared over Hereford and Worcester \\(towns in the west of England, close to the Welsh border\\), rising in the south and giving off a great light. It had the shape of a large head, the front part was sparkling and the back part was emitting smoke and flashes. And, it turned towards the north... not quickly, nor fast indeed, but precisely as if it wanted to ascend to a place in the sky. (July 24)",
"ref": [
"Matthew of Paris, British chronicler, Historia Anglorum - \"History of the English\"",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1239.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_43"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/1/1254",
"basic_date": "1/1/1254",
"date": "1/1/1254",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Hertfordshire/Middlesex \\(England\\), monks from the abbey of Saint-Alban saw around midnight, a kind of large vessel of elegant shape, well rigged and of a wonderful colour, in a serene sky and in fine weather, the stars shone clearly and the moon was in its 8th day of its month; the monks contemplated it for a long time before it disappeared. (1st January, 0h)",
"ref": [
"an English chronicler",
"Wilding-White 1977",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1254.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_44"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/6/1269",
"basic_date": "12/6/1269",
"date": "12/6/1269",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At dusk, a strange cross-shaped brightness shone high in the sky and illuminated the city of Krakow. (December 6)",
"ref": [
"Martin Cromer, History of Poland",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1269.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_45"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/12/1271",
"basic_date": "9/12/1271",
"date": "9/12/1271",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, Priest Nichiren is about to be beheaded at Tatsunokuchi, Kamakura, when an object flying in the sky resembling a full [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html), bright and shining, appears. The authorities are taken by panic and the execution does not take place. (September 12)",
"ref": [
"Vallee 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1271.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_46"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1290",
"basic_date": "1290",
"date": "1290",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing by Gigi depicting the observation of Byland Abbey, see images/1290.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1290.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_47"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1361",
"basic_date": "1361",
"date": "1361",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An object flying described as drum-shaped, measuring about 6 m in diameter emerged from an island located west of Japan.",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1361.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_48"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1388",
"basic_date": "11/1388",
"date": "11/1388",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A fire in the sky, like a spinning wheel and blazing, or a circular barrel of flames, emitting fire from above, and others in the form of long burning rays, were observed for much of the winter in Leicester County, and also in Northampton County. (November-December)",
"ref": [
"Henry Knighton, *Continuation of the Chronicle of Leicester*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1388.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_49"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1389",
"basic_date": "4/1389",
"date": "4/1389",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Leicester one lived in many places, in April, a flying dragon. (April)",
"ref": [
"Henry Knighton, *Continuation of the Chronicle of Leicester*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1389.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_50"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/2/1394",
"basic_date": "9/2/1394",
"date": "9/2/1394",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A strange object flew over Forli \\(Italy\\) multiple times: At the beginning of the month of September, many \"asud\" \\[name given to celestial objects, notes Professor Marzocchi\\] appeared in the sky and shooting stars. The flying object was observed by many witnesses: The same year, on the 2nd day of the month of September, at the 2nd hour of the night, a large asud appeared to men who were on the public square of Forli and to others in other places assembled; it crossed the sky very slowly and stayed in the sky for the time of 2 *Pater Noster*, and it was large in length of one step and when it disappeared -the men who were on the square reported it - it sent out a smell of burning wood and we heard other people who assured that said asud of iron was traversing the air in its own way; but then it remained motionless for a time in space and after that time, it gradually disappeared leaving in its place like a cloud and the remains of vapor had taken the form of snakes, a thing quite admirable. (September 2, 2am)",
"ref": [
"Cronica Albertina, manuscript, years 1393-1394 \\< Professor Marzocchi \\< [Michel Bougard](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BougardMichel.html), *La chronique des OVNI*, Delarge 1977, p.72",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1394.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_51"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1425",
"basic_date": "1425",
"date": "1425",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) When I was about 13 years old, I had a voice from God to help me govern myself. The first time, I was very scared. And the voice came around noon, in the summer, in my father's garden. I had not fasted the day before. I heard the voice on the right side of the church, and rarely did I hear it without clarity. \\(...\\) This clarity is on the same side where I hear the voice, and there is usually a great clarity there \\(...\\) - Master Beaupère: How was this voice? - Jeanne: It seemed to me that it was a worthy voice, and I believe that this voice was sent by God. When I had heard this voice 3 times, I knew that it was the voice of an angel. This voice has always kept me well, and I understood this voice well. - Master Beaupère: What teaching did this voice give you for the salvation of your soul? - Jeanne: It taught me to conduct myself well, to attend church \\(...\\). The voice told me to come to France, and I could no longer stay where I was \\(...\\) It told me 2 or 3 times a week that I had to leave and come to France... and I could no longer stay where I was... Jeanne identifies the voices as those of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret.",
"ref": [
"Procès de Jeanne d'Arc, Jeudi 22 Février",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1425.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_52"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/3/1428",
"basic_date": "3/3/1428",
"date": "3/3/1428",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A fire lamp in the air from one to three in the morning. (March 3, 1 AM)",
"ref": [
"Domenico Capranica, Bishop of Fermo",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1428.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_53"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/2/1458",
"basic_date": "1/2/1458",
"date": "1/2/1458",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, a bright object in the sky resembling a full [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html) is seen. This is followed by strange signs in the sky and on the ground. People remain baffled. (2 January)",
"ref": [
"Vallee 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1458.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_54"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/7/1458",
"basic_date": "3/7/1458",
"date": "3/7/1458",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, 5 stars appear, forming a circle around the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html). They change color 3 times and suddenly disappear. The leaders, deeply troubled, believe that this sign is a harbinger of great turmoil throughout the country. All the inhabitants of Kyoto expect disasters to follow and the emperor himself is upset. (March 7)",
"ref": [
"Vallee 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1458.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_55"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/1/1461",
"basic_date": "11/1/1461",
"date": "11/1/1461",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Gregory of Tours. On the night of All Saints 1461, something burning like a bar of iron, long and thick as half the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html), was seen for a short quarter of an hour. It was clearly visible and suddenly this strange thing twisted and turned like a watch spring and went back up to the sky. (November 1st)",
"ref": [
"Jacques Duclarcq, advisor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, Memoirs of a Bourgeois of Arras, reported by Jacques Bassard, av. President Wilson, member of the French Astronomy Society, BSAF, 1954",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1461.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_56"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/1/1461",
"basic_date": "11/1/1461",
"date": "11/1/1461",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Bright great bar of fire, which spread a great splendor above Florence. Circles of fire in the sky of Bolzano.",
"ref": [
"Benvenuto Cellini, Memoirs, ch. 84",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1461.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_57"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1463",
"basic_date": "1463",
"date": "1463",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Engraving of _The Flaming Celestial Object_ observed. See images/1463.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1463.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_58"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/8/1468",
"basic_date": "3/8/1468",
"date": "3/8/1468",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, a dark object making the sound of a wheel flew away at midnight from Mount Kasuga and headed west. The combination of the sound and the dark hue of the flying object is difficult to explain in common terms. (March 8)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1468.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_59"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/16/1492",
"basic_date": "11/16/1492",
"date": "11/16/1492",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Ensisheim \\(Alsace\\), 1st well-observed fall of meteorites, and of which there are still samples. (November 16)",
"ref": [
"[Etienne 1998](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.sat-net.com/spnews/meteorites\\_gen.html)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1492.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_60"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1493",
"basic_date": "1493",
"date": "1493",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Birth of Paracelsus.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1493.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_61"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1493",
"basic_date": "8/13/1493",
"date": "8/13/1493",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting of [Facius Cardan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#CardanFacius). (August 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1493.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_62"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/8/1517",
"basic_date": "11/8/1517",
"date": "11/8/1517",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A large, bright blue sign like the face of a man appears in the western sky above Moldavia. It stays there for a long time, after which it disappears again into the sky. (November 8)",
"ref": [
"Letopisetul Moldovcenesc",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1517.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_63"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1528",
"basic_date": "1528",
"date": "1528",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During the siege of the city of Utrecht \\(Netherlands\\), a strange and cruel sign was seen in the sky --- the shape of a Burgundian cross, just above the city, of a yellow color and horrible to behold.",
"ref": [
"Wolffart",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1528.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_64"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1537",
"basic_date": "1537",
"date": "1537",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) People from Franconia, between Pabenberp and the Thuringian forest, see a star of astonishing size. It descends lower and lower and then becomes a large white circle from which swirls and balls of fire escape. As they fall to the ground, the balls of fire melt the tips of spears and all that is made of iron, without causing any harm to humans or their houses.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1537.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_65"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1543",
"basic_date": "1543",
"date": "1543",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A large comet approached closer to the [Sun](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Soleil.html) than any other, and the same thing will repeat in [1882](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1882.html). These two comets penetrated into the Sun's belt which is given an absolute temperature of 1 million degrees, reports [George Hunt Williamson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WilliamsonGeorgeHunt.html). These comets traveled 1 million km in this incandescent crown and emerged unscathed, without any change in velocity or direction. If the Sun emits such intense heat, how is it that they did not disintegrate the moment they plunged into this 1 million °C.",
"ref": [
"*Other Languages, Other Natures*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1543.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_66"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1552",
"basic_date": "1552",
"date": "1552",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) German Conrad Wolffhart \\(known by the pseudonym Lycosthènes and author of a chronicle of cursed facts which makes him a sort of Charles Fort of the Renaissance\\) ensures the publication of existing fragments of Julius Obsequens' *Prodiges*, thus probably saving them from total disappearance.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1552.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_67"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1561",
"basic_date": "4/4/1561",
"date": "4/4/1561",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Observation at Nuremberg](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1561-04-04\\_Nuremberg.html). (4 April)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1561.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_68"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/24/1563",
"basic_date": "12/24/1563",
"date": "12/24/1563",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Just before Christmas. In Bergen \\(Norway\\), the priest Absalon Pederssøn Beyer, with Christern Ulff and a goldsmith, as well as their respective wives and servants, observe a round, unnatural black \"cloud\" pass in front of the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html) and cover it. A jet of smoke and fire is then emitted from the black \"cloud\", and all hear a whistling. The \"cloud\" then moves from back to front, and then disappears. (December 24, 7:30pm to 9:00pm)",
"ref": [
"Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 73",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1563.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_69"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1564",
"basic_date": "4/1564",
"date": "4/1564",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Easter. In Bergen \\(Norway\\), Priest Absalon Pederssøn Beyer and his wife see a \"shining sword\" that appears to touch the ground 3 times, then rises back into the sky and splits into 3 parts. (April, 6 PM)",
"ref": [
"Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 73-4",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1564.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_70"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1566",
"basic_date": "1566",
"date": "1566",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Engraving depicting the black globes seen in the sky of Basel. See images/1566-Bale\\_400.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1566.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_71"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/2/1568",
"basic_date": "1/2/1568",
"date": "1/2/1568",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Bergen \\(Norway\\), priest Absalon Pederssøn Beyer sees a strange sign in the sky. (2 January)",
"ref": [
"Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 74",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1568.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_72"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/3/1569",
"basic_date": "1/3/1569",
"date": "1/3/1569",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, in the evening, a flaming star appears in the sky. It is interpreted as an omen announcing profound changes: the fall of the Chu dynasty. (January 3)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1569.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_73"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/11/1569",
"basic_date": "4/11/1569",
"date": "4/11/1569",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Bergen \\(Norway\\), the priest Absalon Pederssøn Beyer sees a ball of light, not as big as the Sun, with a white tail turning red at its end. (April 11 (perhaps 1570))",
"ref": [
"Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 74",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1569.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_74"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1569",
"basic_date": "11/1569",
"date": "11/1569",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oslo \\(Norway\\), priest Absalon Pederssøn Beyer reports seeing \"burning rice\" in the sky. (November)",
"ref": [
"Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 74",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1569.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_75"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/6/1572",
"basic_date": "11/6/1572",
"date": "11/6/1572",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) W. Schuler sees a \"new star\" in the sky near the constellation of Cassiopeia, as bright as [Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html). It turns out to be a supernova. (November 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1572.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_76"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/11/1572",
"basic_date": "11/11/1572",
"date": "11/11/1572",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Tycho Brahe sees the same supernova as Schuler on 6 November. (11 November)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1572.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_77"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/5/1577",
"basic_date": "12/5/1577",
"date": "12/5/1577",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A few kilometers from Tübingen \\(Germany\\), the locals could see many black clouds around the sun, like those we see when big storms occur; and shortly after, other clouds of fire and blood emerged from the sun, and others yellow like saffron. From these clouds came light effects in the shape of hats, large, high and wide, and the earth itself appeared yellow and bloody and covered with high and wide hats that took different colors such as red, blue, green and, for the most part, black. (December 5th, 7am)",
"ref": [
"Pierre Boaistuau, *Histoires Prodigieuses*, 1594",
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1577.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_78"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/7/1580",
"basic_date": "2/7/1580",
"date": "2/7/1580",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Chile, this night, we saw something round, vermilion red in color, rising into the sky and into the wind. This thing extended itself over a hill forming like a Lance up on the mountain and fixed itself like a half-moon with reddish colors. (February 7)",
"ref": [
"Logbook of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Spanish navigator and founder of the two ports of the Magellan Strait",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1580.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_79"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1606",
"basic_date": "5/1606",
"date": "5/1606",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, balls of fire are constantly being observed above Kyoto and, one night, many samurai notice that a ball of fire similar to a red wheel is spinning and flying above the Nijo Castle. The next morning, the city is full of rumors and people are murmuring: This must be an omen. (May)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1606.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_80"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1608",
"basic_date": "8/1608",
"date": "8/1608",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Between Genoa \\(Italy\\) and Marseille a series of demonstrations and aerial battles is observed. People die of fright. This is followed by rains of blood along the coast up to Marseille. The battle takes place between flying apparitions and others only partially emerging from the sea off Genoa. The soldiers of the fortress of this city try to disperse the intruders by firing no less than 800 cannon shots against them. These signs are interpreted as a warning from God who would be about to punish men.",
"ref": [
"[_Discourse of the Terrible and Dreadful Signs Appeared on the Sea of Genoa_](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1608\\_Article.html), Pierre Ménier",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1608.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_81"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1608",
"basic_date": "8/27/1608",
"date": "8/27/1608",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Other strange giant figures fight for hours in the sky of Martigues, characters whose weapons make a sound of the end of the world. Then they disappear in a black rush that leaves behind a smell of saltpeter. (22nd and 27th August)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1608.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_82"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/12/1621",
"basic_date": "9/12/1621",
"date": "9/12/1621",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the evening, observation of a kind of aerial battle between balls and flying spears above Paris. (September 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1621.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_83"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1621",
"basic_date": "10/1621",
"date": "Mid 10/1621",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The south-east of France is the site of intense aerial activity revolving around the presence of a large and luminous Star with movements and presence far from natural. A monograph published in Nîmes shortly after the events reports very close observations in time of the same phenomena above Lyon, then Nîmes and finally Montpellier. (Mid October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1621.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_84"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1626",
"basic_date": "8/5/1626",
"date": "8/5/1626",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) With the members of his expedition in Central Asia, Nikolai Roerich, painter and scholar, observes with binoculars a huge ovoid shining object that moves in the sky changing trajectory. (August 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1626.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_85"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1628",
"basic_date": "1628",
"date": "1628",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The physicist Konstantine Tsiolkovski, one of the founders of Russian cosmonautics, in his work *Volonté de l'Univers, Forces intelligentes inconnues*, is convinced that evolved beings from the Universe can move from one planet to another to intervene. Throughout his life, Tsiolkovski will seek the means to make interplanetary trips. His ideas will often be invoked by Soviet scientists when they begin to see in the sky unknown objects of which they denied the existence.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1628.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_86"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1629",
"basic_date": "1629",
"date": "1629",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 5 suns seen in Rome in 1629.",
"ref": [
"Journal des savans, XIX, Monday 10 May 1666 p. 452; letter from Mr. Etienne de Chartres",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1629.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_87"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/15/1663",
"basic_date": "8/15/1663",
"date": "8/15/1663",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Peasants from the village of Robozero \\(in the county of Bolozero, Russia\\), among them Levka Pedorov, are in the church when they hear a loud noise in the sky. They leave the church to see what is happening, and see a flaming ball descending from the clear blue sky of the South. The object passes over the church and goes towards the nearby lake of Bieloziero. It measures 40 or 45 m in diameter, and 2 jets of \"fire\" come out of its front. After that the object leaves from the South towards the West \\(500 m from Pedorov\\), then \"disappears\". It reappears 1 hour later, above the same lake, which it flies over for 1 hour and 30 minutes. A fishing company on a boat on the lake 1 mile from Pedorov is painfully burned by the light of the \"ball\", which is so bright that one can see the bottom of the lake at a depth of 8 or 9 m, which allows to see the fish moving away. The water seems covered in rust under the glow. (Saturday, August 15th, mid-day)",
"ref": [
"Testimony of Levka Pedorov, one of the witness peasants, transcribed by a scribe from the monastery of Saint Cyril, Historical Archives of Saint Petersburg, found by the archaeological commission part IV in 1842",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1663.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_88"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/30/1663",
"basic_date": "11/30/1663",
"date": "11/30/1663",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Another case, in many ways similar to that of August 15, still above Robozero. (November 30)",
"ref": [
"Brief mentions in the Historical Archives of Saint Petersburg, found by the archaeological commission, part IV in 1842",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1663.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_89"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/9/1666",
"basic_date": "4/9/1666",
"date": "4/9/1666",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 3 circles in the sky, a very large one of D 100°, center near the zenith, a 4th much smaller. (April 9, 9:30)",
"ref": [
"Journal des savans, XIX, Monday 10 May 1666 p. 452; letter of P. Le Bossu, regular canon, abbey of Saint Chéron-lez-Chartres",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1666.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_90"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1700",
"basic_date": "1700",
"date": "1700",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1700's. At Oslofjorden \\(Norway\\), people saw from afar a fence \\(barrier?\\) fall from the sky near a farm. People came from far away to see this \"wonder\" of the heavens.",
"ref": [
"DET UKJENTE, 2/1988, side 43",
"Fort: The complete books of Charles Fort",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1700.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_91"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1702",
"basic_date": "9/1702",
"date": "9/1702",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, the Sun takes on a color of blood which it retains for several days in a row and it seems that cotton threads fall from it. (September, 12 PM)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1702.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_92"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/5/1709",
"basic_date": "2/5/1709",
"date": "2/5/1709",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Here was a great sign in the sky \\(...\\). Two great columns of fire were revealed, one in the East, the other in the West, and as they moved they formed the letter A. They united after that and turned into a rainbow, emitting a strong light for three hours, before their disappearance. (Wednesday 5 February)",
"ref": [
"Biblioteca Academiei, *manuscris slavon* 706, f.1.",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1709.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_93"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/19/1718",
"basic_date": "3/19/1718",
"date": "3/19/1718",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) English botanist Sir Hans Sloane believes he sees a shooting star. I suddenly saw a great light in the sky towards the West. It shone with a much greater brightness than the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Lune.html). He quickly realized his mistake, the object progressing much too slowly and in a straight line. The object had a singular shape: A kind of long luminous thread was attached in the middle of this [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) which resembled a pear tapered upwards. The lower part was spherical, but smaller than the full moon. It was white and blue in color, and its brilliance as dazzling as that of the sun in full daylight \\(...\\). It moved for about thirty seconds and disappeared about 20° above the horizon; behind it, it left a kind of faintly orange trail, a bit like a glowing coal. It seemed to sparkle, but it did not fall. I heard it was also observed in Oxford and Worcester? (March 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1718.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_94"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1722",
"basic_date": "4/5/1722",
"date": "4/5/1722",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Easter day. Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen \\(who, according to Lyon Sprague de Camp, was not particularly skilled in latitude and longitude calculations\\) arrives at the island he will name *Easter Island*. The first Europeans to set foot on this island, located 4000 km from the Chilean coast and 2000 km from the nearest Polynesian island, discover an arid land, battered by the winds and sparsely populated. Remarkably, it is dotted with several hundred strange statues, called \"moai\" by the natives and many of which are erected on stone pedestals called \"ahu\". The size of the moai can reach almost 10 m high in the case of the moai *Te Pito Te Kura*, with an estimated weight of 80 t. This moai is the largest erected on an ahu but there is another, unfinished one, measuring almost 20 m for an estimated weight of 300 t. The moai were carved from the tuff of the island's volcano, *Rano Raraku*. On the other hand, the huge red tuff cylinder that often tops their heads comes from another volcano, Puna Pau. Last detail, the size of the gigantic statues seems to have suddenly stopped, as evidenced by many of them left in various stages of completion on the slopes of Rano Raraku. (April 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1722.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_95"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/6/1737",
"basic_date": "12/6/1737",
"date": "12/6/1737",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A large symbol appears in the West sky red as blood and very wide above Bucharest \\(Romania\\). After staying in the sky for 2 hours, it splits into 2 parts to later reunite in the same place as at the beginning. (December 6th, in the afternoon)",
"ref": [
"Biblioteca Academiei, \"manuscris romänesc\" 2342, f. 3-4",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1737.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_96"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/6/1737",
"basic_date": "12/6/1737",
"date": "12/6/1737",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Edmund Halley](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HalleyEdmund.html) had a stroke.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1737.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_97"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1739",
"basic_date": "1739",
"date": "1739",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On the east coast of Canada, first appearance of the Palatine Light phenomenon after the unexplained sinking of the Princess Augusta. Its degrees of brightness vary often, sometimes like a spot on the sea, sometimes like a fire. And, to note, it emits light rays just like the light wheels observed in the Indian Ocean or the Persian Gulf. The captain of the merchant ship Somerset, who saw it for the first time, describes the circumstances of the phenomenon in his logbook: This view impressed me so much that I gained the place where the burning ship had disappeared \\(...\\), but found no survivors, no wreckage. Much effort is made by the port police, often alerted by people who claim to have witnessed a fire at sea, without any trace of anything, any clues of shipwreck or hoax.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1739.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_98"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1743",
"basic_date": "1743",
"date": "1743",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Holyhead \\(Anglesey, Wales\\), a farmer saw a \"boat\" sailing in the clouds at about 1500 feet.",
"ref": [
"FSR 1971",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1743.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_99"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/2/1749",
"basic_date": "1/2/1749",
"date": "1/2/1749",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, 3 round objects resembling the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html) appear, and are visible for 4 days. Social unrest breaks out, attributed to the mysterious celestial objects, and the government takes action. Those who participated in the riots are executed. However, confusion reigns when people notice 3 \"moons\" aligned in the sky and, a few days later, 2 suns. (January 2nd)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1749.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_100"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/15/1752",
"basic_date": "4/15/1752",
"date": "4/15/1752",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Stavanger \\(Norway\\), observation of a strange object, with 8 faces and sparking. (April 15)",
"ref": [
"UFO-ORIENTERING., 1966, 7",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1752.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_101"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1762",
"basic_date": "1762",
"date": "1762",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A large, spindle-shaped object intrigues an astronomer from Basel, who describes it as being three times longer than wide, slowly moving across the disk at a speed barely equal to half of that of ordinary sunspots.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1762.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_102"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1768",
"basic_date": "9/1768",
"date": "9/1768",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Goethe, then a young man of 16, travels to the University of Leipzig with two passengers from Frankfurt. Most of the journey takes place in the rain and the carriage sometimes has difficulty climbing hills. As the travelers left their seats to walk behind the horses, the young man noticed a strange and luminous object on the ground: Suddenly, in a ravine to the right of the road, I saw a kind of amphitheater wonderfully illuminated. In a tubular space shone an incalculable number of small lights placed one on top of the other; and they shone so brightly that the eye was dazzled. But what troubled most in this vision was that the lights were not fixed, they jumped here and there, went up and down and vice versa, in all directions. The largest number of them, however, remained stable and radiated. It was with the greatest secrecy that I agreed, when I was called, to move away from this spectacle that I would have liked to examine more closely... It remains to be seen whether this was a pandemonium of goblins or an assembly of luminous creatures; I cannot decide. (September)",
"ref": [
"6th book of his autobiography according to Kenneth Anger, film director and occult scholar",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1768.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_103"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/18/1769",
"basic_date": "11/18/1769",
"date": "11/18/1769",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Arendal \\(Norway\\) Mr. Abo \\(lieutenant captain\\) and Mr. Drejer \\(controller\\) observe with binoculars a fog and spots on the solar disk. The spots do not move while they are observed. (November 18, 12 PM)",
"ref": [
"KONGELIG PRIVELEGERT ADRESSE CONTOIRS EFTERRETNINGER, No.5 - 1769/70",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1769.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_104"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/17/1777",
"basic_date": "6/17/1777",
"date": "6/17/1777",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [C. Messier](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/scientifiques.html\\#MessierC) sees a number of round, black objects in the sky. (June 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1777.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_105"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/17/1777",
"basic_date": "6/17/1777",
"date": "6/17/1777",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Herschell](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HershellWilliam.html) sees fireballs.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1777.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_106"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1780",
"basic_date": "1780",
"date": "1780",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During an eclipse, the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html) takes on a blood red hue.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1780.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_107"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1786",
"basic_date": "1786",
"date": "1786",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) France organized one of the largest maritime expeditions in the Pacific Ocean, to New Zealand and Australia. Two magnificent ships filled with scientists, cartographers, astronomers, botanists, the *Boussole* and the *Astrolabe*, sailed the waters. After reaching Australia, they headed towards the New Hebrides to continue their exploration, when one day they were never heard from again. No trace of the ships was found. An investigation was unable to give an exact picture of the origin of the drama. The *Pérouse*, like so many others, experienced a destiny that remained obscure. It was not until the 1820s that Dumont d'Urville and then Peter Dillon found traces of the shipwreck; and much later, in 1962, the remains of the *Boussole* were discovered.",
"ref": [
"see Dominique Césari, [*Le naufrage au Port des Français*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://perso.club-internet.fr/cesarigd/parcsafabriques/mere/naufrageLPF.htm)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1786.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_108"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/22/1790",
"basic_date": "10/22/1790",
"date": "10/22/1790",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During a total eclipse of the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html), [Herschel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HershellWilliam.html) discovers more than 150 bright red points on the lunar surface, with a telescope that magnifies only 320 times. (October 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1790.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_109"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/27/1793",
"basic_date": "11/27/1793",
"date": "11/27/1793",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Bucharest \\(Romania\\) the city is shaken by 3 earthquakes. A witness recounts that, while he was dining with his friend Constandin Poenaru in Floresti the following evening, the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html) performed a miracle - it made a journey across the sky in half an hour. (November 27)",
"ref": [
"*Biblioteca romänesc* 2150, f. 111v.",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1793.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_110"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1803",
"basic_date": "1803",
"date": "1803",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) After the [meteorite](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) shower of the Eagle \\(Orne\\), the Academy of Sciences delegates an investigation commission led by Jean-Baptiste Biot. This will lead the scientific community to admit the extraterrestrial origin \\(coming from space to fall on [Earth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Terre.html)\\) of these stones.",
"ref": [
"[Etienne 1998](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.sat-net.com/spnews/meteorites\\_gen.html)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1803.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_111"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/10/1809",
"basic_date": "8/10/1809",
"date": "8/10/1809",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Journal of Natural History and Philosophy and Chemistry* describes the observation of an object of artificial appearance evolving in space. (August 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1809.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_112"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1811",
"basic_date": "1811",
"date": "1811",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A resident of Block Island Sound described in a letter the phenomenon of phosphorescence to Pastor Samuel T. Livermore: The light is sometimes seen 800 m from the shore and it is strong enough to illuminate the inside of a room through the windows. Livermore will mention it in his book entitled *A History of Block Island*.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1811.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_113"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1812",
"basic_date": "1812",
"date": "1812",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Stan Irinie from Sâcele-Brasov saw above the city of Bucovina \\(...\\) a large star with many rays appear and in the night it rose higher and flew towards the Russians; afterwards it returned to the West, where the rays extinguished. Thus the star revealed itself for 4 months. This was during the war between the Russians, the French and the Germans This could be a \"mirror\" of ejected explosives but is still interesting. (At noon)",
"ref": [
"Biblioteca Academiei, \"manuscris românesc\" 1346 f:2V.",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1812.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_114"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/9/1819",
"basic_date": "10/9/1819",
"date": "10/9/1819",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An unknown celestial body is reported to be traversing the solar disk. It is neither a comet, nor a [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) or a meteorite, and this star does not belong to any known, discernible category. (October 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1819.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_115"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/2/1819",
"basic_date": "11/2/1819",
"date": "11/2/1819",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Red rain falls on a region of Holland. (November 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1819.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_116"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/9/1819",
"basic_date": "11/9/1819",
"date": "11/9/1819",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A black rain falls on [Canada](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CA.html) during an earthquake. (November 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1819.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_117"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/19/1819",
"basic_date": "11/19/1819",
"date": "11/19/1819",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In [Canada](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CA.html), there is suddenly an intense darkness in the middle of the day; celestial lights pass through the sky as a fall of black matter takes place simultaneously with seismic shocks. (November 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1819.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_118"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/7/1820",
"basic_date": "9/7/1820",
"date": "9/7/1820",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A flight of objects in the shape of saucers passes over the town of Embrun \\(France\\). Suddenly they change direction and, without disturbing their formation, make a 90° turn. This event is described in *Astronomy, Annals of Physics and Chemistry*. (7 September)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1820.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_119"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/7/1820",
"basic_date": "9/7/1820",
"date": "9/7/1820",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The body observed the previous year is reported near the [Earth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Earth.html) and it is seen crossing the solar disk. Everything suggests that it is the same one.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1820.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_120"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/13/1833",
"basic_date": "11/13/1833",
"date": "11/13/1833",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A large luminous square hovered for over 1 hour above Niagara Falls \\(United States\\). (November 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1833.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_121"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1833",
"basic_date": "12/1833",
"date": "12/1833",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Swedish press begins to report mysterious gray planes without markings that are quickly nicknamed \"ghost planes\". These devices seem as comfortable in clear weather as in the heart of the worst snowstorm that grounds the Swedish air force planes. When the fighters manage to take off to chase the intruders, they prove unable to fulfill their mission. Over the weeks and accumulating testimonies, the ghost planes become a national affair. Witnesses speak of planes, sometimes biplanes and regularly assure that these aircraft that mock the military seem to cut their engine during their maneuvers. In several cases, the presence of a powerful projector has been mentioned, as for the aircraft of [1897](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1897.html) and the pseudo-dirigibles of [1909](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1909.html). The observation reports dry up with the arrival of spring, but similar cases will continue to appear from time to time in the following years. In [1978](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1978.html), the Swede Anders Liljegren will discover that the Swedish air force had at that time created an investigation office. (December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1833.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_122"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1836",
"basic_date": "1836",
"date": "1836",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the city of Szeged \\(Hungary\\), near the Romanian border, spherical lights and the appearance of what looks like a \"lady in white\" created a stir in a part of the city.",
"ref": [
"Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, *UFO's Behind The Iron Curtain* 1972",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1836.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_123"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/29/1837",
"basic_date": "8/29/1837",
"date": "8/29/1837",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) , above Tîrgu-Neamt and Dorohoi: During this night a meteor was seen, or a physical phenomenon. It was a sphere, lit up, long of about 12 hands and wide \\(close to 3 m\\). It descended in the twilight and the whole field shone with a powerful and luminous light. (29/30 August)",
"ref": [
"*Albina Românesca*, 2 September",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1837.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_124"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1837",
"basic_date": "9/1837",
"date": "9/1837",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Jack \"Spring Heeled Jack\". See images/SpringHeeledJack\\_2.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1837.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_125"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1837",
"basic_date": "9/1837",
"date": "9/1837",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In London \\(England\\), Jack attacked a group of 3 women and 1 man. All managed to escape except Polly Adams. Jack ripped off the top of her corset, seized her breasts, and began to scratch her stomach, tearing her dress at the waist as if with iron-plated fingers. The attack left Adams unconscious, discovered later by a policeman. The victims would later describe Jack as able to spit blue flames: The intruder was tall, thin and strong. He had a prominent nose, bony fingers, extremely powerful, resembling claws. He was incredibly agile. He wore a long flowing cape, like those worn by people going to the opera, soldiers and wandering actors. On his head he had a high helmet, appearing to be made of metal. Under the cape, a tight-fitting suit of a shiny material like oilcloth or metal mesh. He had a lamp attached to his chest. The strangest of all: the creature's ears were short and pointed like an animal's. (Later that night)",
"ref": [
"[Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1988",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1837.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_126"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1837",
"basic_date": "10/1837",
"date": "10/1837",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In London \\(England\\), Mary Stevens, a servant, is returning to her employers' house on Lavender Hill. As she crosses Cut Throat Lane in Clapham Common, a figure leaps out of an alley, tightly embracing her, kissing her face and beginning to put his hands in her corset. Stevens screams, causing the figure to flee. Men from the area are alerted by the screams and quickly arrive on the scene. They search for the assailant, without success.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1837.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_127"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1837",
"basic_date": "10/1837",
"date": "10/1837",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The next day, \"Jack Springheels\" strikes again in a place near Mary Stevens' residence. He jumps in front of a moving car, causing the driver to lose control and have an accident. Witnesses of the scene report that Jack Springheels escaped by effortlessly jumping over a 3m \\(9 feet\\) wall. Shortly after the car incident, Jack accosted a woman near Clapham Church.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1837.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_128"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1837",
"basic_date": "10/1837",
"date": "10/1837",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Shortly after the carriage incident, Spring Heeled Jack accosted a woman near Clapham Church. The character left two deep footprints of 7.5 cm \\(3 inches\\), suggesting some kind of \"spring\" mechanism in the shoes.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1837.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_129"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1838",
"basic_date": "1838",
"date": "1838",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Jack \"Spring Heels\". See images/SpringHeeledJack.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1838.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_130"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/18/1838",
"basic_date": "2/18/1838",
"date": "2/18/1838",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Miss Scales, from Limehouse, passes through Green Dragon Alley \\(London\\), a poorly lit passage near a cabaret. When she sees a tall silhouette hiding in the shadows, she hesitates and waits for her sister who stayed behind. The latter arrives and sees the tall, slim and distinguished character who has thrown his long cape to the side and shone a lantern on the stunned young girl. She doesn't have time to scream when Jack spits a blue flame at the face of his victim who falls to the ground unconscious. Jack then calmly leaves. Sergeant Charles Pritchel will later tell the authorities that she was suffering from hysteria and great agitation, presumably due to fear. (February 18, 8:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"[Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1988",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1838.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_131"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/20/1838",
"basic_date": "2/20/1838",
"date": "2/20/1838",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Old Ford \\(London\\), Jane Alsop, 18 years old, hears a violent ringing of the doorbell and shouting: \"For the love of God, bring me a light, for we have caught Spring-heeled Jack in the alley!\" In an instant, Alsop runs out with a candle and is confronted with the most hideous appearance of Jack. He wears shiny clothes and a flaming lamp on his chest. His eyes look like sparkling fireballs: when Miss Alsop screams, the intruder grabs her arm with his fingers like claws. The girl's sister rushes to the rescue to bring her sister back inside. The visitor sends a burning gas \\(blue and white flames\\) to Jane's face, who faints. Curiously, Jack knocks on the door several times and waits for an answer, before finally fleeing when the sisters call for help, dropping his cape which is immediately picked up by another shadow running after him. (February 20th, late at night)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1838.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_132"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/28/1838",
"basic_date": "2/28/1838",
"date": "2/28/1838",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Turner Street \\(London\\), Jack knocks on Mr. Ashworth's door and asks for him. The servant who opens the door starts to scream and Jack runs away. (February 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1838.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_133"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1840",
"basic_date": "1840",
"date": "1840",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Rosalie*, a large French vessel bound for Havana, is found adrift with no one on board, but in perfect condition. There is only a half-starved canary in its cage left on board. Most of the sails are hoisted and the cargo is intact.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1840.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_134"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1842",
"basic_date": "1842",
"date": "1842",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Orenburg, a strange cloud hangs for a considerable amount of time. Afterwards, small metallic objects, perfectly hexagonal, fall from the sky.",
"ref": [
"Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, UFO's Behind The Iron Curtain 1972",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1842.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_135"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1843",
"basic_date": "3/1843",
"date": "3/1843",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A comet suddenly becomes visible and excites the public's curiosity to the highest degree. It can indeed be seen in broad daylight and very close to the Sun. What makes its tail so remarkable is its small size and uniform width. It is suspected of causing floods in the south of France and an earthquake in Guadeloupe. (March)",
"ref": [
"Biblioteca Academiei \"Manuscris românesc\" 4043, f.1 et Albina românescâ, pp. 81-82",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1843.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_136"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/4/1844",
"basic_date": "10/4/1844",
"date": "10/4/1844",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Glaisier sees light signals as bright as [Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html) sending rapid waves of light. (4 October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1844.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_137"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1845",
"basic_date": "1845",
"date": "1845",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Asia Minor, during a storm, large gelatinous masses fall.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1845.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_138"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/16/1845",
"basic_date": "3/16/1845",
"date": "3/16/1845",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Shanghai, a rain of olivaceous powder falls. (March 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1845.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_139"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/1/1845",
"basic_date": "4/1/1845",
"date": "4/1/1845",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Lithuania, a storm is accompanied by the fall of large gelatinous masses. (April 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1845.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_140"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/7/1845",
"basic_date": "6/7/1845",
"date": "6/7/1845",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An ordinary meteorite fall occurs in Darmstadt. (June 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1845.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_141"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/18/1845",
"basic_date": "6/18/1845",
"date": "6/18/1845",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) From the brigantine *Victoria* off Adalie \\(Minor Asia\\), 3 luminous bodies were seen 40 m away and remained visible for 10 minutes. (June 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1845.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_142"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/16/1845",
"basic_date": "10/16/1845",
"date": "10/16/1845",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A terrifying red rain falls on France. (October 16th and 17th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1845.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_143"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1846",
"basic_date": "1846",
"date": "1846",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Ireland, hundreds of people witness what they call the *Good People* fighting in the sky above Knoch Magh, and further towards Galway. The very poor potato harvest and the ensuing famine is attributed to these issues in what they call the fairy world.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1846.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_144"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1847",
"basic_date": "1847",
"date": "1847",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Astronomers record the passage of a celestial body of the size of the asteroid Vulcan passing through the solar disk.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1847.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_145"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1847",
"basic_date": "1847",
"date": "1847",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Ireland, hundreds of people witness what they call the *Good People* fighting in the sky above Knoch Magh, and further towards Galway. The very poor potato harvest and the ensuing famine is attributed to these issues in what they call the fairy world.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1847.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_146"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/19/1848",
"basic_date": "3/19/1848",
"date": "3/19/1848",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The celestial body detected the previous year revealed its presence during a [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html) eclipse, accompanied by unusual events: the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html) shone 3 times brighter than normal during an eclipse, then it turned a blood red color, as in 1780. (March 19th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1848.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_147"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/3/1848",
"basic_date": "5/3/1848",
"date": "5/3/1848",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Vienna \\(Dauphiné\\), 20 witnesses claim to have seen, for 2 hours, 3 lions, a general, a tricolor scarf, a Napoleonic hat, a bridge with multiple arches filled with anxious spectators, looking at an aerial city invaded by whirls of smoke; and more, a white lady placing a crown on the head of a white lion, an army of cavalry followed by infantry and gunners. (May 3rd, 6pm)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1848.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_148"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/3/1848",
"basic_date": "5/3/1848",
"date": "5/3/1848",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the British Association of Sciences Congress, Sir W. S. Harris described the following observation: 2 fireballs, similar to rolling wheels of flame, approached a boat. A terrible crackling occurred when they were close. The tops of the masts were shattered. A strong smell of sulfur was reported...",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1848.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_149"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/3/1848",
"basic_date": "5/3/1848",
"date": "5/3/1848",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [AAAS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AAAS.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1848.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_150"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1850",
"basic_date": "1850",
"date": "1850",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) One evening, near the banks of the Egray river, a group of women who had been chatting outside were returning to the village. They had just crossed a bridge when they heard a terrible noise and saw something that froze them with terror. An object, which they would describe, not finding a better expression, like a cart with creaking wheels, climbed the hill with astonishing speed. The terrified women huddled together at the sight of the apparition. One of them, although scared to death, made the sign of the cross. The strange cart leapt over the vineyard and disappeared into the night. The women hurried home and told the story to their husbands, who decided to investigate. They went to the scene... as soon as the sun rose. There was nothing to see anymore. (0 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1850.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_151"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1850",
"basic_date": "1850",
"date": "1850",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On the coast of Durham \\(England\\), one can see quite low glows above the ground. Ships, confusing these glows with lighthouses or beacons, run aground one after the other, so much so that the fishermen are accused. One of the witnesses finally describes these glows as considerably high above the ground, but without anyone finding their account.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1850.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_152"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1850",
"basic_date": "1850",
"date": "1850",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Farmers and fishermen living in a village of Easron Beach, near Newport \\(Rhode Island\\), spot a ship, the *Seabird*, heading straight for the coast. The sails are unfurled and the flags are flapping in the wind. The ship is heading towards a sandbank. It glides ashore without damage in front of the crowd that has gathered. Several people board the ship, but there is no one alive. Yet, the coffee is boiling in the stove and breakfast for the crew is ready. The logbooks are up to date and the navigation instruments remain in perfect condition. Only a small dog is quietly sitting on the deck. Not only is everything in order, but the smell of tobacco still lingers in the crew quarters. No bodies were washed ashore in the weeks that followed.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1850.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_153"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1852",
"basic_date": "1852",
"date": "1852",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Giffard's Airship. See images/1852_Giffard_airship.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1852.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_154"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1852",
"basic_date": "1852",
"date": "1852",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of 3 round objects flying from West to East in Norway. (16 h)",
"ref": [
"Flying Saucer Review, February 1956",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1852.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_155"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/26/1855",
"basic_date": "2/26/1855",
"date": "2/26/1855",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The three-masted *James B. Chester* is found by the *Marathon*, southwest of the Azores, completely deserted. The sails are in bad condition. Tables, chairs are overturned, drawers pulled out, clothes and personal items are scattered on the deck. No traces of blood, weapons, or evidence of struggle are noticed. Neither water nor provisions are missing, the cargo is intact, and the ship is in excellent condition. (February 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1855.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_156"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/11/1858",
"basic_date": "2/11/1858",
"date": "2/11/1858",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting of [Bernadette Soubirous](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SoubirousBernadette.html). (11 February)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1858.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_157"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1860",
"basic_date": "1860",
"date": "Summer 1860",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A vast superconstruction hovers over India. (Summer)",
"ref": [
"Fort",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1860.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_158"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1863",
"basic_date": "4/27/1863",
"date": "4/27/1863",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Zurich, Wolf observes a large number of bright discs coming from the East. (April 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1863.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_159"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1864",
"basic_date": "9/1864",
"date": "9/1864",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) is observed in Leavenworth \\(Galena\\) in multiple parts or exploding.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1864.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_160"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1864",
"basic_date": "9/1864",
"date": "9/1864",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) is observed by Colonel Bonneville in Cincinnati.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1864.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_161"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1864",
"basic_date": "9/1864",
"date": "9/1864",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) James Lumley, an old Rocky Mountain trapper, set out to trap in the mountains about 75 or 100 [miles](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/unites.html\\#Mile) above the Great Falls of the Upper Missouri, near the Cadotte Pass. Shortly after sunset one evening, he saw a brightly lit body in the sky, moving very rapidly eastward. It was perfectly visible for at least 5 seconds, then suddenly split into several parts like the explosion of a rocket in the air. A few minutes later, he heard a loud explosion, which shook the ground very distinctly, followed shortly after by a loud rumbling, as if a tornado were passing through the forest. A strong wind arose at this moment, but subsided just as suddenly. The air was also filled with a peculiar smell, somewhat sulphurous.<br/><br/>The next day he found that about 2 miles from his camp, as far as he could see in every direction, a path had been cut through the forest, several rods wide --- giant trees uprooted or broken off at their base --- the tops of hills shaved off, and the ground plowed in many places. Enormous and extensive ravages are visible everywhere. Following the trace of this desolation, he quickly finds its origin by observing the shape of an immense stone sent onto the side of a mountain. An examination of this stone, or at least of its major visible part, shows that it has been divided into fragments, and that, in various places, it is marked with curious hieroglyphs. Lumley also finds other fragments of a substance resembling glass, and here and there dark spots, as if caused by a liquid. He thinks that the hieroglyphs are made by human hands, and that the stone itself, although a fragment of an immense body, must have been used for some purpose by animated entities.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1864.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_162"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/19/1865",
"basic_date": "10/19/1865",
"date": "10/19/1865",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Saint Louis Democrat reports the story of James Lumley from September 1864. (October 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1865.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_163"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/30/1865",
"basic_date": "10/30/1865",
"date": "10/30/1865",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Cincinnati Commercial reports the story of James Lumley from September 1864 according to the St. Louis Democrat. (30 October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1865.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_164"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/6/1868",
"basic_date": "6/6/1868",
"date": "6/6/1868",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Radcliffe Observatory \\(Oxford\\), an object of light was observed moving in the sky, stopping, changing its course to the west, then to the south. (June 6)",
"ref": [
"Trouvelet",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1868.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_165"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1868",
"basic_date": "7/1868",
"date": "7/1868",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Atacamena in the Copiago zone \\(Chile\\), a strange aerial construction pointing lights and producing engine sounds flew low over the city. The local population also described it as a giant bird covered in large scales producing a metallic noise. Although it did not land, this object is the first case of close observation of an unknown object at low altitude in the 19th century. (July)",
"ref": [
"Fort 638",
"Anatomy 11",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1868.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_166"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1869",
"basic_date": "1869",
"date": "1869",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Members of the Royal Society in Britain observe on the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html) lights arranged geometrically in the *Sea of Crises*.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1869.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_167"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1870",
"basic_date": "1870",
"date": "1870",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in the winter of 1870-1871 above Mount Washington. See images/1870-Winter_MtWashington_NewHampshire.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1870.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_168"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/22/1870",
"basic_date": "3/22/1870",
"date": "3/22/1870",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Captain Banner and the crew of the *Lady of the Lake*, a steamship, observed for 30 minutes a luminous halo disk with a sperm-like tail. Drawing by Banner. (22 March)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1870.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_169"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1870",
"basic_date": "1870",
"date": "Spring 1870",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Ålen, Norway, Lars Lillevold's grandmother sees something she will later describe as a flying object. She also states that someone waved at her from this object. (Spring)",
"ref": [
"\\[Krogh: HESSDALSRAPPORTEN., 1984, 11\\] \\[THE HESSDALEN REPORT., 1985, 7\\] \\[THE HESSDALEN REPORT., 1971, 7\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1870.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_170"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1870",
"basic_date": "1870",
"date": "Winter 1870",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photograph of a cigar-shaped object in front of a cloud formation above Mount Washington \\(New Hampshire\\). (Winter)",
"ref": [
"*Summit Mt. Washington, Winter 1870-1871 Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1871, by Clogh & Kimball, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington*, Detail of a 3D/stereo view \\> [UFO Updates](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2002/mar/m06-023.shtml)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1870.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_171"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/29/1871",
"basic_date": "8/29/1871",
"date": "8/29/1871",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the United States, formations of complex objects are seen, some triangular, some round, others of various shapes; some seem to hover, one seemed to be in difficulty, falling and oscillating from side to side. (29 August)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1871.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_172"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1872",
"basic_date": "1872",
"date": "1872",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A very modern ship for its time, the *Iron Mountain*, 60 m long, 10 m wide, carrying 55 passengers plus crew, vanished in the Missouri \\(United States\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1872.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_173"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1872",
"basic_date": "1872",
"date": "1872",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Mary Celeste found abandoned near the Azores, see images/MarieCeleste\\_300.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1872.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_174"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/24/1872",
"basic_date": "11/24/1872",
"date": "11/24/1872",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Dei Gratia*, a brigantine, cuts through the waters near the Azores when it encounters a seemingly helpless ship. The sea is calm. It is the British brigantine, the *Mary Celeste*, drifting slowly, all sails out. The *Dei Gratia* sends a boat and some men, who board the ship. The ship is deserted. An uneasiness takes hold of the new arrivals. Laundry is still drying on the deck and, in the cabin, teacups are still arranged, ready to be drunk. In the cabins, a small harmonium is open, with a sheet of music on the music stand. Children's toys are scattered on the floor and, in the captain's office, his gold watch is found. On a cushion, the imprint of a small child's head can be guessed. As no boat is missing, the sailors scan the sea in the hope of seeing a body or a head, floating, but in vain. No other ship was crossing in the area and yet, all these traces of abandonment are recent. Nothing is floating. It seems that the cabins had been abandoned in a hurry, the second of the *Dei Gratia*, Oliver Deveau, who boarded the *Mary Celeste*, would later declare. The crew seems to have acted in panic. The men had indeed left their personal possessions, that is to say that their clothes were still in their place... Nothing is missing, not even their pipes, one of which is still warm and smoking, so dear to any sailor.<br/><br/>The captain was accompanied by his wife and daughter. A half-hemmed skirt is still engaged on the table of a sewing machine. Only the chronometer, the sextant and the logbooks, including the nationality certificate, are missing. Only a cat emits faint meows and it is neither hungry nor scared. The cargo --- 1700 barrels of raw alcohol --- has not been touched. The total value of the boat and its cargo is estimated at around 8500 £. Traces of boarding with something are found on the *Mary Celeste*: grooves from a cutting instrument, *on both sides* and a few feet from the bow, about fifty centimeters above the flotation, are judged to be very recent, and not due to the action of time. A deep cut is also found on the starboard railing. Oliver Deveau declared that he had no idea of the origin of this cut. Near this cut, brown spots are found on the deck, directly above, seeming to have been caused by blood. It is then suspected that Captain Moorehouse, of the *Dei Gratia*, and his crew, had massacred the crew of the brigantine in order to receive the reward for any discovery of a drifting wreck and its contents.<br/><br/>However, the report of the doctor who performed an analysis from the blood spots remained in a sealed envelope and was not revealed until 14 years later \\(which did not prevent the suspects from being prosecuted on mere presumptions\\). The doctor, Doctor Patron, declared to have removed with a pair of scissors several brown red spots, thick 1 mm and about 1 cm in diameter, on the deck and on the railing. After these negative experiments, I feel authorized to conclude that, in the current state of our scientific knowledge, there is no blood, neither in the spots found on the deck of the *Mary Celeste*, nor in those found on the blade of the sword I examined. The origin of these brown red spots is not revealed. A sword is found, covered with the same brown spots. In the bosun's cabin, on his table, there is a slate where the temperature, the time, the notes of the dial were written: November 24th, 11am, 36° north latitude, 27° west longitude, fine weather. A line passed, one can read: Strange, my dear wife.. (November 24th, 11am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1872.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_175"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/7/1872",
"basic_date": "12/7/1872",
"date": "12/7/1872",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In King's Sutton, Banbury \\(Great Britain\\), an object resembling a haystack flies in an irregular trajectory. Sometimes at high altitude, sometimes very low, it is accompanied by fire and dense smoke. It produces the same effects as a tornado, causing trees and walls to fall, then suddenly disappears. (December 7th, 1am)",
"ref": [
"Fort 189",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1872.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_176"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1874",
"basic_date": "1874",
"date": "1874",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Birth of [Charles Fort](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FortCharlesHoy.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1874.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_177"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1874",
"basic_date": "1874",
"date": "1874",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Professor Schafarick sees a strange, lit and shining object passing slowly in front of the Moon and remaining visible for some time afterwards. I don't know what to make of this...",
"ref": [
"Vallée, *Anatomy of a Phenomenon* p. 28",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1874.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_178"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1876",
"basic_date": "3/1876",
"date": "3/1876",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Through a clear sky, in a strip of land in a Kentucky village, chunks of beef 5 to 10 cm square fall like a shower on the ground and trees, but only within a strip of land 100 m long and 50 m wide. (March)",
"ref": [
"New York Times",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1876.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_179"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1876",
"basic_date": "1876",
"date": "Winter 1876",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Christiania \\(Norway\\), large worms crawl along the streets while the ground is particularly frozen \\(possible wormfall\\). (Winter (or Winter 1877))",
"ref": [
"Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 22",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1876.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_180"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1877",
"basic_date": "5/15/1877",
"date": "5/15/1877",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Aldershot \\(Hampshire\\), a being in tight-fitting clothes \\(like tights\\) wearing a shiny helmet rises into the air above two sentinels who shoot at him, to no avail. The apparition has paralyzed them with what they describe as a blue fire. The character is identical to that of \"Jack Spring-heeled\" who made a name for himself in [1837](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1837.html) and [1838](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1838.html). (May 15)",
"ref": [
"FSR 61.3",
"[Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1988",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1877.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_181"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1877",
"basic_date": "5/15/1877",
"date": "5/15/1877",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Coney Island \\(Brooklyn\\), a winged human figure performed aerial acrobatics above the crowd of bathers. This strange being would be seen again until [1880](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1880.html).",
"ref": [
"\\[Letter from W. H. Smith on September 18th to the *New York Sun*\\] \\[Keel 1975\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1877.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_182"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1879",
"basic_date": "1879",
"date": "1879",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Spain, discovery of the cave paintings of [Altamira](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Altamira).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1879.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_183"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1879",
"basic_date": "5/15/1879",
"date": "5/15/1879",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Persian Gulf, passengers of the vessel *Vultur* observe for 35 minutes two immense wheels spinning in the air and slowly descending towards the surface of the water. They estimate their diameter to be 40 m, and the distance between the two objects to be 150 m. Their speed seems to approach 80 km/h. (May 15, 9:40 PM)",
"ref": [
"Round up 17",
"Anatomy 12",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1879.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_184"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/26/1880",
"basic_date": "3/26/1880",
"date": "3/26/1880",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Galisteo Junction, New Mexico, four men walking are surprised by the sound of voices coming from a strange balloon flying above them. The object has the shape of a fish and seems to be directed by a fan. Between 8 and 10 figures can be seen on board. Their language is unknown, they speak and laugh and drop various objects over the side: a beautiful flower, a ribbon of paper with a silk-like appearance with Asian characters, and a cup of a very particular make. The object flies at low altitude over Galisteo Junction and quickly disappears in the direction of the East. A few hours after the objects were displayed in the window of a nearby station, a man claiming to be a collector of curiosities arrives. He identifies the articles as being of Asian origin and offers a considerable sum for their acquisition. The deal made, he takes them away. A first [MIB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MIB.html)? (March 26, Evening)",
"ref": [
"[FSR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) 65, 3",
"GREPI",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1880.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_185"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1880",
"basic_date": "5/1880",
"date": "5/1880",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Persian Gulf, on an extremely dark night, J. W. Robertson, Captain Avern and Mr. Manning, 3rd officer of the *Patna*, a steamer of the British East India Company, suddenly see two huge luminous wheels appear on the sea, on either side of the ship, spinning on themselves and whose rays seem to brush the ship as they pass. These rays measure 200 to 300 m long and resemble the rods of a schoolmistress. Although each wheel must have 500 or 600 m in diameter, the 16 rays it contains are always clearly visible, without any other visible light in the air, above the water, this phosphorescent glow seems to glide flat on the surface of the ocean. The appearance of these rays can be exactly imitated by shaking a lantern horizontally above the water and making it describe concentric circles. The wheels escort the ship for 5 minutes. The testimony of the 3 sailors is published in the *Knowledge* magazine. It arouses vigorous criticism and a remark saying that if the indications were correct, the wheels must have been moving at least 160 km/h! (May)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1880.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_186"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1880",
"basic_date": "6/1880",
"date": "6/1880",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the end of the evening, off the coast of Malabar \\(Persian Gulf\\), Commander Harris of the steamer *Shahjehan* observed calm seas and clear skies with interspersed waves of bright light and an unknown substance floating, not emitting any fires, but appearing illuminated by gigantic luminous beams. He ordered the ship to stop. As the commander himself declared: Wave after wave succeeded in one of the most grandiose and solemn spectacles that can be imagined! (June)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1880.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_187"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/21/1880",
"basic_date": "7/21/1880",
"date": "7/21/1880",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) J. Rand Capron, a spectroscopist, describing [circular flattenings](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CropCircles.html) in a wheat field in Surrey \\(England\\). (July 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1880.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_188"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1880",
"basic_date": "7/28/1880",
"date": "7/28/1880",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Approximate date. C. A. Youngman and Bob Flexner see a man surrounded by machinery that he seemed to animate with his hands. He has wings or propellers on his back that he flaps in the air. Astonished, the two men see him disappear, seeming to fly clumsily. (July 28)",
"ref": [
"Courier Journal of Louisville \\(Kentucky\\) of July 29",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1880.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_189"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1880",
"basic_date": "7/29/1880",
"date": "7/29/1880",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) J. Rand Capron's testimony appears in the letter from the readers of the *Nature* issue \\(in volume 22\\), \\(pages 290-191\\). (29 July)",
"ref": [
"Peter Van Doorn, *Journal of Meteorology*, January 2000",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1880.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_190"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1880",
"basic_date": "7/30/1880",
"date": "7/30/1880",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Witnesses in Saint Petersburg see a large spherical light accompanied by 2 smaller stars or spheres following the course of a ravine for 3 minutes, after which they suddenly disappear. (July 30)",
"ref": [
"Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 234",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1880.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_191"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1880",
"basic_date": "7/30/1880",
"date": "7/30/1880",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Aldershot \\(Great Britain\\), a strange being dressed in tight clothing and a shining helmet rises above the heads of two sentinels, who fire without result. The apparition stuns them with what they describe as a blue fire.",
"ref": [
"FSR 61, 3",
"Vallee 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1880.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_192"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1880",
"basic_date": "7/30/1880",
"date": "7/30/1880",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the East of Venezuela, a 14 year old boy sees a glowing ball descend from the sky and hover near him. He feels drawn to it, but manages to flee due to his terror.",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 206",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1880.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_193"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/12/1880",
"basic_date": "9/12/1880",
"date": "9/12/1880",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Relating events that have been occurring since [1877](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1877.html), a journal reports that many people of unblemished reputations have seen a man flying towards New Jersey with wings resembling those of a bat. He maneuvers at an altitude of about 300 meters and moves like a swimmer. Witnesses claim to have clearly seen his face. He wore a cruel and determined expression. The entirely black figure stands out perfectly against the clear blue sky. As he was not dragging any advertising banners behind him and at that time the first experimental gliders never flew very far, usually crashing instead, the phenomenon remains unexplained. (September 12)",
"ref": [
"*New York Times* of September 12",
"Keel 1975",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1880.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_194"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/30/1880",
"basic_date": "11/30/1880",
"date": "11/30/1880",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) While studying the [Sun](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Soleil.html) at the Palermo Observatory \\(Sicily\\), astronomer Ricco saw winged bodies moving slowly on two long parallel lines and passing in front of the solar disk. It looked like very large birds or cranes. (November 30, 8am)",
"ref": [
"Keel 1975",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1880.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_195"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/11/1881",
"basic_date": "6/11/1881",
"date": "6/11/1881",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During a voyage between Melbourne and Sydney \\(Australia\\), Princes Albert Victor and George, both sons of the Prince of Wales \\(future Edward 7\\): During the crossing, the lookout reported to them on June 11, 1881, around 4 in the morning, a strange light in the sky, like that of a burning ghost ship. 12 other members of the crew of *La Bacchante* also see it. (June 11, 4 AM)",
"ref": [
"The Cruise of the Bacchante",
"Fort 637",
"Anatomy 12",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1881.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_196"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1882",
"basic_date": "1882",
"date": "1882",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Royal Observatory of Greenwich in August 1900. See images/1900-08_Greenwich_ObservatoireRoyal\\_Lacey.jpg.",
"ref": [
"Lacey",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1882.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_197"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/3/1882",
"basic_date": "7/3/1882",
"date": "7/3/1882",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Lebanon \\(Connecticut\\), sighting of 2 luminous triangles for 3 minutes. (July 3)",
"ref": [
"Fort",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1882.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_198"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1882",
"basic_date": "10/1882",
"date": "10/1882",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The celestial body of January is found on the lower part of the Sun, where it interposes its mass. (October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1882.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_199"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1882",
"basic_date": "10/1882",
"date": "10/1882",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Chile, a bright object is seen splitting the sky, the size of a full Moon.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1882.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_200"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1882",
"basic_date": "10/1882",
"date": "10/1882",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The celestial body casts its shadow over Wisconsin, causing a total darkness that moves from West to East.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1882.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_201"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/17/1882",
"basic_date": "11/17/1882",
"date": "11/17/1882",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Astronomer [Walter Maunder](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MaunderEWalter.html) observes a large, greenish light disc moving from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich \\(England\\). (November 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1882.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_202"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1883",
"basic_date": "1883",
"date": "1883",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) , coast guards stationed at the Canby \\(Oregon\\) lighthouse observe the maneuvers of the 26 m long schooner *J.-C. Cousins* heading West. Suddenly, it turns and heads straight for a sandbank, sails correctly trimmed. At the moment of impact against the sandbank, the masts violently oscillate. No silhouette jumps into the water. No distress signal is observed and no boat is launched. When boarding, the deck is deserted. The boats are still on their cradles and everything is in order. In the kitchen, the stove is still warm. The water in which potatoes had been put to boil has evaporated. Furthermore, a meal is served in the cabin, but nobody has touched it. In the crew quarters, the same order reigns and the last entry in the logbook --- dating from the dawn --- does not report anything particular. (On a clear morning)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1883.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_203"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1883",
"basic_date": "1883",
"date": "1883",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photography of August 12. See images/1883-08-12_Bonilla_Zacatecas\\_Mexico.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1883.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_204"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1883",
"basic_date": "8/13/1883",
"date": "8/13/1883",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Bonilla makes similar observations as the day before, and counts 1166 objects between the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html) and the [Earth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Earth.html). (August 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1883.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_205"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1883",
"basic_date": "8/13/1883",
"date": "8/13/1883",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During the eruption of Perbuatan, on the island of Krakatau \\(Sunda Strait\\), 2 astronomers observed a signal emitted from 61 Cygni. Some suggested that extraterrestrial intelligences were trying to communicate with Earth. The explosion pulverized the island. The sound was heard as far as Australia, that is, more than 4000 km away, as if an explosion in New York had been heard from Paris. The gigantic volcanic dust cloud raised into the stratosphere made several laps around the globe in the following months, the first one in a dozen days. The effects of this dust created green suns. Spots in the sky were observed, green-gray, blood red, copper red or light copper... A tsunami, a 40 m high wave, swept the coasts of Java and Sumatra, engulfing 300 cities and drowning 36000 people.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1883.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_206"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1883",
"basic_date": "8/13/1883",
"date": "8/13/1883",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In France, the Tissendier brothers fly a machine equipped with an electric motor.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1883.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_207"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1883",
"basic_date": "11/5/1883",
"date": "11/5/1883",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Chile, a luminous object the size of the Moon is visible for 90 minutes. (November 5)",
"ref": [
"[Fort](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FortCharlesHoy.html)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1883.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_208"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/6/1884",
"basic_date": "6/6/1884",
"date": "6/6/1884",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A flaming object falls from the sky above Dundy County in southern Nebraska \\(USA\\). Agricultural workers rush to the scene of the accident. Upon arriving, they find a burned grass area and sand that has melted into a substance resembling glass. The heat emanating from the strange object is still high several hours after the crash: a man who approached too closely saw his skin blister. Today, this story resembles the description of symptoms resulting from radioactive exposure. For several days, the locals went to the site. Many debris are cold. Those who dare to lift pieces evoke their incredible lightness, as well as their solidity comparable to that of brass. This type of material was unknown in the 1880s. However, the characteristics described correspond to those of many modern metals, such as aluminum alloys. The description of these properties is recurrent in reports on UFO wrecks. (June 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1884.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_209"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1884",
"basic_date": "8/1884",
"date": "8/1884",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The brig *Resolven*, departed from Labrador, is found in the middle of the Atlantic, all sails set, lights and kitchen fires lit, by the cruiser *Mallard*. It is completely deserted. (August)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1884.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_210"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1885",
"basic_date": "1885",
"date": "1885",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing of Gurlt's \"cube\", with a groove along its length.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1885.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_211"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1885",
"basic_date": "1885",
"date": "1885",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photograph taken through Adamski's telescope, 5 March 1951, see images/austrian_steel_cube.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1885.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_212"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/2/1885",
"basic_date": "11/2/1885",
"date": "11/2/1885",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Scutari \\(Turkey\\), a luminous object circles around the port, at an altitude of 5 or 6 m. It illuminates the entire city for 1 h 30, like a blue-green flame, then plunges into the sea. It made several circles above the ferry-boat dock. (November 2, at dawn)",
"ref": [
"LDLN 48",
"Anatomy 14",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1885.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_213"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/24/1886",
"basic_date": "10/24/1886",
"date": "10/24/1886",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) To the editors of *Scientific American*. The brief report that follows, concerning a recent and strange meteorological phenomenon, may interest your readers as a new example to add to the list of electrical eccentricities. During the night of October 24th last, marked by rain and even a storm, a family of 9 people sleeping in a cabin a few kilometers from Maracaibo was awakened by a dull buzzing and a dazzling light that brightly illuminated the inside of the house. Completely terrified and believing --- as they said --- that the end of the world had come, its occupants threw themselves to their knees to pray, but their devotion was almost immediately interrupted by violent nausea, while swellings spread over the upper parts of their body, mainly the face and lips. It should be noted that the bright light was not accompanied by any sensation of heat, although the air was apparently charged with smoke with a particular smell. The next morning, the swellings had decreased, leaving large blackish patches on the face and body. <br/><br/>No particular pain was felt, until the 9th day when, the skin beginning to peel, the pustules transformed into painful raw wounds. Hair fell out on the side that had been directly exposed to the phenomenon, the body being most affected on that side. What is remarkable about this phenomenon is that the house was absolutely intact, all doors and windows being closed at the time of the facts. No trace of lightning was observed in the rest of the dwelling and all the victims declare that there was no detonation, but only this already mentioned low buzzing. Another strange circumstance is that the trees around the house showed no particular sign before the 9th day, the date on which they withered quickly, almost all, while the wounds appeared on the occupants of the house. There may be a coincidence there, but it is still surprising to observe that animal and vegetable organisms react in the same way, and in the same time frame, to electrical effects. <br/><br/>I went to visit the victims in one of the hospitals of this city; although their appearance is really horrible, it is to be hoped that these wounds will not be fatal to them. Signed: Walter Cogwill, Consulate of the United States, Maracaibo, Venezuela, November 7, 1886.<br/><br/>What these 9 people are experiencing resembles strong radiation and is closer to the effects of nuclear power than to the \"mysteries\" of electricity. (October 24th)",
"ref": [
"Letter from the American Consul in Maracaibo - Venezuela - published in *Scientific American* of December 18th, 1886",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1886.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_214"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/3/1886",
"basic_date": "11/3/1886",
"date": "11/3/1886",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Hamar, Norway, it is pitch black when suddenly a bright white cloud appears in the sky, moving towards the Northeast and occasionally emitting bright beams of light in various directions. During the observation the cloud always maintains its original shape, then disappears into the darkness. (November 3, from 8-9 PM)",
"ref": [
"\\[Nature, December 16, 1886, 159\\] \\[Bullard: Mysteries in the Eye of the Beholder, 1982, 191\\] \\[The Airship File, 1982, 379\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1886.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_215"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/12/1887",
"basic_date": "11/12/1887",
"date": "11/12/1887",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Cap Race \\(Atlantic Ocean\\), several passengers of the *Siberian* ship observed a huge sphere of fire coming out of the ocean. It reached an altitude of 16 m, flew against the wind, and approached the boat. The observation lasted 5 minutes, before it disappeared towards the South-East. (November 12th, 0:00)",
"ref": [
"BSAF, 1887",
"LDLN 48",
"Anatomy 14",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1887.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_216"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/4/1888",
"basic_date": "5/4/1888",
"date": "5/4/1888",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In New Zealand, observation of an oval-nucleus object with black-striped flames suggestive of a structure. (May 4)",
"ref": [
"*Nature*, 42-402",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1888.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_217"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1888",
"basic_date": "7/30/1888",
"date": "7/30/1888",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Fireballs disappearing without a sound near Saint Petersburg, see images/febchin.jpg. [1888](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1888.html) (July 30th)",
"ref": [
"Painting, Mary Evans Picture Library",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1888.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_218"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/24/1890",
"basic_date": "12/24/1890",
"date": "12/24/1890",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Not far from the small town of South Bend \\(Indiana\\), Tom Lerch, his family and his neighbors' friends were gathered in the big farm kitchen for the Christmas Eve vigil. Mrs. Lerch asked her 11-year-old son Oliver to go to the well to get some water, and handed him an empty bucket. Oliver put on a scarf, as it was freezing outside. Less than 10 seconds later, after he had closed the door behind him, Oliver screamed outside, calling for help, freezing everyone. Everyone immediately thought a wolf had appeared. Once outside, there was no wolf nor little boy. They were all frozen in horror when they heard the desperate screams of little Oliver, somewhere in the night, but above their heads. The child was invisible in the black sky. Oliver shouted Help! They're holding me! Help! The screams and calls continued to tear the air for about 1 minute, but decreasing in intensity, as if the child was going up, up... Stupefied, the audience only reacted when the pastor decided to follow the little one's tracks. In the fresh snow, the tracks were normal and showed that the child had headed towards the well. But, about 20 m from the house and 10 m from the well, the tracks suddenly stopped, as if the child had been lifted off the ground. The bucket was found 2 m further. The investigation led to nothing. (December 24th, 11 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1890.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_219"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1892",
"basic_date": "4/1892",
"date": "4/1892",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On a Saturday night in Skien \\(Norway\\), people saw a ball of fire wrapped in a bright blue halo, with a long red trail, enter the room they were in and move very quickly. (April)",
"ref": [
"DRAMMENS TIDENDE OG BUSKERUDS BLAD, 10 Apr 1992, 27",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1892.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_220"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/27/1895",
"basic_date": "6/27/1895",
"date": "6/27/1895",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A night in Ålen \\(Norway\\), fishermen see a luminous object fall into Hesjøen lake, 1 km away. (June 27)",
"ref": [
"\\[FJELD-LJOM, 8 Jul 1895\\] \\[AFTENPOSTEN, 3 Apr 1990, 3\\] \\[UFO, 1/1991, 36\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1895.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_221"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1896",
"basic_date": "1896",
"date": "1896",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing published in the *San Fransisco Call* depicting the aircraft observed that year. See image at images/1896.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1896.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_222"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/18/1896",
"basic_date": "11/18/1896",
"date": "11/18/1896",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An object similar to the one observed the day before, dark, equipped with a projector and 4 large wings that seemed to be powered by compressed air, passed over Oak Park and Sacramento. (November 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1896.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_223"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/20/1896",
"basic_date": "11/20/1896",
"date": "11/20/1896",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the evening, a kind of balloon with a headlight at the front, a mobile ventral projector and 2 pairs of wings in front and behind is observed in the sky of Oakland \\(California\\). (November 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1896.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_224"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/20/1896",
"basic_date": "11/20/1896",
"date": "11/20/1896",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Alleged inventors of the device soon claim its paternity. However, several [airships](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Airships.html) will continue to fly over California until the end of the year, as well as some flying lights.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1896.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_225"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/22/1896",
"basic_date": "11/22/1896",
"date": "11/22/1896",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A group of passengers on an Oakland \\(California\\) tramway observe a winged cigar projecting a bright beam of light and capable of flying against the wind. (November 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1896.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_226"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/22/1896",
"basic_date": "11/22/1896",
"date": "11/22/1896",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Similar phenomena, featuring mysterious aircraft, are then observed by hundreds of witnesses across 19 states of the country.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1896.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_227"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/26/1896",
"basic_date": "11/26/1896",
"date": "11/26/1896",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Peak of the observation wave. (November 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1896.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_228"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/15/1896",
"basic_date": "12/15/1896",
"date": "12/15/1896",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Last observation of this first wave, above San Francisco. In the space of a good month, a UFO made headlines in an industrialized country generating some 220 testimonies. (December 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1896.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_229"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/15/1896",
"basic_date": "12/15/1896",
"date": "12/15/1896",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Arolla, near Zermatt \\(Swiss Alps\\), author Aleister Crowley is walking in the mountain when he suddenly sees 2 small men. He waves to them, but they don't seem to pay attention to him and disappear into the rocks.",
"ref": [
"Aleister Crowley, *Magic Without Tears*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1896.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_230"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/25/1897",
"basic_date": "1/25/1897",
"date": "1/25/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Last Monday, at 9:30 PM, we saw the light make circles for a few minutes, then descend to about 60 m from the ground while continuing its rotations at an incredible speed... We await its eventual reappearance. (January 25th, 9:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"*Omaha Daily Bee* of February 2nd, 1897",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_231"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/1/1897",
"basic_date": "2/1/1897",
"date": "2/1/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Several inhabitants of Hastings \\(Nebraska\\) said they had seen an aircraft or something similar, sailing in the air to the West of the city. It first stayed still for half an hour, floating in the air about 150 m from the ground, before making circles; it headed North for about 3 km, then returned to its starting point before finally disappearing. \\(...\\) At first glance, it looked like a big star, but on closer inspection, the light emanating from it seemed artificial. It must have been lit by very powerful electric dynamos; the light emanating from it was extraordinary. (February 1st)",
"ref": [
"*Omaha Daily Bee* of February 2nd, 1897",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_232"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/1/1897",
"basic_date": "2/1/1897",
"date": "2/1/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing of a \"phantom airship\" observed during the 1897 wave. See image at images/1897.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_233"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1897",
"basic_date": "2/1897",
"date": "Late 2/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Aircraft sighting reports begin to resurface, but this time focusing on the center of the United States, between Texas and Michigan. (Late February)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_234"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/26/1897",
"basic_date": "3/26/1897",
"date": "3/26/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Robert Hibbard, a farmer living 22 km north of Sioux City \\(Iowa\\), observed an \"aircraft\" but also an anchor at the end of a rope attached to the craft that grabbed him by his clothes and dragged him for a distance of 6 or 8 m before dropping him to the ground when his clothes tore. (March 26, Night)",
"ref": [
"FSR 66, 4",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_235"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/28/1897",
"basic_date": "3/28/1897",
"date": "3/28/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Omaha \\(Nebraska\\), most of the population sees an object coming from the South-East. It looks like a huge light source, flying slowly towards the North-West, at a low altitude. The crowd gathers at the corner of a street to observe it \\(185\\). (March 28th, 10:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_236"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/1/1897",
"basic_date": "4/1/1897",
"date": "4/1/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The mysterious aircraft that has been seen in Kansas in recent weeks was observed again last night in Everest, Brown County, in the Northwest of the state... The aircraft had an unpredictable trajectory. Instead of moving in a straight line, it went up, down, sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left, but apparently always in an extremely controlled way... The ship arrived from the North in the early evening, then left again in the early morning. Many inhabitants of Everest will spend the night outside in the hope that it will return and they can see the mysterious visitor again.. (April 1st)",
"ref": [
"*Evening Times* of Patucket, Rhode Island",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_237"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/1/1897",
"basic_date": "4/1/1897",
"date": "4/1/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Alexander Hamilton, a wealthy farmer from Kansas, rises in the middle of the night, having heard his animals making a commotion. He then sees an engine about 100 m long flying above the farm. A cable drops and wraps around the head of a heifer that bellows and desperately tries to free itself. Engine and heifer quickly disappear into the sky. Many people, forced to believe his story, vouch for his mental stability.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_238"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/10/1897",
"basic_date": "4/10/1897",
"date": "4/10/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of a \"ship\" hovering and throwing \"probes\" over Newton \\(Iowa\\). In several places, this wonderful thing was observed by several people equipped with small telescopes or binoculars \\(...\\). According to these people, the main body of the nocturnal flying object must have been 20 m long, it is of pleasant proportions and seems to be built very fragilely. Attached to this body is a projector and other lights. Some observers claim to have seen, at a short distance above this main body, structures resembling wings or sails. These latter must have been 6 m wide. (April 10)",
"ref": [
"*Chicago Chronicle*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_239"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/10/1897",
"basic_date": "4/10/1897",
"date": "4/10/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing of an observation. See image at images/1897-04-12.jpg.",
"ref": [
"*Chicago Times Herald*, April 12th 1897",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_240"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/13/1897",
"basic_date": "4/13/1897",
"date": "4/13/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Laughter and music sometimes come from his side --- as if there had been an orchestra in the sky. (April 13)",
"ref": [
"*Chicago Chronicle*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_241"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/15/1897",
"basic_date": "4/15/1897",
"date": "4/15/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A \"aerial vehicle\" is spotted at the same time in multiple states. (April 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_242"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1897",
"basic_date": "4/17/1897",
"date": "4/17/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An aircraft has stirred up the region... The stranger occupying it claims he had to land to make some repairs and that he will resume his aerial journey today... The man is armed with a rifle to prevent people from examining the machine too closely. He claims he is going around the world, but was forced to land for repairs. If people don't believe he can fly, let them wait: they will get a free demonstration!.",
"ref": [
"*Evening Times* of Paxtucket, Rhode Island",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_243"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1897",
"basic_date": "4/17/1897",
"date": "4/17/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An mysterious object crashes in the town of Aurora \\([Texas](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Texas)\\) where it explodes into many small fragments. The occupant is a martian the size of a child, greenish, and hieroglyphs are found on the site/in the device. The pilot's body is supposed to have been buried in the town cemetery. Although the case is considered a hoax, a new investigation has allowed the recovery of a sample of a curious alloy which was analyzed by the McDonnell Aircraft Company.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_244"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/19/1897",
"basic_date": "4/19/1897",
"date": "4/19/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A. and W. Hamilton and their farmer Gid alerted by a noise of beasts see a dirigible descending slowly above my herd at about 40 perches \\(200 m\\) from the house. The object thus has a cigar shape, emits red and green lights, and descends to 10 m, carrying 6 of the strangest creatures I have ever seen. A heifer hooked to a red cable rises slowly with the engine. (April 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_245"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/20/1897",
"basic_date": "4/20/1897",
"date": "4/20/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The skin, legs and head of the heifer taken away the day before were found several miles away.",
"ref": [
"[GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html), Information Note No. 2, 1981",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_246"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/20/1897",
"basic_date": "4/20/1897",
"date": "4/20/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) One of the mysterious aircrafts that flew over the United States that year. The witness who drew the strange vessel even claimed to have been able to talk to the occupants. See image at images/1897-2.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_247"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/21/1897",
"basic_date": "4/21/1897",
"date": "4/21/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Rockland.. (April 21)",
"ref": [
"*Houston Daily Post* of April 22, 1897",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_248"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/22/1897",
"basic_date": "4/22/1897",
"date": "4/22/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) To explain this aircraft, there are as many explanations as there are individuals. Those who have not seen it think it is a hoax, but it must be said that the personality of the witnesses does not confirm this point of view. A number of people think that this machine belongs to a gang of criminals who have secured the collaboration of scientists for their misdeeds. With the projector and X-rays, they inspect the inside of houses and can even see what the bank vaults contain \\(...\\). Another solution proposed is that it would be an exploration mission from another planet. But the most plausible theory is that it is a brilliant inventor who has solved the problem of air navigation and who is carrying out tests with friends. (April 22)",
"ref": [
"Houston Post",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_249"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/26/1897",
"basic_date": "4/26/1897",
"date": "4/26/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Merkel, Texas. Groups returning from church last night noticed a heavy object being pulled by a rope attached to it. They followed it until, crossing the railroad tracks, the rope got caught in a rail. Looking up, they saw what they supposed to be the airship. They were not close enough to give an idea of its dimensions. Light could be seen from some portholes; there was a very bright one in the front, resembling the headlight of a locomotive. After about 10 minutes, a man was seen sliding down the rope. He got close enough for them to see him clearly; he was wearing a blue sailor suit and was of small stature. He stopped when he saw the groups near the anchor, cut the rope beneath him and went back in a north-east direction. The anchor is now on display at the Elliot and Miller blacksmith shop and is attracting the curiosity of hundreds of people. (April 26)",
"ref": [
"*Houston Daily Post* of April 28, 1897",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_250"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/6/1897",
"basic_date": "5/6/1897",
"date": "5/6/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting with Deputy Sheriff [McLemore](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#McLemore), from Hot Springs \\(Arkansas\\). (May 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_251"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1897",
"basic_date": "5/15/1897",
"date": "5/15/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of this wave of testimonies concerning aircraft. (May 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_252"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/14/1897",
"basic_date": "8/14/1897",
"date": "8/14/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Have you seen the light in the sky? If not, you're not in style. Many witnesses have seen it hovering above Vancouver almost every night this week. It was last seen on Friday night, maybe we'll see it again tonight, or maybe not. Last night, the mysterious object was spotted north of the city; it was heading east. The fireball, or aircraft as some call it, was observed closely. It approached very quickly, paused in the air, colored glows came out of it, and then it headed northeast. Sometimes it looked like a fireball, as its brightness faded and small sparks came out of its glowing mass..",
"ref": [
"*Daily World* of Vancouver, Canada",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_253"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/14/1897",
"basic_date": "8/14/1897",
"date": "8/14/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The crew of a ship near Norway sees an air balloon.",
"ref": [
"Bullard: _Mysteries in the Eye of the Beholder_, 1982, 226",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_254"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/14/1897",
"basic_date": "8/14/1897",
"date": "8/14/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Publication of *The War of the Worlds* by Herbert G. Wells.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_255"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/14/1897",
"basic_date": "8/14/1897",
"date": "8/14/1897",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin begins construction of his first airship, which he will fly for the first time in [1900](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1900.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1897.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_256"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/8/1898",
"basic_date": "7/8/1898",
"date": "7/8/1898",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Kiel, an object reddened by the [Sun](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sun.html), as large as a rainbow, at a height of 12°, remained bright for 5 minutes, then faded, remained almost stationary and disappeared after 8 minutes. (July 8)",
"ref": [
"*Nature*, 58-294",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1898.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_257"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/8/1898",
"basic_date": "7/8/1898",
"date": "7/8/1898",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Professor Michailovitch from the Belgrade Observatory is following a \"comet\" that remains stationary in the sky for 6 minutes.",
"ref": [
"[Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html), 1965, p. 35",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1898.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_258"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/8/1898",
"basic_date": "7/8/1898",
"date": "7/8/1898",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Publication of [*The War of the Worlds*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/warworlds/warw.html), by Herbert George Wells.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1898.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_259"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/10/1899",
"basic_date": "8/10/1899",
"date": "8/10/1899",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Torcy-Sedan, Jules Jarlot observed a red fireball for 10 minutes. (August 10)",
"ref": [
"BSAF, 1900",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1899.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_260"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/10/1899",
"basic_date": "8/10/1899",
"date": "8/10/1899",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Nikola Tesla](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TeslaNikola.html) perceived in his radio receiver strange rhythmic sounds that seemed to him to be signals from elsewhere. The thought crossed my mind that the disturbances observed could be due to some intelligent control, he will note, and he will remain convinced of having been the first to hear the greeting of an inhabitant of another planet. It is Mars that is signaling to America, he will affirm.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1899.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_261"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1900",
"basic_date": "1900",
"date": "1900",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Hanging Rock near Melbourne \\(Australia\\), the teenage Miranda McKay and 3 other girls, along with their Scottish governess from Appleyard College, disappear.",
"ref": [
"UFO Roundup 4-36",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1900.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_262"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1900",
"basic_date": "1900",
"date": "1900",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin flew his first airship for the first time, the construction of which had begun in 1897.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1900.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_263"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/21/1900",
"basic_date": "8/21/1900",
"date": "8/21/1900",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Telemark \\(Norway\\), a man is astonished when a glowing ball explodes near him. (21 August)",
"ref": [
"Bord/Bord: _Modern Mysteries of the World_, 1989, 346",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1900.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_264"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1901",
"basic_date": "3/1901",
"date": "3/1901",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Norway on a full moon night, a round silver object came from the South-East and passed high in the sky above the witnesses, at half the speed of a meteor, leaving no trail or sparks behind it. It disappeared to the West. (Mars, 21 h 30)",
"ref": [
"Flying Saucer Review, February 1956",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1901.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_265"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1901",
"basic_date": "4/4/1901",
"date": "4/4/1901",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Persian Gulf, aboard the steamer *Kilwa*, Captain Hoseason scans the sea that stretches out in all directions when, suddenly, he sees vast luminous ripples appear on the surface of the water. These ripples have a faint luminosity and fade away 1/4 of an hour later, after having moved approximately at 10 km/h. (April 4th, in the dead of night)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1901.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_266"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/12/1901",
"basic_date": "7/12/1901",
"date": "7/12/1901",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Alberto Santos-Dumont pilots his airship No. 6 around the Eiffel Tower, in front of the crowd. 33 meters long and 622 cubic meters, the apparatus returns to its starting point after 29 minutes and 30 seconds. See image at images/1901-07-12_Santos-Dumont_airship.jpg. (July 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1901.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_267"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/12/1901",
"basic_date": "7/12/1901",
"date": "7/12/1901",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Sart \\(Belgium\\) An unusual substance, \"smelling of glue\" falls from a clear sky.",
"ref": [
"UFO Roundup 4-36",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1901.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_268"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/12/1901",
"basic_date": "7/12/1901",
"date": "7/12/1901",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Bournebrook \\(West Midlands, England\\), a \"hut\" is seen landing in a field, occupied by small men wearing metal helmets. The \"hut\" then rises into the sky.",
"ref": [
"Mysterious Britain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1901.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_269"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/19/1901",
"basic_date": "10/19/1901",
"date": "10/19/1901",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Deustch prize of 50,000 francs is awarded to Alberto Santos-Dumont, instituted by oil magnate Henri Deutsch de La Meurthe, to be delivered to the first man who, between May 1 [1900](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1900.html) and October 1 [1903](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1903.html), would fly around the Eiffel Tower, taking off and landing on the Saint-Cloud field. (October 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1901.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_270"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/4/1902",
"basic_date": "10/4/1902",
"date": "10/4/1902",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Oslofjorden \\(Norway\\), people on a boat saw a rounded sea monster, about 60 feet long. (4 October)",
"ref": [
"Bord/Bord: Modern mysteries of the world, 1989, 346",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1902.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_271"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/28/1902",
"basic_date": "10/28/1902",
"date": "10/28/1902",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the South Atlantic, sailors from the *Fort Salisbury* spot a long dark object a few tens of meters away from the ship in a calm sea and under a starry sky. The lookout man having alerted them, the object is quickly located by A. H. Haymer. He will later recount: It was a bit frightening. The darkness prevented us from observing the details, but it was long, from 150 to 180 m. There was a fire at each end. Some kind of mechanism - fins maybe - stirred the water. The object seemed to sink slowly. No one thought for a moment that it could be a ship capsizing as the surface was not smooth as it could have been, but seemed \"scaly\". Although checks were made afterwards, nothing allowed to determine the nature of this strange object. (October 28th, a few hours before sunrise)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1902.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_272"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/28/1902",
"basic_date": "10/28/1902",
"date": "10/28/1902",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Boschof, Oranjevrystaat \\([South Africa](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZA.html)\\), unusual explosions in the sky can be heard.",
"ref": [
"UFO Roundup 4-36",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1902.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_273"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1903",
"basic_date": "1903",
"date": "1903",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Iola \\(Kansas\\), large beings 7 feet tall with long hair, horns and huge protruding eyes appear and are chased by coal miners.",
"ref": [
"UFO Roundup 4-36",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1903.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_274"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1903",
"basic_date": "1903",
"date": "1903",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Ham Common \\(London\\), witnesses saw an [airship](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Airships.html) with lights at the front and back. They described the pilots as \"a Yankee and a German\".",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1903.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_275"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/28/1904",
"basic_date": "2/28/1904",
"date": "2/28/1904",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Off the coast of Northern California, part of the crew of the *USS Supply*, a Pacific Fleet replenishment vessel commanded by [Frank Schofield](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SchofieldFrankH.html), can follow the movements of objects resembling [meteors](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) and rushing in small tight groups towards their ship. The trajectories of the bright red objects are unpredictable, diving and then suddenly bouncing towards the clouds before disappearing to the Northwest-Northwest. [Frank Schofield](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SchofieldFrankH.html) tried to describe them: one, egg-shaped, seemed to lead the squadron, was 6 times larger than the Sun. Others were the size of the Sun. (February 28)",
"ref": [
"Lieutenant Frank M. Schofield's Report",
"*Monthly Western Review*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1904.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_276"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/28/1904",
"basic_date": "2/28/1904",
"date": "2/28/1904",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Late at night. In Transylvania \\(Romania\\), a farmer is in the fields \\(...\\). Suddenly he sees a wheel of fire above the Muntii Apuseni mountains. The wheel is coming towards him at great speed. The farmer looks, powerless. When the wheel is near him, it transforms into a living being that stares at him for a long time without saying anything. (Night)",
"ref": [
"Article by Lucian Belaga in *Hronicul si cîntecul vîrstelor* 1965",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1904.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_277"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1905",
"basic_date": "1/1905",
"date": "1/1905",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A bright ball is seen in the East of [France](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FR.html). It was also reported in [England](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/UK.html) \\(illuminating the ground with a powerful projector\\), in the east of Europe and in Russia where it was even shot at with a gun. (January or February)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1905.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_278"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/2/1905",
"basic_date": "4/2/1905",
"date": "4/2/1905",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Cherbourg \\(France\\)\\[FR.html\\], one can see, coming from the sea and at an altitude that cannot be determined even approximately, an enormous luminous ball which, after describing a curve above the city. (20 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1905.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_279"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/2/1905",
"basic_date": "4/2/1905",
"date": "4/2/1905",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The ball disappeared in the direction it had come from. The Vice Admiral-Maritime Prefect activated the electric spotlights of the breakwater, but their rays were not powerful enough and the attempt was unsuccessful. Some people, including naval officers, claimed to have seen the light of this [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) take on red and green hues. At the Arsenal Observatory, people were lost in conjecture and, just in case, Vice Admiral Besson gave orders for the torpedo boats to be ready to sail the next and following nights if this mysterious visitor reappeared, and to follow its movements in order to try to penetrate its mystery. In a drawing that occupied him entirely, the cover of issue 1985 of another periodical - *Le Bon Journal* of April 16th - showed a large crowd gathered on the docks. The crescent Moon was clearly visible, as well as a much larger sphere, which was undoubtedly close, that a spotlight vainly tried to reach. The object is described as \"an enormous Moon whose colors are changing.. All the port authorities held a council and, for 3 nights, kept watch on Place Napoleon. From their observations, it was concluded that the hypothesis of a balloon or signals at sea had to be abandoned, and that it was undoubtedly a cosmic phenomenon to which human participation was completely foreign. Many newspapers and publications reported the event, including the Bulletin of the French Astronomers Society, which considered that this large luminous object was none other than the planet [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). (11pm)",
"ref": [
"*Le Matin*, April 3",
"*Le Matin*, April 9",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1905.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_280"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1905",
"basic_date": "1905",
"date": "Summer 1905",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Doctor I. P. de Craovia sees in Horodnicul de Sus \\(Romania\\) near Radauti an elongated object in the shape of a saucer, bigger than the Moon. It emits powerful light of its own and flies horizontally towards the West. (Summer Evening)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1905.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_281"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/2/1905",
"basic_date": "8/2/1905",
"date": "8/2/1905",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) J. A. Jackson, a respectable citizen of Silshee \\(California\\), was heading to his \"outdoor facilities\" when he saw a very bright light in the sky. It seemed to be attached to a 20m \"aircraft\" with wings. The mysterious machine seemed to be powered by its wings alone, it rose and fell in rhythm with its wing beats like a giant bird. Other inhabitants of the area also claim to have seen the same thing. (August 2nd, 1:30)",
"ref": [
"*Brawley News* August 4th",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1905.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_282"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1905",
"basic_date": "11/29/1905",
"date": "11/29/1905",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A bolide of lunar diameter is visible for 2 h. (November 29)",
"ref": [
"BSAF, 1906",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1905.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_283"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1905",
"basic_date": "11/29/1905",
"date": "11/29/1905",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Portland, Oregon, a \"strange object\" descends from the high clouds and hovers over the city.",
"ref": [
"UFO Roundup 4-36",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1905.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_284"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1906",
"basic_date": "1906",
"date": "1906",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Syracuse \\(New York\\), a mysterious [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) is performing strange aerial maneuvers.",
"ref": [
"*UFO Roundup* 4-36",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1906.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_285"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1907",
"basic_date": "1907",
"date": "1907",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photography of observation in Norway. Probably a cloud, as other similar ones can be seen in the background. See image at images/1907.jpg.",
"ref": [
"*La Domenica del Corriere*, 20 March 1967",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1907.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_286"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1907",
"basic_date": "7/27/1907",
"date": "7/27/1907",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(1909 ?\\) : At Drøbak \\(Norway\\), photograph of a stationary opaque phenomenon above a ship \\(see below\\).. (July 27)",
"ref": [
"\\[QUFO, v 1/n 13\\] \\[Winkler: Catalog of UFO-like data before 1947 - Part I., 1984, 35\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1907.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_287"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1907",
"basic_date": "7/27/1907",
"date": "7/27/1907",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Malacca Strait, Mr. S. C. Patterson, of the steamer *Delta*, observed for 30 minutes light rays that seemed to rotate around a center, like the rays of a wheel: they seemed to measure 300 m long. Then, in the South China Sea, a rotation of lightning was noticed: It was like a horizontal wheel, spinning quickly above the water and producing a deep feeling of unease among the crew.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1907.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_288"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1907",
"basic_date": "1907",
"date": "Autumn 1907",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Tviberg \\(Norway\\), Theodor Tviberg and two of his friends see a round, bright object coming from the North-East heading South-East. The speed is higher than any device of 1980. The sky is clear with some clouds at 200 m. The Moon is a few degrees above the mountains to the East. The object passes between the Moon and the mountains. (Autumn)",
"ref": [
"UFO, 1/1983, 38",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1907.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_289"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/28/1908",
"basic_date": "1/28/1908",
"date": "1/28/1908",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Norfolk \\(England\\), employees of the *Norwich Transportation Company* on night duty see a dark globular object moving at high speed with some kind of structure on its side. (January 28)",
"ref": [
"Mysterious Britain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1908.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_290"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/1/1908",
"basic_date": "4/1/1908",
"date": "4/1/1908",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Notodden \\(Norway\\), an egg-shaped aircraft made of an unknown metal, containing two occupants from Mars, landed in distress and could not take off again \\(described as a hoax\\). (April 1st)",
"ref": [
"\\[FRI Presse, April 1908\\] \\[SYN OG SEGN, 1947, 127-8\\] \\[BA, 30 Mar 1983\\] \\[UFO-OBSERVATØREN, 5/1983, 8\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1908.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_291"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1908",
"basic_date": "6/30/1908",
"date": "6/30/1908",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Tunguska Explosion](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1908-06-30\\_Tunguska.html) \\(Siberia\\). See the damage caused by the Tunguska explosion, in photo images/1908\\_250.jpg. (7:15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1908.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_292"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1908",
"basic_date": "6/30/1908",
"date": "6/30/1908",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 5 hours after this explosion at the end of the world, Britain is dazzled by a sparkling sunset. The *Times* will report the event: the night is so clear that Londoners can read their newspaper in the street, at midnight, without resorting to the city lighting! A journalist thus describes this night of June 30th: The sky was as clear as in broad daylight and streaked with pink light clouds; in my life, I have never witnessed anything so amazing. (0 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1908.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_293"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/11/1908",
"basic_date": "7/11/1908",
"date": "7/11/1908",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The famous Russian explorer V. K. Arsenyev was walking along the Gobilli River when he made this encounter: I saw a trace on the path that looked like a human footprint. My dog Alpha stopped, then growled, and suddenly something stirred close by, dragging itself with a heavy step among the bushes. Yet this thing did not flee, it stopped right next to us, invisible, perfectly still. We stayed like this for several minutes... Then I bent down, picked up a stone and threw it towards the bushes. Then something unexpected happened: I heard a flapping of wings. Something big and black emerged from the fog and flew over the river. An instant later, this thing had disappeared into the thick mist. My dog, completely terrified, huddled at my feet. After supper, I spoke of this incident to the men and of the Udehe tribe. They launched into a very animated story about a man who could fly in the air. Hunters had often seen his traces that suddenly vanished, in such a way that the only possible explanation was that \"the man\" had landed on the ground before taking off again. (July 11)",
"ref": [
"Yuri B. Petrenko, Forerunner of the Flying \"Lady\" of Vietnam ? in FSR vol. 19, N° 2, March-April 1973, p. 29-30",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1908.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_294"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/11/1908",
"basic_date": "7/11/1908",
"date": "7/11/1908",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Bridgewater \\(Massachusetts\\), John E. Flynn, Philip S. Prophett and others saw a black spherical object with lights hovering and stationary over the town.",
"ref": [
"UFO Roundup 4-36",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1908.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_295"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/11/1908",
"basic_date": "7/11/1908",
"date": "7/11/1908",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Foundation of the Bureau of Investigation, which would later become the [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1908.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_296"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/11/1908",
"basic_date": "7/11/1908",
"date": "7/11/1908",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Sofia \\(Bulgaria\\), people gathered in Marie-Louise Square because a very bright object the size of a football was slowly flying at a different altitude. (Between 1pm and 1:30pm)",
"ref": [
"Paris Match, January 1960",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1908.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_297"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1909",
"basic_date": "1909",
"date": "1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Main observation sites of \"dirigibles\" over England. See image at images/1909.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_298"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/4/1909",
"basic_date": "3/4/1909",
"date": "3/4/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Lambourne, Birkshire, a large airship in the form of a torpedoe is seen by a named Charles Maberly over the city. The craft, which flies at an estimated altitude about 60 m, head west and is equipped of a headlamp. Once the airship is out of sight, the witness hears in the sky 3 explosions at regular intervals (March 4, 8.25 p.m.)",
"ref": [
"London Evening News of 18 May 1909",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_299"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/22/1909",
"basic_date": "3/22/1909",
"date": "3/22/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Peterborough \\(Northamptonshire\\), Miss Gill and two other people returning from the theatre saw a dark object with a light flying over the city. (22 March)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_300"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/23/1909",
"basic_date": "3/23/1909",
"date": "3/23/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Peterborough \\(Northamptonshire\\), sighting of an aircraft \\(engraving below\\). A policeman by the name of P. C. Keetle testified: I was on duty in Cromwell Road and I was coming out of Cobden Street to get into that street, when I heard what I first took to be a car about 400 yards away from me. I went down Cromwell Road, expecting to see the headlights of a car, but nothing of the sort happened. Yet, I still heard the regular humming of a powerful engine, when suddenly I was struck by the fact that the sound was coming not from the road but from above it! I looked up and my gaze was then drawn to a powerful light which must have been about 350 yards above the ground. A dark body stood out against the stars \\(...\\) of rather narrow and oblong shape \\(...\\). It was moving at very high speed and, as I watched it, the engine noise gradually diminished. The craft disappeared in the direction of the North-East. All in all, I would say I saw it for about 3 minutes. (March 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_301"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/23/1909",
"basic_date": "3/23/1909",
"date": "3/23/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing depicting the observation of March 23. See image at images/1909-03-23\\_200.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_302"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/8/1909",
"basic_date": "5/8/1909",
"date": "5/8/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The witness's wife, Egerton S. Free, discovers a kind of metal wheel surrounded by rubber on the side of which is written *Muller Fabrik Bremen* in the area flown over by the mysterious airship. The Germans are then accused of spying on the country with their already famous zeppelins. It will only be later that it will be realized that this was a target commonly used by the Royal Navy. Furthermore, this idea does not hold up due to the care taken by the pseudo-dirigibles to show themselves, to make noise and to fly at low altitude. (May 8th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_303"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/12/1909",
"basic_date": "5/12/1909",
"date": "5/12/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Similar observation to Terrington March \\(Norfolk\\) where clicking and whistling noises are heard. (May 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_304"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/14/1909",
"basic_date": "5/14/1909",
"date": "5/14/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the North Sea, off Blyth in Northumberland, the sailors of the Norwegian ship *St. Olaf* saw an immense dirigible equipped with 5 searchlights floating above their boat and illuminating it as if it were broad daylight. A little later, the craft left the *St. Olaf* to repeat its maneuver not far away above another ship, before disappearing at full speed towards the South. (May 14)",
"ref": [
"statement of Captain Egenes",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_305"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/18/1909",
"basic_date": "5/18/1909",
"date": "5/18/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Similar observation to Caerphilly Mountain \\(near Cardiff\\) where a loud machinery noise is heard. (May 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_306"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/19/1909",
"basic_date": "5/19/1909",
"date": "5/19/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Similar observation in Cardiff where a mechanical wheel noise is heard. (May 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_307"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/21/1909",
"basic_date": "5/21/1909",
"date": "5/21/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Britain Invaded! Aircrafts in East Anglia, Wales and the Midlands. Norwich and Southend are in a tight spot. The air fleet invading England has been very active in the night of Friday. We use the word \"fleet\" because, according to our correspondents, there seem to be not one, but several mysterious cigar-shaped machines with blinking lights and buzzing mechanisms. Wednesday night, they could be observed in places as different as Southend-on-Sea, Birmingham and Norwich.. (May 21)",
"ref": [
"*East Anglian Daily Times*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_308"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1909",
"basic_date": "6/1909",
"date": "6/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As he strolled across the deck of the East Danish company's cruise ship, the *Bintang*, Captain Gabe saw through the Malacca Strait a sphere of moving lights, below sea level. Long arms seemed to draw circles from the same center: it was so big that only part of it was visible, the other being hidden by the horizon. Captain Gabe then made sure that these lights could only have come from the sea. The *Bintang* itself could not emit such brightness and, above all, the light beams were too long and their origin was opposite the ship. Soon, the immense sphere slowly approached the cruise ship, fading and disappearing into the waters.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_309"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/16/1909",
"basic_date": "6/16/1909",
"date": "6/16/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A long, truncated-ended bolide flew over the city of Dong Hoi \\(North Vietnam\\) emitting a bright light, following a West-East trajectory. The presence of a strong light source leads to the belief that it was a false dirigible rather than a standard cylindrical UFO. (June 16, 04:10)",
"ref": [
"M. Beljonne, Phu-Lien Observatory, quoted in L'Astronomie, 1909, pp. 519-520",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_310"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1909",
"basic_date": "7/1909",
"date": "7/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) New Zealand is experiencing a wave of sightings similar to those that occurred in England the previous month. At this time, no airship flights have yet taken place in this part of the world on the opposite side of the British Isles.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_311"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/23/1909",
"basic_date": "7/23/1909",
"date": "7/23/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mrs. Russel, a teacher accompanying a group of children to Kelso \\(South of New Zealand\\), suddenly saw a kind of black flash fly over the hill on the left and apparently head straight for her. Then it suddenly veered and swerved above the trees and disappeared from her sight. She felt intense fear when she saw it. It looked like a black boat. She only saw it for a few minutes. When it arrived, it was moving at great speed but when it turned, it lost altitude and slowed down somewhat.. (Saturday, July 23rd, 12 PM)",
"ref": [
"*The Evening Star*, July 30th 1909",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_312"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1909",
"basic_date": "7/27/1909",
"date": "7/27/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Some young boys were playing on the beach at Kaka Point, saw a huge bright object moving in the air. It seemed about to land... The boys, thinking it was attracted to their lantern, left it on the beach. The ship then hovered around the rocks of the old boating base and came almost to their level. It disappeared shortly after. According to them, it was as big as a house.. A journalist from the *Daily Times* even went to Kelso to meet the witnesses: We separately interviewed all the students who saw the ship and asked them to draw what they had seen. The degree of resemblance between the 6 drawings was simply extraordinary. (Tuesday 27th July)",
"ref": [
"when they",
"*Clutha Leader* of Balclutha, South Island, New Zealand",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_313"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1909",
"basic_date": "7/29/1909",
"date": "7/29/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) There are no less than 6 remarkable observations in New Zealand between 12 PM and 12 AM. 3 of them mention \"cigar-shaped\" flying objects or aircrafts, all equipped with projectors, headlights or colored lights. Another one, made by inhabitants of Mount Rochefort and Christchurch, concerns a UFO shaped like a \"cone\". As for the last two observations, they refer to lights whose aerial behavior defies natural laws. (Thursday, July 29th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_314"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1909",
"basic_date": "7/29/1909",
"date": "7/29/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A cigar-shaped object appears multiple times above Dunedin and smaller towns along the Otago Coast of South Island \\(New Zealand\\).",
"ref": [
"UFO Roundup 4-36",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_315"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1909",
"basic_date": "7/30/1909",
"date": "7/30/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 2 men working in the Waikaka Valley, a few km North of the town of Gore \\(South of New Zealand\\), suddenly spot an unknown flying object in the shape of a rather narrow boat hull, with a projector at each of its ends. It loses altitude and circles above the river for several minutes. What is remarkable according to the witnesses is the strangeness of its maneuvers: the [airship](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Airships.html) seems to be able to brake and accelerate suddenly, a bit like a fly, according to F. Green's expression, one of the 2 witnesses. They also claim to have seen the silhouettes of 2 people on board. (Friday, July 30th, 5am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_316"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1909",
"basic_date": "8/1909",
"date": "8/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [airships](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Airships.html) move from South to North of the archipelago, where they manifest themselves.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_317"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/3/1909",
"basic_date": "8/3/1909",
"date": "8/3/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) He \\(the witness\\) was riding near the racecourse \\(of Waipawa\\) when his horse became unruly. He discovered that the cause of this behavior was the presence of a large torpedo-shaped craft hovering overhead. The aircraft, he said, was painted gray and three people were visible on board. One of them shouted something to him in an unknown language. The vessel rose to a great height, lit up lights at its bow and stern, then, after making a circle, disappeared behind a hill. That same night, another inhabitant saw a boat-shaped craft at a high altitude emitting a powerful hum. (August 3)",
"ref": [
"*Hawkes Bay Herald*, August 6, 1909",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_318"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1909",
"basic_date": "8/8/1909",
"date": "8/8/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of a light above Goulburn \\(New South Wales, Australia\\), of blue color and performing back and forth in the night. (5-8 August)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_319"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/9/1909",
"basic_date": "8/9/1909",
"date": "8/9/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observations abruptly cease in New Zealand. (August 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_320"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1909",
"basic_date": "8/13/1909",
"date": "8/13/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Glen Innes, witnesses can follow with binoculars the evolution of a UFO resembling an upturned roof whose lower part was lit up, and which directs a beam towards the ground. (August 13th, 11 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_321"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1909",
"basic_date": "9/1909",
"date": "9/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The phenomenon reappears in New Zealand for a few appearances, then completely disappears.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_322"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1909",
"basic_date": "9/1/1909",
"date": "9/1/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An object resembling an aircraft was observed above Gore around 4:30 PM. It was moving in a wavelike fashion towards Tapanui Hills and gradually disappeared on the horizon above Kelso. The witnesses were two well-known people from Gore and their account is authentic. They described the object as a cigar with some kind of vehicle attached to it, but were unable to see its occupants. It remained visible for a few minutes before disappearing at a high speed. Other inhabitants of the town also observed the curious machine. Between 5:45 PM and 6 PM, it was also seen above the hills to the East of Otaraia. (September 1st, 4:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"*The New Zealand Herald*, September 10, 1909",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_323"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/22/1909",
"basic_date": "12/22/1909",
"date": "12/22/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 6 years after *Kitty Hawk*, newspapers from New York to Chicago are astonished by reports coming from all over the country regarding a huge flying aircraft seen by thousands of people. It crashed to the West of Chicago, but was never found. The story made national headlines in the major newspapers of the country. (December 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_324"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/24/1909",
"basic_date": "12/24/1909",
"date": "12/24/1909",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Wallace Tillinghast, a resident of Worcester \\(Massachusetts\\) decides to make a publicity stunt taking advantage of the event. Vice-president of a factory, he declares to have built a monoplane, running on gasoline, capable of transporting him and two mechanics. The lair of the mysterious vessel had finally been discovered! 14 men working for Paul Morgan, from the Morgan Construction Company of Worcester, were assigned to a secret task... two years ago, Morgan paid 15000$ for an airplane of a Swedish aviator. It is probably this machine, perfected with the help of Tilinghast, that was seen flying over New England.. But other newspapers are more skeptical. (December 24th)",
"ref": [
"*Wilimantic Chronicle* of Connecticut",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1909.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_325"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/1/1910",
"basic_date": "1/1/1910",
"date": "1/1/1910",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) If the wonderful flying machine is indeed the fruit of Tilinghast's brain... this gentleman is right to want to keep the secret. Compared to his invention, the flying machine of the Wright brothers, hitherto considered the leaders of aeronautics, seems quite rudimentary.... Tilinghast responds by announcing that he will present his machine at the Boston Air Show in February... but in fact it will never be seen. (1st January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1910.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_326"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/1/1910",
"basic_date": "1/1/1910",
"date": "1/1/1910",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in France. See image at images/1910\\_France.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1910.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_327"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/4/1910",
"basic_date": "5/4/1910",
"date": "5/4/1910",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Dr. I. Plemely, professor of mathematics at Cirnovti \\(USSR\\), sees a bright celestial body approaching from the South with increasing speed. The object rises 40° and after reducing speed it goes towards North-North-West, disappearing in a cloud at an elevation of 20°. The object shone for 3 minutes. Professor van Hepperberg from Vienna calculated the parabolic details based on 3 positions that the observer drew and came to the conclusion that it could have had a diameter of 100m. Victor Anestin, editor-in-chief of the scientific magazine Orion in which the story appears, emphasizes the fact that the object could not have been a bolide \\(meteor\\) due to the speed elements, deceleration, change of direction, angle of fall from 45 to 20°, disappearance and ascent, etc..** 26th May:** Dr. Prudhomme, a doctor practicing in Nancy \\(East of [France](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FR.html)\\) sees, like 3 other witnesses, something comparable moving slowly and silently in the sky. He states that some sudden changes in the movement of this light seemed to be due to a rudder. (4th May, in the evening)",
"ref": [
"Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh archive",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1910.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_328"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/4/1910",
"basic_date": "5/4/1910",
"date": "5/4/1910",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Salzburg Museum \\(Austria\\), no trace of the metal cube discovered in [1885](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1885.html) can be found anymore. Furthermore, the museum's archives for the period from [1886](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1886.html) to [1910](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1910.html) have also vanished.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1910.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_329"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/4/1910",
"basic_date": "5/4/1910",
"date": "5/4/1910",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A large cigar-shaped object is observed above Huntsville, Alabama and Chattanooga \\(Tennessee\\), illuminating the cities with its powerful searchlight.",
"ref": [
"UFO Roundup 4-36",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1910.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_330"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1911",
"basic_date": "1911",
"date": "1911",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In New York, a mysterious aircraft flew over the Brooklyn Bridge.",
"ref": [
"UFO Roundup 4-36",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1911.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_331"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/27/1912",
"basic_date": "1/27/1912",
"date": "1/27/1912",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) I saw an object of intense black, like a raven, cut out against the Moon. I estimated its dimensions to be 400 km long and 150 km wide. I can't help but think that this was a very interesting phenomenon. (January 27th, Night)",
"ref": [
"Dr. F. B. Harris, *Popular Astronomy*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1912.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_332"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/6/1912",
"basic_date": "3/6/1912",
"date": "3/6/1912",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Warmley, an aeroplane splendidly lit flew over the village, travelling at full speed in the direction of Gloucester. (6 March)",
"ref": [
"Fort",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1912.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_333"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/12/1912",
"basic_date": "10/12/1912",
"date": "10/12/1912",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Sheerness \\(Kent\\), a large dark object, buzzing strangely, passes over the town. The *EastChurch Naval Flying School* is nearby. Reports of the incident lead to a strengthening of air defences. (October 12th, Evening)",
"ref": [
"Mysterious Britain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1912.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_334"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/12/1912",
"basic_date": "10/12/1912",
"date": "10/12/1912",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Winston Churchill](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ChurchillWinston.html) launches the first government investigation into UFOs, following the wave of sightings of mysterious airships.",
"ref": [
"Mysterious Britain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1912.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_335"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/12/1912",
"basic_date": "10/12/1912",
"date": "10/12/1912",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Struma Valley prison \\(Bulgaria\\) \\(...\\) a strange atmospheric phenomenon appeared. The Sun had just dipped behind the Albanian mountains and the sky was bright at the zenith when suddenly a huge astral fireball came and fell towards the Greek border. At that moment all the prisoners of the Struma Valley looked as it slowly glided through the golden face of the setting sun, as slowly as if it were controlled by a parachute",
"ref": [
"\\[George Topîcreanu, poet then prisoner, Opere alese Vol. 2 page 169\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1912.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_336"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/4/1913",
"basic_date": "1/4/1913",
"date": "1/4/1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Dover, 3 witnesses see a dirigible, with a light, approach the sea and fly in a Northeasterly direction. It flies at a high speed despite a strong West wind. (4 January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_337"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/17/1913",
"basic_date": "1/17/1913",
"date": "1/17/1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Captain L. Lindsay, police commissioner of Glamorganshire, sees a dirigible flying over Cardiff, trailing a large mass of smoke and notices it is much bigger and faster than the local Willow-brand dirigible. 30 minutes later, Steven Morgan sees a similar craft trailing smoke over Merthyr, 48 km away --- implying a very high speed of travel for a dirigible of the time. (January 17th, 4:45 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_338"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/9/1913",
"basic_date": "2/9/1913",
"date": "2/9/1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A procession of [meteors](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) in formation is observed passing horizontally above Canada and the Eastern United States. They remain visible on a journey of over 9000 km. Throughout their journey, loud explosions, detonations, and seismic shocks are heard. (February 9th, night)",
"ref": [
"Professor Chant, Toronto",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_339"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/9/1913",
"basic_date": "2/9/1913",
"date": "2/9/1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is the scene of a parade of glowing lights observed by hundreds of witnesses. People are beginning to talk about ghost planes rather than dirigibles as in previous years.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_340"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/9/1913",
"basic_date": "2/9/1913",
"date": "2/9/1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A large cigar-shaped object slowly flew over Milwaukee and Sheboygan \\(Wisconsin\\), flashing its spotlights on the streets and homes, then retreating towards Lake Michigan.",
"ref": [
"UFO Roundup 4-36",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_341"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1913",
"basic_date": "2/1913",
"date": "2/1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observations in Yorkshire.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_342"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1913",
"basic_date": "2/1913",
"date": "2/1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First observations in Belgium and the Netherlands.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_343"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1913",
"basic_date": "2/1913",
"date": "2/1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In France, German dirigibles are accused of spying on the Eastern border.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_344"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/21/1913",
"basic_date": "2/21/1913",
"date": "2/21/1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Lights and craft are observed above Warnwickshire and Norfolk. An airship is observed by two men dredging the River Ouse at Beningborough \\(Yorkshire\\). The men re-see the airship at 4 AM the following day and observe it for half an hour. (February 21, 9 or 9:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_345"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/4/1913",
"basic_date": "3/4/1913",
"date": "3/4/1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The appearances start in Germany.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_346"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/4/1913",
"basic_date": "3/4/1913",
"date": "3/4/1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A dirigible visits Tarnowitz \\(Prussia\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_347"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/4/1913",
"basic_date": "3/4/1913",
"date": "3/4/1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Lake Schwielow, a burning airship is observed crashing into the nearby forest. However, after serious searches, no wreckage is found.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_348"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/4/1913",
"basic_date": "3/4/1913",
"date": "3/4/1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Express Train whose windows are illuminated.",
"ref": [
"W. F. Denning, SRAC Astronomer",
"Pottier, 1974",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_349"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1913",
"basic_date": "1913",
"date": "Summer 1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Moravia \\(Czechoslovakia\\), a 20 year old man travelling from Brnoyto Zidence on a clear night sees 6 very high objects in the sky resembling large, flaming red stars, moving silently around a fixed point in a clockwise direction. This formation of \"stars\" follows an elliptical orbit with an apparent diameter of 1 m \\(the witness determines this by stretching out his arm\\). He observes the phenomenon for 6 to 8 minutes, then continues on his way without waiting for the end. (End of summer, between 9 and 10 PM)",
"ref": [
"Henri Xhaloupek, Spatial Phenomena \\#11, 1967; drawing p. 209",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_350"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1913",
"basic_date": "1913",
"date": "Autumn 1913",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Auggedal \\(Norway\\), people saw a bright ball coming from the South with a whistling sound towards them. It passed between them and a barn, at 10 m. The ball was the size of a rugby ball, and the passage between the barn and the witnesses was at a height of 5 to 6 m above the ground. Then the ball went up and disappeared above a hill. The object shone brightly. The witnesses were P.O. Møller, Tor Flatum and Gunn Berget. The whole observation lasted about 40 seconds, during which the bright ball traveled about ten kilometers. (Autumn, 8 PM)",
"ref": [
"UFO report form, March 31, 1965",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1913.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_351"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/2/1914",
"basic_date": "8/2/1914",
"date": "8/2/1914",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Stavanger \\(Norway\\), an unknown nationality biplane was observed flying \\(making circles\\) above Tungeneset south of Stavanger. It disappeared behind a hill and was not seen again (2 August)",
"ref": [
"\\[MORGEMBLADET, 3 Aug 1914, 4\\] \\[Bullard: *The airship file* - Supplement I., 1983, 36\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1914.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_352"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/3/1914",
"basic_date": "8/3/1914",
"date": "8/3/1914",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mo i Rana/Helgeland \\(Norway\\), it is confirmed that an aircraft flew over the city and left Monday night after dark. It flew very high (Monday 3rd August)",
"ref": [
"\\[MORGENBLADET, 6 Aug 1914, 3\\] \\[Bullard: *The airship file* - Supplement I., 1983, 36\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1914.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_353"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/17/1914",
"basic_date": "9/17/1914",
"date": "9/17/1914",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Alta \\(Norway\\) a strange and unexplained light phenomenon is observed by many people in many neighborhoods. The sky is completely covered and it is total darkness when a light point like a big star appears in the East above Elvebakken, going above Bosekop, disappearing behind Skoddevarre, coming back to Kvænvik and after various other movements disappears towards Talvik. The light is generally white but shifts partly to red and blue. It is also observed with a telescope from the small steamboat *Sina*. It is thought to come from an airplane. A man would have heard a fast sound in the air, but without seeing anything however. The light moves at different altitudes and generally without great particular speed, except when it disappears. (Thursday, September 17, 9 pm to 10 pm)",
"ref": [
"\\[MORGENBLADET, 24 Sep 1914, 2\\] \\[Bullard: *The airship file* - Supplement I., 1983, 37\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1914.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_354"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/22/1914",
"basic_date": "10/22/1914",
"date": "10/22/1914",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) From Knaplund, near Saltstrømmen, in Bodø \\(Norway\\), 9 to 10 \"reliable\" adults \\(who will give their name to the correspondent\\) see an aircraft passing to the East. The witnesses hear the sound of an engine. The aircraft has the shape of a cigar and is clearly visible in the evening sky (October 22, 9 PM)",
"ref": [
"\\[MORGENBLADET, October 23, 1914, 4\\] \\[Bullard: *The airship file* - Supplement I., 1983, 38\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1914.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_355"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/16/1914",
"basic_date": "11/16/1914",
"date": "11/16/1914",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Tjølta \\(Norway\\), many \"mature\" witnesses simultaneously saw in the sky a light to the East of \"De Syv Søstre\". It moved from West to East, sometimes quite slowly, making pauses, diving and rising, and then returning at great speed (November 16th and 17th)",
"ref": [
"\\[MORGENBLADET, 19 Nov 1914, 2\\] \\[Bullard: *The airship file* - Supplement I., 1983, 38\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1914.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_356"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/21/1914",
"basic_date": "11/21/1914",
"date": "11/21/1914",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Mindlandet in Tjølta \\(Norway\\), between 20 and 30 people simultaneously observe a flying object near the Skjærvær lighthouse, which has a searchlight. The aircraft, at an altitude of about 700 m, descends to about 400 m, from where it sweeps its searchlight over a boat passing through the area. Afterwards it rises again (Saturday, November 21st, evening)",
"ref": [
"\\[MORGENBLADET, 25 Nov 1914, 2\\] \\[Bullard: *The airship file* - Supplement I., 1983, 38\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1914.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_357"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/20/1914",
"basic_date": "12/20/1914",
"date": "12/20/1914",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Skien \\(Norway\\) many people, including the Solum sheriff, \"reliable\" sources, have seen an aircraft. The sheriff is watching it with a telescope. It is at an astonishing height and is moving inside the country, then turns south and heads towards the sea. (December 20th, 8pm)",
"ref": [
"\\[MORGENBLADET, 22 Dec 1914, 3\\] \\[Bullard: *The airship file* - Supplement I., 1983, 38\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1914.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_358"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/20/1914",
"basic_date": "12/20/1914",
"date": "12/20/1914",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 3 luminous objects flying at low altitude over *Benton Harbor* \\(Michigan\\).",
"ref": [
"UFO Roundup 4-36",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1914.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_359"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1915",
"basic_date": "4/1915",
"date": "4/1915",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Lucia, 8 years old, is saying her rosary near Fatima when she sees a white, translucent cloud and a human form. This will happen again a second time, then a third in October. (April)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1915.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_360"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1915",
"basic_date": "1915",
"date": "Summer 1915",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Sulitjelma \\(Norway\\), a dark bell-shaped object descended from the western sky and landed. 2 humanoids appeared from behind the hill where the object had landed. They walked towards a road, then turned around, and came towards the witness. One of the humanoids stopped and smiled at the witness, Bjarne Westvand. The humanoid was as tall as the witness, who was 6 years old, that is, 1 m tall. He had long dark wavy hair. The skin was grey, and its head was large in comparison to its body. They were dressed in dark brown/dark suits. The humanoids went behind the hill, and shortly afterwards, the bell-shaped object rose and quickly disappeared into the sky. (Summer)",
"ref": [
"RAPPORTNYTT, 4/1981, 3",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1915.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_361"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/13/1915",
"basic_date": "7/13/1915",
"date": "7/13/1915",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Østre Slidre \\(Norway\\), 4 female visitors leave the Fredheim hotel heading North on the main road, and arrive at the Valsted farm when they suddenly hear the loud sound of an engine, thinking a car is approaching. They move away from the road expecting the car to arrive, but are surprised to not see a car; in fact the two women who are a bit ahead of the others see an airplane flying towards them from the North. An officer's wife, who sees the machine, is certain she is not mistaken and that it was an airplane, having seen many airplanes in flight before. However, as the women observe the machine for a short moment the engine stops and the machine falls like lightning in an inclined trajectory, pointing towards Volhufjorden. She sees all this very clearly, and her impression is that the machine and the aviator are about to be destroyed. The sheriff of Østre Slidre is immediately notified of the event and with 4 other people conducts an investigation at Skogene outside Rognagårdene directly in the fjord, without discovering any element. Men are posted on both sides of the fjord while all of Volbufjorden is searched in all directions. In an interview, the sheriff of Østre Slidre indicates that no trace of the mysterious airplane could be found \\(once again the officer's wife is questioned\\), although she was certain that what she saw was an airplane, and she seemed totally sincere. (Tuesday, July 13th, 12:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"\\[VALDRES, Jul 1915\\] \\[MORGENBLADET, 16 Jul 1915, 4\\] \\[Bullard: The Airship File - Supplement I., 1983, 40\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1915.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_362"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1915",
"basic_date": "8/20/1915",
"date": "8/20/1915",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Christianiafjord \\(Norway\\), 20 minutes before 10 - when the violent storm arrived over the fjord and Østlandet, a man stood in front of the window of his house and looked towards the Southeast above the fjord. Suddenly he saw a dark object appear in front of the illuminated horizon, far ahead in the direction of Rauer. What he initially thought to be a small dark cloud moved in the sky with an unusual speed for a cloud, convincing him that it must be something else. He took his telescope \\(binoculars\\) and went outside into his garden. He turned in the direction where he thought the dark object was and - sure enough - the most beautiful of Zeppelins \\(in full power\\) floated above Christianiafjord. As he stayed to observe it with the telescope he managed to see a bright light emitted from the center of the large body; it shone intensely for about 1 minute and then it left. Right after he could see the vessel turn and float away to the South and soon disappear into the darkness. (Friday, August 20th, evening)",
"ref": [
"\\[GJENGANGEREN, Aug 1915\\] \\[MORGENBLADET, 25 Aug 1915, 4\\] \\[Bullard: THE AIRSHIP FILE - SUPPLEMENT I., 1983, 42\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1915.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_363"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/21/1915",
"basic_date": "8/21/1915",
"date": "8/21/1915",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Dardanelles Expedition: Allied troops fight the Turks in the Gallipoli peninsula. Sapper Reichart, belonging to the 3rd section of the 1st New Zealand Engineer Company, from Matada \\(Bay of Plenty district\\), observed along with 2 other witnesses an unexplained phenomenon to this day. (August 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1915.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_364"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1915",
"basic_date": "10/1915",
"date": "10/1915",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Lucia observes a phenomenon similar to [that of April](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1915.html\\#15-04). (October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1915.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_365"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1915",
"basic_date": "1915",
"date": "Autumn 1915",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(or 1914\\): In the village of Bujoreanca \\(Romania\\), a teacher was eating with his family in the garden when everyone's attention was drawn to an object of a reddish glow that appeared when it started to get dark. The object was the size of a soccer ball or a man's head with a protruding neck, like an exhaust pipe. It was 20 or 25 m in the air and seemed to move easily, making the acacias and oaks lean due to the wind it created. It left behind a trail of 8 or 10 m long glowing sparks and reappeared again 6 or 7 days later in front of all the villagers. The object made a whistling sound and appeared \"out of nowhere\" above a particular house 800 m away from where the witness lived, and suddenly disappeared above another residence. Once, it stayed stationary above one of the houses where the body of a woman was found, apparently covered in burns. (Autumn)",
"ref": [
"D. S. Ionescu",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1915.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_366"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1915",
"basic_date": "1915",
"date": "Autumn 1915",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Bergen \\(Norway\\), Henr. Angel Hansen saw a large, bright object twice, as big as the Moon, towards the North. It did not move for 30 s, then descended a bit, pausing again for about 15 seconds. The same action was repeated 2-3 times. Finally it accelerated and moved away to disappear in the horizon towards the West. The color of the object was brown-red and the weather was clear. (One evening around 11 pm)",
"ref": [
"UFO-NYT, 3/1972, 118",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1915.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_367"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/31/1916",
"basic_date": "1/31/1916",
"date": "1/31/1916",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Rochford \\(England\\), Air Force Sub-Lieutenant J. E. Morgan, flying at 1500 m altitude, sees a row of lights similar to the lit windows \\(curtains drawn\\) of a train. Believing he is dealing with a German Zeppelin, he draws his Webley Scott pistol and fires. The light rises and quickly disappears. (January 31, 8:45 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1916.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_368"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/13/1916",
"basic_date": "1/13/1916",
"date": "1/13/1916",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Dyfjord \\(Norway\\), a man sees 6 lights, one green, one red and 4 white, and thinks he sees the silhouette of the craft. After a while the 4 white lights go out and a beam like a searchlight is directed downwards. The supposed aircraft emerges in the South-South-West, then moves to the East and finally disappears to the South-East. The observation is made by many credible witnesses, including the entire rescue team based in Dyfjord, and none of them have any doubt of having seen what was a gigantic aircraft. (January 13)",
"ref": [
"\\[Finnmarksposten, January 1916\\] \\[Morgenbladet, 15 January 1916, 2\\] \\[Bullard: The airship file - Supplement I, 1983, 41\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1916.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_369"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/19/1916",
"basic_date": "1/19/1916",
"date": "1/19/1916",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Rolvær \\(Norway\\), Captain Bergfjord of the steamship *Ofoten*, as he arrived in Ofotenfjord, saw a Zeppelin above Rolvær at about 500 m high. (January 19)",
"ref": [
"\\[MORGENBLADET, January 19, 1916, 2\\] \\[Bullard: The Airship File - Supplement I., 1983, 41\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1916.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_370"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/15/1916",
"basic_date": "3/15/1916",
"date": "3/15/1916",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Vesterålen \\(Norway\\), an aircraft was clearly seen above Vesterålen. It arrived at high speed from the sea, first made a complete circle, then was above the Børøy area, and finally Stokmarknes. During the arrival and return flights a nearly steady light changed from red, blue and white. This looked more like a signal. Many people were able to clearly observe the night visitor in the light of the Moon. (March 15th, 11pm)",
"ref": [
"\\[NY TID, March 1916\\] \\[Morgenbladet, 24 Mar 1916, 4\\] \\[Bullard: The airship file - Supplement I, 1983, 41\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1916.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_371"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1916",
"basic_date": "1916",
"date": "Spring 1916",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Lucia is with two of her cousins when the rain starts to fall. The children take refuge in a small cave. After lunch, the rain having stopped, they start to play at the entrance of the cave. Suddenly, they hear the roar of a powerful wind and see a white light hovering in the valley above the treetops. In this light is a young man of remarkable beauty who approaches them and says: \"I am the angel of peace\". He teaches them a prayer and disappears. The three little ones remain in a trance; they keep mechanically repeating the prayer until they literally fall from exhaustion. (Spring)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1916.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_372"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1916",
"basic_date": "4/4/1916",
"date": "4/4/1916",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Jæren \\(Norway\\), two dockers and a police officer saw a light in the air from the quay towards the West above Jæren, probably a Zeppelin. The light disappeared to the West. (April 4)",
"ref": [
"\\[Morgenbladet, April 5, 1916, 4\\] \\[Bullard: The airship file - Supplement I., 1983, 41\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1916.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_373"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/16/1916",
"basic_date": "4/16/1916",
"date": "4/16/1916",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Stavanger \\(Norway\\), students of Stavanger Folkeskole, aged between 9 and 11, see a black cloud appear in the sky. There is a red light behind it. The observation takes a religious turn when they see an angel with a cross. Later a message appears in the sky. (April 16)",
"ref": [
"\\[Stavanger Aftenblad, April 1916, March 1917, March 1918, December 19 1942, April 1943\\] \\[Hiorth: Lebesbymannen, 193-?, 45-8\\] \\[Omvend Dere for Jesus Kommer Snart, 198-?\\] \\[UFO, 1/1989, 22-3\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1916.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_374"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/20/1916",
"basic_date": "4/20/1916",
"date": "4/20/1916",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Off Stafjorden to the West of Svanøen \\(Norway\\), the steamboat *Fjalir* of the Nordre Bergenhus company was passed by a Zeppelin. It was lit up and the buzzing of the engines was clearly heard. It disappeared to the North. (April 20, 2:00)",
"ref": [
"\\[Morgenbladet, 23 Apr 1916, 4\\] \\[Bullard: The airship file - Supplement I., 1983, 41\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1916.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_375"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/24/1916",
"basic_date": "6/24/1916",
"date": "6/24/1916",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Bergen \\(Norway\\), an airplane is observed above Ulrikken. It is a biplane, observed by many people. It flies at such an altitude that it can only be observed with a telescope. It seems to have come from the sea. (Saturday 24th June, 11pm)",
"ref": [
"\\[BERGENS AFTENBLAD, Jun 1916\\] \\[MORGENBLADET, 27 Jun 1916, 2\\] \\[Bullard: The airship file - Supplement I., 1983, 42\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1916.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_376"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1916",
"basic_date": "1916",
"date": "Summer 1916",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On a hot day, the angel reappears and asks: \"What are you doing? Pray! Pray a lot! Offer prayers and sacrifices constantly. How can we make sacrifices? asks Lucia. Sacrifice all that you can... Above all, accept and patiently endure the sufferings that the Lord will send you. He leaves the children completely paralyzed. It is only at nightfall that they regain their senses and start playing again. Here again, as in the previous case, the witnesses did not want to talk about what they had seen, not even among themselves. The next day, they still could not understand their reactions to the apparition: I don't know what's happening to me, said one of the little girls. I can neither speak, nor play, nor sing, and I have no strength to do anything. (Summer)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1916.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_377"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1916",
"basic_date": "1916",
"date": "Autumn 1916",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \"The Angel\" appears once again, at the Cave of Cabesco. He gives the children communion. (Autumn)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1916.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_378"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/13/1917",
"basic_date": "5/13/1917",
"date": "5/13/1917",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At [Fatima](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Fatima.html) \\(Portugal\\), 3 young children of Portuguese peasants, Lucia dos Santos \\(10 years old\\) and her 2 cousins Francisco \\(9 years old\\) and Giacinta \\(7 years old\\) Marto, brother and sister, were tending to their flock of sheep after attending mass. They were playing at building a wall around a bush when their attention was drawn to a luminous phenomenon, like a shining globe in the air. They then descended towards their farm, and approached a vast grassy depression called *Cova de Iria* \\(literally: Saint Irene's Cave, an ancient sacred place\\) to see what was happening. A light then engulfed them and almost blinded them, but allowed them to see in its center a small woman in a white dress. She spoke to them reassuringly and asked them to come back to the same place and same time every month, for 6 months. (Sunday, May 13th, 12pm)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1917.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_379"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/13/1917",
"basic_date": "6/13/1917",
"date": "6/13/1917",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) About fifty people are present at [Fatima](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Fatima.html). They see the little shepherds suddenly kneel and become transfigured. The oldest child, Lucia, 10 years old, speaks to an invisible entity whose answers are not heard. One of the spectators however claims to have heard a very faint voice or the buzzing of a bee. At the end of this dialogue, all the witnesses hear an explosion and see a small cloud rising near a tree. (June 13th, 12 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1917.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_380"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/13/1917",
"basic_date": "7/13/1917",
"date": "7/13/1917",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The number of witnesses has risen to 4500. A buzzing or humming sound is heard, a decrease in the Sun's brightness and heat, a small white cloud around the tree of apparitions and a powerful noise from the Lady. The children are terrified by \"a vision of hell\" and receive a specific prophecy announcing \"apparitions of unknown lights in the sky: The war will end, but if the peoples do not cease to offend God, there will be another, more terrible war during the reign of Pius XI \\(he died in 1939\\). When you see the night lit up by an unknown light, know that it is the great sign that God gives you that he will punish the world for its crimes through war, famine and the persecution of the Church and the Holy Father. To prevent this, I will come to ask for the consecration of Russia... If my requests are heard, Russia will be converted and there will be peace. Otherwise, it will spread its errors throughout the world. (July 13th, 12pm)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1917.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_381"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/13/1917",
"basic_date": "7/13/1917",
"date": "7/13/1917",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \"Angel Hair\" recovered in Fatima. See image at images/Fatima.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1917.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_382"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1917",
"basic_date": "8/19/1917",
"date": "8/19/1917",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The children, released, keep their sheep near Aljustrel when they observe a sudden cooling of the temperature. The Sun becomes yellowish and the countryside is again filled with the colors of the rainbow, which the adults of the surroundings will also observe \\(as the inquiry will establish later\\). The children see the lightning and a bright glow that settles on a tree near them. In the center stands the entity draped in white and gold. The witnesses fall to their knees and their soul is transported with ecstasy. A dialogue ensues, during which the apparition exhorts them to make sacrifices for the fishermen. 10 minutes later, the Lady of Light slowly departs to the east with a roar of an engine. (August 19th, 4 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1917.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_383"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/13/1917",
"basic_date": "9/13/1917",
"date": "9/13/1917",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The crowd is 30000 people, including two perfectly skeptical priests who have come specially to establish the falseness of the so-called \"miracles\". The site of the apparitions is a vast amphitheater where most of the crowd has settled to be close to the tree of apparitions. However, the two priests have chosen a location in a higher place from where they can see everything. The Sun then becomes less intense although there are no clouds in the sky. Thousands of people: There she is... look! Everyone sees a globe of light descending slowly down the valley, from East to West, towards the children. It lands on the tree. A white cloud forms and bright white petals start to fall from the empty sky: As people stare at this strange spectacle, they soon notice that, contrary to the laws of perspective, these shining globules that fall become smaller and smaller as they approach them. And when they stretch out their hands and hats to grab them, they realize that, somehow, they have vanished. The children see the entity again at the center of the globe and the dialogue between the Lady and Lucia resumes. The promise of a miracle for October 13th is renewed. Then the luminous globe rises and disappears into the Sun. When one of the priests was asked what kind of globe it seemed to him, he, very impressed, said that it could be a celestial vehicle that was transporting the Mother of God from her throne to the desert down here. (September 13th, 12pm)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1917.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_384"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1917",
"basic_date": "10/1917",
"date": "10/1917",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The cargo ship *Zebrine* is found completely deserted off the coast of Cherbourg, between Falmouth and Saint-Brieuc. The table is set and laundry is drying on the deck. The logbook is regularly kept. As this disappearance takes place during World War I, the hypothesis of a submarine attack is put forward. The submarine would have fled upon the approach of a ship, fearing to be caught after having boarded the cargo. However, there is no disorder, and the cargo was not sent to the bottom. (October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1917.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_385"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/13/1917",
"basic_date": "10/13/1917",
"date": "10/13/1917",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In front of a crowd of 70000 people despite heavy rain, the vision is preceded by a lightning and a sweet and pleasant smell. The children enter into communication with the Lady. Witnesses observe the great change occurring on the faces of the 3 children, transfigured by the vision. The announced miracle took place at the departure of the Lady of the *Cova da Iria*. The rain that had not stopped falling on the crowd suddenly stops, and the heavy clouds move away. The Sun appears as a shining silver disc, a fantastic disc that spins quickly on its axis and throws beams of colored light in all directions. Red rays shot from the edge of the Sun and colored the clouds, the earth, the trees, the people; then violet, blue, yellow and other colors followed. These colors were described by an objective skeptic as monochromatic sectors that spun endlessly. Reports speak of a flat disc rather than a globe. After a while, it stopped its rotation and plunged down in zigzag -like a dead leaf - towards the earth and the horrified spectators. Most of the observers then believe that their last hour has come. Many of them, including detractors, kneel in the mud and start to publicly confess. Finally, the disc reverses its movement and disappears towards the Sun, the real one, again fixed and dazzling in the sky. The stunned crowd suddenly realizes that their clothes are perfectly dry. (October 13th, 12pm)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1917.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_386"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1918",
"basic_date": "1918",
"date": "1918",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *USS Cyclops*, a cargo ship sailing in the Caribbean, disappears without a trace during a storm.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1918.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_387"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1918",
"basic_date": "1918",
"date": "1918",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) After the apparitions in Fatima the previous year, the spiritual results are significant, despite the efforts of the Portuguese authorities to minimize and discredit them. The conversions and return to religious practice have taken on such a dimension that the Portuguese regime, very anti-religious, quickly evolves and restores its diplomatic relations with the Holy See in the Vatican.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1918.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_388"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/20/1919",
"basic_date": "1/20/1919",
"date": "1/20/1919",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Zeitoun \\(Egypt\\), R. Ascar observed the slow progression of an orange light for 45 seconds. (January 20, 10:45)",
"ref": [
"BSAF, 1919",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1919.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_389"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/20/1919",
"basic_date": "1/20/1919",
"date": "1/20/1919",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Francisco Marto, one of the three little shepherds witness to the observation at Fatima in 1917, dies of the Spanish flu.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1919.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_390"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1920",
"basic_date": "1920",
"date": "1920",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Giacinta Marto, one of the 3 little shepherds witness to the observation at Fatima in 1917, dies of pleurisy.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1920.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_391"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1920",
"basic_date": "1920",
"date": "1920",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oslo, Norway, a mother and daughter heard the music of a harp and went to the window. They saw a bright red object gradually shrinking, the music becoming increasingly faint. When the object was gone, the music was too.",
"ref": [
"RAPPORTNYTT, 3/1980, 1",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1920.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_392"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1920",
"basic_date": "10/1920",
"date": "10/1920",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Stavanger \\(Norway\\) H. B. Rage observed a light reflecting so well that all the shadows of the surrounding trees appeared on the ground in front of him. He turned around and saw a red light ball the size of a pea at an outstretched arm's length from him. A red beam was emitted from the ball, apparently searching for something. Finally, it left. Some clouds, no wind. It illuminated the entire area on the ground (October, 7:30 PM/7:33 PM)",
"ref": [
"\\[UFO report form , December 27th 1964\\] \\[UFO-NYT, 5/1966, 188\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1920.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_393"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1920",
"basic_date": "10/1920",
"date": "10/1920",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Stavanger \\(Norway\\), Harald B. Rage, descends to the cellar to punish a cat. As he shouts at the cat, a luminous ball arrives through the window - directly through the glass. It is as big as a tennis ball, and has many colors. It dances around making circles, going up and down, while the witness tries to catch it. Finally it disappears through the window again, without damaging it. Its distance from the witness was from 10 to 80 cm.",
"ref": [
"UFO Report form, December 27th 1964",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1920.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_394"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/31/1921",
"basic_date": "1/31/1921",
"date": "1/31/1921",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An American 5-masted schooner, the *Carroll A. Deering,* which had passed 48 hours earlier off Cape Zookout, north of the Carolinas at a speed of 5 miles per hour, is found aground on sandbanks, off the coast of Florida, with all its sails set. No distress signal was detected. There is not a soul on board. Empty davits indicate that boats have been launched. Ropes hang along the hull and, finally, only two gray cats are found in the kitchen, dying of hunger. All sails are rigged, except the main staysail, but two slashed arrows are discovered. The ship's papers, logbook, chronometers, clothing in the forecastle before the messroom clock are missing. In the captain's cabin, there is some disorder and drawers have been left open. On the other hand, three pairs of rubber boots in an adjacent locker may indicate that other men have used the cabin. A reserve cabin also seems to have been occupied. The captain's large trunk and canvas bag have disappeared. The steering apparatus is no longer working, the wheel is demolished and the cockpit has been crushed. (January 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1921.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_395"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/31/1921",
"basic_date": "1/31/1921",
"date": "1/31/1921",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sailors of a Peruvian cargo ship, the *Francisco Moreno*, discover an abandoned vessel in the Pacific. However, they observe that the fire of the boilers is still burning in the galley as if it had been lit 2 hours before.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1921.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_396"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/2/1921",
"basic_date": "9/2/1921",
"date": "9/2/1921",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Guglielmo Marconi](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/scientifiques.html\\#MarconiGuglielmo) picks up messages from his yacht in the Mediterranean with a 10 times stronger wavelength than any terrestrial station. These messages are emitted on an unknown wavelength and seem to correspond to a code. (2 September)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1921.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_397"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1923",
"basic_date": "1923",
"date": "1923",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Townsend Brown](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrownThomasTownsend.html), who demonstrated at the beginning of the 20th century a link between electricity and gravity, obtained an American patent for a device that could lift objects into the air without using a motor. His mechanism remained largely ignored by the scientific community.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1923.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_398"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/24/1924",
"basic_date": "7/24/1924",
"date": "7/24/1924",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Mesopotamian desert, the plane of Lieutenant Pilot W. T. Day and Officer Pilot D. R. Stewart is found in perfect working condition. The tracks of the two men lead away from the aircraft for a distance of 36 m, where they abruptly cease. The search will continue for 4 days without result. (July 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1924.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_399"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/23/1924",
"basic_date": "8/23/1924",
"date": "8/23/1924",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) For 9 hours, an experiment occupied all the transmitter-receiver posts in the United States. The goal was to record any form of cosmic message proving that extraterrestrial life is not a myth. On that day, Mars was closest to Earth \\(this proximity will be repeated in the year 2000\\), and both the [US Army](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USArmy.html) and the [US Navy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html) agreed to have their transmission services be silent for 5 minutes at the beginning of each hour. A radiocamera used by Dr. David Todd, professor of astronomy at Amherst College, on behalf of the Navy, recorded strange groups of signals that were also picked up in Europe. The *New York Times* reported that the film had shown, in black and white, on the one hand a continuous alignment of signals, and on the other hand, at regular intervals, signals presenting in groups - and curiously scrambled - shapes resembling human faces cruelly emaciated. (Between 21st and 23rd August)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1924.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_400"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1926",
"basic_date": "1926",
"date": "1926",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Doctor Charles F. Bush, B.Sc. and Ph.D., discovers strange properties in a rock called \"Lintz Basalt\": it would emit more heat than any other and would not accelerate in free fall; let's say it would remain more or less suspended in the air.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1926.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_401"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1926",
"basic_date": "8/5/1926",
"date": "8/5/1926",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Mongolia, explorer Nicholas Roerich and his team observed: We were at our camp, in the district of Koukounor, not far from the Humboldt range. In the morning, around 9:30am, some of our caravaners saw a remarkably large black eagle flying above us. 7 of us began to observe this unusual bird. At the same time, another of our caravaners noticed: \"There is something bigger, much higher than the bird.\" And he expressed his astonishment. We all saw, in a direction from north to south, something big and shiny reflecting the sun, like a huge oval moving at great speed. Crossing our camp, this thing changed direction from south to southwest. And we saw how it disappeared into the intensely blue sky. We had time to take our field binoculars and clearly see an oval shape with a shiny surface, one side shining in the sun. Let us remember that Nicholas Roerich is, by definition, a highly experienced observer and his testimony comes from one of the wildest regions of Asia, where no dirigible has ever flown in the entire history of air conquest. (August 5, 9:30am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1926.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_402"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1926",
"basic_date": "11/1926",
"date": "11/1926",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Bolton \\(Lancashire, England\\), Henry Thomas, the young son of a policeman, is put to bed. He wants to play with his friends who are outside. He sneaks out of the house to join them. They start a game of hide-and-seek in the alleys. Seeing a back door ajar, Henry enters the yard in the hope of finding one of his friends hidden there. In the yard are 3 normal-sized people, looking through the back window of a house. The trio is dressed in strange costumes that seem to be made of gray-silver rubber tubes, and are wearing black boots. They look like \"skinny\" versions of the Michelin Man. They wear transparent dome-shaped helmets. Tubes come out of them to tanks that the creatures carry on their backs. The \"men\" then turn to face the boy. They have pale bulb-shaped faces, dark and slanted eyes, almost no nose and no visible mouth. Henry has the impression that they are benevolent despite their frightening appearance. One of them makes a gurgling sound and all 3 start to move towards the terrified boy. (November)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1926.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_403"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1926",
"basic_date": "11/1926",
"date": "11/1926",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Colun Judetul Sibiu \\(Romania\\), Ion Bunescu is with his horses on the road to a pasture and sees in the night a \"illuminated lance\" the size of the Moon. The object remains motionless for 5 or 10 minutes above Bunescu's head. It has the shape of a boat 3 m long and 2 m wide. The middle is darker than the ends. After that the object heads towards Arpasul de Jos \\(8 km further\\) and after going around a small wood 3 km from Cîrta it suddenly goes out \\(the place where the witness is is a hill with very good visibility of about 60 km\\). The object makes a whistling sound and all the surroundings are lit up as if it were day (1 h)",
"ref": [
"\\[Ion Hobana & Julien Weverberg, UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1926.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_404"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1927",
"basic_date": "1927",
"date": "1927",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The first solid-state germanium device \\(semiconductor\\) of [Henry Moray](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MorayHenryT.html) is submitted to the United States Patent Office, and is rejected due to the fact that it cannot operate without an excited cathode.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1927.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_405"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1927",
"basic_date": "1927",
"date": "1927",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(or 1928\\) **July**: We saw, as did many people, a glowing cylinder flying towards the East above the village of Piatra-Olt \\(Romania\\) at an incredible speed and without any noise. The object was bigger than the Moon. It was yellow and illuminated the streets so much that it was as if it were midday. It exploded in the air into a fountain of red sparks.",
"ref": [
"Eremencu Petre",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1927.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_406"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/28/1927",
"basic_date": "10/28/1927",
"date": "10/28/1927",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Zanesville \\(Ohio\\), [Thomas Townsend Brown](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrownThomasTownsend.html) performs experiments at his Experimental Physics Laboratory on the force acting on charged conductors. The device takes two forms, as described in a manuscript entitled *Tapping Cosmic Energy* dated this day, which at the time is submitted for publication to the magazine *Physical Review*, but rejected. (October 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1927.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_407"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1928",
"basic_date": "1928",
"date": "1928",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [T. Townsend Brown](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrownThomasTownsend.html) discovers the electrogravitic capacitance effect.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1928.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_408"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1928",
"basic_date": "1928",
"date": "1928",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The two scientists Carl Stürmer and Balthus Van der Pol receive echoes of their own transmissions at various times. These echoes last for several seconds or a few minutes after the signals are sent.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1928.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_409"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1929",
"basic_date": "1929",
"date": "1929",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Major Stock Market and Economic Crisis in the United States.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1929.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_410"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1929",
"basic_date": "1929",
"date": "1929",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in April by Edward Pline. See image at images/1929-04_SlideWard_Colorado.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1929.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_411"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1929",
"basic_date": "7/1929",
"date": "Late 7/1929",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Casablanca, Marcel Clairac, Counselor \\(H\\) of the Rabat Court, report of 11/12/1969, Jean Clairac, pilot of the Latécoère Toulouse-Cap Juby line, observed, for 10 minutes at high altitude, above the Marseille and Bouskoura streets, 20 large cigars of the size of a zeppelin, progressing from east to west quite quickly in triangular formation, point forward. (Late July (1929, 1930 or 1935), 11:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"\\[BSAF\\]\\[LDLN 329\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1929.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_412"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1930",
"basic_date": "1930",
"date": "1930",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The 30 inhabitants of the small Inuit village of Angikumi \\(Canada\\) disappear. In this region, living conditions are particularly harsh, and only a half-dozen dogs are still tied up, dead from hunger. The graves have even been opened and the corpses they contained have also disappeared.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1930.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_413"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1930",
"basic_date": "1930",
"date": "1930",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An aircraft carrying business people enters a dark cloud - the only one in the sky. Farmers suddenly see it fall back, one wing partly torn off. The fuel tanks detach and fall. There was no lightning or thunder, and the drama happened in silence. As lightning cannot tear off an airplane wing, what happened? Did the plane encounter a solid body inside the dark cloud, which it hit?",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1930.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_414"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1930",
"basic_date": "1930",
"date": "1930",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Doctor Henry Coanda begins his work on lenticular aerodynamic shapes.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1930.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_415"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1930",
"basic_date": "11/1930",
"date": "11/1930",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On the occasion of the Idu earthquake \\(Japan\\), lights were seen for 1 hour after it occurred. They were sometimes irradiated like the rays of the rising sun, sometimes like the lights of a projector, sometimes like balls of fire, reported Frank Lane. Very bright balls of light were also seen, arranged \"in line\", bluish, yellow or purple. They shone with such brilliance that at a distance of fifty kilometers from the epicenter, they appeared brighter than the Moon, and in Tokyo, many witnesses declared that they could make out \"objects\" under their light. These lights can be seen from a distance of 110 km. (November)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1930.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_416"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1930",
"basic_date": "11/1930",
"date": "11/1930",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Setermoen \\(Norway\\), Ranveig Alstad observed 2 luminous objects making circles above Setermoen and Lifjell. (In 1930 or later, one dark evening)",
"ref": [
"\\[FREMOVER, 10 Dec 1966\\] \\[UFO-NYT, 1/1967, 10\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1930.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_417"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1930",
"basic_date": "11/1930",
"date": "11/1930",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Norway. (In the 1930s)",
"ref": [
"ØVRE SMÅLENENE, 10 Nov 1966, or later",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1930.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_418"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1931",
"basic_date": "3/1931",
"date": "3/1931",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On a hot night, several sailors aboard the Yangtze gunboat make a strange observation in the Gulf of Oman. As their ship, the *Doudart de Lagrée*, heads towards Colombo, and is between Gardafu and the Maldives, these men see immense yellowish light beams rising from the depths. These beams seem to rotate around an axis located at a very great distance from the ship. (March)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1931.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_419"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/10/1931",
"basic_date": "6/10/1931",
"date": "6/10/1931",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sir Francis Chichester \\(known for his legendary journey around the world of 119 days alone on board his transformed aircraft, Gypsy Moth IV in 1966-1967 when he was nearly 65 years old\\) a historic flight over the Tasmanian Sea, from Australia to New zealand. During the flight, he is suddenly alarmed by bright lights moving irregularly and great gait in the sky. One of them is a kind of silver pearl which shines as a headlamp or a helograph. This strange object approaches his device, moves in front of The carggine, then disappears as suddenly as it appeared. His The testimony will be first published in 1932 and then again. in 1964 in a book of memoirs. (June 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1931.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_420"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/10/1931",
"basic_date": "6/10/1931",
"date": "6/10/1931",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Francis Chichester. See image at images/ChichesterFrancis.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1931.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_421"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1932",
"basic_date": "3/1932",
"date": "3/1932",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the United States, more than 13 million unemployed, and almost all banks are closed. (March)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1932.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_422"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/3/1932",
"basic_date": "5/3/1932",
"date": "5/3/1932",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of [Charles Fort](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FortCharlesHoy.html). (3 May)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1932.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_423"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1932",
"basic_date": "1932",
"date": "Summer 1932",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in St. Paris \\(Ohio\\) in summer. See photo at images/1932-Summer_StParis_Ohio.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1932.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_424"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1932",
"basic_date": "1932",
"date": "Summer 1932",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oradea \\(Romania\\), a yellow disc is observed between 200 and 300 m in altitude, moving towards the Southwest above the park. The disc is illuminated and leaves a trail behind it. The observation lasts 2 or 3 s. and is experienced by other people. (Between 7 pm and 8 pm)",
"ref": [
"Lucaci Victor, economist, Bucharest",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1932.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_425"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1932",
"basic_date": "1932",
"date": "Summer 1932",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Off the coast of Greenland, Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Grunnet and Lieutenant Tage Anderson's plane from the [RDAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RDAF.html) was followed by a UFO. It was nothing like the machines of the time, Grunnet remembers, it was hexagonal, flat, made of aluminium, with a completely smooth surface and no rivets. It gave me the chills, I don't know why. Whatever being was on board the ship, it was like I could feel its presence... a hostile presence...",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1932.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_426"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1932",
"basic_date": "11/1932",
"date": "11/1932",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Re-election of [Roosevelt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RooseveltFranklinDelano.html). (November)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1932.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_427"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1933",
"basic_date": "1933",
"date": "1933",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Adolf Hitler takes power. All German scientists are forced to work for the Nazis.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1933.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_428"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/3/1933",
"basic_date": "3/3/1933",
"date": "3/3/1933",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During the Sankiru earthquake \\(Japan\\), the sea receded to reveal to the amazed spectators a luminescent halo resting on the ocean floor. Its color was bluish. Several years before, the same phenomenon had occurred. The crest of the waves, according to Frank Lane, emitted a faint continuous light. The entire surface of the sea sparkled as it broke on the shore, the waves illuminating the entire coast with a soft bluish light. In one of his works, Peter Kolosimo publishes a vaguely representing picture of this magical fire which only appears at certain times of the year in the sea in Japan. At the same time, luminous phenomena are also reported in the sky. (March 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1933.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_429"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/24/1933",
"basic_date": "3/24/1933",
"date": "3/24/1933",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The largest [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) ever observed crosses 9 states of the United States. According to thousands of witnesses, its passage lasts a few terrifying hours. According to a photo, the large luminous sphere in the center of the image measures 9600 m in diameter, and the trail behind it is 1600 m wide, which Ninïger verified. An odor of sulfur persists for hours. The [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) seems to disappear suddenly at 27 km from the [Earth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Terre.html), without exploding or disintegrating. (March 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1933.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_430"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/24/1933",
"basic_date": "3/24/1933",
"date": "3/24/1933",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(or [1934](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1934.html)\\) Witnesses on a beach in Ubatuba \\(Brazil\\) see a disc dive into the ocean and explode, covering the surroundings with a rain of silver fragments of very pure magnesium.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1933.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_431"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/24/1933",
"basic_date": "3/24/1933",
"date": "3/24/1933",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beginning of a wave of ghost flier observations in Norway \\(240 observations\\), Sweden \\(96 observations\\) and Finland \\(157 observations\\), lasting until [1939](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1939.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1933.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_432"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1934",
"basic_date": "1/1934",
"date": "1/1934",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) We receive daily more than 40 testimonies from above the region of Sweden and Norway where no plane should be. (January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1934.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_433"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1934",
"basic_date": "1/1934",
"date": "1/1934",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Germans produce unmanned devices.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1934.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_434"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1934",
"basic_date": "1/1934",
"date": "1/1934",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(or 1933\\) Witnesses on a beach in Ubatuba \\(Brazil\\) see a disc dive into the ocean and explode, covering the surroundings with a rain of silver fragments of very pure magnesium.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1934.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_435"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1934",
"basic_date": "1/1934",
"date": "1/1934",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tibet, Nicolas Roerich observed a silver disc.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1934.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_436"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1934",
"basic_date": "1/1934",
"date": "1/1934",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *US Communication Act*.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1934.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_437"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1934",
"basic_date": "1934",
"date": "Summer 1934",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Skår/Osterøy \\(Norway\\), Berit Clemmensen, 7 years old, observed a luminous object descending from a nearby mountain to the East - at 300 or 400 m away - while she was lying in a haystack. She watched it for a few seconds as it approached, and then she doesn't remember what happened next \\(\"missing time\"\\). (Summer)",
"ref": [
"UFO, 1/1992, 11",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1934.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_438"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1935",
"basic_date": "1935",
"date": "1935",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Toten \\(Norway\\), manifestation of poltergeists.",
"ref": [
"Bord/Bord: MODERN MYSTERIES OF THE WORLD., 1989, 346",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1935.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_439"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1936",
"basic_date": "1936",
"date": "1936",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Second wave of UFO \\(*ghost rockets*\\) sightings in Scandinavia \\(Norway, Sweden, Finland\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1936.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_440"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/2/1936",
"basic_date": "10/2/1936",
"date": "10/2/1936",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Basque province of Guipuzcoa, about 120 km from San Sebastian, Valentine Williams, an English novelist and former soldier, and two other people, after leaving General Franco's HQ in Burgos to go to Biarritz, jumped in surprise at seeing what they thought was a flare or tracer projectile, describing an angle trajectory from the road and heading north at great speed. Williams described it as a white smoke banner... Then it burst into orange flames. There was no sound or explosion. Upon arriving in Biarritz, they told their story. Tom Dupree, from the British Consulate in Hendaye, claims to have been in San Sebastian \\(about 48 km west of Biarritz\\) at the same time and to have seen the same object. (October 2, 4:18 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1936.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_441"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/2/1936",
"basic_date": "10/2/1936",
"date": "10/2/1936",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Gjersjøen \\(Norway\\), an object landed on the road, blocking two cars coming from opposite directions. Neither of the drivers \\(one of 37 years old\\) made any attempt to contact the other, after the object, which was 20 m away, rose and disappeared. ((or 1937))",
"ref": [
"Letter from Eldbjørg Fjeldberg, November 16th, 1976",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1936.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_442"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1937",
"basic_date": "7/1937",
"date": "7/1937",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Nazi leaders \\(Hitler, Goering\\) begin to send special teams of their elite forces to collect all kinds of supernatural, scientific and religious objects related to the supernatural, occult and fringe sciences. During the search for Noah's Ark, along the borders of Turkey and Persia in the Ararat mountain range, the team is faced with a story by some of the oldest members of the village near the Tigris river. The story is that 200 generations ago a strange bright house fell from the sky, making such a noise that it woke everyone in the village. Some time after, a man travelling from one village to another comes across the object, which he describes as having \"sang\", was warm to the touch, had a foul smell and seemed like the trading material used by the stone-hatted men. The story is reported back to the investigating team in Germany. (July)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1937.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_443"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1937",
"basic_date": "7/1937",
"date": "7/1937",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A month later, two additional teams arrive. One is a group of scientists, arriving before the division of Hitler's special weapons machine. This group of men manages to find the \"house\", in fact an extraterrestrial vessel. The disc is 25 m in diameter, 8 m in height. It is solid without an apparent entrance, and surprisingly reactive to external forces, i.e. it seems to float a few meters above the ground, and requires a small effort to move it.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1937.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_444"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1937",
"basic_date": "1937",
"date": "Summer 1937",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Czernica \\(East Germany, now part of Poland\\), a multicolored UFO in the shape of a ball or globe is seen falling into a field \\(or near a field\\) belonging to Eva Braun's parents \\(Hitler's future mistress\\). The area is cordoned off by SS troops from the town of Jelenia Gora \\(known as Hirschberg at the time\\). The crashed disc is taken to the SS base in Hirschberg and kept under very tight guard and extremely high security. It is 7.6 m in diameter and 3.8 m high, consisting of a large dome \"covering\" encircled by a thin outer ring, with a smaller flattened dome on top and a flat lower section. The top of the dome is also flat and large. The craft has 6 oval-shaped structures resembling openings but not transparent, or apparatus emitting some kind of light, located near the base of the upper dome. On the underside of the outer ring the craft has 12 lights. The color of the disc is a matte metallic gray. There is an insignia on the dome resembling the letter \"T\" with 2 vertical supports on its sides. The entrance to the disc is found on the top of the upper dome. The general shape of the disc resembles that of a German soldier's helmet with a slight bulge underneath. Inside the circular cabin are 3 small seats, and control panels around the dome, as well as 3 extraterrestrial beings: 1 is dead, and the other 2 alive. One of the extraterrestrials alive dies shortly after the crash. The 2nd remains under guard for about 1 and a half months and dies. The extraterrestrials were small dwarves, about 0.9 m to 1 m tall, with large hairless pear-shaped heads, slightly dystrophic-looking bodies, long thin hands with 4 fingers, grayish skin and large dark slanted eyes. The Germans fear moving the disc to a more distant location, for fear that it might explode during a long journey during transport. So a research laboratory is built nearby. From Hirschberg the disc is moved to a safer place which, more likely, is called \"Der Riese\", a Nazi complex in the nearby Gory Sowie mountains \\(now in southwestern Poland\\), which is also a site used to extract uranium ore. This complex has an extensive network of underground hangars, connected by tunnels. The bodies of the occupants and the living extraterrestrial are also moved to this complex. The extraterrestrial who lived for a month apparently provided some kind of information to the Germans and desperately asked for the help of the Nazi doctors, but they could not help him due to the different biological structure of his body. The extraterrestrial dies of an unknown illness. The origin of the crashed craft is apparently the double star RA known on Earth as 78 mu-1, Cygni, at 73.1 al away. Among the information given to the Germans by the surviving extraterrestrial is the fact that they have built underground bases in the polar region of the Canadian Territories, perhaps Baffin Island. This data is provided to Hitler himself. But no substantial technical data is actually provided by the extraterrestrial that could help the Nazi scientists to compete with extraterrestrial technology, despite their desperate attempt to obtain this data \\[Robert K Lesniakiewicz, Milos Jesensky *Wunderland, Extraterrestrial Technologies*, Anton Anfalov, Lenura A Azizova, Iryna V Volyk & Sergey V Kovalevskiy\\]. (Summer)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1937.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_445"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1937",
"basic_date": "1937",
"date": "Summer 1937",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Statement of Dr. [Frank Halstead](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/scientifiques.html\\#HalsteadFrank) in favor of the extraterrestrial origin of UFOs.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1937.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_446"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/16/1938",
"basic_date": "3/16/1938",
"date": "3/16/1938",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Chamonix, J. Payot observed the slow horizontal progression of a bolide from the north to the east. The object was magnificent, conical, as big as the Moon, orange in front and round, with red flames at the back. Drawing. (March 16)",
"ref": [
"BSAF, 1938",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1938.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_447"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1938",
"basic_date": "1938",
"date": "Summer 1938",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Herne \\(Norway\\), Sverre Brevik, 21, couldn't sleep. He went out to relax and appreciate the view of nature. Suddenly he noticed a sound, like a generator increasing its speed. The whole area then became illuminated, the sound gaining in strength, making his head hurt. About 20 m away from him, a bluish object rose up. It had a reddish halo around it, and what seemed to be openings around it that blew out a blue-white exhaust. The smell was horrible, reminding him of burnt rubber. His eyes and throat stung. The object rose without any sound, then fell like a feather \\(falling leaf motion\\). It measured between 20 and 25 m in diameter, and 2 to 3 m high. The witness felt like he was being observed by the object. It rose again and circled the area, again illuminated by the things resembling exhaust, as it disappeared without a sound in the direction of the North. 10 years later he would observe an identical object. (Summer, on a hot night)",
"ref": [
"\\[HJEMMET\\] \\[UFO-NYT, 4/1970, 159-60\\] \\[Liljegren: A bibliography of references to UFO incidents during World War II, 1987, 2\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1938.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_448"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1938",
"basic_date": "1938",
"date": "Summer 1938",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Orson Welles in CBS Studios. See photo at images/welles.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1938.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_449"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1938",
"basic_date": "1938",
"date": "Summer 1938",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the mountainous region of Bayan-Khara Uula \\(on the border of China and Tibet\\), Chinese archaeologist Tschi Pu-tei discovers a number of mysterious tombs. Their walls are decorated with engravings of beings wearing round helmets and they contain skeletons of small size \\(about 1.30 m\\) with an unusually large skull. Even better, the Chinese researcher finds 716 \"discs\" thick 2 cm and the size of a 33 rpm vinyl, pierced in the center and covered with a thin layer of cobalt. These discs present double track spirals starting from the center to the outside, spirals inside which are engraved some kind of hieroglyphs forming a narrative. The mysterious text will remain untranslatable for about 20 years before yielding to the determination of a certain Professor Tsum Um-nui, from the Beijing Prehistory Academy, and 4 of his colleagues. Its publication will only be authorized in 1963, relating the landing of extraterrestrials in -10000. The description of the discs strangely resembles that of a Nepalese plate dating from -2000 \\(see this date\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1938.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_450"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/20/1938",
"basic_date": "11/20/1938",
"date": "11/20/1938",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Pont-Saint-Vincent, J. Bessemoulin, head of the Nancy-Essey ONM station, observed an ovoid object, with a brightness and diameter comparable to that of the Moon, slowly progressing while leaving behind a luminous trail for 1'15\". The object emitted a faint whistle, had mauve stripes in front of its round front, and pale blue flames at its conical back. Drawing identical to that of Chamonix, on March 16. (November 20, 5 PM)",
"ref": [
"BSAF 1938",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1938.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_451"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1938",
"basic_date": "12/1938",
"date": "12/1938",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The disk recovered by the Germans in July/August 1937 is brought into the hands of the highest German scientists north of Munich. In the surrounding mountains an old salt mine is converted into a facility to study and reproduce, as much as possible, the device. It quickly becomes apparent that this vessel is not a top secret apparatus of any other nation on Earth. The Nazi scientists have incredible success in dissecting and understanding the vessel and its contents. No other nation is aware. (December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1938.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_452"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1938",
"basic_date": "12/1938",
"date": "12/1938",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Canadian Radio Act*.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1938.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_453"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1938",
"basic_date": "12/1938",
"date": "12/1938",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(Or 1939\\) In Juminda, Estonia, an object 1 m long and brown-greenish was followed by 2 observers until it suddenly disappeared.",
"ref": [
"Vallée, Passport to Magonia, page 189",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1938.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_454"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1939",
"basic_date": "2/1939",
"date": "2/1939",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An American steamship, the *Tulsa*, picks up distress messages from a ship communicating: Here, P.E.C.C., P.E.C.C. We have just been attacked by an unknown submarine. S. O. S., S. O. S., S. O. S... 2 ships immediately head towards the source of the calls which is located about 550 km south of the Azores. It is the British steamship *Empress of Australia* and the Greek cargo ship *Mont Pelion*. When they arrive at the scene of the drama, they find nothing. No wreckage, no boats, no corpses or injured, no traces of oil or fuel. The two ships then form spirals on the sea, increasingly wider. They send radio messages without interruption. In vain. An investigation takes place: no submarine was in this region at the time of the drama. The distress calls had lasted only a few moments. Fishermen, in Horta, near the Azores, bring testimonies contradicting the official statements that this disappeared ship had never existed and that the radio operators had been victims of an error of interpretation. These fishermen had observed mysterious shapes resembling submarines on the surface in the vicinity of the disappearance. (February)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1939.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_455"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1939",
"basic_date": "2/1939",
"date": "2/1939",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In China, paleontologist and science-fiction writer [Ivan Efremov](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ScienceFiction.html) sees dinosaur skulls pierced with a neat hole, which he describes as the hole of a bullet.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1939.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_456"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1939",
"basic_date": "8/27/1939",
"date": "8/27/1939",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Less than a week before the start of the war, Germany enters the era of jet aviation with the first flight of the Heinkel He-178. (August 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1939.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_457"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1939",
"basic_date": "8/27/1939",
"date": "8/27/1939",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Kristiansand \\(Norway\\), Linnea observed a bright cross in the western sky.",
"ref": [
"\\[UFO-NYT, 4/1969, 162\\] \\[Liljegren: A bibliography of references to UFO incidents during World War II, 1987, 2\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1939.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_458"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1939",
"basic_date": "1939",
"date": "Autumn 1939",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Røskeland/Osterøy \\(Norway\\), Berit Clemmensen and Dagveig Berntsen - both aged around 12-13 at this time - witnessed the surrounding area getting lighted when walking home one dark and moist evening. The strange light lasted for a few seconds, and was unlike any other kind of light they knew. They felt themselves enclosed by this light, and they were unable to determine its source or direction. They were very afraid and excited when the light finally disappeared. There were rain and fog this evening. (Autumn (or Autumn 1940))",
"ref": [
"UFO, 1/1992, 11; 2/1992, 9",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1939.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_459"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1939",
"basic_date": "1939",
"date": "Autumn 1939",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Canadian Official Secret Act*.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1939.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_460"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1939",
"basic_date": "1939",
"date": "Autumn 1939",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Otterøy/Namsfjorden \\(Norway\\), Lorentz Johnsen saw on the island small discs or luminous balls, capable of performing evasive maneuvers. (During the war)",
"ref": [
"UFO-NYT, 2/1973, 56",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1939.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_461"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1939",
"basic_date": "1939",
"date": "Summer 1939",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Sandefjord \\(Norway\\), Mrs. Edvardsen and her friend\\(s\\) saw at 300 or 400 m 3 or 4 luminous objects towards the North. The objects were as big as a barn, and moved like insects. Their color was described as the fire of a cigarette. (During the War, Summer, Late Afternoon)",
"ref": [
"Letter from Arne Foss, 22 Oct 1977",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1939.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_462"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1940",
"basic_date": "1940",
"date": "1940",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Re-election of [Roosevelt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RooseveltFranklinDelano.html) to the Presidency of the United States.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1940.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_463"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1940",
"basic_date": "1940",
"date": "1940",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [James Forrestal](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ForrestalJamesVincent.html) is the United States Secretary of [Navy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1940.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_464"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1940",
"basic_date": "1940",
"date": "1940",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The yacht *Gloria Colite*, from Saint-Vincent, is discovered in the Gulf of Mexico, completely deserted. Everything is in order and the sea was calm. The investigators admit they are powerless to find an explanation: Nothing indicated the cause of the abandonment.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1940.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_465"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/18/1940",
"basic_date": "8/18/1940",
"date": "8/18/1940",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) President [Roosevelt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RooseveltFranklinDelano.html) and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King make the Ogdensburg Declaration, for joint defense between the [United States](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USA.html) and [Canada](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CA.html), with the establishment of the [PJBD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PJBD.html). (August 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1940.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_466"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1941",
"basic_date": "1941",
"date": "1941",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Switzerland, a rescue team searching for 3 mountaineers who had not been heard from in some time found after days of difficult efforts the footprints of the 3 men. They followed them and noticed that they stopped in the center of a snowy field. No crevasse could have swallowed them and beyond, the snow remained untouched. However, from the last traces, 3 irregular holes forming an equilateral triangle of 12.80 m side were discovered. The investigation concluded in a triple disappearance in circumstances that the facts did not allow to establish clearly..",
"ref": [
"Schweizer Zeitung \\< Peter Kolosimo 1958 \\< Guieu, [Vallee](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1965",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1941.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_467"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1941",
"basic_date": "6/1941",
"date": "6/1941",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Germans test the prototype of the flying disc *Schriever-Habermohl Model I*. (June)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1941.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_468"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1941",
"basic_date": "1941",
"date": "Summer 1941",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) It was in Le Mans, at the beginning of summer 1941. The *Luftwaffe* had occupied the old aerodrome of Le Mans, at the Circuit de la Sarthe, and maintained several groups of *Messerschmitt* 109s, not very fast, but excessively maneuverable. The German pilots were in a permanent state of alert and, several times, I observed from quite close up the take-offs in groups of the *Messerschmitts* in broad daylight. The weather was magnificent, a Sunday as far as I remember, and around 1 PM, the very clear sky contained only a few large cumulus clouds, clouds which were moreover very far apart from each other. Around 1 PM, the whole city heard the roar of the planes taking off in haste and I could see that the cause of the alert seemed to be in one of the large cumulus clouds which, at that moment, was flying very slowly over the aerodrome. One could see the Messerschmitts whirling around like mad around the cloud, diving into it at full speed, coming out in a loop or sideways, and starting their maneuvers again, a spectacle which was truly very pretty, but which must have been terribly dangerous for the pilots. Was it an exercise ordered by the commander of the camp or an alert? I never knew, but it was curious to observe the terrified airs of the German soldiers and officers quartered in the city, who followed the spectacle from the windows of the houses. I could then observe that the cloud which, upon its arrival, seemed to have its base at 300 m and to culminate at 1000 m, began to swell and, when it moved away from the aerodrome to move away from the city, it had taken the shape of a very high pyramid, with perfectly sharp contours and brilliantly lit by the sun; its very sharp peak must have been probably at 3000 m, according to a height visible on the horizon and its probable place on the ground. My observation point was 4 km from the aerodrome and the cloud was approximately 5 km away when I observed its summit. (Beginning of Summer, Sunday, 1 PM)",
"ref": [
"scientific review *La Nature*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1941.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_469"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/7/1941",
"basic_date": "12/7/1941",
"date": "12/7/1941",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. (7 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1941.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_470"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/8/1941",
"basic_date": "12/8/1941",
"date": "12/8/1941",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Roosevelt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RooseveltFranklinDelano.html) asks the US Congress to declare war on Japan and directs all national effort towards the global war. (December 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1941.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_471"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1941",
"basic_date": "1941",
"date": "Autumn 1941",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Skår/Osterøy \\(Norway\\), a relative of Berit Clemmensen is with some friends at the local cinema. The night is clear and full of stars. Suddenly they see a luminous phenomenon to the West, heading towards the North-West at great speed. It can be described as a luminous fireball, resembling a bolide at first glance. It seems to fly very low above Osterfjorden. It is visible for at least 1/2 minute, and no sound is heard. The witnesses are quite excited by this experience. (Autumn Evening)",
"ref": [
"UFO, 2/1992, 9",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1941.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_472"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1941",
"basic_date": "7/1941",
"date": "7/1941",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A German scientist travels to the USA, revealing the secret of a saucer recovered by the Germans in 1937. The US military intelligence, under the code name *Oz*, takes control of the Nazi installation containing the disk, and brings it back to the USA, narrowly missing the Soviet troops, who will learn of the disk's existence 6 months later \\(likely from captured German scientists\\). (July)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1941.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_473"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1941",
"basic_date": "7/1941",
"date": "7/1941",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Marøy/Nordhordland \\(Norway\\), Irene Skram and her cousin see a silver disc. It rises from the ground to the South-East of the witnesses, at about 300 m away. Three grey coils follow the disc, rotating on their own axis. It slowly rises to a height of about 100 m, when it seems to descend again, and the three coils following the disc fall about 100 m north of the witnesses' house. The disc disappears. Two men, who also saw the disc \\(the cousin's husband and his friend\\) come to retrieve the coils, and bring back 3 haystacks. Nothing seems strange about these haystacks. They ask their neighbor to the South without talking to him about the disc, and he confirms that 3 haystacks are missing from his property. The object was observed for 2 minutes, and its size was about 10 m in diameter. The diameter of each haystack is 12 to 15 m, and the separation between each is 5 to 6 m. (July/August (or July/August 1942), 11 PM)",
"ref": [
"\\[UFO report form, 6 January 1965\\] \\[UFO-NYT, 5/1966, 188-9\\] \\[Bertelsen: UFO-80., 1980, 65\\] \\[Liljegren: A bibliography of references to UFO incidents during World War II, 1987, 8\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1941.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_474"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/25/1942",
"basic_date": "2/25/1942",
"date": "2/25/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Battle of Los Angeles](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1942-02-25\\_LosAngeles.html). (February 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_475"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/25/1942",
"basic_date": "2/25/1942",
"date": "2/25/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Los Angeles, sirens designed to give an alert in case of an air raid start to wail. Anti-aircraft groups are on alert. Panic sets in in the city, which goes into a blackout. (2 h 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_476"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/25/1942",
"basic_date": "2/25/1942",
"date": "2/25/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Anti-aircraft artillery \\(AAA\\) batteries begin firing at unidentified objects coming from the ocean, which searchlights attempt to corner in the sky. There appear to be at least two types of objects involved in the incident. Witnesses see small, red or silver objects flying at high altitude, moving quickly, appearing in formation and then seeming to weave through the AAA fire at speeds up to 8 km/s --- that's 29000 km/h. There is also a large object that remains stationary for a time, then is caught in the searchlight beams above Culver City, and then moves at a constant speed of 100 km/h to the Santa Monica coast and then south towards Long Beach before being lost from sight. This large object, according to reports, was hit by numerous projectiles. The AAA continues to fire at it. (3:16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_477"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/25/1942",
"basic_date": "2/25/1942",
"date": "2/25/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The AAA stops shooting. No bombs were dropped by the unknown aircrafts and no aircrafts were shot down. (4:14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_478"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/26/1942",
"basic_date": "2/26/1942",
"date": "2/26/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) General [Marshall](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MarshallGeorgeCattlet.html) reports to President Roosevelt regarding the incidents of the previous day in Los Angeles. (February 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_479"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/26/1942",
"basic_date": "2/26/1942",
"date": "2/26/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Bright objects photographed in the middle of a formation of Tahikawa Ki 36 reconnaissance planes. See image at images/foofig\\_1.jpg.",
"ref": [
"\\[Jean-Luc Chaumeil, *Le temps et les OVNI*\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_480"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/26/1942",
"basic_date": "2/26/1942",
"date": "2/26/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the secret airbase of Banak \\(Finnmark province, Norway\\) the guard post gives the alarm; the men go to their combat posts, the pilots to their aircraft. Through binoculars, the observers see an engine approaching silently. Hauptmann Fischer \\(engineer in civilian life\\) takes off in a Messerschmitt 109 \\(fighter\\) to intercept it. At 3500 m altitude he approaches it, observes it, and gives a description over the radio: it is an enormous streamlined body, without any visible wings or openings; its length is about 100 m and its diameter about 15 m; at one end a group of rods resembling radar antennas. The \"air whale\" as Captain Fischer immediately nicknames it, maintains a horizontal position; suddenly it rises vertically at great speed and disappears; the pilot concludes that it cannot be a man-made engine. The report is signed by Captain Fischer, countersigned by the base commander. When, in Berlin, Air Marshal Hermann Goering reads it, he concludes that the harsh solitude of the Far North has played a nasty trick on his pilot. (5:35 PM)",
"ref": [
"Report sent to the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, Durrant 1973",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_481"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/26/1942",
"basic_date": "2/26/1942",
"date": "2/26/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Banak \\(Norway\\), Fischer observed a large cigar-shaped object \\(apparently a hoax\\).",
"ref": [
"\\[Durrant 1970, 84\\] \\[OVNI Presence, 28/Dec 1983, 30/Jun 1984\\] \\[Liljegren: A bibliography of references to UFO incidents during World War II, 1987, 8\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_482"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1942",
"basic_date": "8/1942",
"date": "8/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Solomon Islands, Sergeant-Chief Stephen Brickner reported 150 UFOs flying in rectangular formation, 15 on the length and 10 on the width. (August)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_483"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1942",
"basic_date": "8/1942",
"date": "8/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation \\(pictured to the right\\) at Tientsien, in the province of Hopeh \\(Northern China\\). See image at images/1942.gif.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_484"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1942",
"basic_date": "8/1942",
"date": "8/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Two young aviators on a simple surveillance mission take to the air in a dirigible to patrol along the California coast. Later, two fishermen spot the drifting craft, the gondola door open. There is no one on board. After investigation, it is learned that the dirigible had entirely risen above the clouds and was seen by an airplane, then descended again. Four ships saw it fly over a suspicious oil slick and suddenly rise back into the clouds.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_485"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1942",
"basic_date": "9/1942",
"date": "9/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Cresswell, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland \\(England\\), on an unusually cold night, Albert Lancashire \\(27 years old\\), armed with a rifle with a bayonet on the barrel, guards a radar base on the coast of the North Sea. A light appears on the horizon, then disappears behind a cloud. Then a second light appears, yellow, apparently a beam shot from the edge of a circular object. The beam, about 30 cm in diameter, oscillates around and then darts on Lancashire's face. The soldier drops his gun and raises his hands. He feels a strange floating sensation and loses consciousness. When he comes to a few minutes later, he lies a few meters from where he had seen the light. He remains shocked and dazed for 5 or 10 minutes before feeling fully recovered and able to resume his watch. In the years following this incident, Lancashire will have a number of strange dreams. In one of them, he will remember having been on board the object he saw, and having observed the sea below from a large window; a man in white told him he had to take him on board the craft. In another dream, Lancashire was still in the device and met a red-haired woman, wearing a skirt that stopped at the calves \\(in fashion in 1942\\) who handed him a pair of glasses. Years later, Lancashire came to think that the best explanation for his 1942 experience was that he had been abducted by extraterrestrials. He only reported the incident from his 70s.",
"ref": [
"Mysterious Britain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_486"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1942",
"basic_date": "9/1942",
"date": "9/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo above the Sea of Japan. See images/1942\\_MerDuJapon.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_487"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/17/1942",
"basic_date": "9/17/1942",
"date": "9/17/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) General Brehon Somervell informs Colonel Leslie Richard Groves that his assignment outside of American territory is cancelled, and assigns him to the [Manhattan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Manhattan.html) project. (September 17, 10:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_488"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/18/1942",
"basic_date": "9/18/1942",
"date": "9/18/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Groves orders the purchase of 1250 tons of high quality uranium from the Belgian Congo. (September 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_489"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/19/1942",
"basic_date": "9/19/1942",
"date": "9/19/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Groves purchases 52000 acres of land for the future site of [Oak Ridge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/OakRidgeAFB.html). (September 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_490"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/23/1942",
"basic_date": "9/23/1942",
"date": "9/23/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Groves is promoted to Brigadier General. (September 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_491"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/3/1942",
"basic_date": "10/3/1942",
"date": "10/3/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) After two unsuccessful attempts, third successful launch of a [V-2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/appareils.html\\#V2). (October 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_492"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/15/1942",
"basic_date": "10/15/1942",
"date": "10/15/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Groves asks [Oppenheimer](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/OppenheimerRobertJulius.html) to take the lead of Project Y, the new central laboratory for physics research for weapon design. (October 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_493"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1942",
"basic_date": "11/1942",
"date": "11/1942",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Norway. (November)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1942.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_494"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1943",
"basic_date": "4/5/1943",
"date": "4/5/1943",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Long Beach \\(California\\), [Gerry Casey](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/pilotes.html\\#CaseyGerry) and his student pilot observe an orange UFO. (April 5, 9:50am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1943.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_495"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1943",
"basic_date": "6/1943",
"date": "6/1943",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) And July. At Båttjønndalen/Hessdalen \\(Norway\\), Jon Aspås and his uncle Martin Lyng saw 3 different lights, the largest being the size of the Moon, and the smallest being the size of a star. After a moment smoke came out of the largest object, masking the lights. When the smoke disappeared, the lights had also disappeared (June)",
"ref": [
"\\[Wisth: UFO-Mysteriet I Hessdalen, 1983, 43\\] \\[Krogh: Hessdalenrapporten, 1984, 11\\] \\[The Hessdalen report, 1985, 7\\] \\[Havik: UFO-Fenomenet, 1987, 13\\] \\[Liljegren: A bibliography of references to UFO incidents during World War II., 1987, 10\\] \\[Krogh: The Hessdalen report, 1990, 7-8\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1943.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_496"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/26/1943",
"basic_date": "8/26/1943",
"date": "8/26/1943",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) After the Battle of Kursk, Russian military personnel saw the sky crossed by an engine in the shape of a crescent whose central part dilates and contracts alternately. (August 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1943.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_497"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1943",
"basic_date": "9/1943",
"date": "9/1943",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Blue Division \\(Spanish volunteers fighting with the Germans against Russia\\), among them Jesus Arias \\(Austuria\\), Paz \\(Galicia\\), Tomas Carbonell \\(Allicante\\) are in a bunker during a battle between German and Russian air forces when they see an object shaped like a disk above the planes in full combat as if they were watching the battle. Then they disappear with a fantastic acceleration. (September)",
"ref": [
"Oscar Rey Brea, reporter who worked in the early 1970s in the radio test team of La Corona. Antonio Ribera, *Platillos volantes en Iberiamerica Y Espana*, Ed. Pomaire, 1968, pages 411-12",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1943.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_498"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1943",
"basic_date": "10/1943",
"date": "Late 10/1943",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An experiment on the action of a powerful magnetic field aiming to \"make disappear\" a military vessel is conducted by the US Navy. This experiment is known as \"[The Philadelphia Experiment](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Philadel.html)\". (Late October-Early November)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1943.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_499"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1943",
"basic_date": "12/1943",
"date": "12/1943",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Oslofjorden \\(Norway\\), friends eating see a light appear on the port. Fearing sabotage, they take their cars \\(3\\) and drive towards the phenomenon. At a certain distance the cars stop by themselves, and cannot start again. They leave their cars and run towards the light, which looks like a church bell, with a strange diffuse orange color. When they approach it, they hear a whistling, like air escaping from a compressor. A moment later the object rises 9 to 18 feet above the water, and takes off at an enormous speed, without any sign of acceleration. The object eventually turns a deep blue color before disappearing above the Oslofjorden. At the moment of its disappearance, the 4 witnesses start searching the area and discover a crater-shaped depression in the snow, about 4.5 feet in diameter and about 3 feet deep. Around it the snow has melted, on a diameter of 54 feet. \\[Australian Flying Saucer Review, 7/1968\\] \\[Phillips: Physical traces associated with UFO sightings, 1975, 5\\] \\[Rapportnytt, 4/1979, 4-5. Bertelsen: UFO-80., 1980, 66\\]",
"ref": [
"Liljegren: A bibliography of references to UFO incidents during World War II., 1987, 11",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1943.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_500"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/18/1943",
"basic_date": "12/18/1943",
"date": "12/18/1943",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An object is successively reported by the Helgoland, Hamburg, Wittenberg, Neustrelitz bases. The timing between these bases gives it an average speed of over 3000 km/h. It is observed above Hamburg by a patrol of 2 Focke-Wulf 190 fighters, at 12000 m, around 11:15. The object is a cylindrical body, with a nose cone at the front, a large hole at the back with a panel; it seemed to be composed of a large number of rings, whose surface seemed convex. Reported on the ground, followed for a few km, it disappears at great speed. (December 18)",
"ref": [
"Report sent to the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, Durrant 1973",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1943.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_501"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/18/1943",
"basic_date": "12/18/1943",
"date": "12/18/1943",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A well-armed Japanese division disappears without a trace in New Guinea. The world is left wondering, investigations are conducted, the Japanese government attempts to shed light on this mystery, to no avail.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1943.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_502"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/18/1943",
"basic_date": "12/18/1943",
"date": "12/18/1943",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Bright balls of light regularly appear to Allied planes in flight. Moving around the aircrafts, sometimes in formation, undetectable on the onboard radar, they become so familiar to the military that they nickname them [foo-fighters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#foofighter). The English set up a small organization to document these objects, led by Lieutenant-General Massey and inspired by the reports of a spy who, in fact, is a double agent working under the orders of the mayor of Cologne. He confirms that the foo-fighters are not German devices, but that the Germans think they are Allied firing instruments and the English know that this is not the case. The project will be classified in 1944.",
"ref": [
"Edwards, pp. 70 and 71",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1943.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_503"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/18/1943",
"basic_date": "12/18/1943",
"date": "12/18/1943",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 3 years before its first use in 1945, the father of the H-Bomb [Edward Teller](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TellerEdward.html) astounded his colleagues by suggesting that the colossal temperatures of the explosion could ignite an air combustion that would set the Earth's atmosphere ablaze.",
"ref": [
"Jean-Marc Fleury, Quebec Sciences 03/2000",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1943.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_504"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1944",
"basic_date": "1944",
"date": "1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Harry Truman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TrumanHarryS.html) is elected Vice President of the United States.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_505"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1944",
"basic_date": "1944",
"date": "1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The famous *Messerschmitt* Me-262 twin-engine German fighters form operational fighter squadrons while the Allies still have no jet aircraft to oppose them.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_506"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/12/1944",
"basic_date": "2/12/1944",
"date": "2/12/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Kummersdorf Test Center, the launch of an experimental rocket in the presence of Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, SS Reichsführer Himmler, Heinz Kammler, SS-Gruppenführer and Doctor of Engineering, and senior officers. The tracking camera records the departure. After development and printing of the film, demonstration and review screening in front of the authorities. Astonishment: a spherical body, which no one had seen on the ground, rises at the same time as the rocket and accompanies it by spinning around it. It is believed to be a new type of enemy device and information is requested; but agents of Admiral Canaris in Great Britain report that similar phenomena are occurring over British bases, and that the Allies believe that these are new devices coming from Germany. (February 12)",
"ref": [
"Report sent to the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, Durrant 1973",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_507"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1944",
"basic_date": "1944",
"date": "Spring 1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Ranking of the Massey project started in [1943](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1943.html). The double agent informant is denounced and executed. (Spring)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_508"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1944",
"basic_date": "3/1944",
"date": "3/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) And April. First test flights of prototypes by German inventors Screiver and Mietehe at the Harz mountain complexes. (March)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_509"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1944",
"basic_date": "5/1944",
"date": "Late 5/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Pîncota, Arad \\(Romania, 800 km from Harz\\), a witness reported seeing a German aircraft flying low and staying still in the air for 2 minutes without making any noise before continuing its route (Late May)",
"ref": [
"Gheorghe Lucaci \\> Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, *UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain*",
"\\[\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_510"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1944",
"basic_date": "6/1944",
"date": "6/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The first [V-1](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/V1.html) rockets are launched against London from the northwest of France. (June)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_511"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1944",
"basic_date": "1944",
"date": "Summer 1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Hastings \\(Sussex\\), Bill Steele observed V-1s surrounded in their progression by discs. (Summer)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_512"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1944",
"basic_date": "8/1944",
"date": "8/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Captain Alvah Reida encounters a \"[foo-fighter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#foofighter)\" while flying over Sumatra in his B-29 bomber. He describes it as a glowing red ball about 2 m in diameter. Captain Reida, flying at 320 km/h at an altitude of about 4000 m, attempts to shake off the light ball, but it maintains its position relative to the plane before disappearing at high speed.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_513"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1944",
"basic_date": "8/1944",
"date": "End of 8/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Mattoon \\(Illinois\\), several witnesses \\(mostly women\\) saw a figure looking through the windows as if looking for someone he knew by sight. The figure pointed an object at the witnesses, and some of the women fainted. The figure, very similar to \"Jack Spring-heeled\" described in [1837](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1837.html)-[1838](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1838.html) and [1877](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1877.html), left leaving a strange and nauseating smell. (End of August)",
"ref": [
"[Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1988",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_514"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1944",
"basic_date": "1944",
"date": "Late 1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Kamensko forest in Blovice \\(Czechoslovakia\\), Francois Panes, an 18 year old man, saw an object shaped like a cigar, 100 to 150 m long, lit up underneath. The object changed from yellow to reddish as the sun set during the 10 to 15 minutes of observation. The object descended for 7 minutes then rose up and left slowly. (Late Summer, 5 PM)",
"ref": [
"Phénomènes Spatiaux n° 15, 1968",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_515"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1944",
"basic_date": "10/1944",
"date": "10/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Cuban cargo ship *Rubicon* is found off the coast of Florida, in roughly the same area as the *Gloria Colite* 4 years prior. There is only one dog on board, and the ship is in excellent condition: it is not in danger of sinking. All of the crew's belongings are still in place. Only a lifeboat is missing and a broken mooring line hangs from the bow. That month, according to [NOAA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NOAA.html) archives, a terrible hurricane with winds reaching 250 km/h ravaged the region. The broken mooring line would have likely held an anchor that broke during the storm, and the crew likely embarked in the missing lifeboat before being swept away by the raging ocean. (October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_516"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/29/1944",
"basic_date": "9/29/1944",
"date": "9/29/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Ukraine \\(Russia\\), similar observation to this one from late May.",
"ref": [
"Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, *UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_517"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/29/1944",
"basic_date": "9/29/1944",
"date": "9/29/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Rechlin-Roggenthin Test Center, 12000 m up, a pilot \\(identity not provided in the report\\) is testing a new Messerchmitt ME 262 Schwalbe \\(let us recall that this is where the *Erprobungskommando 162*, commanded by Oberstleutnant Heintz Bär, an ace with over 200 victories, was based; this special group of test pilots was better known as the *Volksjäger-Erprobungskommando*\\). His attention is drawn to two luminous points to his right. Diving full throttle, he finds himself in the presence of a cylindrical body over 100 m long; on the side, some round openings in the shape of portholes; from the front to the middle of the length, vertical rods in the shape of antennas; no wings; speed exceeding 2000 km/h. The pilot approaches it to within 500 m for a few seconds and can observe it. He is questioned by the Special Bureau 13 and must draw a sketch of what he saw. It is on this occasion that Prof. Dr. H. Frazer presents his theory of the adjustable protective magnetic field. (10:45)",
"ref": [
"Report sent to the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, Durrant 1973",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_518"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/23/1944",
"basic_date": "11/23/1944",
"date": "11/23/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Lieutenant Ed Schlueter, a young, tall and competent pilot from Oshkosh \\(Wisconsin\\), takes off from Dijon \\(France\\) for a routine mission of the 415th Night Fighter Squadron: to scan the skies for German planes to shoot down \\(he had done this several times before and had been decorated for it\\). With him is Lieutenant Radar Observer Donald J. Meiers, as well as Lieutenant Fred Ringwald, the squadron's intelligence officer, flying as an observer. The trio continues their search, traversing the mostly clear night sky, with only a few clouds and a quarter moon, going on either side of the Rhine north of Strasbourg. At one point Ringwald says: I wonder what those lights are over there above the hills. Probably stars Schlueter replies. No, I don't think so, Ringwald replies. Are you sure it's not a reflection of us? Absolutely. Ringwald remembers -- there are no hills in that area. But the \"lights\" still shine -- 8 or 10 in a line -- orange fireballs flying through the air at an astonishing speed. Schlueter then sees them far at the end of his left wing. He immediately checks with the Allied radar stations. There's nobody else out there, they reply. Are you crazy? And there are no enemy planes visible on Meiers' radar either. Schlueter turns towards the lights, ready for action. They disappear, then reappear further away. 5 minutes later they seem to thin out and disappear for good. The aviators continue their mission, and destroy 7 freight trains behind the German lines. When they return to Dijon, they decide to keep the story to themselves for the moment. A typical observation of [foo-fighters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#foofighter). (November 23, 10 PM)",
"ref": [
"McClure 2001, Fortean Studies 7",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_519"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/23/1944",
"basic_date": "11/23/1944",
"date": "11/23/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Lieutenant pilot Henry Giblin of Santa Rosa \\(California\\) and Lieutenant radar observer Walter Cleary of Worcester \\(Massachusetts\\) are flying at an altitude of 1000 feet when they see a huge red light ball 1000 feet above them, moving at 200/h. The men think they have eaten something that didn't agree with them and don't run to report their experience. (A few nights later)",
"ref": [
"McClure 2001, Fortean Studies 7",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_520"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/14/1944",
"basic_date": "12/14/1944",
"date": "12/14/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In an article titled \"The Mysterious Floating Ball is a New German Weapon\", the *New York Times* reported: Supreme HQ, Allied Expeditionary Force, Dec 13 - A new German weapon has made its appearance on the Western air front, it was revealed today. American Air Force pilots report their encounters with silver-colored spheres in the sky over German territory. The spheres are encountered alone or in groups. Sometimes they are semi-translucent. (December 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_521"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/22/1944",
"basic_date": "12/22/1944",
"date": "12/22/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) David L. McFalls, a pilot of the 415th American Fighter Squadron, and a radar operator return from a mission over Haguenau, when they see 2 large orange lights quickly joining their flight altitude of 3500 m \\(10000 feet\\). McFalls notes: At 6 PM we observed 2 lights leaving the ground heading towards us. Once at our altitude, they stabilized and stayed behind my tail. The lights had the appearance of large orange glows. After staying 2 minutes with the plane, they detached and flew away, flying in a perfectly controlled manner, and went away. The pilot had dived to try to distance them, but without success. (December 22, 6 PM)",
"ref": [
"McClure 2001, Fortean Studies 7",
"Lore, Gordon I. R. Jnr., and Deneault, Harold H., Jnr., 'Mysteries of the Skies; UFOs in Perspective' p. 116 Prentice-Hall, New Jersey 1968",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_522"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/23/1944",
"basic_date": "12/23/1944",
"date": "12/23/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) McFalls witnesses another phenomenon, accompanied by his radar observer, Lieutenant Ned Baker of Hemat \\(California\\). Still at 3500 m \\(10000 feet\\) altitude, a red glowing ball rushes towards the plane. The pilot recounts: Suddenly, it took the shape of an airplane, which, after making a very tight turn, dove down and then disappeared The army thinks it's a secret German weapon. Yet, after the war, German pilots will claim to have encountered similar phenomena. (December 23-24)",
"ref": [
"\\[McClure 2001, Fortean Studies 7\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_523"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/23/1944",
"basic_date": "12/23/1944",
"date": "12/23/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During a mission in Romania to bomb the refineries operated by the Germans, Boris Surikov and his commander, Major Bajenov, flew at an altitude of 5000 m above the southwest of Ukraine when they encountered a particularly unusual aircraft. In front of the plane, a large elliptical object flew in our direction \\(...\\) We had read in the newspapers about new German weapons, but we saw nothing like it. What happened was that our huge 14.5 tonne aircraft began to be shaken, the oil pressure increased, and when I leaned on the window I felt a strong electrostatic discharge. I feared that the plane would catch fire. It passed us and disappeared, but our plane was still affected: I looked at the wings, covered with electric discharges.",
"ref": [
"Interview with Surikov by English television producers Lawrence Moore and Livia Russel in Moscow in 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_524"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/23/1944",
"basic_date": "12/23/1944",
"date": "12/23/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beginning of the supposed operation [Uranus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1944\\_Uranus.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_525"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1944",
"basic_date": "12/31/1944",
"date": "12/31/1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) AP journalist Bob Wilson is with the 415th Squadron to investigate the [foo fighters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FooFighters.html). He interviews the men until 4am, and appears the next day. (December 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_526"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1944",
"basic_date": "1944",
"date": "Late 1944",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Ploiesti \\(Romania\\), the Vega refinery is on fire after a bombing and a yellowish, sharp object is observed coming from the North. The object leaves a trail similar to the vapor of an airplane but is shorter and vibrating. Its speed is 3 to 4 times higher than that of the aircrafts often observed above the city. There is no noise and the object circles around the bombed area and then disappears from where it came. The observation lasted 15 minutes. (In the late afternoon)",
"ref": [
"Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1944.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_527"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1945",
"basic_date": "1945",
"date": "1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo of Jack LeMonde circa 1945, showing [what is likely a lamp](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.nidsci.org/news/lemonde\\_update.php). See image at images/1945_LeMondeJack_2.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_528"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1945",
"basic_date": "1945",
"date": "1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo of [Jack LeMonde](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/mailto:jacktar@worldnet.att.net) taken in Burbank \\(California\\) at Pickwick Riding Stables.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_529"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/11/1945",
"basic_date": "2/11/1945",
"date": "2/11/1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Roosevelt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RooseveltFranklinDelano.html) meets [Churchill](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ChurchillWinston.html) and [Staline](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/StalineJoseph.html) at the Yalta Conference. (February 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_530"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/11/1945",
"basic_date": "2/11/1945",
"date": "2/11/1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Signing of the [Paperclip](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Paperclip.html) Operation Treaty to prepare for the post-war, but in a blatant and early violation of the Yalta agreements. This treaty, concluded by the English, American and Russian heads of state, places the German V2 factory of Dora-Mittlebau under Russian control. Yet, the American secret services decide to take possession of everything that can be taken from the factory.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_531"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/12/1945",
"basic_date": "4/12/1945",
"date": "4/12/1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Harry Truman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TrumanHarryS.html) is appointed President of the United States following the death of [Franklin Roosevelt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RooseveltFranklinDelano.html). (April 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_532"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/2/1945",
"basic_date": "5/2/1945",
"date": "5/2/1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Wernher Von Braun](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VonBraunWernher.html) and his team are recovered from the Dora-Mittlebau site by the Allies. (May 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_533"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/31/1945",
"basic_date": "5/31/1945",
"date": "5/31/1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Colonel Holger Toftoy's last convoy of trucks leaves the Dora-Mittlebau site, just a few hours before the arrival of Soviet troops. The seized items are first sent to Antwerp, then transported by boat to New Orleans, to finish their secret transit within the Redstone Arsenal in the state of Alabama. To calm the anger of the Soviets, the Americans promise to return what they have taken but instead send a shipment of defective tractor parts. The immediate outcome of the 2nd World War gave the feeling of a relative understanding between Russians and Americans. This bold operation is one of the many incidents that will feed the underground soil of a terrible Cold War. (May 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_534"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/20/1945",
"basic_date": "6/20/1945",
"date": "6/20/1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Sørreisa \\(Norway\\), E. P. B. heard a whistling sound and tried to find its origin. He saw 5 dark objects \\(which he initially thought were cannonballs or something else\\) moving very quickly, faster than any 1945 aircraft. Seen against a high cloud cover, the objects always kept the same distance between them. They were observed for 15 to 20 seconds, going further and further away, all the time following a wavy trajectory. (After June 20)",
"ref": [
"\\[Letters from E. P. B., March 15, 1983, April 18, 1983\\] \\[UFO report form, April 18, 1983\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_535"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1945",
"basic_date": "7/1/1945",
"date": "7/1/1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [T-2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/T2.html) department within the [AAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AAF.html), initiating the movement towards a balanced integration between engineering and technical air intelligence. (July 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_536"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/16/1945",
"basic_date": "7/16/1945",
"date": "7/16/1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First test of the atomic bomb at Trinity \\(Operation *Trinity*\\). (July 16, 5:30am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_537"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/16/1945",
"basic_date": "7/16/1945",
"date": "7/16/1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Vetis \\(Romania\\), an old farmer observed for several nights in a row a cloud moving towards the ground above his field. The cloud was bright red and approached close to the fences. At one fence, two illuminated clouds appeared, moving towards each other, stopping, and then suddenly disappearing. Several people at a distance reported thinking the lights of the object were the lights of their homes and that they were deceived on their way home.",
"ref": [
"Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_538"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1945",
"basic_date": "8/1945",
"date": "8/1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Vulcânesti, Criova \\(Romania\\), on a clear and warm night, a train station watchman named C. Tîrulescu is on duty. After stopping the train he goes to the office to telephone. As he returns to the platform, everything behind him lights up. He turns around and sees a large red object in the sky, bigger than the Moon and much brighter. It is above the horizon and heading west, at a distance of 70 to 80 m. The train station guard also sees it. By the time Tîrulescu goes inside to get his colleague and comes back outside, the object is gone. (August)",
"ref": [
"Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_539"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/28/1945",
"basic_date": "8/28/1945",
"date": "8/28/1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Leonard Stringfield](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/StringfieldLeonardH.html). (August 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_540"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/5/1945",
"basic_date": "12/5/1945",
"date": "12/5/1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the afternoon, disappearance of [Flight 19](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1945-12-05\\_Vol19.html). (December 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_541"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/5/1945",
"basic_date": "12/5/1945",
"date": "12/5/1945",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Kristiansand \\(Norway\\), Linnea \\(same witness as for the observation in Kristiansand in 1939\\) saw 3 \"bubbles\" of rainbow colors above a hill to the West of the city. They maneuvered around for a moment, then disappeared to the West. (After the War)",
"ref": [
"UFO-NYT, 4/1969, 162",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1945.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_542"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1946",
"basic_date": "1946",
"date": "1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) One of the few photographs of the \"Ghost Rocket\" in 1946, in Sweden. See image at images/1946_GhostRocket_Sweden.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_543"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1946",
"basic_date": "5/1946",
"date": "5/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Start of a wave of observations, mainly in Scandinavia, but also in the rest of Europe, and even in North Africa. (May)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_544"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/9/1946",
"basic_date": "6/9/1946",
"date": "6/9/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Helsinki \\(Finland\\), a bright multicolored light is observed above the city, with a trail of smoke and the sound of thunder. Its luminous trail persists for 10 minutes. (June 9, Night)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_545"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/10/1946",
"basic_date": "6/10/1946",
"date": "6/10/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Same phenomenon as the day before, but newspapers indicate that the object turned around to return in the direction it came from. (June 10th, night)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_546"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/12/1946",
"basic_date": "6/12/1946",
"date": "6/12/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Swedish General Staff requests the army to report their observations through official channels, admitting to be aware of the phenomenon since May. (June 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_547"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/9/1946",
"basic_date": "7/9/1946",
"date": "7/9/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Over 200 sighting reports are received by the Swedish military, many of which describe tubular objects or objects shaped like a low-flying, slow-moving axis, with or without very little sound. First sightings of unusual flying objects brought to the attention of US intelligence services. (July 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_548"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/9/1946",
"basic_date": "7/9/1946",
"date": "7/9/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sweden forms a \"ghost rockets committee\" to study the problem.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_549"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/19/1946",
"basic_date": "7/19/1946",
"date": "7/19/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Knut Lindback and Beda Persson were working by the side of Lake Kolmjarv \\(northern Sweden\\) when they heard a buzzing in the sky. They saw a gray object, resembling an airplane or a rocket, rushing towards the lake. The object touched the water about 1 km away from them, creating a huge geyser. Later, Lindback would declare: I'm sure it was a solid object. It measured 2 m long and had a snub nose while the back was pointed. I thought I saw 2 protrusions on the sides, like wings, but I can't swear to it because everything happened very quickly. After this incident which had another witness by the lake's shore, soldiers undertook a two-week search, without finding any trace of what the three individuals had seen. (July 19th, just before noon)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_550"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/8/1946",
"basic_date": "7/8/1946",
"date": "7/8/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Vuoremijoki \\(Norway\\), 2 loud detonations were heard by 2 people, followed by a very loud hissing, as if it came from a welding machine. An oblong cloud of \"steam and heat\" then rose from behind a hill called Kivitunturi. Out of this cloud emerged an object that looked like a projectile. It maintained an ascending trajectory of 30 to 40°, in the direction of the Southwest. The distance of the phenomenon was estimated between 5 and 8 km. The visibility was good, and the Sun was up. The length of the projectile was estimated between 10 and 15 m. (July 8th, 11:55 PM)",
"ref": [
"Swedish intelligence report, August 26th 1946",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_551"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/9/1946",
"basic_date": "7/9/1946",
"date": "7/9/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First reports received by the Swedish army. (July 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_552"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/11/1946",
"basic_date": "7/11/1946",
"date": "7/11/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Andebu \\(Norway\\), work was being done at the Berg farm when a deafening impact was heard. A large splash of water was created in a pond, as if a body had been thrown into it. A blue-gray smoke appeared on the lake, and it was this smoke that drew the attention of the witnesses to the lake. (July 11, 2:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"\\[Tønsberg Blad, July 1946\\] \\[Buskeruds blad, July 13, 1946, 1+7\\] \\[Dagbladet, July 13, 1946, 16\\] \\[Drammens tidende, July 13, 1946, 1+7\\] \\[Vårt Land, July 13, 1946, 1\\] \\[Friheten, July 15, 1946, 7\\] \\[Liljegren: Spökraketerna 1946 - Nyhetsby Råmaterialet, 1977, 9-10\\] \\[Gross: *The mystery of the ghost rockets*, 1982, 10\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_553"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/13/1946",
"basic_date": "7/13/1946",
"date": "7/13/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oslo \\(Norway\\), a luminous object passes over the city. It comes from the North-East and disappears towards the South, at the speed of a jet plane. The witnesses refute the possibility of a shooting star. The light is bigger and more intense than that of a usual star, and it leaves behind a trail of smoke. The altitude is estimated to be that of a normal aircraft, and the object maintains a straight trajectory during the entire observation. (20 h 55)",
"ref": [
"Aftenposten, 15 July 1946, 1",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_554"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/13/1946",
"basic_date": "7/13/1946",
"date": "7/13/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Stavanger \\(Norway\\), a yellow-red luminous object approaches from the Southeast. It looks like a projectile, flying at high speed and high altitude. It disappears towards the Northwest, always maintaining the same altitude. There are 4 witnesses, who all reject the possibility of a [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html).. (11 PM)",
"ref": [
"\\[Stavangeren, July 1946\\] \\[Dagbladet, 16 July 1946, 8\\] \\[Aftenposten, 17 July 1946, 4\\] \\[Morgenposten, 17 July 1946, 8\\] \\[Nationen, 17 July 1946, 2\\] \\[Verdens gang, 17 July 1946, 1\\] \\[CIA Intelligence Report, 9 April 1947\\] \\[Liljegren: Spökraketerna 1946 - Nyhetsby Råmaterialet, 1977, 10\\] \\[Gross: *The mystery of the ghost rockets*, 1982, 12\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_555"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/14/1946",
"basic_date": "7/14/1946",
"date": "7/14/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Son \\(Norway\\), a man sees an object moving quickly at an altitude of approximately 1000 m. It can be observed for 2 minutes, and its color changes to blue-green.. (22 h 50)",
"ref": [
"\\[Aftenposten, July 15th 1946, 1; 16 Jul 1946, 5\\] \\[Borås tidning, July 16th 1946\\] \\[Buskruds blad, July 16th 1946, 2\\] \\[Fremtiden, July 16th 1946, 1\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_556"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/14/1946",
"basic_date": "7/14/1946",
"date": "7/14/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Jeløy \\(Norway\\), 4 witnesses see a large \"star\" yellow-white bright appear on the horizon in the South. It can be observed for 1 min, flying quickly and at high altitude, disappearing to the North-North-West. Ekke changes its color to more bluish. (22 h 55)",
"ref": [
"\\[Aftenposten, July 15th 1946, 1; July 16th 1946, 5\\] \\[Borås Tidning, July 16th 1946\\] \\[Buskruds blad, July 16th 1946, 2\\] \\[Fremtiden, July 16th 1946, 1\\] \\[DN, July 16th 1946\\] \\[Verdens gang, July 16th 1946, 6\\] \\[VD, July 16th 1946\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_557"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1946",
"basic_date": "7/17/1946",
"date": "7/17/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oslo \\(Norway\\), an engineer reported seeing a bright object coming from the East and going towards the Southwest. Observed with binoculars, it produced a thick gray-white trail. (July 17, 12:50)",
"ref": [
"\\[Fremtiden, July 19, 1946, 8\\] \\[Morgenbladet, July 19, 1946, 1\\] \\[Liljegren: Spökraketerna 1946 - Nyhetsby Råmaterialet, 1977, 11-2\\] \\[Gross: *The mystery of the ghost rockets*, 1982, 16\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_558"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1946",
"basic_date": "7/18/1946",
"date": "7/18/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Son \\(Norway\\), an object with wings emitting light, sound and smoke was observed. (23 h 35)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_559"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1946",
"basic_date": "7/18/1946",
"date": "7/18/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Mjøsa \\(Norway\\), several witnesses see objects resembling V1s coming from the West at low altitude \\(about 50 m\\). The witnesses first hear a loud whistling, not exactly that of an aircraft. The objects fly so low that they make the trees sway. They all fall into Lake Mjøsa, about 2 km from the West coast and about 7 km from Minnesund. They have the shape of cigars, measure 2.5 m long, with long wings of about 1 m behind the nose. The front and back parts shine like metal, but the middle section where the wings are is black. The wings seem to beat lightly. No fire or light is seen. The objects are close to each other, one in front of the other, and their trajectory is like that of a stone thrown. When they reach Lake Mjøsa, the water splashes several meters into the air. No explosion is heard. The sky is clear and the water is calm. Among the witnesses are Sigvart Skaug, his wife, his son, his daughter and Nils & Gustav Tosterud. (From 12:00 to 12:30)",
"ref": [
"\\[Aftenposten, July 19, 1946, 1; July 20, 1946, 1+5+14\\] \\[Buskeruds blad, July 20, 1946, 1\\] \\[Drammens tidende, July 20, 1946, 1\\] \\[Fremtiden, July 20, 1946, 1\\] \\[GÖTEBORGS-Tidningen, July 1946\\] \\[HD, July 20, 1946\\] \\[SVD, July 20, 1946\\] \\[MT, July 21, 1946, 18\\] \\[Aftenposten, July 22, 1946, 1\\] \\[Arbeiderbladet, July 22, 1946, 1\\] \\[Fremtiden, July 22, 1946, 1\\] \\[Morgenbladet, July 22, 1946, 1\\] \\[Flying Saucer Review, v 15/n 2 - March/April 1969, 18\\] \\[Official UFO, October 1976, 61\\] \\[Gross: *The mystery of the ghost rockets*, 1982, 14-5\\] \\[AFU Newsletter, 27 - January/December 1984, 4\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_560"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/19/1946",
"basic_date": "7/19/1946",
"date": "7/19/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Møsvannet \\(Norway\\), a sound like that of an aircraft was heard. The sound came from the South-West, becoming louder and louder, culminating in a crash as if an aircraft had crashed into the ground. It lasted a few seconds, but nothing was seen. (July 19th, between 1pm and 1:30pm)",
"ref": [
" \\[Fremtiden, July 22nd 1946, 6\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_561"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/21/1946",
"basic_date": "7/21/1946",
"date": "7/21/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Hurdal \\(Norway\\), sighting of a dark object, moving at high speed, whistling at an altitude not exceeding 200 m. (July 21, 6:40 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_562"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/22/1946",
"basic_date": "7/22/1946",
"date": "7/22/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Gardermoen \\(Norway\\), 3 pilots saw a flying bomb pass over the airfield at an incredible speed. The altitude must have been between 2000 and 3000 feet. All witnesses reported fire and sparks coming from the tail but no sound was heard. (July 22, 1 AM)",
"ref": [
" \\[Official UFO, Oct 1976, 61\\] \\[Gross: *The mystery of the ghost rockets*, 1982, 17\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_563"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1946",
"basic_date": "7/26/1946",
"date": "7/26/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oslo \\(Norway\\), several witnesses hear 2 loud explosions, the last one seeming to have an echo. One person also claims to have seen a white light at the same time. (July 26, 0:53)",
"ref": [
"\\[Aftenposten, July 26 1946, 1+2\\] \\[Dagbladet, July 26 1946, 1+6\\] \\[Verdens gang, July 27 1946, 5\\] \\[Morgenbladet, July 29 1946, 2\\] \\[Flying Saucer Review, v 15/n 2 - March/April 1969, 18\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_564"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1946",
"basic_date": "7/30/1946",
"date": "7/30/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Swedish army has collected over 600 reports \\(over 1000 according to other sources\\) concerning objects nicknamed \"ghost rockets\" \\([*ghost rockets*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GhostRockets.html)\\). These are generally described as having the general shape of cigars, with orange flames appearing to come out of the back. The observations are generally nocturnal. The General Staff declares the situation to be extremely serious; indeed, the observed objects, real, are detected by military radars. American officials share the concern of their Swedish counterparts, as the nearby Peenemünde base fell into Russian hands at the end of the war. This test center was used for the development of secret German weapons and may still shelter unusual devices. (July 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_565"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1946",
"basic_date": "8/1946",
"date": "8/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Sweden on behalf of Shell Oil Company, [James Doolittle](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DoolittleJamesH.html) investigates the phenomenon of [Ghost Rockets](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GhostRockets.html). According to other sources he goes to Spitzberger \\(Norway\\), to see a crashed UFO in May. According to former sailors of the *Alabama* vessel at the time, the UFO was brought to the United States on this ship from Spitsbergen.",
"ref": [
"Dorothy Kirgallen",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_566"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/3/1946",
"basic_date": "8/3/1946",
"date": "8/3/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Finnfjordsvann \\(Norway\\), witnesses observe a rocket passing over Finnfjordsvann from Southeast to Northwest, at an altitude of approximately 1000 m. The object is dark and measures approximately 5 m in length. Its speed is approximately 1000 km/h (August 3rd, 0:30)",
"ref": [
"\\[Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, October 1st 1946\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_567"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1946",
"basic_date": "8/5/1946",
"date": "8/5/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Eidsfjord/Vesterålen \\(Norway\\), a witness observed through binoculars an object shaped like a cigar with luminous protrusions at the back. It was heading from South-East to North-West, never changing trajectory or speed, at a great altitude. With the cloud cover at 300 m, the object could not be seen without binoculars. (From 19:15 to 19:35)",
"ref": [
"Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, October 1st 1946",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_568"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1946",
"basic_date": "8/5/1946",
"date": "8/5/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Eidsfjord/Vesterålen \\(Norway\\), a bright object was observed travelling at high speed and high altitude, from East to West. (19:45 to 20:05)",
"ref": [
"Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, 1st October 1946",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_569"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/7/1946",
"basic_date": "8/7/1946",
"date": "8/7/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Bergen \\(Norway\\), several \"bombs\" were observed. (7 August)",
"ref": [
"Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, 21 September 1946",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_570"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/11/1946",
"basic_date": "8/11/1946",
"date": "8/11/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Oslo region \\(Norway\\), some bombs were observed. (11 August)",
"ref": [
"Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, 21 September 1946",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_571"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1946",
"basic_date": "8/1946",
"date": "8/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The phenomenon is spreading to Southern Europe. (August mid-month)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_572"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/17/1946",
"basic_date": "8/17/1946",
"date": "8/17/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tromsø \\(Norway\\), an explosion breaks windows. (August 17)",
"ref": [
"\\[Daily Telegraph, August 17, 1946\\] \\[Gross: The Mystery of the Ghost Rockets, 1982, 38\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_573"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/23/1946",
"basic_date": "8/23/1946",
"date": "8/23/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A \"bomb\" is seen passing between Oksebåsneset and Renøen, north of Kirkenes, heading southwest. (August 23, 7:35 PM)",
"ref": [
"Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, September 21, 1946",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_574"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1946",
"basic_date": "8/24/1946",
"date": "8/24/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Southern Norway, sightings of \"flying bombs\" in various places",
"ref": [
"\\[Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, 21 Sep 1946\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_575"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1946",
"basic_date": "8/24/1946",
"date": "8/24/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Russeviksodden \\(Norway\\) a witness observed a light ball rising from the horizon, between Holmengråvika and Rødberget. It then descended and fell halfway between the sea and the horizon, between Holmengråvika and Rødberget. The witness was on board the d/s *Hekkingen*. After the impact nothing was seen for 30 s, then a fire appeared with a red color, and continued for about 3 min. The position of the d/s *Hekkingen* was 3/4 of a nautical mile Northeast of Russeviksodden in the direction \\(South-half-West\\) of Kirkenes. The trajectory of the light ball is assumed from North to West. It can be seen from the port, traveling very fast, about 5 seconds. The witness estimated its altitude to be about 400 m, and to be about 2 nautical miles from the object. It was lightly raining and beginning to get dark at this time, but the witness could still see the outlines of the surrounding mountains. The cloud cover was at 1000 m. Another witness on the d/s *Hekkingen* also saw the fire, with binoculars. This witness described the fire as being red and producing white smoke, for about 3 min (20 h)",
"ref": [
"\\[Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, 1 October 1946\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_576"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1946",
"basic_date": "8/24/1946",
"date": "8/24/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oslo \\(Norway\\), 2 independent witnesses see a bright luminous object passing over the Northeast of the city towards the South at the same speed as an airplane. Its light is bigger and brighter than a star, and it leaves a small trail of smoke, without ever deviating from its course. (20 h 55)",
"ref": [
"\\[Aftenposten, 26 August 1946, 1\\] \\[Liljegren: Spökraketerna 1946 - Nyhetsby Råmaterialet, 1977, 28\\] \\[Gross: The mystery of the ghost rockets, 1982, 45\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_577"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1946",
"basic_date": "8/24/1946",
"date": "8/24/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Sande \\(Norway\\), two men see an object resembling an airplane coming from the North at high speed. It is heading South, without any sound being heard. The object is at about 200 m altitude, and is surrounded by a yellow-green light, but the light disappears when it is above Orebergvannet (9 PM)",
"ref": [
"Buskeruds blad, 26 August 1946, 5",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_578"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/26/1946",
"basic_date": "8/26/1946",
"date": "8/26/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Engerdal \\(Norway\\), 2 witnesses saw a rocket above Femundselven, moving towards the South-East at the speed of a jet plane. It left a smoke trail. (21 h)",
"ref": [
"\\[Hamar arbeiderblad, August 1946\\] \\[Arbedets rett, 28 August 1946\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_579"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/26/1946",
"basic_date": "8/26/1946",
"date": "8/26/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Årsteinfjellet \\(Norway\\), 2 witnesses were returning home in a fishing boat when they saw an object of intense green emitting sparks, moving from South-East to North-West. At an altitude between 300 and 400 m, it did not vary in speed or direction. The weather was clear with good visibility. No sound was heard. The object was visible for 3 minutes, until it was above Årsteinfjellet, where it disintegrated into 2 parts, with the front part being the smallest. The objects must have fallen, but could not be seen, as it was too dark. (23 h)",
"ref": [
"Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, 1st October 1946",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_580"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1946",
"basic_date": "8/27/1946",
"date": "8/27/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Rørås \\(Norway\\), Rolf Wintervold sees an object resembling a gray smoke ring. The object is at a height of 20 to 50 m, and moves slowly, before accelerating to an estimated speed of 800 km/h. It follows the railway, then the RV30 road North (August 27th, 2:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"\\[Arbeidets rett, August 28th 1946\\] \\[UFO Report form, July 29th 1973\\] \\[UFO Forum, 4/1973, 7\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_581"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/12/1946",
"basic_date": "9/12/1946",
"date": "9/12/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Nedrevann/Porsangerfjord \\(Norway\\), a witness sees a light to the North-West. The light grows as it descends and disappears. (September 12, 9 PM)",
"ref": [
"Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, October 1, 1946",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_582"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/13/1946",
"basic_date": "9/13/1946",
"date": "9/13/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Nedrevann/Porsangerfjord \\(Norway\\), a projectile was observed by 7 witnesses in a North-West direction. It was first observed towards Kalkkavare. The object had a slightly descending trajectory. It moved very quickly, and flames at its back were clearly observed. The flames were bright white with red stripes. The weather was clear, with the Moon risen and the Northern Lights, plus some clouds. The object flew at least 2000 m in altitude. (September 13th, 9:10 PM)",
"ref": [
"Swedish Defence Attache, Oslo: Intelligence Report, October 1st 1946",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_583"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1946",
"basic_date": "10/7/1946",
"date": "10/7/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Ås \\(Norway\\), the night guard of Bjørnebekk Kursted sees a bright object coming from the Northwest. It has the shape of a cylinder, moving a bit faster than an airplane, at an altitude of about 1000 m. Flames are visible at the back. Its nose is conical and slightly luminous. It is visible for 1 minute, then suddenly falls and disappears. No explosion is heard. (October 7th, 0:10)",
"ref": [
"Vårt land, October 8th, 1946, 1",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_584"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/9/1946",
"basic_date": "10/9/1946",
"date": "10/9/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In San Diego \\(California\\), 16 people are gathered on a roof to observe a meteor shower when a winged object of white-blue color appears in the sky. It looks like an extremely long plane, with 2 red lights, leaving a luminous trail. One of the witnesses, Harold T. Wilkins, recounts: This strange object was certainly not an airplane. But the wings, which moved, were much too large to belong to a bird. In fact, it looked more like butterfly wings. The object emitted a red glow. The object becomes clearly visible when it passes in front of the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html). Some of the witnesses will say that it looked like a giant bat. (October 9th, the Night)",
"ref": [
"Harold T. Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, New York, Citadel Press 1954, chapter 3, p. 44-45",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_585"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1946",
"basic_date": "1946",
"date": "Autumn 1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Decline of the Swedish observation wave. (Autumn)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_586"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/1/1946",
"basic_date": "12/1/1946",
"date": "12/1/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Swedish committee formed in July reaches the following conclusions: Even though the main body of testimonies can be attributed to the observation of celestial phenomena, the committee cannot consider that some of the facts presented are only due to popular imagination. (December 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_587"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/1/1946",
"basic_date": "12/1/1946",
"date": "12/1/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [A. Kazantsev](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KazantsevAlexandre.html) describes in a [science-fiction](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ScienceFiction.html) novel that the [Tunguska event](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1908-06-30\\_Tunguska.html) in 1908 was due to the explosion of a \"Martian\" vessel powered by nuclear energy.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_588"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/1/1946",
"basic_date": "12/1/1946",
"date": "12/1/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The United States has a majority in the [UN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/UN.html) and controls 25% of the [IMF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IMF.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_589"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/1/1946",
"basic_date": "12/1/1946",
"date": "12/1/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Brazil, Joao Prestes Filho, 39 years old, was suddenly illuminated by a strong beam of light while returning from fishing. Quickly the scene turned to horror: Prestes' flesh began to become visible, taking on the same appearance as if it had been cooked for long hours \\(...\\). It started to detach from the bones. \\(...\\). The unfortunate man died in atrocious conditions, without any cause ever being identified.",
"ref": [
"Bertrand Meheust, Science-Fiction and Flying Saucers, Mercure de France, 1978",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_590"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/1/1946",
"basic_date": "12/1/1946",
"date": "12/1/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the project [RAND](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#RAND).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_591"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/30/1946",
"basic_date": "12/30/1946",
"date": "12/30/1946",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Morrow Bay \\(California\\), the American writer Ella Young describes her observation: Cut out on the golden sky, it was very black. It came straight towards us and, given the curvature of its wings, it looked like a bat. I'm not quite sure if there was any movement at the ends of the wings; but this strange machine seemed to remain motionless for several minutes and its shape was very precise. Suddenly, either it descended or the banks of fog rose - perhaps both at the same time - but the machine passed behind the clouds never to reappear. Immediately after, a flood of color ran across the surface of the sea. (December 30th, at dawn)",
"ref": [
"Keel 1975",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1946.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_592"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1947",
"basic_date": "1/1947",
"date": "1/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [Highjump](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Highjump.html) operation is organized in Antarctica \\(South Pole\\) by the [US Navy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html). In total 4700 men, 13 ships and 23 planes are involved. A base is set up at *Little America*. An exhaustive mapping of the coast and inland areas is developed. Over 70000 aerial photographs are taken. Perhaps the goal is also to ferret out Nazi bases, and Nazi resistance is suspected to have been encountered. (January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_593"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/12/1947",
"basic_date": "2/12/1947",
"date": "2/12/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A monstrous bolide strikes the USSR near the city of Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Far East north of Vladivostok. It is first spotted as a bright light in the daytime sky, bright enough to burn eyes as it hurtles towards the ground at a sharp angle. Followed by a huge smoky trail, the [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1947.html) streaks towards the Earth, filling the sky with deep reverberating thunderclaps and shaking the ground. The meteorite, estimated to weigh more than 100 tons, explodes into fragments that impact a large area, digging more than 120 craters, the largest of which is 20 feet deep and 90 feet in diameter. Blocks of iron weighing up to 2 tons are scattered across the landscape. It is unclear what details [LaPaz](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LaPazLincoln.html) will have of this incident by the end of [1948](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1948.html). As unlikely as it may seem today, judging by the comments he will make in his papers, he will clearly suspect at the time that this event, like other unusual meteors in [1946](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1946.html) and 1947, could have been caused by a man-made object. Although it is now known that the meteor traveled from the North-Northeast to the South-Southwest, the Soviet investigator initially dispatched to the scene, Krinov, will indicate a trajectory from the North-Northwest to the South-Southeast. The erroneous estimation of the trajectory could have led [LaPaz](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LaPazLincoln.html) to believe that the object was a missile from the western part of the USSR. (10:38)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_594"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/12/1947",
"basic_date": "2/12/1947",
"date": "2/12/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The governments of the United States and Canada agree on a Joint Declaration on Defense Collaboration emphasizing the continued importance of defense planning and efforts in this regard. Among those proposed are the exchange of military personnel, the adoption of common weapon, equipment and organization designs and standards, and the cooperation and exchange of observers in exercises.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_595"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/12/1947",
"basic_date": "2/12/1947",
"date": "2/12/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [James Forrestal](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ForrestalJamesVincent.html) is promoted to United States Secretary of Defense.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_596"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/15/1947",
"basic_date": "4/15/1947",
"date": "4/15/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Engineers from the Richmond Weather Bureau, including Walter A. Minczewski, launch a balloon they track with a theodolite. They observe, just below the craft, a silver object in the shape of an ellipse. It appears larger than the balloon and they can make out, through the theodolite, that it is flat on the bottom and has a dome on the upper side. They observe it for about 15 seconds, then the object disappears to the West at the altitude of commercial airplanes. (April 15th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_597"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/15/1947",
"basic_date": "4/15/1947",
"date": "4/15/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Col de Serres \\(Dordogne\\).",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1966",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_598"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1947",
"basic_date": "5/7/1947",
"date": "5/7/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting over Belgrade \\(Yugoslavia\\). (May 7)",
"ref": [
"Ted Bloecher, *Report on the UFO Wave of 1947*, AAF Archives",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_599"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1947",
"basic_date": "5/7/1947",
"date": "5/7/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) English scientists and aviators examine the debris of a flying object in Spitzberg \\(Norway\\). They are convinced, according to the dispatch, that the device comes from another planet and that these saucers were piloted by small men \\(less than 1.20 m\\). 17 bodies were reportedly found. The story comes from a dispatch that appeared only one day in the U.S. news before being silenced by the military.",
"ref": [
"Several sources including Dorothy Kilgallen",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_600"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1947",
"basic_date": "5/7/1947",
"date": "5/7/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The American monthly magazine *Mechanix Illustrated* features its cover with the Flying Saucer, a circular-winged aircraft of the Navy, which will be suspected to be the origin of some UFO sightings.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_601"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1947",
"basic_date": "5/7/1947",
"date": "5/7/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Hoyt Vandenberg](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VandenbergHoytSanford.html) is replaced in his position as [DCI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#DCI) and Director of the [CIG](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIG.html) by [Roscoe Hillenkoeter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HillenkoetterRoscoeHenry.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_602"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/19/1947",
"basic_date": "5/19/1947",
"date": "5/19/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The staff of the Del Salto Observatory \\(Chile\\), observe and photograph a strange meteorite above Santiago. The object moves slowly, sometimes emitting white smoke plumes. The report indicates an increase in speed at the end of the observation. The information will not be made public until the observation of [Arnold](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ArnoldKenneth.html). (May 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_603"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/10/1947",
"basic_date": "6/10/1947",
"date": "6/10/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting over Budapest \\(Hungary\\). (June 10)",
"ref": [
"Ted Bloecher, *Report on the UFO Wave of 1947*, Archives de l'AAF",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_604"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/12/1947",
"basic_date": "6/12/1947",
"date": "6/12/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of 2 discs with central hole on their underside. (June 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_605"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/14/1947",
"basic_date": "6/14/1947",
"date": "6/14/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Richard Rankin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#RankinRichard) in Bakersfield \\(California\\). (June 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_606"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/21/1947",
"basic_date": "6/21/1947",
"date": "6/21/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Start of [the Maury Island affair](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MauryIsland.html). An American Coast Guard vessel \\(2 fishermen?\\), with the captain's son \\(15 years old\\), his dog, and another crew member, is patrolling in Puget Sound. The boat stops in a bay of Maury Island, about 5 km from Tacoma. People on board the vessel then see 6 very large, doughnut-shaped objects just above their heads. None of these objects make any noise. 5 of the UFOs start to circle the 6th, which loses altitude until it stops, hovering. Afraid that the object might fall into the sea, Dahl moves the boat onto the beach. That's where he takes 4 photographs of the objects. The central UFO then vomits out pieces of molten metal that fall into the water and onto the shore. One of them kills the dog, another severely burns Dahl's son, and a seagull is also killed. The boat is damaged. Then the UFO rises, joins the others, and all 6 of them speed off over the Pacific. The men collect samples of the still-hot metal. Back at the port, [Dahl](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DahlHaroldA.html) reports the events to his superior officer, [Fred Crisman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CrismanFredLee.html). (Saturday, June 21, 2 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_607"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/22/1947",
"basic_date": "6/22/1947",
"date": "6/22/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the morning, a man dressed in black arrives at Dahl's in a black Buick and invites him to lunch. During the meal, he indicates to Dahl that he is aware of everything that happened in Maury and tells him: Silence is the best thing for you and your family. You have seen what you should never have seen. Dahl later establishes that no one has spoken to anyone about their strange experience. (Sunday, June 22nd)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_608"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/23/1947",
"basic_date": "6/23/1947",
"date": "6/23/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Fred Crisman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CrismanFredLee.html) goes to Maury to see the metal debris for himself. While he is there, a saucer-shaped flying object appears, flies over the bay and then disappears into a thundercloud. He then develops the photographs: they are covered with white spots, as if they had been exposed to some kind of radiation. (Monday, June 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_609"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/24/1947",
"basic_date": "6/24/1947",
"date": "6/24/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As he flies over the Cascade Mountains \\(Washington\\) in search of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed the day before, [Kenneth Arnold](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ArnoldKenneth.html), a businessman from Idaho and a civilian pilot, observes 9 disk-shaped objects moving in formation at a high speed. (15 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_610"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/24/1947",
"basic_date": "6/24/1947",
"date": "6/24/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An unexplained Blue Book case in Portland \\(Oregon\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#12 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_611"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/25/1947",
"basic_date": "6/25/1947",
"date": "6/25/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Arnold's observation makes headlines in all newspapers. Fred Crisman decides to talk to a local reporter about what Dahl and his crew have seen. (Wednesday 25th June)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_612"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/27/1947",
"basic_date": "6/27/1947",
"date": "6/27/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A housewife sees discs resembling silver plates flying at high speed above the Cascade Mountains. During their flight, they waver from side to side, and change their formation. (Friday, June 27th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_613"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/28/1947",
"basic_date": "6/28/1947",
"date": "6/28/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An USAF jet pilot, Lieutenant Armstrong, flying 48 km north of Lake Meade \\(Nevada\\), observed a formation of 5 or 6 flying discs at an estimated altitude of 1800 m. (14 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_614"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/28/1947",
"basic_date": "6/28/1947",
"date": "6/28/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mr. Beusher sees more than 7 blue and silent disks flying over his Rockfield \\(Wisconsin\\) farm, heading south. (15 h 45)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_615"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/28/1947",
"basic_date": "6/28/1947",
"date": "6/28/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Similar UFOs are later seen in Illinois \\(reported by evening radio news\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_616"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/28/1947",
"basic_date": "6/28/1947",
"date": "6/28/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Maxwell Air Force Base near Montgomery \\(Alabama\\), 2 pilots, 2 intelligence officers and 4 other witnesses saw a light shining intensely which zigzagged, whirled around quickly, and made a sharp 90° turn before disappearing. (9:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_617"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/28/1947",
"basic_date": "6/28/1947",
"date": "6/28/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Lake Mead \\(Nevada\\), an F-51 hunter crosses a formation of disks.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_618"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/29/1947",
"basic_date": "6/29/1947",
"date": "6/29/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the rocket testing zone of [White Sands](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WhiteSands.html) \\(New Mexico\\), the American Naval Laboratories rocket expert, Dr. C. John, along with 2 \\(3?\\) other scientists \\(Dr. Zohn and Curtiss Rockwood, rocket experts\\) see a silver disc that appears to be moving in the sky at a speed they estimate to be faster than the speed of sound.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_619"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/29/1947",
"basic_date": "6/29/1947",
"date": "6/29/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The driver of a vehicle traveling from Des Moines to Mason City is about 10 km from Clarion \\(Iowa\\) when a group of 5 UFOs passes in his field of vision. They are followed by 13 more, whiter and more oval, coming from the opposite direction, making a sound similar to that of a dynamo, and flying northwest. (4:45 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_620"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/29/1947",
"basic_date": "6/29/1947",
"date": "6/29/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [J. E. Johnson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#JohnsonJE). (1 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_621"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1947",
"basic_date": "6/30/1947",
"date": "6/30/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Kenneth Arnold](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ArnoldKenneth.html), who heard of the affair from a journalist friend, went to Tacoma and spoke with [Fred Crisman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CrismanFredLee.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_622"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1947",
"basic_date": "6/30/1947",
"date": "6/30/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An American [Navy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html) pilot flying South sees near Williams Field \\(Arizona\\) 2 gray spheres about 3 m in diameter, diving at an inconceivable speed and seeming to land about 40 km South of the Grand Canyon. (9:10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_623"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1947",
"basic_date": "6/30/1947",
"date": "6/30/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Police officers in Portland \\(Oregon\\) saw 5 discs resembling bright hubs, of chrome structure appear, disappear and then reappear, flying as if they were spinning wrong. Agent K. Mc Dowell, on patrol duty, will affirm: \"I saw 5 large objects in the sky, they were shaped like discs and had no special color. They lowered and then rose in a very fast oscillating movement, and disappeared very quickly.\"",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_624"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1947",
"basic_date": "6/30/1947",
"date": "6/30/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 2 other police officers and 1 private pilot see 3 discs at the same moment, flying at a terrifying speed, grouped in a straight line. The last disc was moving laterally, inside a lateral arc, very quickly. They were silent and left no condensation trails behind them.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_625"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1947",
"basic_date": "6/30/1947",
"date": "6/30/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On the Kenyan coast, 12 members of the crew of the steamer *Landovery Castle*, including the captain, observe a huge dark object approaching. It stops 800 m away and 30 m high, then turns on a blinding white spotlight that illuminates the sea and reveals a 300 m long cigar. It moves in formation with the boat for a few minutes, then turns off its spotlight and disappears into the night.",
"ref": [
"Pottier 1974",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_626"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1947",
"basic_date": "6/30/1947",
"date": "6/30/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) General [Ramey](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RameyRogerM.html) and his intelligence director give press interviews debunking the phenomenon of flying saucers.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_627"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1947",
"basic_date": "7/1947",
"date": "7/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 50 miles northeast of St. Louis \\(Missouri\\), on a clear, cloudless day, a 14-year-old boy was nailing corrugated panels to the roof of a barn. He then saw an object in the shape of a disc, non-luminous and smaller than the Moon, pass over him from east to west, slightly to the south, at an estimated altitude between 10,000 and 20,000 feet. Becoming a scientist, he would not report his observation until much later in [1973](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1973.html), during an internal survey of the [AIAA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AIAA.html). (9-10 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_628"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1947",
"basic_date": "7/1947",
"date": "7/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Montusson.",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1966",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_629"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1947",
"basic_date": "7/1/1947",
"date": "7/1/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Arnold](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ArnoldKenneth.html) sees the fragments compared to slag, cinder, but not the negatives of the lost photos. He calls Lieutenant Frank Brown, an intelligence officer from the Hamilton Air Force Base \\(California\\), to ask him to join the investigation. Brown and a certain Captain Davidson take the road that same hour, aboard a B-25 bomber. They talk that afternoon with [Crisman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CrismanFredLee.html) in [Arnold](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ArnoldKenneth.html)'s hotel room. Brown says he has to return to California that night and can therefore not visit the island. But he fills a large box with kilos of metal fragments before leaving.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_630"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1947",
"basic_date": "7/1/1947",
"date": "7/1/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The radars located at [Roswell](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Roswell.html), [White Sands](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WhiteSands.html) and [Alamogordo](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Alamogordo) detect an unidentified flying object moving at incredible speeds.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_631"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/2/1947",
"basic_date": "7/2/1947",
"date": "7/2/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Early in the morning, [Crisman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CrismanFredLee.html) is on the phone with [Arnold](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ArnoldKenneth.html). The B-25 where Brown and Davidson were has crashed near Kelso. Both are dead. One of the plane's engines mysteriously caught fire 20 minutes after takeoff. The fragments are not found. [Arnold](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ArnoldKenneth.html) organizes an expedition to Maury Island with [Crisman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CrismanFredLee.html) and Dahl, but it turns out that the engine of their boat dies. [Crisman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CrismanFredLee.html) promises to call Arnold as soon as the problem is solved. He never does. And he does not return the photographs either. He has become untraceable --- according to Dahl, he left town on business; according to other sources, he was last seen boarding a military plane bound for Alaska. Then Dahl's son disappears in turn. Moreover, it seems that someone has filled Arnold's hotel room with microphones, transmitting to local newspapers the details of his conversations, even those he had alone with Brown and Davidson. He contacts another intelligence officer, a certain Major Sanders, who obstructs him. Arnold, now deeply shaken, leaves town. Official explanation: hoax set up by the coast guard to get publicity. However, they are not prosecuted.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_632"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/2/1947",
"basic_date": "7/2/1947",
"date": "7/2/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A violent storm in the Corona region, northwest of Roswell.",
"ref": [
"Bourdais 2000-05",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_633"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/2/1947",
"basic_date": "7/2/1947",
"date": "7/2/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Dan Wilmot](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WilmotDan.html) and his wife spot an oval-shaped craft flying in the sky towards the North-West. (21 h 50)",
"ref": [
"Lagrange 1996",
"Bourdais 2000-05",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_634"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/2/1947",
"basic_date": "7/2/1947",
"date": "7/2/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) William Woody \\(witness\\) and his father see a [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) bright, white with a red tail, crossing the sky.",
"ref": [
"Bourdais 2000-05",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_635"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/2/1947",
"basic_date": "7/2/1947",
"date": "7/2/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the night, [Mac Brazel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrazelWilliamW.html), a farmer living near [Corona](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Corona), heard a loud explosion during the storm.",
"ref": [
"Bourdais 2000-05",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_636"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/3/1947",
"basic_date": "7/3/1947",
"date": "7/3/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Mac Brazel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#BrazelWilliamW) arrives in the morning to the crash site, accompanied by a neighbor. The debris is scattered over an area of more than 1 km long and about 100 m wide, oriented Northwest/Southeast. Mac Brazel collects some debris and returns to his farm.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_637"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/3/1947",
"basic_date": "7/3/1947",
"date": "7/3/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) David N. Johnson, a specialized journalist in aeronautical matters at the *Idaho Daily Statesman* of [Boise](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Boise), where [Kenneth Arnold](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ArnoldKenneth.html) resides, cites 2 new observations that confirm the description given by Arnold of one of the devices: in the shape of a flying wing. The article also cites Lieutenant General [Nathan F. Twinning](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TwiningNathanFarragut.html), reached by phone, who declares that the army is investigating these affairs. He even asks witnesses to send a description of what they saw to the \"commanding general\" of [Wright Field](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WrightPatterson.html). When Johnson wants to know if these objects could come from a foreign country, the general answers that they should then fly over great distances. Twinning doubts that they are guided missiles: the remote control technique is not advanced enough when the distance is too great.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_638"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/3/1947",
"basic_date": "7/3/1947",
"date": "7/3/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Article from the Las Vegas Review Journal, titled [The Army Experts Embarrassed](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Documents/Articles/1947-07-03\\_LasVegasReviewJournal.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_639"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/3/1947",
"basic_date": "7/3/1947",
"date": "7/3/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Astronomer John F. Cole of South Brooksville, Maine, observed for 10-15 seconds 10 very bright objects, with 2 dark shapes to their left, moving like a swarm of bees in a northwest direction. A loud rumble was heard. On his way back from lunch, Cole observed the flight of some strange and noisy objects rushing towards the northwest \\(in the opposite direction?\\). Their diameter was estimated at 100 feet. (2:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#27 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_640"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/3/1947",
"basic_date": "7/3/1947",
"date": "7/3/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the evening, [Mack Brazel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrazelWilliamW.html) showed a small piece of debris to his neighbors, [Floyd](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ProctorFloyd.html) and [Loretta Proctor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ProctorLoretta.html): it could neither be cut nor burned. [Brazel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrazelWilliamW.html) offered to come and see the site with them, but they declined the invitation, arguing that it was far away and it was late.",
"ref": [
"Bourdais 2000-05",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_641"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"date": "7/4/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Seattle, a young man photographs a strange light.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_642"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"date": "7/4/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the afternoon, in Twin Falls, Smoke River Canyon \\(Idaho\\) saw at least 35 discs demonstrating strength on Independance Day.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_643"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"date": "7/4/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Peak of the wave of observations with 88 observations made by over 400 witnesses in 24 states and one Canadian province. In half of the cases, they were single objects; in the others, there were two or more, some flying in formation. Two-thirds of these observations were made in broad daylight and concerned round, spherical, or disc-shaped UFOs.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_644"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"date": "7/4/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *East Oregonian*, the first newspaper to publish Arnold's account, reports that a spokesperson from the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) in Washington has stated that the saucers are not an American weapon and that there is not enough data to justify an investigation.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_645"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"date": "7/4/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A first investigation by the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) concluded that the wave of observation was due to hallucinations. \\(Same as before?\\)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1966",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_646"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"date": "7/4/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Boise, a half-circle shaped disk was seen hanging from a cloud, as bright and silver as a mirror reflecting the sun's rays.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_647"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"date": "7/4/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of Captain [E. J. Smith](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SmithEmilJ.html), his co-pilot and a stewardess above Emmet \\(Idaho\\). (20 h 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_648"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"date": "7/4/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Portland \\(Oregon\\), nearly 300 witnesses including police officers see 9 discs described as shiny chrome hubcaps. \\(June 24?\\) (2 h)",
"ref": [
"[GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html), Information Note No. 3, 1981",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_649"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"basic_date": "7/4/1947",
"date": "7/4/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 85 stories of observations published in the press.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_650"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/6/1947",
"basic_date": "7/6/1947",
"date": "7/6/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Brazel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrazelWilliamW.html) responds to a call from [Frank Joyce](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/JoyceFrank.html), of the local radio, asking to gather any local information, and tells him what he has found.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_651"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/6/1947",
"basic_date": "7/6/1947",
"date": "7/6/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Brazel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrazelWilliamW.html) goes to [Roswell](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Roswell.html) to report what he saw and show a sample of the debris to Sheriff [Wilcox](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/officiels.html\\#WilcoxGeorge), who decides to notify the local air base.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_652"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/6/1947",
"basic_date": "7/6/1947",
"date": "7/6/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Several officers arrive a few minutes after the sheriff's call, examine the debris, then return to the base.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_653"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/6/1947",
"basic_date": "7/6/1947",
"date": "7/6/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Colonel [Blanchard](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlanchardWilliamHugh.html) orders Major [Marcel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MarcelJesseA.html), responsible for base security, to immediately inspect the debris field, led by [Brazel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrazelWilliamW.html), and to take someone with him. Marcel leaves with Captain [Cavitt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CavittSheridan.html).",
"ref": [
"Bourdais 2000-05",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_654"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/6/1947",
"basic_date": "7/6/1947",
"date": "7/6/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Fairfield-Suisan \\(California\\) USAF base during the day, Air Force Captain James Burniston and his fiancée observed for 1 minute an object without wings or tail swaying 3 times on each side and then quickly flying off to the southeast.",
"ref": [
"unresolved Blue Book case \\#36",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_655"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/6/1947",
"basic_date": "7/6/1947",
"date": "7/6/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 3 women are walking in a field and see a circular, luminous object, appearing to float near the ground, as a dirigible would. Coming from the south, it heads towards them before slowly turning towards the south-west and disappearing over a hill. (17 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_656"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1947",
"basic_date": "7/7/1947",
"date": "7/7/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) William A. Rhodes takes 2 photographs",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_657"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1947",
"basic_date": "7/7/1947",
"date": "7/7/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Maximum of the wave of observations \\(160 reports\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_658"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1947",
"basic_date": "7/7/1947",
"date": "7/7/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A conference is being held at the [Pentagon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Pentagon.html) in the office of General [Schulgen](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SchulgenGeorgeF.html). It is decided to make a selection of \"flying saucer\" reports from more qualified observers in order to continue the investigation.",
"ref": [
"[Project 1947 - UFO Reports, 1947](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.project1947.com/fig/1947a.htm)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_659"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1947",
"basic_date": "7/7/1947",
"date": "7/7/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) According to the [MJ documents](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJDocs.html), a secret operation is launched to recover the Roswell wreckage for scientific study. 4 small beings with a human appearance are found, dead and in a state of decomposition, 3 km east of the wreckage, probably ejected at some point before the explosion of the device. A scientific team takes care of removing the bodies for study and the device is also removed. The witnesses are \"debriefed\" and the official explanation given to the journalists speaks of a lost weather balloon.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_660"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1947",
"basic_date": "7/7/1947",
"date": "7/7/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Brighton Beach \\(Sussex, England\\), a couple on the beach saw a white sphere flying near the sea.",
"ref": [
"Mysterious Britain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_661"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/8/1947",
"basic_date": "7/8/1947",
"date": "7/8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the secret base of [Muroc](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZonesMilitaires.html\\#Muroc), 1st Lieutenant Joseph McHenry, Sergeant/T Ruvolo, Sergeant/S Nauman and Janette Scotte, all from the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html), observed 2 \\(6?\\) apparently metallic, silver-looking objects moving in a large circular curve. Later, one of the objects moved in a smaller circle. The base officers observed the flight of some luminous disk-shaped objects. The craft, flying against the wind, crossed at about 300 miles/h at about 8000 feet. Before this day, engineers were called away from their aircraft maintenance tasks to observe a metallic saucer hovering above the base. \\[ (9:30)",
"ref": [
"Case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#50, unsolved",
"[GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html), Information Note \\#3, 1981",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_662"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/8/1947",
"basic_date": "7/8/1947",
"date": "7/8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Military personnel establish a security perimeter around the crash site, and put [Brazel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrazelWilliamW.html) under guard. They discover a second crash site 4 km southeast of the first.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_663"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/8/1947",
"basic_date": "7/8/1947",
"date": "7/8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Barney Barnett](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#BarnettBarney) and 4 other archaeologists stumble upon the new site just minutes before the military arrives. They claim to have discovered a large gray metallic object and 4 other extraterrestrial bodies, about 1.15 m in size. They are excluded from the area upon the military's arrival.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_664"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/8/1947",
"basic_date": "7/8/1947",
"date": "7/8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Lieutenant [Haut](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/militaires.html\\#HautWalter), press officer of the Roswell base, announces to the press agencies, on the orders of Colonel [Blanchard](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/militaires.html\\#BlanchardWilliam), the recovery of a disk wreckage by Major [Jesse Marcel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MarcelJesseA.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_665"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/8/1947",
"basic_date": "7/8/1947",
"date": "7/8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In New Mexico, C. T. Zohm, a Navy engineer, along with 3 technicians observed several discs.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_666"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/8/1947",
"basic_date": "7/8/1947",
"date": "7/8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the evening, General [Ramey](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RameyRogerM.html) tells the press that his specialists made a mistake, and that it was a weather balloon.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_667"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/9/1947",
"basic_date": "7/9/1947",
"date": "7/9/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The military escort [Brazel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrazelWilliamW.html) to the radio station, where he tells [Frank Joyce](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/JoyceFrank.html) that he saw a weather balloon. He leaves with the military.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_668"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/9/1947",
"basic_date": "7/9/1947",
"date": "7/9/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) General [Schulgen](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/militaires.html\\#SchulgenGeorgeF) officially requests the [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html)'s assistance in the investigation, and simultaneously affirms to the FBI that neither the [U.S. Army](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USArmy.html) nor the [U.S. Navy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html) have any research projects related to aircraft construction that could be linked to flying saucers.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_669"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/9/1947",
"basic_date": "7/9/1947",
"date": "7/9/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Idaho, former AAF B-29 pilot and \"statesman aviation editor\" Dave Johnson observed for over 10 seconds from an Idaho Air National Guard AT-6 a black disc staying outside the clouds, doing a half roll and then climbing in altitude. (0 h 17)",
"ref": [
"unresolved Blue Book case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_670"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/10/1947",
"basic_date": "7/10/1947",
"date": "7/10/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Harmon Field \\(Newfoundland, Canada\\) 3 ground personnel, including Mr. Leidy, for *Pan American Airways*, briefly observed a translucent disc or wheel-shaped object flying at very high speed, leaving a dark blue trail behind it before climbing into the clouds. A UFO was photographed by one L. (Between 3pm and 5pm)",
"ref": [
"unresolved Blue Book case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_671"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/10/1947",
"basic_date": "7/10/1947",
"date": "7/10/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Clovis, Clines Cornes \\(New Mexico\\), one of the greatest American astronomers \\(wishing to remain anonymous\\) who was driving with his family saw an elliptical object maneuvering in an enigmatic way near a cloud region. During the 2 minutes and 30 seconds of the observation, the whole family had time to meticulously observe the object. The astronomer guarantees his own calculations: rigid, elliptical object, with a size of 50 to 80 m and moving at a speed of 190 to 290 km/h. Oscillation and silent movement: We had before our eyes a flying machine of an unknown type. \\(...\\) Against a background of dark clouds, the object gave a strong impression of self-luminosity. \\(...\\) The appearance and behavior of the object do not correspond to any known optical or celestial phenomenon. No plane, no rocket, no guided missile can make such a rapid ascent \\(from 966 to 1450 km/h\\) without leaving vapor trails. (16 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_672"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/12/1947",
"basic_date": "7/12/1947",
"date": "7/12/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Letter from [Ken Arnold](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ArnoldKenneth.html) to the commander of [Wright Field](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WrightPatterson.html). Start of the official file. (Saturday, July 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_673"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/15/1947",
"basic_date": "7/15/1947",
"date": "7/15/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Mac Brazel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrazelWilliamW.html) is released by the military and returns to his farm. (Tuesday 15 July)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_674"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/23/1947",
"basic_date": "7/23/1947",
"date": "7/23/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) John Jenssen is piloting a private plane over New Jersey when he sees a lightning flash high up in the sky. The engine stalls, but the plane continues its horizontal flight. Jenssen then sees on his left a strange craft, like a specter with portholes around its rim. A second UFO stands motionless in the sky 400 m from the first. Jenssen then restarts and escapes the UFOs.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_675"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/23/1947",
"basic_date": "7/23/1947",
"date": "7/23/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Pitanga \\(Brazil\\), a group of men sees a disk-shaped craft land near them. One of them, José G. Higgins, sees 3 beings wearing shiny clothes and transparent suits come out of the saucer. They are 2 m tall, have bald heads larger than average, huge round eyes, no eyelashes or eyebrows, and carry a metal box on their backs. They draw a picture of the solar system for the witness and show him Uranus as if to indicate where they come from.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_676"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1947",
"basic_date": "7/26/1947",
"date": "7/26/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On board the presidential C-54 *Sacred Crow*, Truman signs the *National Security Act*, founding the [NSC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NSC.html), the [CIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIA.html) \\(replacing the [CIG](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIG.html)\\) and the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) as an independent entity from the *National Military Establishment* \\(which would become the [DoD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DoD.html) in [1949](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1949.html)\\). (Saturday, July 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_677"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1947",
"basic_date": "7/26/1947",
"date": "7/26/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Stalin summons nuclear physicist S. Korolyev \\(father of Soviet missiles and space program\\); he entrusts him with a series of foreign reports concerning UFOs and including the Roswell crash case. Korolyev, who has a team of translators and 3 days to give his opinion on the potential threat posed by UFOs, assures the master of the USSR that the saucers are not American weapons; although real, the phenomenon does not seem dangerous to him. Stalin approves this conclusion shared by all the scientists he consulted.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_678"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1947",
"basic_date": "7/29/1947",
"date": "7/29/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Hamilton Field \\(California\\), the base operations assistant officer Captain William Rhyerd and former AAF B-29 pilot Ward Stewart observed 2 round, bright white objects with a diameter between 15 and 25 feet, flying 3 to 4 times at a speed comparable to a P-80 also visible. One object flew in a straight and horizontal line, the other one swirled around it like an escort. (Tuesday, July 29th, 2:50 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#69 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_679"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/2/1947",
"basic_date": "8/2/1947",
"date": "8/2/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Lancastrian Star Dust* of the British company *South American Airways* is flying over the Andes. Despite the snowfall, a few minutes before landing in Santiago, Chile, the plane's radio operator Dennis Harmer sends a Morse message to announce a good arrival: ETA \\[*Estimated Time of Arrival*\\] Santiago 17.45 hrs STENDEC. The official report on this will be as follows: The signal of 17.41 was received by Santiago only 4 minutes before the ETA. The Chilean radio operator in Santiago indicates that the signal was received loud and clear but that it was given very quickly. Not understanding the word \"STENDEC\" he asked and received the same word repeated twice in succession. No explanation for the word \"STENDEC\" was found. From that moment nothing more was heard from the plane and no contact was established with the control tower in Santiago. All subsequent calls were unanswered. This last word will therefore remain incomprehensible, like the disappearance of the plane. The plane will not be found until January [2000](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/2000.html). (August 2, 17:41)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_680"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1947",
"basic_date": "8/8/1947",
"date": "8/8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Federal Agent Coyne writes in a memo addressed to one of his sub-directors: we have no reason to consider these discs as anything other than a military weapon, and, in the impossibility of attributing the paternity of these discs to the navy, the army, or the Soviets, suggests that the file be entirely handed over to the army. (August 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_681"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1947",
"basic_date": "8/8/1947",
"date": "8/8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Moutiers.",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1966",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_682"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1947",
"basic_date": "8/8/1947",
"date": "8/8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Bethel \\(Alabama\\), two pilots saw an immense black object, larger than a C-54 without engines, wings or any external sign of propulsion, smooth and streamlined, silhouetted against a bright evening sky. The pilots then increased their plane's altitude to 400 m and the object crossed their trajectory at 90. They followed the object at a distance for 4 minutes.",
"ref": [
"[GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html), Information Note No. 3, 1981",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_683"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1947",
"basic_date": "8/8/1947",
"date": "8/8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Cascade Mountains, F. M. Johnson, a Portland prospector, observed for 50 seconds and with a telescope 5 discs of 10 m in diameter. These turned towards the Sun without any noise. During the observation the needle of his compass watch oscillated intensely from right to left.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_684"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1947",
"basic_date": "8/8/1947",
"date": "8/8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Fort Richardson \\(Alaska\\), 2 officers observed the supersonic progression of a 3 m diameter sphere, without a trail.",
"ref": [
"[GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html), Information Note No. 3, 1981",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_685"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1947",
"basic_date": "8/8/1947",
"date": "8/8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oklahoma City, a ground pilot saw something the size of 6 B-29s, white, circular, smooth, moving at an estimated speed of 2400 km/h.",
"ref": [
"[GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html), Information Note No. 3, 1981",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_686"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/12/1947",
"basic_date": "8/12/1947",
"date": "8/12/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Las Vegas \\(Nevada\\), a round orange object descended twice to the tops of trees. (August 12)",
"ref": [
"[Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html), 1979",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_687"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1947",
"basic_date": "8/13/1947",
"date": "8/13/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) L. W. Hawkins observed 2 discs reflecting light and moving at very high altitude over Salmon Dam, Twin Falls \\(Idaho\\). (9:30)",
"ref": [
"[Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html) 1979",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_688"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1947",
"basic_date": "8/13/1947",
"date": "8/13/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Snake \\(Smoke?\\) River canyon, Twin Falls \\(Idaho\\), A. C. Urie and his two sons observed at a distance of 90 m a saucer-shaped object overturned at 25 m altitude moving at about 1600 km/h. The object was pale blue, had a flattened red rim at the top of the dome, measured 6 m in diameter and 3.5 m in thickness. It followed a trajectory that followed the terrain, shaking the tops of the trees strongly. (1 pm)",
"ref": [
"[Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html) 1979",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_689"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/14/1947",
"basic_date": "8/14/1947",
"date": "8/14/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) p.126. (August 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_690"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1947",
"basic_date": "8/19/1947",
"date": "8/19/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Twin Falls \\(Idaho\\), for 50 minutes, multiple sightings of UFO's in triangular formations of 3 to 12 crafts were observed by 5 witnesses, including 2 police officers. (August 19, 9:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"Hynek 1979",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_691"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1947",
"basic_date": "8/1947",
"date": "Late 8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the evening, 12 ovoid objects the size of a B-29 without wings were observed in a tight diamond formation. They made a descent, stopped at a level, then made a wide turn and finally a rapid ascent at 40°, at a speed of 600 km/h. (Late August)",
"ref": [
"Hynek, 1979",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_692"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/3/1947",
"basic_date": "9/3/1947",
"date": "9/3/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oswego \\(Oregon\\) Mrs. Raymond Dupui, a stay-at-home mother, sees between 12 and 15 round and silver objects. (September 3, 12:15 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#69 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_693"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/5/1947",
"basic_date": "9/5/1947",
"date": "9/5/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) General [Schulgen](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SchulgenGeorgeF.html) of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) confirms once again to the [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html) that neither the [U.S. Army](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USArmy.html) nor the [U.S. Navy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html) have any research projects related to aircraft construction that could be related to flying saucers. (September 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_694"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/15/1947",
"basic_date": "9/15/1947",
"date": "9/15/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The head of the [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html) in San Francisco intercepts a confidential message from the Air Force indicating that the army should take care of credible witnesses and leave the dubious cases and toilet seat affairs to the FBI's buddies. [Hoover](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/officiels.html\\#HooverJohnEdgar), head of the [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html), chokes with rage and sends an angry letter to General [George C. McDonald](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MacDonaldGeorgeClement.html) at the Pentagon, in which he announces to cease any investigation on the subject. From this day on, the [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html) will officially deny any involvement in UFO investigations. (September 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_695"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/18/1947",
"basic_date": "9/18/1947",
"date": "9/18/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Official establishment of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html). Its first Secretary, W. Stuart Symington, takes the oath. (September 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_696"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/19/1947",
"basic_date": "9/19/1947",
"date": "9/19/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) General [Twining](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TwiningNathanFarragut.html) reports to President [Truman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TrumanHarryS.html). General [Marshall](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MarshallGeorgeCattlet.html) insists that its contents remain secret. According to the [MJ documents](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJDocs.html), [Twining](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TwiningNathanFarragut.html) and [Dr. Bush](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BushVannevar.html) conclude that the disc must be a low-range reconnaissance device, due to its size as well as the apparent lack of any fuel provision. (September 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_697"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/23/1947",
"basic_date": "9/23/1947",
"date": "9/23/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The number of testimonies and the quality of the observers, often very credible, lead General [Twining](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TwiningNathanFarragut.html) to suggest the creation of a study commission, which will later become the [Sign](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sign.html) project. He writes on this date that the observations are of reality and not visions or inventions \\(...\\) resembling probably the shape of a disk, hypothesizing that these objects could be American devices developed as part of some highly confidential unknown project or of foreign origin \\(and therefore probably Soviet\\). (September 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_698"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/24/1947",
"basic_date": "9/24/1947",
"date": "9/24/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) According to the [MJ documents](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJDocs.html), the creation of the [MJ-12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJ-12.html) group on the special executive secret order of President [Truman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TrumanHarryS.html), on the recommendation of Doctor [Vannevar Bush](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BushVannevar.html) and Secretary [James Forrestal](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ForrestalJamesVincent.html), who will be among the first members alongside Vice Admiral [Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HillenkoetterRoscoeHenry.html), General [Nathan F. Twining](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TwiningNathanFarragut.html), General [Hoyt Vandenberg](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VandenbergHoytSanford.html), Doctor [Detlev Bronk](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BronkDetlevWulf.html), Doctor [Jerome Hunsaker](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HunsakerJeromeClarke.html), [Sidney W. Souers](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SouersSidneyW.html), [Gordon Gray](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GrayGordonL.html), Doctor [Donald Menzel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MenzelDonaldHoward.html), General [Robert M. Montague](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MontagueRobertM.html) and Doctor [Lloyd V. Berkner](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BerknerLloydViel.html). (September 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_699"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/1/1947",
"basic_date": "10/1/1947",
"date": "10/1/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Bulletin No. 59 from the [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html): All information related to UFOs must now be addressed to the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html). (October 1)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_700"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/8/1947",
"basic_date": "10/8/1947",
"date": "10/8/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Las Vegas \\(Nevada\\), a speeding object moving at 600 to 1600 km/h and leaving a trail behind it makes a 180° turn over 8-15 km and disappears in its region of origin. (October 8)",
"ref": [
"[Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html) 1979",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_701"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/14/1947",
"basic_date": "10/14/1947",
"date": "10/14/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First human supersonic flight: Captain Charles \"Chuck\" Yeager reached 670 mph in his Bell X-1.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_702"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/14/1947",
"basic_date": "10/14/1947",
"date": "10/14/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 11 miles from Cave Creek, near Phoenix \\(Arizona\\), the former AAF pilot J. L. Clark, the civilian pilot Anderson and a third man observed for 45 to 60 seconds a kind of winged object of 3 feet seeming dark \\(black\\) in front of the clouds and red in front of the blue sky, flying straight at about 380 miles/h and an altitude of about 8000 to 10000 feet, from the northwest to the southeast.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#95 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_703"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/14/1947",
"basic_date": "10/14/1947",
"date": "10/14/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 11 anonymous civilians in Dodgeville, Wisconsin observed for 1 hour an object performing circles in the sky counterclockwise.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#91 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_704"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/30/1947",
"basic_date": "10/30/1947",
"date": "10/30/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) President [Truman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TrumanHarryS.html) jots down on a calendar-like personal journal various questions he wants to ask the Secretary of State. He particularly wants to know if an action plan is necessary to counter an attack from a satellite. However, at the time, there were no satellites in the sky, neither in the US, nor in Russia or Europe. Sputnik, the first one launched into space, would only be launched 10 years later. (October 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_705"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/30/1947",
"basic_date": "11/30/1947",
"date": "11/30/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) According to the [MJ documents](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJDocs.html), the [MJ-12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJ-12.html) group concluded that, although the beings recovered from the [Roswell](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1947-07-02\\_Roswell.html) wreckage had a human appearance, their biological and evolutionary processes differed significantly from those observed or postulated for homo-sapiens. (November 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_706"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1947",
"basic_date": "12/1947",
"date": "12/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Englishman Hogdson observed luminous points on the dark side of the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_707"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1947",
"basic_date": "12/1947",
"date": "12/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Following [Highjump](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Highjump.html), Operation Windmill begins.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_708"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1947",
"basic_date": "12/1947",
"date": "12/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Finne Ronne, leader of a private American expedition to Antarctica, is based on Stonington Island. He flies over the southern shores, and is the first to see the mountains on the west side of the Filchner Ice Shelf.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_709"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/30/1947",
"basic_date": "12/30/1947",
"date": "12/30/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [James Forrestal](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ForrestalJamesVincent.html) creates by decree an inquiry commission on UFO sightings, the project [Sign](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sign.html), charged with collecting the maximum amount of information possible on these devices, their characteristics and motivations. (30 December)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1966",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_710"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/30/1947",
"basic_date": "12/30/1947",
"date": "12/30/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [UKUSA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/UKUSA.html) Agreement.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_711"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/30/1947",
"basic_date": "12/30/1947",
"date": "12/30/1947",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Oradea \\(Romania\\), Andreas Schulhof \\(Romanian speaking German\\) saw through the window of the train he was travelling in 6 unusual objects flying in formation. He estimated their speed to be 20000 miles/h.",
"ref": [
"Magazine Volk und Kultur 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1947.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_712"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1948",
"basic_date": "1/1948",
"date": "1/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Chehalis \\(Washington\\), Mrs Bernard Zaikowski saw a man with silver wings buzzing and whistling almost 100 m above her barn.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_713"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1948",
"basic_date": "1/1948",
"date": "1/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Glendale \\(Illinois\\), 12 year old James Trares excitedly shouted to his mother: \"There's a bird outside, like a B-29!.\"",
"ref": [
"Keel 1975",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_714"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/7/1948",
"basic_date": "1/7/1948",
"date": "1/7/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Fatal encounter for [Thomas Mantell](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MantellThomas.html). (14 h 45)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_715"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/7/1948",
"basic_date": "1/7/1948",
"date": "1/7/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Lockbourne \\(Columbus\\), an object round or oval, larger than a C-47, flying horizontally at more than 800 km/h is followed by the control tower for 20 minutes. It is silent, changes color, has a trail 5 times its length, and sometimes flies like an elevator going down to the ground. It is lost from sight on the horizon.. (17 h)",
"ref": [
"[GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html), Information Note No. 3, 1981",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_716"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/22/1948",
"basic_date": "1/22/1948",
"date": "1/22/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Effective launch of the [Sign](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sign.html) project. (January 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_717"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/13/1948",
"basic_date": "2/13/1948",
"date": "2/13/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Aztec Crash](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Aztec.html) \\(New Mexico\\). (February 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_718"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1948",
"basic_date": "4/4/1948",
"date": "4/4/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Alton, Caledonia, Overland, Richmond Heights and Freeport \\(Illinois\\), witnesses see a kind of giant bird-man. Among them, Walter Siegmund, retired colonel: \"At first I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me, but it was a bird and not a glider, or a *jet*... From the movements of this object and its wingspan, I thought it could only be a bird of gigantic size. (April 4)",
"ref": [
"Keel 1975",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_719"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1948",
"basic_date": "4/5/1948",
"date": "4/5/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the base of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) in Holloman \\(New Mexico\\), Alsen, Johnson and Chance, observers of laboratory balloon geophysics, observe 2 irregular, round, white or golden objects. One of them makes 3 loops then rises and quickly disappears; the other flies in a rapid arc towards the west during the 30s of the observation. Officers engaged in maintenance tasks such as pilots are surprised to observe a saucer-shaped object performing rapid and dangerous maneuvers above the air base. The witnesses agree on a diameter of 35 feet for this object. (April 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_720"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/6/1948",
"basic_date": "4/6/1948",
"date": "4/6/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At White Sands base, Captain R. B. Mac-Laughlin and technicians from the [Navy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html) tracked a [V-2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/V2.html) rocket with a theodolite and saw a 30 m diameter disc accompanying the rocket at 1600 km/h and circling it. When it reached an altitude of 50 km, the object disappeared at a speed of 28000 km/h or 9000 km/h. (April 6)",
"ref": [
"Keyhoe, 1973",
"Pottier 1973",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_721"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/9/1948",
"basic_date": "4/9/1948",
"date": "4/9/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Longview \\(Washington\\), two employees of a laundry saw a trio of bird-men describing circles above the city at an altitude of less than 100 m: \"When they appeared, I first thought they were seagulls but, as they approached, I could clearly see they were men, not birds. I could very well see they were human \\(...\\) They were wearing some kind of dark gray flight suits. I couldn't make out their arms, but I could see their legs dangling, and they kept moving their heads, as if they were looking for something around them. I can't say if they had pilot glasses, but it seemed to me they were wearing some kind of helmets. I couldn't make out their faces,\" declares Mrs. Viola Johnson to the journalists.",
"ref": [
"Keel 1975",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_722"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/9/1948",
"basic_date": "4/9/1948",
"date": "4/9/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A couple from Caledonia \\(Illinois\\) saw a monstrous bird \\(...\\) larger than an airplane.",
"ref": [
"Keel 1975",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_723"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/10/1948",
"basic_date": "4/10/1948",
"date": "4/10/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Overland \\(Illinois\\), 3 inhabitants see a sort of large bird-man. They initially believe it to be an airplane, until it begins to flap its wings. (April 10)",
"ref": [
"Keel 1975",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_724"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/21/1948",
"basic_date": "4/21/1948",
"date": "4/21/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [James Forrestal](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ForrestalJamesVincent.html), Secretary of Defense, assigns primary responsibility for air defense to the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html). (April 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_725"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/23/1948",
"basic_date": "4/23/1948",
"date": "4/23/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On April 23, 1948, at 10 PM, Captain X saw an object moving in the sky, vertically from the base, at an altitude that could not be determined. The object, which looked like a star, was red in color; it was heading south, towards Munich. Then suddenly, it changed direction and first headed southwest and finally southeast. Its speed must have varied between 300 and 900 km/h \\(...\\) Captain X was a very experienced pilot; he was flying an F-80. His testimony was confirmed by another F-80 pilot. The meteorological service declared that it could not have been a weather balloon and that there were no other planes in that area at that time. (April 23, 10 PM)",
"ref": [
"Report addressed to the Official American Study Commission by military personnel stationed in Germany",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_726"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/26/1948",
"basic_date": "4/26/1948",
"date": "4/26/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In St. Louis, Dr. Kristine Dolezal sees a \"birdman\". (April 26)",
"ref": [
"Keel 1975",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_727"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1948",
"basic_date": "4/27/1948",
"date": "4/27/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A group of instructors from the Mississippi Aeronautical School observe a bird of astonishing size flying at 400 m.",
"ref": [
"Keel 1975",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_728"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1948",
"basic_date": "4/27/1948",
"date": "4/27/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Joseph Kaplan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KaplanJoseph.html) visited the [OSI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/OSI.html) at the [USAF Kirtland Air Force Base](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KirtlandAFB.html) and the [AEC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AEC.html) Sandia Base at Los Alamos, under the orders of [Theodore von Karman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VonKarmanTheodore.html), Secretary of the [AFSAB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AFSAB.html). According to a secret memo from the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html), the purpose of these visits was to examine the investigative reports and circumstances surrounding the \"unidentified aerial phenomena\" observed in the area, and to make recommendations as to the need for scientific investigation of these cases.",
"ref": [
"Good 1987",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_729"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/28/1948",
"basic_date": "4/28/1948",
"date": "4/28/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Doctors [Kaplan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KaplanJoseph.html) and [LaPaz](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LaPazLincoln.html) meet with various members of the Los Alamos security staff, so that Kaplan can attempt to ascertain the nature of UFO sightings made by members of the [AEC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AEC.html) project and AEC Security Service inspectors. He appears to be impressed, and indicates he will immediately submit his report to Doctor [von Karman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VonKarmanTheodore.html). (April 28)",
"ref": [
"Good 1987",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_730"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/28/1948",
"basic_date": "4/28/1948",
"date": "4/28/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Astronomers have spotted a celestial body near the [Earth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Earth.html) with a diameter of 3 km. The [Earth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Earth.html) and [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html) seem to be its directional poles. It appears to be heading towards one or the other according to its whims. Professor Gustav Arhenius from the University of Berkeley \\(California\\) will study it again in the early 1970s. It appears that this unknown body behaves capriciously and does not behave like a standardized celestial body. Nobody is able to predict its orbit. This unknown planetary body also has quite a few similarities with *Icarus*, an asteroid 1 km in diameter that crosses the orbit of the planets without scruples, even though its orbit never intersects. It crosses the path of the [Earth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Earth.html) every 200 days and constantly changes its trajectory. Despite its very high speed, it is thought to be influenced in its course by the attraction of the planets.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_731"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/28/1948",
"basic_date": "4/28/1948",
"date": "4/28/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Soviet Central Asia, paleontologist and science fiction writer Ivan Efremov describes the discovery of an immense cemetery of tens of thousands of dinosaurs whose skulls are pierced with neat holes, which he describes as bullet holes, as in 1939.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_732"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/16/1948",
"basic_date": "6/16/1948",
"date": "6/16/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Highly decorated Soviet Air Force pilot Arkadii Ivanovich Apraksin conducts a test flight with a new Soviet jet aircraft. During the test he encounters a flying cucumber-shaped object crossing his course. Conical lights radiate from the object, which appears to be descending. As Apraksin reports his observation to his base at Kapustin Yar he is told that the object has been picked up on radar. Apraksin is ordered to approach the UFO and force it to land, even if it means opening fire if it refuses. As he approaches to a distance of 10 km beams of light are emitted from the UFO, reach his aircraft, and blind him. All technical systems and the engine fail, but as he sees the UFO disappear behind the clouds he manages to guide the aircraft to a safe landing. Apraksin is interrogated several times and the aircraft is examined by experts from Moscow. (June 16)",
"ref": [
"Timothy Good, *Above Top Secret*, page 224",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_733"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1948",
"basic_date": "7/7/1948",
"date": "7/7/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery of a body in Mexico south of Laredo \\(Texas\\). (July 7th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_734"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/24/1948",
"basic_date": "7/24/1948",
"date": "7/24/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Observation of Chiles and Whitted](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1948-07-24\\_Chiles\\_Whitted.html). (July 24, 2:45)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_735"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1948",
"basic_date": "7/29/1948",
"date": "7/29/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Indianapolis \\(Indiana\\), James Toney and Robert Huggins, two employees of a coating cleaning company, observe an object shining like aluminum, whose shape resembles that of an airplane engine, with 10 to 12 small bumps emerging from each pale. The object is estimated to be 6 to 8 feet long and 1.5 to 2 feet wide. The object slides along the road for a few hundred feet in front of their vehicle and then apparently descends into a wooded area. The observation lasts a few seconds. (July 29, 9am)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#185 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_736"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/31/1948",
"basic_date": "7/31/1948",
"date": "7/31/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Indianapolis \\(Indiana\\), Vernon Swigert, an electrician, and a female witness observe an object resembling a cymbal or a curved disc. About 20 feet in diameter and 6 to 8 feet thick, it is white but does not shine. It flies in a straight and horizontal line from one horizon to the other in about 10 seconds, glinting in the sun as if it were spinning. (July 31, 8:25 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#190 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_737"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1948",
"basic_date": "8/1948",
"date": "8/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(or July\\) To Marion \\(Virginia\\), shortly after sunrise, Max Abbott, piloting a 4-passenger private *Bellanca Cruisair* plane, observed a white light accelerate and dive into a valley.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#191 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_738"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1948",
"basic_date": "8/1948",
"date": "8/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 4 officers witnessed the crash of an object and the recovery of corpses in an area of Mexico, 60 km \\(38 miles\\) south of Laredo \\(Texas\\). The information comes from one named [Todd Zechel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZechelWTodd.html), who relayed it to an NBC-affiliated station in Chicago. The story appeared in the *Midnight Globe*, a scandal sheet of dubious credibility, under the byline of one Steve Tom. It is based on a rumor circulated in the 1960s by someone working for either the Army Security Agency or the [NSA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NSA.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_739"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1948",
"basic_date": "8/1948",
"date": "8/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The first generation of experts from the [Sign](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sign.html) project submit a top secret report to the highest level of authority, estimating the situation and concluding that UFOs are interplanetary vehicles, noting in passing that the [Kenneth Arnold](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ArnoldKenneth.html) incident was not the first. When [Hoyt Vandenberg](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VandenbergHoytSanford.html) receives this report, he orders it to be destroyed.",
"ref": [
"Ruppelt",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_740"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1948",
"basic_date": "8/1948",
"date": "8/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Joseph Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html) joins the 2nd generation of experts of the [Sign](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sign.html) project at the request of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_741"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1948",
"basic_date": "8/1948",
"date": "8/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A DC-3 disappears above the \"Bermuda Triangle\" with 32 passengers on board. It would have made a navigation error.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_742"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1948",
"basic_date": "9/1948",
"date": "9/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the group [Majestic 12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJ-12.html)?",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_743"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/23/1948",
"basic_date": "9/23/1948",
"date": "9/23/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In San Pablo \\(California\\), Sylvester Bentham and former US Army Colonel Horace Eakins observe 2 objects. One is a grayish rectangle with vertical lines, the other is a translucent amoeba with a black dot near the center. The arms of the amoeba are undulating. The 2 objects are moving very quickly. (September 23, 12 PM)",
"ref": [
"case Blue Book n° 208 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_744"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/1/1948",
"basic_date": "10/1/1948",
"date": "10/1/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Fargo \\(North Dakota\\), Lieutenant George F. Gorman of the Air National Guard engages in a battle with a small glowing globe aboard his [F-51](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/appareils.html\\#F51): Perfectly round in shape, it measured about twenty cm in diameter; it was very white and its edges were slightly darker. The object passes over him at an estimated speed of 400 km/h, and Gorman observes a blinking of the object. When he engages in a pursuit of the object, the blinking disappears , but the light escapes him: When I got very close, it suddenly turned left \\(...\\). I was diving on it at full speed without being able to catch up with it. It gained altitude again and turned left again as suddenly as the first time. After 20 minutes of fruitless aerial ballet for the pilot, the object turns towards the northeast and disappears. It showed great ease in getting away as well as signs of aggression. The lieutenant survives this engagement, followed by other planes in flight and by his fighter pilot colleagues on the Fargo base. (October 1st, 9 PM)",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_745"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/15/1948",
"basic_date": "10/15/1948",
"date": "10/15/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Fusuoka, Kyushu \\(Japan\\), pilot Halter and radar operator Hemphill of a P-61 \"Black Widow\" night fighter observe up to 6 objects on their radar and one visually. It is a dark object in the shape of a dirigible, with a flat base and truncated tail. The object seen visually dives quickly. (October 15, 11:05 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#218 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_746"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1948",
"basic_date": "12/1948",
"date": "12/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Moscow \\(Russia\\), a number of long, fish-shaped objects are observed, reflecting the sunlight.",
"ref": [
"Vallée, Anatomy of Phenomenon, page 54",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_747"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/3/1948",
"basic_date": "12/3/1948",
"date": "12/3/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Fairfield-Suisan \\(California\\), a USAF sergeant and a control tower operator observed a white circular light flying for 25 seconds at varying speeds, hopping, and disappearing in an erratic ascent. (December 3, 8:15 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#257 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_748"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/5/1948",
"basic_date": "12/5/1948",
"date": "12/5/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A bright green light appears near a [C-47](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/C47.html) Dakota of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) and another airliner, above New Mexico. The crew of the [C-47](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/C47.html) see the light beam directed towards them. They agree with the captain of the airliner to report the sighting to the Air Force base at [Kirtland](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KirtlandAFB.html). This is the second time they have observed a mysterious green glow on this flight. (9:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_749"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/5/1948",
"basic_date": "12/5/1948",
"date": "12/5/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Pioneer Airlines [DC-3](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DC3.html) Dakota transmitted by radio to [Kirtland](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KirtlandAFB.html) a similar report. The green light headed straight for the plane, forcing the pilot to avoid it with a maneuver. When the plane landed in Albuquerque, the crew was questioned by [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) intelligence agents. (21 h 35)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_750"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/5/1948",
"basic_date": "12/5/1948",
"date": "12/5/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The investigation will show that 5 green fireballs were observed that day.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_751"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/12/1948",
"basic_date": "12/12/1948",
"date": "12/12/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Lincoln LaPaz](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LaPazLincoln.html). (12 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_752"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/16/1948",
"basic_date": "12/16/1948",
"date": "12/16/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The project [Sign](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sign.html) is renamed project [Grudge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html), officially only on February 11, 1949. (December 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_753"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1948",
"basic_date": "12/27/1948",
"date": "12/27/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Commercial flight of a [DC-3](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DC3.html) from San Juan \\(Puerto Rico\\) to Miami \\(Florida\\), piloted by Captain Robert Lindquist with 36 people on board, \"vanishes\" in view of Miami. We are approaching the runway at only 50 miles south, the pilot tells the control tower. We can see the lights of Miami now. Everything is okay. Awaiting landing instructions. The DC-3 disappears from the radar screen a few seconds later. The point where the plane would have crashed is above the Florida Keys, where clear waters of only 20 feet deep would have left the DC-3 visible. An official investigation is conducted to understand how the experienced pilot can disappear on a clear and calm night. Search teams inspect the site where the plane is supposed to have crashed, but no trace of the aircraft is found in the twenty-foot deep water. (December 27)",
"ref": [
"[The DC-3 Hangar](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.douglasdc3.com)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_754"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1948",
"basic_date": "12/27/1948",
"date": "12/27/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Building of the secret underground facilities of [Los Alamos](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#LosAlamos).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_755"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1948",
"basic_date": "12/27/1948",
"date": "12/27/1948",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Election of [Harry Truman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TrumanHarryS.html) to the Presidency of the United States.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1948.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_756"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1949",
"basic_date": "1949",
"date": "1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Secretary of Defense [Forrestal](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ForrestalJamesVincent.html) is forced to resign after it is discovered that forces are preparing for war in Korea.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_757"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1949",
"basic_date": "1949",
"date": "1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beginning of construction of installations at [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) on a zone of Nevada belonging to the [AEC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AEC.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_758"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1949",
"basic_date": "1/1949",
"date": "1/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In New Mexico, proliferation of phenomena of flying fireball at very high speed. Another phenomenon featuring groups of small lights in \"V\" formations and changing color, is also observed.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_759"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/1/1949",
"basic_date": "1/1/1949",
"date": "1/1/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Jackson \\(Mississippi\\), Mr. and Mrs. T. Rush, while landing in a Stinson, observed 200 m ahead of them a short-winged cigar or a wingless aircraft of 20 x 3 m, with a tapered back. The object quickly disappeared at an estimated speed of 900 km/h. (January 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_760"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/4/1949",
"basic_date": "1/4/1949",
"date": "1/4/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Hickam Field \\(Hawaii\\), USAF pilot captain Paul Storey observed from the ground a white, elliptical but flattened object with a matte circular top, oscillating from right to left, and leaving at high speed. (January 4th, 2 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#275 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_761"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/25/1949",
"basic_date": "1/25/1949",
"date": "1/25/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A report from the [Sign](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sign.html) project indicates that only 20% of the 210 cases recorded are explainable. (January 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_762"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/27/1949",
"basic_date": "1/27/1949",
"date": "1/27/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Cortez-Bradenton \\(Florida\\), Captain Sames, in charge of the Air Apparatus Branch at the Eglin USAF base, and Mrs. Sames, observed for 25 minutes an object shaped like a cigar, of a length comparable to two Pullman cars, with 7 small square light openings emitting sparks, all descending and rising like bounces, at an estimated speed of 400 miles/h. (January 27, 10:20 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#284 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_763"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/30/1949",
"basic_date": "1/30/1949",
"date": "1/30/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) More than a hundred observations of an unknown aerial object are made by witnesses in the cities of [El Paso](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ElPaso.html), [Albuquerque](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Albuquerque), [Alamogordo](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Alamogordo), [Socorro](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Socorro) and [Roswell](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Roswell), as well as by personnel attached to the research facilities of the [AEC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AEC.html), and the White Sands [weapons testing base](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WhiteSands.html). Everything seems to indicate an accident or a landing. (January 30, 10:45 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_764"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/31/1949",
"basic_date": "1/31/1949",
"date": "1/31/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) According to the [MJ documents](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJDocs.html), establishment of a plan \\(MJ-1949-04P/78\\) proposed to disclose to the public the truth about UFOs.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_765"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/31/1949",
"basic_date": "1/31/1949",
"date": "1/31/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An FBI agent stationed in San Antonio reports in a memo that he has been informed by the 4th Army's G-2 division that the case of unidentified aerial objects, or unidentified aerial phenomena, also known as flying saucers, flying discs and fireballs, is considered very secret \\(*top secret*\\) by US Army and USAF officers. The FBI memo states that an average speed of 43000 km/h was observed for such objects during recent observations, and they were flying at an altitude between 9600 and 10600 km. The objects are described as ending their flight with a sudden vertical descent towards Los Alamos.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_766"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1949",
"basic_date": "2/1949",
"date": "2/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The journalist [Sidney Shallet](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ufologues.html\\#ShalletSidney) is contacted by the people of the [Grudge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html) project to discredit the UFO phenomenon.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_767"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1949",
"basic_date": "2/1949",
"date": "2/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Los Alamos \\(New Mexico\\), during a conference of scientists, it was concluded that the phenomenon of green fireballs is a natural phenomenon, of an unknown nature.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_768"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1949",
"basic_date": "2/1949",
"date": "2/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Valparaiso, Chile, a couple and their two daughters are awoken by an intense light shining through the shutters. They see an octahedron of 5 or 6 m in diameter hovering in the air and then landing on the beach on three legs. The object has the shape of a dome with some sort of bright blue portholes. A beam of light comes out of it and three beings descend. They are tall, wearing suits, and each bury 10 tubes 25 cm long and 10 cm in diameter before returning to their craft. All this will last 4 h 38. A watch will stop, and the skin will flake off for 3 days. (4 h)",
"ref": [
"Doc. LDLN, R. Otahi, 1973",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_769"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/11/1949",
"basic_date": "2/11/1949",
"date": "2/11/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The project [Sign](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sign.html) is transformed into the project [Grudge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html). (February 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_770"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/15/1949",
"basic_date": "2/15/1949",
"date": "2/15/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) General [Charles P. Cabell](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CabellCharlesPearre.html), head of the US Air Force's intelligence services \\([USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html)\\), signs a memorandum distributed to various agencies specializing in national defense information \\([FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html), [CIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIA.html), etc.\\) as well as all major US Air Force services and units worldwide. This memo outlines the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html)'s needs for information on UFO sightings. (February 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_771"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/16/1949",
"basic_date": "2/16/1949",
"date": "2/16/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A secret conference is held at [Los Alamos](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#LosAlamos) to discuss the UFO phenomenon, particularly the [green fireballs](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GreenFireballs.html) that have been widely reported in the area. Among the scientists and military personnel present are [Edward Teller](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TellerEdward.html) and [Lincoln La Paz](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LaPazLincoln.html), whose expert opinion is requested during the conference. (February 16, 1 PM)",
"ref": [
"Good 1987",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_772"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/18/1949",
"basic_date": "2/18/1949",
"date": "2/18/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A memo from the [AFOIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgsMilitaires.html\\#AFOIA) written by Major Boggs confirms the report from the [Sign](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sign.html) project of January 25. (February 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_773"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/17/1949",
"basic_date": "3/17/1949",
"date": "3/17/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the base of Killeen, Camp Hood \\(Texas\\), guards of the 2nd Army Division waiting for the start of a \"flare firing\" observed for an hour 8 large luminous objects of green, red and white color flying mostly in a straight line. (March 17-18, 7:52 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 319 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_774"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/25/1949",
"basic_date": "3/25/1949",
"date": "3/25/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A memorandum from the [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html) indicates that according to a confidential and reliable source, flying saucers are rockets built by men, and that during the last 4 years, the USSR was conducting experiments to develop an unknown type of flying saucer. (March 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_775"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/3/1949",
"basic_date": "4/3/1949",
"date": "4/3/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Dillon, Montana, the owner of a construction company Gosta Miller and three other people observe an object resembling two plates stuck together. The lower part is dull, and the upper part seems to be of a shiny aluminum. Its diameter is 20 feet, and its thickness is 4 to 5 feet. It swings or rotates in 6 cycles, down, swing, fly, swing again, all very quickly. (April 3, 11:55)",
"ref": [
"[unexplained Blue Book case](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_776"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1949",
"basic_date": "4/4/1949",
"date": "4/4/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [OTAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/OTAN.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_777"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1949",
"basic_date": "4/4/1949",
"date": "4/4/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Merced, California, former USAF Major and pilot William Parrott observes a generally circular object with a rounded base and dull color. The object emits a clicking sound until they fly over it. Parrot's dog reacts. (10:20 PM)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_778"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/24/1949",
"basic_date": "4/24/1949",
"date": "4/24/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Arrey, New Mexico, General [Mills](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MillsJohnStewart.html), meteorologist and balloon expert [Charles Moore](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MooreCharlesB.html), and other Navy personnel of a balloon launch team observe a round, elliptical white object, about 2.5 times longer than wide. (April 24, 10:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#358, unexplained",
"[Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html) 1974",
"DD-10",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_779"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/26/1949",
"basic_date": "4/26/1949",
"date": "4/26/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Shallet publishes his first article. (April 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_780"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1949",
"basic_date": "4/27/1949",
"date": "4/27/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [Grudge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html) project communicates its first M-26-49 US-AF summary report on a preliminary study related to UFOs to the Intelligence hierarchy of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html). The report considers the existence of strange extraterrestrial animals instead of superior entities \\(!\\). (April 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_781"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/28/1949",
"basic_date": "4/28/1949",
"date": "4/28/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tucson, Arizona, Howard Hann, Hubert, and Tex Keahey observed an object shaped like a sausage for 40 minutes. It spun and flew quickly. (April 28, 5:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#361 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_782"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/30/1949",
"basic_date": "4/30/1949",
"date": "4/30/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html), a scientific advisor tasked with providing an astronomical interpretation of each case, makes a report. He will later admit to having pushed too hard to find a natural explanation. (April 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_783"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1949",
"basic_date": "5/1949",
"date": "Early 5/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The 1st report of the [Grudge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html) project is released. (Early May)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_784"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/3/1949",
"basic_date": "5/3/1949",
"date": "5/3/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of an American Viking probe rocket. (May 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_785"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/5/1949",
"basic_date": "5/5/1949",
"date": "5/5/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Fort Bliss \\(Texas\\), Major Day, Major Olhausen, and Captain Vaughn of the US Army observed 2 white oblong discs, flying at an estimated speed between 200 and 250 miles/h. It made a slight turn during the 30 to 50 seconds of observation. (May 5, 11:40)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#376 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_786"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/6/1949",
"basic_date": "5/6/1949",
"date": "5/6/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Livermore, California, C. G. Green observed two bright, disk-shaped objects spinning around each other, and changing direction. Then one of them rose with a gray trail and joined the other. The observation lasted 5 minutes. (9:35)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#379, unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_787"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/6/1949",
"basic_date": "5/6/1949",
"date": "5/6/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The highly decorated Soviet Air Force pilot Arkadii Ivanovich Apraksin conducted a test flight over Kapustin Yar and encountered an object at an altitude of 15000 m similar to the one from 1948. The object again sent its light rays towards the plane, still at 10 km distance, and Apraksin managed to land his aircraft without systems or engine. He woke up in the Saratov hospital and left a detailed account of his encounter. 2 and a half months later he was put in charge of a special medical commission in Moscow which sent him to a psycho-neurological institute where he was given electroshock treatment and psychotherapy. Afterwards he was declared unfit for any service.",
"ref": [
"Timothy Good, _Above Top Secret_, page 225",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_788"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/9/1949",
"basic_date": "5/9/1949",
"date": "5/9/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tucson, Arizona, Sergeant-Chief Troy Putnam observed 2 round, flat, metallic-looking objects, approximately 25 feet in diameter, flying between 750 and 1000 miles/h in a stable turning position. (May 9, 2:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#384 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_789"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/20/1949",
"basic_date": "5/20/1949",
"date": "5/20/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Lowell Observatory \\(Massachusetts\\), Professor Hall observed with binoculars and a theodolite a bright disk of metallic appearance, with a diameter of 10 to 20 m, moving slowly. (May 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_790"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/22/1949",
"basic_date": "5/22/1949",
"date": "5/22/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Secretary [Forrestal](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ForrestalJamesVincent.html) officially commits suicide in a fit of madness. According to MJ documents, he then leaves his place vacant in the [MJ-12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJ-12.html) group. (May 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_791"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/27/1949",
"basic_date": "5/27/1949",
"date": "5/27/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Southern Oregon, Joseph Shell, a North American Aviation SNJ trainer, is on a convoy from Red Bluff \\(California\\) to Burns \\(Oregon\\). He observes between 5 and 8 oval objects, twice as long as wide, and half as thick. They fly in single file, with an interval of 3 to 4 times their length, except for the 2nd and 3rd which are closer. (May 27, 2:25 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#404 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_792"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/24/1949",
"basic_date": "7/24/1949",
"date": "7/24/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Mountain Home \\(Idaho\\), Henry Clark, an air service manager, flies in a *Piper Clipper*. He observes 7 objects in the shape of delta wings, from 35 to 55 feet in wingspan, 20 to 30 feet long, 2 to 5 feet thick. They are light colored except for a dark circle of 12 feet in diameter at the back of each. They fly in a tight formation 2 in front 1 behind, and make a perfect turn, but without inclining. During the 10 minutes of observation, they display gentle decreasing oscillations. Clark's engine coughs during the observation, and upon landing it is found that all its spark plugs have been consumed. (July 24, 12 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#483 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_793"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1949",
"basic_date": "7/30/1949",
"date": "7/30/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Mount Hood \\(Oregon\\), Captain Thrush of the *Northwest Airlines*, 2 operators from the Portland control tower, and a flight instructor observe an object with 1 white light and 2 red lights performing maneuvers and remaining stationary. (July 30, 9 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#496 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_794"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1949",
"basic_date": "8/1949",
"date": "8/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Officers Harbaugh and Kosirowski are examining a device found in Glen Burnie. See photo at images/images/1949\\_GlenBurnie.jpg.",
"ref": [
"UFX",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_795"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/12/1949",
"basic_date": "8/12/1949",
"date": "8/12/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Explosion of the first Soviet atomic bomb. (August 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_796"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1949",
"basic_date": "8/19/1949",
"date": "8/19/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Death Valley \\(California\\), Mace Garney and Buck Fitzgerald, 2 prospectors, [see an object crash in the desert.](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1949-08-19.html) It has the shape of a disc and measures 7 m \\(24 feet\\) in diameter. (August 19)",
"ref": [
"Local Bakersfield Journal, August 20, p. 13",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_797"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1949",
"basic_date": "8/20/1949",
"date": "8/20/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [The Tale of Garney and Fitzgerlad](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1949-08-19.html) about the incident from the day before is published in a Bakersfield newspaper.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_798"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1949",
"basic_date": "8/20/1949",
"date": "8/20/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Las Cruces, the famous astronomer [Clyde Tombaugh](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TombaughClydeWilliam.html) \\(working at the rocket test range of [White Sands](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WhiteSands.html) 65 km away\\) his wife and his mother-in-law observed 6 to 8 \\(1 only?\\) rectangular flying objects in an ellipsoidal formation. The UFOs were yellow-green in color and moved from northwest to southeast. In [1957](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1957.html), he declared about this experience, \"I was so unprepared for such a strange sight that I was truly petrified with surprise.\"",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_799"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/22/1949",
"basic_date": "8/22/1949",
"date": "8/22/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Seymour L. Hess, a meteorologist from the University of Florida, observed through a telescope under the clouds a disk of metallic appearance. He estimated its size to be 1.5 m in diameter and its altitude to be 2500 m, going against the wind. (August 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_800"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/30/1949",
"basic_date": "8/30/1949",
"date": "8/30/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Clyde Tombaugh](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/scientifiques.html\\#TombaughClydeWilliam) observed with the naked eye an object flying in the shape of a cigar radiating a green-blue light, and with \"portholes\" lit by a greenish light: During the thousands of hours I spent observing the sky, the famous astronomer commented, I have never seen anything so strange. (August 30)",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_801"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/30/1949",
"basic_date": "8/30/1949",
"date": "8/30/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Roy L. Dimmick, head of sales for the Los Angeles company *Apache Powder,* claimed to have discussed with a Mexican and an Ecuadorian who had seen a saucer crash near the city of Mexico. The story is told by [Frank Scully](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ScullyFrank.html) \\(who was not shy to repeat the strangest rumors circulating at his time without verifying them\\). (Before 1950)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_802"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/21/1949",
"basic_date": "9/21/1949",
"date": "9/21/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Test of Soviet missile [R2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/appareils.html\\#R2). (September 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_803"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/23/1949",
"basic_date": "9/23/1949",
"date": "9/23/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) President [Truman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TrumanHarryS.html) announces that the Soviet Union has detonated an atomic bomb. (September 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_804"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/29/1949",
"basic_date": "9/29/1949",
"date": "9/29/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st test of the French ground-air missile SE 4100. (September 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_805"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/1/1949",
"basic_date": "10/1/1949",
"date": "10/1/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mao founds the People's Republic of China. (1st October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_806"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1949",
"basic_date": "10/7/1949",
"date": "10/7/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Founding of the GDR. (7 October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_807"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/14/1949",
"basic_date": "10/14/1949",
"date": "10/14/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A meeting is held to discuss the sightings of green fireballs. Representatives from G-2 section of the 4th Army \\(possibly including some members of the [IPU](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IPU.html)\\), the *Armed Forces Special Weapons Project*, [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html), [AEC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AEC.html), the Geophysical Research Division of the [AMC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AMC.html), and the [AFOSI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AFOSI.html) are present, a memo of which states: A logical explanation has not been issued concerning the origin of the green fireballs. It was generally concluded, however, that the phenomena existed and should be scientifically studied until these cases are satisfactorily explained. Especially since the continued occurrence of unexplained phenomena of this nature in the vicinity of sensitive installations is a cause for concern.. (October 14)",
"ref": [
"Good 1987",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_808"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1949",
"basic_date": "12/1949",
"date": "12/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The popular magazine *True* publishes a series of articles in favor of the extraterrestrial explanation of UFO observations: according to well-informed sources, the UFOs that appeared some time ago in Scandinavia were interplanetary vehicles driven by men belonging to a different and more advanced civilization than ours.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_809"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1949",
"basic_date": "12/27/1949",
"date": "12/27/1949",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The annual 629-49 US-AF report of the [Grudge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html) project based on the Hynek's report of April 30th states: Flying saucers do not exist, summarizing the technical report that closes the [Grudge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html) project \\(102-AC-49/15-100 UFO\\\\PG Grudge Report\\): - of 237 cases, there are still 23% of observations that we cannot explain, but to which we must nevertheless find an explanation because we do not believe in flying saucers. And the report concludes with the need to reduce the study. (December 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1949.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_810"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1950",
"basic_date": "1/1950",
"date": "1/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As in December of the previous year, the magazine [*True*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TrueMagazine.html) publishes a resounding article by [Donald Keyhoe](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KeyhoeDonaldEdward.html), with the evocative title *Flying Saucers are Real*, where he explains that flying saucers come from other planets, that the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) knows it and carefully keeps the secret. He concludes: I think we are being prepared for what the [UFO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#UFO) project already knows: that the Earth is being watched by interplanetary travelers. (January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_811"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/5/1950",
"basic_date": "2/5/1950",
"date": "2/5/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Teaticket \\(Massachusetts\\), Marvin Odom, a former US Navy pilot, Lieutenant Philip Foushee, a pilot from the USAF base in Otis, and two other people observe two thin, illuminated cylinders. A glowing ball emerges from one of them. The two maneuvers then quickly disappear into the sky after 5 minutes. (February 5th, 5:10 PM)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_812"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/8/1950",
"basic_date": "2/8/1950",
"date": "2/8/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First test of the French ground-to-ground missile SE 4200. (February 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_813"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/8/1950",
"basic_date": "2/8/1950",
"date": "2/8/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Upon the appearance of a giant sunspot, London television viewers saw for 1 hour on their screens \"Russian\" images with Swedish music.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_814"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/24/1950",
"basic_date": "2/24/1950",
"date": "2/24/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Albuquerque \\(New Mexico\\) Luther McDonald and Harrison Manson, both weather observers from the Municipal Airport, observed a white and oval slightly elongated object flying horizontally for about 1 minute and 30 seconds using a theodolite. (13 h 55)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_815"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/24/1950",
"basic_date": "2/24/1950",
"date": "2/24/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Datil \\(New Mexico\\), observation of [green glowing ball](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GreenFireballs.html) \\(see below\\) from an [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) observation post.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_816"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/25/1950",
"basic_date": "2/25/1950",
"date": "2/25/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Los Alamos, New Mexico, 12 security inspectors from the [AEC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AEC.html) observe a silver, flashing cylinder with tapered ends, slowly and then quickly flying, pulsating and oscillating, and changing direction. The duration of the witnesses' observations varies between 3 seconds and 2 minutes. (February 25, 3:55 PM)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_817"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/1/1950",
"basic_date": "3/1/1950",
"date": "3/1/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Knoxville \\(Tennessee\\) regional office of the [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html) receives a frantic call from a radar operator at a nearby military base. The technician has spotted a craft flying over the Oak Ridge atomic research center [Oak Ridge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/OakRidgeAFB.html). (March 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_818"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/3/1950",
"basic_date": "3/3/1950",
"date": "3/3/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Selfridge \\(Michigan\\), Lieutenant Frank Mattson observed an intense light of a dull yellow descending vertically, then flying horizontally very quickly for 4 minutes. (March 3, 11:05 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#650 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_819"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/8/1950",
"basic_date": "3/8/1950",
"date": "3/8/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A [Dayton](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Dayton) \\(Ohio\\), visual and radar observation of a flying disc above the [Wright-Patterson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WrightPatterson.html) headquarters, headquarters of the [ATIC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ATIC.html). A TWA crew confirms the observation. The National Guard is put on alert and a \\(two?\\) [Mustang P-51](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/appareils.html\\#P51) takes off \\(s\\) to attempt an interception, in vain. (March 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_820"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/8/1950",
"basic_date": "3/8/1950",
"date": "3/8/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The phenomenon of March 1st repeats itself several times. Establishment of the [Twinkle](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html\\#Twinkle) project, charged with investigating the phenomena of \"green fireballs\" in [New Mexico](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NouveauMexique.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_821"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/20/1950",
"basic_date": "3/20/1950",
"date": "3/20/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Stuttgart \\(Arkansas\\), Captain Jack Adams and First Officer G. W. Anderson Junior, both of Chicago & Southern Airlines, observed for 25 to 35 seconds a 100-foot disc with 9 to 12 openings along the lower part emitting a soft purple light, as well as a light at its top blinking 3 times in 9 seconds, flying at no less than 1000 miles/h. (March 20, 9:26 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#671 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_822"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/22/1950",
"basic_date": "3/22/1950",
"date": "3/22/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The FBI agent Guy Hottel, stationed in Washington, sends a memorandum to his superiors in which he claims to have talked to an Air Force investigator. This informant told him that the Air Force had recovered 3 flying saucers in New Mexico, each with 3 bodies barely 1 m tall, dressed in black suits like those of supersonic pilots. (March 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_823"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/27/1950",
"basic_date": "3/27/1950",
"date": "3/27/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Motobu \\(Okinawa\\), the USAF radar operator Cpl. Bolfango spotted on his radar an object stationary for 2 minutes and then moving at 500 miles/h. A visual observation also took place. (March 27, 10:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#678 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_824"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/28/1950",
"basic_date": "3/28/1950",
"date": "3/28/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Santiago \\(Chile\\), M/Sgt. Patterson, from the *US Air Attache* office, observed through binoculars for 5 to 10 seconds a white object flying quickly at high altitude, crossing 30° of the sky. (March 28, 3:15 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#680 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_825"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/29/1950",
"basic_date": "3/29/1950",
"date": "3/29/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Lake Marrowhode \\(Marrowbore?\\) \\(Tennessee\\), Whiteside and Williams, real estate agents, observed 6 to 12 dark objects resembling bombs, about 5 feet long, flying at 500 miles/h and descending, emitting a sound like the wind blowing through the trees. (March 29, 7 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#682 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_826"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1950",
"basic_date": "3/30/1950",
"date": "3/30/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In an article titled \"Untertassen-Flieger Kombination\", the magazine *Der Spiegel* states ...Rudolph Schriever, who claims that engineers from around the world were experimenting with flying saucers in the early 1940s, wishes to build one for the United States in 6 to 9 months. This 40-year-old graduate of the University of Prague states that he had made plans for such a machine, which he calls \"flying top\", before Germany collapsed and the plans were stolen from his laboratory. He states that the machine would be capable of travelling at 2600 miles/h over a range of 4000 miles. Schriever is a driver for the US Army in Bremerhaven.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_827"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1950",
"basic_date": "3/30/1950",
"date": "3/30/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Objective Moon* begins to appear in *Tintin*.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_828"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/1/1950",
"basic_date": "4/1/1950",
"date": "4/1/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Land-Air Inc. is officially commissioned to conduct scientific research on the phenomenon of green fireballs. (April 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_829"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/7/1950",
"basic_date": "4/7/1950",
"date": "4/7/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Boston, the Logan Airport tower observed for 10 minutes an oval light changing from blue to white, then to red. It split in two and ended in a dance of lights, which disappeared to the northeast, against the wind. (April 7, 9:55 PM)",
"ref": [
"[Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html), 1979",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_830"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/8/1950",
"basic_date": "4/8/1950",
"date": "4/8/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Kokomo, Indiana, Earl Baker is awoken by his dog. He observes a 50 foot diameter, 15 foot wide metal disc, topped with a \"conning tower\" and having 3 openings on the edge emitting a blue light. The object remains stationary for 2 minutes, then flies away. (April 8, 2:00am)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#706 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_831"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/14/1950",
"basic_date": "4/14/1950",
"date": "4/14/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At [Fort Monmouth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FortMonmouth.html) \\(New Jersey\\), M/Sgt. James of the Army saw 4 amber rectangular objects about 3 or 4 feet. During the 3 to 4 minutes of observation, James saw them quickly change speed and direction, go up and down. (April 14, 2:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#711 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_832"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/14/1950",
"basic_date": "4/14/1950",
"date": "4/14/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In a remote region of Argentina, E. C. Bosa discovers a crashed flying disc and the corpses of 4 small pilots. Returning the next day with a friend, he finds only a pile of still smoking ashes. An object shaped like a cigar is seen while he is flying over the area at high altitude.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_833"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/14/1950",
"basic_date": "4/14/1950",
"date": "4/14/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The object photographed on April 23 at Redbud. See photo at images/1950-04-23.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_834"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1950",
"basic_date": "4/27/1950",
"date": "4/27/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Goshen \\(Indiana\\), sighting by pilot [Robert Adickes](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AdickesRobert.html) and his co-pilot. (April 27th, 8:25 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_835"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1950",
"basic_date": "4/27/1950",
"date": "4/27/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photography of a disk in Palma de Majorque, with a dome and in rotation.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_836"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/29/1950",
"basic_date": "4/29/1950",
"date": "4/29/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Regulation of the [Air Force Letter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#AFR) 200-5. (April 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_837"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1950",
"basic_date": "5/7/1950",
"date": "5/7/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 9 miles south of Easy Ely \\(Nevada\\), George Smith, his wife and their grandson saw a white-silver object hovering at 100 feet altitude, going forward and backward for 10 minutes then flying away high. (May 7, 6:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#721 unexplained, no investigation conducted",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_838"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/11/1950",
"basic_date": "5/11/1950",
"date": "5/11/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Mac Minnville \\(Oregon\\) [the Trents photograph a saucer](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1950-05-11\\_McMinville.html). (May 11, 7:45 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_839"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/12/1950",
"basic_date": "5/12/1950",
"date": "5/12/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Hoover](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/officiels.html\\#HooverJohnEdgar), head of the [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html), worries about the protection of vital installations such as Oak Ridge and requests that an appropriate investigation be conducted to determine if the unidentified objects flying over the [Oak Ridge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/OakRidgeAFB.html) area are related to ionizing effects of radars. The [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) services are alerted, the [CIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIA.html) sends a radar expert from Washington to check the reliability of the instruments and... the poor technician is interrogated about his alcoholic background. Without result. (May 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_840"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/22/1950",
"basic_date": "5/22/1950",
"date": "5/22/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Seymour Hess](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HessSeymour.html) observes a UFO at the Flagstaff Observatory \\(Arizona\\) \\[[Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html)\\]. (May 22, between 12:15 and 12:30)",
"ref": [
"Bonvin",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_841"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/29/1950",
"basic_date": "5/29/1950",
"date": "5/29/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Washington \\(DC\\), [observation of Captain Sperry](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1950-05-29\\_Sperry.html). (May 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_842"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/8/1950",
"basic_date": "6/8/1950",
"date": "6/8/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Telephone Register* of McMinville \\(Oregon\\) publishes [the Trent story](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1950-05-11\\_McMinville.html). (June 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_843"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/25/1950",
"basic_date": "6/25/1950",
"date": "6/25/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beginning of the Korean War, increasing fear of a Soviet attack in Western Europe. (June 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_844"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/27/1950",
"basic_date": "6/27/1950",
"date": "6/27/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Texarkana \\(Texas\\), Terrell and Yates, both employees of the Red River Arsenal, saw a shiny object flying horizontally for 4 to 5 seconds, whose shape resembled two overturned buckets against each other. (June 27, 7:50 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#738 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_845"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/2/1950",
"basic_date": "7/2/1950",
"date": "7/2/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On Lake Ontario, at Sawbill Bay, as a couple picnics on the beach, the air begins to vibrate. They hide and see a disc resting on the lake, with portholes in a ring, with a \"mast\" ending in a hoop like a goniometer. Beings turn at regular intervals on the edge. They stop to look in the direction of the witnesses, but actually look at a deer above them. The beings enter and the disc lifts off vertically, leaving behind it a reddish water with golden reflections. \\(Lob and Gigi\\). (July 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_846"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/13/1950",
"basic_date": "7/13/1950",
"date": "7/13/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Redstone Arsenal \\(Alabama or Georgia?\\), two experienced Arsenal employees, including Mr. Washburn, observed an object resembling a \"bowtie\", seemingly made of polished aluminum, fly straight, then a triangle make a quarter turn in the opposite direction and return to its original position. The object then made a [right angle turn](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Turns.html) and accelerated away after at least 30 seconds. (July 13th, 5 PM)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case n° 758",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_847"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/13/1950",
"basic_date": "7/13/1950",
"date": "7/13/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Houston, Texas, a television station whose call sign \\(identification mark\\) was made up of the 4 letters KLEE changed its name to KPRC TV. Surprisingly, the old KLEE call sign continued to appear on various screens until 1954, not only around Houston, but also in other states as far away as New York and even in England, where the transmission system is different. These impossible delayed receptions are part of a whole range of delayed TV and radio echoes, never fully explained.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_848"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/24/1950",
"basic_date": "7/24/1950",
"date": "7/24/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Inauguration of *Cap Canaveral*. (July 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_849"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1950",
"basic_date": "7/30/1950",
"date": "7/30/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Round objects appear above the Hanford nuclear power plant at an altitude of 4600 m. An interception attempt by [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) fighters fails. (July 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_850"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1950",
"basic_date": "8/1/1950",
"date": "8/1/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Permanent replacement at [MJ-12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJ-12.html) of Secretary [Forrestal](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ForrestalJamesVincent.html) by General [Walter B. Smith](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SmithWalterBedell.html), Director of the [CIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIA.html). (August 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_851"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1950",
"basic_date": "8/4/1950",
"date": "8/4/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the North Atlantic, approximately 100 miles southeast of the city of New York \\(39' 35' North, 72' 24.5' West\\), Quartermaster Nils Lewring, Second Jacob Koelwyn, and Lieutenant of the M/V Marcala observed a cylindrical object 10 feet in altitude, flying and spinning, accelerating at the end of the 15 seconds of observation. (August 4th, 10am)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#773 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_852"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1950",
"basic_date": "8/5/1950",
"date": "8/5/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Observation of Great Falls](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1950-08-15\\_11-30\\_GreatFalls.html) \\(Montana\\): 2 UFOs are observed on radar, filmed \\(see below\\) and photographed by 2 independent observers. The case is declared inexplicable by physicist Mr. L. Baker. 35 of the 290 photos are requisitioned by the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html). Electromagnetic and physiopathological effects are found. (August 5, 11:30)",
"ref": [
"Keyhoe 1973",
"Hynek 1974",
"DD-5",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_853"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1950",
"basic_date": "8/20/1950",
"date": "8/20/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Nicosia, Cyprus, Liaison Officer Lieutenant William Ghormley, Colonel W. V. Brown, and Lieutenant-Colonel L.w. Brauer of the USAF MATS observe a round, shiny object flying quickly straight for 15-20 seconds. (August 20, 1:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"Case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#793 Unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_854"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1950",
"basic_date": "8/24/1950",
"date": "8/24/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Approximately 250 miles southwest of the Bermuda \\(29' 40' North, 67\\* 28' West\\), on board a B-29, the radar operator and S/Sgt. William Shaffer detected an unknown object and a possible blue trail 3 minutes later. The B-29 followed the unknown target, then passed it at 1/4 mile distance. The target was followed for 5 minutes, then passed the B-29 and moved away. The total duration of the detection was 20 minutes. (August 24 (25?) 20:00)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#787 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_855"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/30/1950",
"basic_date": "8/30/1950",
"date": "8/30/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Experts from the company *Land-Air* observe unidentified aerial phenomena during tests of a Bell rocket plane.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_856"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/30/1950",
"basic_date": "8/30/1950",
"date": "8/30/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Sandy Point \\(Newfoundland, Canada\\), 3 local employees, including Kaeel and Alexander from the USAF base, observed for 5 minutes a dark barrel-shaped object, with a kind of pole descending into the water, moving at a speed of 3 to 5 miles/h, at an altitude of 15 to 20 feet. (13:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#790 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_857"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/31/1950",
"basic_date": "8/31/1950",
"date": "8/31/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The same team makes a similar observation to the one from the day before during a rocket launch [V-2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/V2.html) at the [Holloman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HollomanAFB.html) base. (August 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_858"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/3/1950",
"basic_date": "9/3/1950",
"date": "9/3/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Spokane \\(Washington\\), Major R.J. Gardiner, Mrs. Gardiner and a neighbor \\(who had previously seen 3 objects, the others having seen 1\\), observed for 5 minutes disks seeming of metallic bronze, about 20 to 30 feet long, 2 to 6 feet wide, each moving in a disordered manner \\[\\[case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#797 unexplained\\]\\]. (September 3, 2 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_859"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/10/1950",
"basic_date": "9/10/1950",
"date": "9/10/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Retrieval of 3 bodies following a crash in Albuquerque \\(New Mexico\\). (September 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_860"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/20/1950",
"basic_date": "9/20/1950",
"date": "9/20/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Kit Carson \\(Colorado\\), a \"reliable\" witness observed 2 large round and luminous objects and 3 smaller ones inside. The 2 objects remained stationary for 1 minute and then moved, and the 3 smaller ones came out from behind or inside the 2 larger ones. All of them quickly moved away into the sky. (September 20, 10:49)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#807 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_861"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/21/1950",
"basic_date": "9/21/1950",
"date": "9/21/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Provincetown \\(Massachusetts\\), the MIT research associate and National Air Guard Major H. Ligda spotted an object on radar during the MIT's detection of the USAF F-84 or F-86 fighter flight. The object's speed was 22 miles/min \\(200 miles/h\\), and it made turns with an acceleration of 11 to 12 g during the minute of observation. (September 21, 9:52)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case \\#809",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_862"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/12/1950",
"basic_date": "10/12/1950",
"date": "10/12/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 11 UFOs are again spotted above [Oak Ridge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/OakRidgeAFB.html). A squadron of F-82 fighters takes off to intercept them, without success: the craft dodge at an astonishing speed. (October 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_863"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/15/1950",
"basic_date": "10/15/1950",
"date": "10/15/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At [Oak Ridge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/OakRidgeAFB.html) \\(Knoxville?\\) \\(Tennessee\\), Trooper Rymer, J. Moneymaker, and Captain Zarzecki of the [AEC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AEC.html) saw two shiny silver objects in the shape of a rifle ball or bladder. The objects dove, leaving a trail of smoke, and one of them disappeared. The other stayed at 5-6 feet altitude, 50 feet away, and went away and came back several times, going further each time. (3:20 PM)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case \\#819",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_864"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/15/1950",
"basic_date": "10/15/1950",
"date": "10/15/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the base of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) of Pope \\(North Carolina\\), Daniel and Woodward each make an observation.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#821 unexplained, listed as \"unidentified\" in the index, but no data can be found about it",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_865"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/23/1950",
"basic_date": "10/23/1950",
"date": "10/23/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Bonlee \\(North Carolina\\), former USAF pilot Frank Risher sees an aluminum object shaped like a dirigible or a Convair C-99 cargo plane with 3 openings, coming from the southeast, hovering for 3 to 5 seconds, and flying towards the south-southeast until the end of the 40 second observation. (October 23, 0:42)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#824 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_866"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/1/1950",
"basic_date": "11/1/1950",
"date": "11/1/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Attack against the American President [Truman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TrumanHarryS.html) by Puerto Rican extremists. (November 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_867"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1950",
"basic_date": "11/5/1950",
"date": "11/5/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At [Oak Ridge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/OakRidgeAFB.html) \\(Tennessee\\), the illustrator of *Fairchild Aircraft* Don Patrick observed a translucent, light gray object with a darker core, shaped like a pear or a bean. The object flew for 5 to 10 minutes making rapid and precipitous movements. (November 5, 11:55)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#829 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_868"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/7/1950",
"basic_date": "11/7/1950",
"date": "11/7/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \"Duel\" between a fighter plane and a white light spinning around it, even in ascent. (November 7)",
"ref": [
"Hynek, 1979",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_869"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/21/1950",
"basic_date": "11/21/1950",
"date": "11/21/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Canadian physicist Dr. [Wilbert Smith](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SmithWilbertBrooker.html) sends a memorandum to his government on geomagnetism indicating, that following a discreet inquiry by the Canadian Embassy, it has been established that the subject has received the highest classification from the US government \\(at a higher level than the H-bomb\\), that flying saucers do exist, that their modus operandi is unknown but that a significant effort is being made by a small group led by Dr. [Vannevar Bush](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BushVannevar.html), and that the whole subject is considered by US authorities to be of the utmost importance. (November 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_870"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/2/1950",
"basic_date": "12/2/1950",
"date": "12/2/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Nanyika \\(Kenya\\), L. Scott and his wife observed an object shaped like a pear, iridescent, with a flattened top, turning while remaining stationary and emitting a sound similar to a buzzing of bees. (December 2, 10:50)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 845 unexplained, the only data comes from the archives of the East African newspaper \"Standard\"",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_871"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/6/1950",
"basic_date": "12/6/1950",
"date": "12/6/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A device similar to the one from the [Roswell crash](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1947-07-02\\_Roswell.html) crashes to the ground at high speed in the El Indio-Guerrero zone, in the Del Rio region \\(Texas\\), near the Mexican border, after following a long trajectory through the atmosphere. The recoverable debris of the completely charred object is transported to the [AEC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AEC.html) complex in Sandia, [New Mexico](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NouveauMexique.html) for study.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_872"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/6/1950",
"basic_date": "12/6/1950",
"date": "12/6/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Fort Meyers, Florida, an ex-airplane salesman Harry Lamp and 4 boys observe with LO-power binoculars an object of 75 feet, 3 to 4 feet thick, with a dome on top, silver with a red edge with 2 white and 2 orange engines on its sides. The center rotates when the object remains stationary, then the object flies away very quickly. (5 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 848 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_873"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/11/1950",
"basic_date": "12/11/1950",
"date": "12/11/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Alaska, 10 miles northwest of Gulcana, the crew of *Northwest Air Lines* Flight 802 observed 2 white flashes followed by a dark cloud rising and splitting into 2. (December 11, 10:13 PM)",
"ref": [
"[case Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#849 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_874"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/11/1950",
"basic_date": "12/11/1950",
"date": "12/11/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At an air show in Longview, over a hundred people watched the maneuvers of several metal discs.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_875"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/11/1950",
"basic_date": "12/11/1950",
"date": "12/11/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Publication by Henry Holt of the book by [Frank Scully](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ScullyFrank.html), *Behind the Flying Saucers*.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_876"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/11/1950",
"basic_date": "12/11/1950",
"date": "12/11/1950",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Richard Hall](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HallRichardH.html) begins his career as a ufologist.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1950.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_877"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/8/1951",
"basic_date": "1/8/1951",
"date": "1/8/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In South Fort Worth \\(Texas\\), W. J. Boggus, his wife and other drivers and passengers stopped to observe 2 groups of red and green lights staying stationary in a triangular formation in the sky, before leaving. (January 8, 10:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 864 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_878"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/12/1951",
"basic_date": "1/12/1951",
"date": "1/12/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Fort Benning \\(Georgia\\), 2nd Lieutenant of the [US Army](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USArmy.html) A. C. Hale observed a light with a fan-shaped trail. The light remained still like a star for 20 minutes, then disappeared in the distance. (January 12th, 10 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#868 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_879"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/16/1951",
"basic_date": "1/16/1951",
"date": "1/16/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Artesia, New Mexico, two members of a General Mills balloon project observe their 110-foot balloon at an altitude of 112,000 feet when they spot a round, dull white object. It appears larger than the balloon, but does not move. Later, the balloon team, the Aeronautical Research Laboratory, the director of the Artesia airport, and three pilots see two objects from the airport. They fly side by side, circle the balloon, then head northeast. The second sighting lasted about 40 seconds. (January 16)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case, sometimes reported, probably in error, in 1952",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_880"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/20/1951",
"basic_date": "1/20/1951",
"date": "1/20/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Sioux City \\(Iowa\\) airfield, a DC-3 of the Mid-Continent Air Lines is about to take off when the control tower signals a bluish fire to the west but allows the departure. The tower then signals that the fire is heading towards them. The pilots see it coming and it brushes past them. A passenger colonel confirms: a B-29 fuselage without wings, a long black cigar and ultra-fast. Official explanation: a B-36 was in the area \\(probably had lost its wings\\). (January 20)",
"ref": [
"Log and Gigi",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_881"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/20/1951",
"basic_date": "1/20/1951",
"date": "1/20/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An article from *Cosmopolitan* magazine, titled \"The Infamous Flying Saucer Hoax\", blames [Kenneth Arnold](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ArnoldKenneth.html) for setting off a chain reaction of mass hysteria and fraud.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_882"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/1/1951",
"basic_date": "2/1/1951",
"date": "2/1/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Johnson Air Base \\(Japan\\), the pilot and the radar operator of a night fighter F-82 observed an amber light making 3 to 4 360° turns to the right, redirecting itself towards the F-82 and then rising until out of sight. (February 1st, 5:10 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#886 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_883"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/16/1951",
"basic_date": "2/16/1951",
"date": "2/16/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the USA, the Joint Chiefs of Staff approve the recommendation 51/1 of the [PJBD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PJBD.html) for an extension of the Permanent Radar Network, which requires an extension and consolidation of the current control and alert system of Canada and the United States into an operational system to meet the defense needs of both countries. (February 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_884"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/21/1951",
"basic_date": "2/21/1951",
"date": "2/21/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Durban \\([South Africa](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZA.html)\\), 3 men in a truck and various other people saw a dark red object shaped like a torpedo with a darker center flying straight. ((February 21?) 4:55)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#896 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_885"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/21/1951",
"basic_date": "2/21/1951",
"date": "2/21/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the USAF base in Ladd \\(Alaska\\), USAF Sergeant J. B. Sells observed a grayish, metallic object estimated to be 120 feet long and 10-12 feet thick. The object was stationary, emitting smoke, and after 1-1:30 minutes it flew away. (7:10am)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#897, possibly February 25th",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_886"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/5/1951",
"basic_date": "3/5/1951",
"date": "3/5/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photograph \\(below\\) of [George Adamski](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AdamskiGeorge.html) at Palomar Terraces \\(California\\). Adamski claims it is a mothership. (March 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_887"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/10/1951",
"basic_date": "3/10/1951",
"date": "3/10/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Chinnampo \\(Korea\\), the crew of a USAF B-29 bomber, including the scanner operators or the tail gunner, saw a large red-yellow light burst and become blue-white. (9:51)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) unexplained, no other information in the archives",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_888"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/10/1951",
"basic_date": "3/10/1951",
"date": "3/10/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The US Army Air Defense Command takes command of all air defense forces assigned to air defense for the first time.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_889"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/13/1951",
"basic_date": "3/13/1951",
"date": "3/13/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in MacClellan \\(California\\), 1st Lieutenant of the USAF B. J. Hastie and Mrs. Rafferty observed for 2 minutes a cylinder with tails, 200 feet long and 90 feet wide, turning north and flying at an incredible speed. (March 13, 2:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#907 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_890"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/15/1951",
"basic_date": "3/15/1951",
"date": "3/15/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In New Delhi \\(India\\), 25 members of an aeronautical club, including the chief aeronautical engineer and his two assistants, observed for 7 minutes a metallic object in the shape of a cigar with a white exhaust that became black when it accelerated to an estimated speed of 1000 miles/h. It then made a large loop. (March 15, 10:20)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#908 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_891"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1951",
"basic_date": "5/1951",
"date": "End of 5/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [T-2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/T2.html) section of the [AMC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AMC.html) becomes the [ATIC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ATIC.html). (End of May)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_892"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/1/1951",
"basic_date": "6/1/1951",
"date": "6/1/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Niagara Falls \\(New York\\), Sergeant-Chief H. E. Sweeney and 2 other men saw for 30 to 40 seconds an object shaped like a saucer with arc-shaped wings, emitting a yellow-orange light, flying towards the sky. (June 1st, 4:20 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#925 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_893"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/15/1951",
"basic_date": "6/15/1951",
"date": "6/15/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 10 km southeast of La Roche-sur-Yon, R. Gavache observed at mid-height between a band of clouds and the horizon, a spherical red fire, the size of an orange, a beautiful bright red stable, no twinkling, motionless then moved slowly towards the northeast then the southwest, rose a bit, with some very slow swaying, downward movement, observation time 20 minutes, no sound, good moonlight, 3 witnesses, [ball lightning](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BallLighting.html) \\(?\\), thunderstorm the previous night, heavy weather during the day, but during the observation partially clear sky and dotted with stars. (June 15, 11:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"BSAF, 1951, p. 174",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_894"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/22/1951",
"basic_date": "6/22/1951",
"date": "6/22/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of dogs Dezik and Tzigane aboard a recoverable capsule; 4 minutes of weightlessness. (June 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_895"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/10/1951",
"basic_date": "7/10/1951",
"date": "7/10/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Start of development of Redstone and the [US Army](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USArmy.html). (July 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_896"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/10/1951",
"basic_date": "7/10/1951",
"date": "7/10/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Abduction of [Pierre Monet](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MonetPierre.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_897"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/24/1951",
"basic_date": "7/24/1951",
"date": "7/24/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Portsmouth \\(New Hampshire\\), Captain Cobb and Cpl. Fein, both officers of the USAF Hanscom base operations, observe for 20 seconds an tubular object 100 to 200 feet long, about 5 times longer than wide, with fins at one end, grayish in color with many black spots. The object flies between 800 and 1000 miles/h at an altitude of 1000 to 2000 feet, leaving a slight trail. (July 24, 7:10 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#943 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_898"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1951",
"basic_date": "1951",
"date": "Summer 1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A New Zealand scientist, Doctor Rolf Alexander, during an interview with General [Marshall](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MarshallGeorgeCattlet.html), receives the following confidences: UFOs exist and are piloted by extraterrestrials, these beings are peaceful and authorities are aware that they do not constitute a threat to the planet, the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) has ordered no action to be taken against these craft, there have been 3 UFO landings which have proven disastrous for their occupants. (Summer)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_899"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1951",
"basic_date": "8/4/1951",
"date": "8/4/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A single-engine plane vanishes over Alaska, along a route of approximately 60 km, without sending any message. (August 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_900"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/25/1951",
"basic_date": "8/25/1951",
"date": "8/25/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Hugh Young, a guard from the secret Sandia base, and another witness accompanied by his wife see a huge V-shaped formation of lights silently pass overhead, heading south. It appears to be a large winged craft with these lights. Its size is estimated to be 1.5 times the wingspan of a B-36 bomber or 350 feet. 8 blue-white lights shine along the trailing edge of the wing of the formation. The estimated speed is 650 km/h \\(300 to 400 mph\\) and the altitude 240 to 300 m \\(800 to 1000 feet\\). Dark stripes are visible from below, and 6 to 8 pairs of pulsating lights on the side band of the craft. The observation lasts about 30 s. (9:58 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_901"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/25/1951",
"basic_date": "8/25/1951",
"date": "8/25/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 4 Professors from Texas Technical College see a semi-circular formation of 20 to 30 lights moving quickly above Lubbock \\(Texas\\). (21:20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_902"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/25/1951",
"basic_date": "8/25/1951",
"date": "8/25/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) They see two other formations flying in the same direction and at the same speed. The lights are a yellowish white, and they shine dimly.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_903"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/25/1951",
"basic_date": "8/25/1951",
"date": "8/25/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The nearby USAF radar station notices an unknown flying at 1450 km/h and roughly 3900 m altitude at the same time. The spots remain on the screens for 6 minutes, and an F-86 Sabre quickly takes off, but fails to intercept the UFO.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_904"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/25/1951",
"basic_date": "8/25/1951",
"date": "8/25/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Dozens of witnesses see groups of lights passing quickly above them, forming a structure resembling a boomerang or a flying wing. The first observation, confirmed by a radar station, takes place in the suburbs of [Albuquerque](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Albuquerque), followed by [Lubbock](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1951-08-25\\_Lubbock.html) \\(Texas\\). A group of professors, including Dr. W. I. Robinson, a geologist, observe that the phenomenon appears in the north at an angular elevation of about 45° above the horizon and disappears in the direction of the south",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case n° 955",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_905"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/26/1951",
"basic_date": "8/26/1951",
"date": "8/26/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above the city of Washington, 2 radar stations simultaneously detect an unidentified echo whose speed is 1300 km/h. No terrestrial aircraft is capable of such a speed \\(the interceptors in service in the United States are unable to exceed 800 km/h\\). (August 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_906"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/30/1951",
"basic_date": "8/30/1951",
"date": "8/30/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the night, Carl Hart Junior, a student from Texas Tech, takes 5 photographs on which UFOs similar to those of [August 25](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1951.html\\#08-25) can be seen \\(photo below\\). (August 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_907"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/31/1951",
"basic_date": "8/31/1951",
"date": "8/31/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Carl Hart Junior returns the 5 photographs taken the day before to the *Lubbock Evening Avalanche*. These documents have been authenticated by experts.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_908"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/31/1951",
"basic_date": "8/31/1951",
"date": "8/31/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Matador \\(Texas\\), Mrs. Tom Tilson and 2 or 3 other women, all apparently of excellent reputation, observe an object shaped like a pear, the length of a B-29 \\(100 feet\\), seeming of aluminum or silver, with some kind of opening on the side. It moves slowly drifting at an altitude of about 150 feet, then rises in a circular motion and disappears in a few seconds. (0 h 45)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#962 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_909"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/31/1951",
"basic_date": "8/31/1951",
"date": "8/31/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The 3 UFOs photographed in New Jersey. See photo at images/1951-09.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_910"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1951",
"basic_date": "9/1/1951",
"date": "9/1/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In San Francisco, USA, Australia and New Zealand conclude a Security Treaty. (September 1st)",
"ref": [
"\\[ATS 1952 No. 2 Act 1952 No. 6; UNTS 131 p. 83; TIAS 2493\\] \\[Pine Gap Treaty, 1966\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_911"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/2/1951",
"basic_date": "9/2/1951",
"date": "9/2/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An unusual fireball is seen skimming across the California coast and disappearing before the eyes of many witnesses. (September 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_912"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/6/1951",
"basic_date": "9/6/1951",
"date": "9/6/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Claremont, California, Sergeant W. T. Smith and Sergeant L. L. Duel \\(?\\) observed 6 orange lights in an irregular formation, flying straight into the coast fog after 3 to 4 minutes. (September 6, 7:20 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#964 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_913"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/10/1951",
"basic_date": "9/10/1951",
"date": "9/10/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At [Fort Monmouth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FortMonmouth.html) \\(New Jersey\\), during a demonstration of anti-aircraft guns pointed automatically by radar, an unidentified echo appears at low altitude. It flies at about 11000 m to the South of the station, heading North along the coast. The craft is moving too fast to be tracked automatically, so the *Army Signal Corps* operator switches to manual control. The operator estimates its speed at over 1100 km/h --- 700 miles/h, an incredible performance for the time, even for the best army jets. The group follows the craft for about 3 minutes, until it disappears from the screen to the North-East at about 13000 m altitude. (11:10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_914"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/10/1951",
"basic_date": "9/10/1951",
"date": "9/10/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A USAF T-33 piloted by Lieutenant Wilbert S. Rogers and navigator Major Edward Ballard over Point Pleasant \\(New Jersey\\) saw far below them a silver-colored object - described by Rogers as round and flat and with a diameter between 9 and 15 m \\(30 to 50 feet\\), traveling at 1400 km/h. From its altitude of 6000 m \\(20000 feet\\), it began a rotating descent towards the UFO but was unable to catch up. They saw it descend towards Sandy Hook \\(climb and travel about 30 km?\\), before banking to the left at 90° \\(at 120°?\\) and disappearing towards the sea. Ground radar picked it up and estimated its speed at 1000 km/h. (11:35)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_915"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/10/1951",
"basic_date": "9/10/1951",
"date": "9/10/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At [Fort Monmouth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FortMonmouth.html) \\(New Jersey\\), radar detected an object at an altitude of 18 miles moving slowly. Ground observers quickly confirmed the sighting although they could only observe a small silver dot. This sighting was later identified as a balloon. (3:15 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_916"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/11/1951",
"basic_date": "9/11/1951",
"date": "9/11/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The radar at [Fort Monmouth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FortMonmouth.html) \\(New Jersey\\) detected a new unidentified echo at very high speed. No visual confirmation, as the sky was too cloudy. (10:50)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_917"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/11/1951",
"basic_date": "9/11/1951",
"date": "9/11/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The radar at [Fort Monmouth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FortMonmouth.html) \\(New Jersey\\) detected a second unidentified echo at very high speed. No visual confirmation, as the sky was too cloudy. (13:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_918"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/11/1951",
"basic_date": "9/11/1951",
"date": "9/11/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Two other similar cases occur \\(5 since the beginning of the trial period\\); one of the detected echoes moves at a constant altitude of 28300 m. Among the witnesses is a group of senior officers responsible for evaluating this cutting-edge material.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_919"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/12/1951",
"basic_date": "9/12/1951",
"date": "9/12/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The project [Grudge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html), dormant since December 1949, is reactivated under the name of project [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html), under the direction of Captain [Ruppelt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RuppeltEdwardJ.html). (September 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_920"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/13/1951",
"basic_date": "9/13/1951",
"date": "9/13/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Goose Bay \\(Labrador\\), Sgt. W. B. Maupin and Cpl. J. W. Green observe 3 objects on the radar. 2 are on a collision course, and one moves to the right at the radio request of one of the radar operators. No known aircraft are in the area. A third unidentified object then joins the first two. The observation lasts more than 15 minutes. (September 13 (14?) 21:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#969 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_921"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/18/1951",
"basic_date": "9/18/1951",
"date": "9/18/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Goose Bay \\(Labrador\\), observation for 20 minutes of a disc the size of a B-36. (September 18, 0:20)",
"ref": [
"Hynek, 1874, RO-11",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_922"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/2/1951",
"basic_date": "10/2/1951",
"date": "10/2/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Columbus \\(Ohio\\), [Howard Cross](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CrossHowardC.html) observed a bright oval object with a truncated tail flying straight, disappearing due to the distance after 1 minute. (October 2, 6 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 980 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_923"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/2/1951",
"basic_date": "10/2/1951",
"date": "10/2/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Brazilian battleship Sao Paulo which \"disappeared\" near the Azores. See photo at images/saopaulo\\_300.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_924"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/2/1951",
"basic_date": "10/2/1951",
"date": "10/2/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Kadena \\(Okinawa\\), Sergeant M. W. Watson and Pvt. Gonzales, both radar operators, along with another Sergeant, detected a large sausage-shaped blip travelling at a speed of 4800 miles/h. (22:27)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#984 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_925"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/2/1951",
"basic_date": "10/2/1951",
"date": "10/2/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Two powerful tugboats are towing the *São Paulo*, the most beautiful unit of the Brazilian fleet, disarmed, to a demolition yard \\(discarded in 1945 after having only served in peacetime and bought by an entrepreneur for the scrap metal it represents\\). A storm forces one of the two tugboats to leave the convoy.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_926"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/4/1951",
"basic_date": "10/4/1951",
"date": "10/4/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) After the storm passed, the *São Paulo* disappeared from the [Azores](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Acores). The mooring that held it to the other tugboat had broken in the meantime. A large search operation was then set in motion. As the battleship had no radio, the 8 sailors on board could not give their position. In the morning, a cargo ship spotted some light signals that could be distress rockets. Another ship confirmed this observation. The search continued with more intensity, and airplanes reported black shapes in 2 or 3 different places, 35 to 40 km apart. A tugboat also observed a kind of black mass lying on the waves, but it disappeared afterwards. The investigation showed that the battleship had been properly ballasted and it was impossible for it to capsize before the search continued in the afternoon of the 4th. (October 4th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_927"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/9/1951",
"basic_date": "10/9/1951",
"date": "10/9/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Terre Haute \\(Indiana\\), Roy Messmore, Director of Communications with the CAA Devices at Hulman Municipal Airport, observed a silver round object flying straight above him, reaching the horizon in 15 s. (13 h 42)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_928"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/9/1951",
"basic_date": "10/9/1951",
"date": "10/9/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A very similar incident occurs near Paris \\(Illinois\\), 15 miles northwest, also listed as \"unidentified\" for years, but eventually reclassified. (13 h 45)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#985 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_929"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1951",
"basic_date": "10/11/1951",
"date": "10/11/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Minneapolis \\(Minnesota\\), the balloon researchers of General [Mills](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/militaires.html\\#Mills), including aeronautical engineer J. J. Kaliszewski, aerologist [C. B. Moore](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MooreCharlesB.html), pilot Dick Reilly in the sky, and Doug Smith on the ground. The flight team observed the first object, glowing intensely with a darker core and a halo around it. The object came high and fast, then slowed and made slow ascending circles for about 2 minutes, before finally disappearing in the distance to the east. Shortly after, a second object arrived, which was confirmed by the ground observers using a theodolite, who saw it fly through the sky. The total duration of the first observation was 5 minutes, and a few seconds for the second. (October 11, 6:30am)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#989 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_930"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1951",
"basic_date": "1951",
"date": "Autumn 1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [Twinkle](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html\\#Twinkle) project ends with the gradual disappearance of green fireball phenomena. (Autumn)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_931"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1951",
"basic_date": "11/1951",
"date": "11/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Around Boston, nearly a thousand people rally the authorities: they saw a \"mysterious glow\" above the sea.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_932"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/2/1951",
"basic_date": "11/2/1951",
"date": "11/2/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Arizona, 165 witnesses witness the silent explosion of a giant green fireball in the sky. (November 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_933"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/18/1951",
"basic_date": "11/18/1951",
"date": "11/18/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Andrews \\(Washington, D. C.\\), the crew of *Capital Airlines* flight DC-4 610 and Tom Selby, an air traffic controller at the USAF base in Andrews, observe an object with various lights. It follows the DC-4 for about 20 minutes, then turns around. (November 18, 3:20)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1011 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_934"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/18/1951",
"basic_date": "11/18/1951",
"date": "11/18/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo of Guy Marquand. See photo at images/1951-11-23_Bakersfield_Marquand.jpg.",
"ref": [
"Bettmann",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_935"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/24/1951",
"basic_date": "11/24/1951",
"date": "11/24/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Mankano \\(Minnesota\\), W. H. Fairbrother and D. E. Stewart, pilots of the USAF or ANG in their P-51 Mustangs, observe an object of milky white color of a shape similar to the Northrop flying wing \\(wide, slightly raised wing, without fuselage or tail\\). The wingspan of the object is estimated at 8 feet. It flies straight for 5 s. (November 24, 15:53)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1013 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_936"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/26/1951",
"basic_date": "11/26/1951",
"date": "11/26/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Fructus \\(France\\), observation of a bolide appeared in the south at mid-[Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html)-horizon, heading horizontally towards the west. Emerald green in color, it left behind a wide trail ending in sparks, but without any sound.. (November 26, 10:22 PM)",
"ref": [
"BSAF, 1952, p. 23 Bolides",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_937"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1951",
"basic_date": "12/1951",
"date": "12/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) We observe in the sky a [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) of 60 m in width moving horizontally with a furiously burning tail, above the Atlantic.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_938"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/7/1951",
"basic_date": "12/7/1951",
"date": "12/7/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Oak Ridge \\(Tennessee\\), J.H. Collins, an AEC guard, observed a 20-foot square, white-gray but not shiny, object flying above the mountains towards the clouds and returning twice, the maneuver lasting 30 to 40 seconds each time. (8:15)",
"ref": [
"case Blue Book \\#1021 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_939"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/7/1951",
"basic_date": "12/7/1951",
"date": "12/7/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Sunbury, Ohio, amateur astronomer Carl Loar observed a silver sphere for 30 minutes with his telescope. With two spots on the sides, the object seemed to explode and was replaced by a dark cloud and many spots. (4:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1023 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_940"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"date": "12/27/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Doctor [Lincoln LaPaz](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LaPazLincoln.html) declares that the project [Twinkle](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html\\#Twinkle) is a failure and terminates it. (27 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_941"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"date": "12/27/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tours \\(France\\), Mr. Pasquier saw unusual objects pass by four times.",
"ref": [
"BSAF 1952, p. 23 bolides",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_942"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"date": "12/27/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Controversial Photo of a Creature Recovered from the Crash Near Mexico. See photo at images/1951.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_943"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"date": "12/27/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Translation of the book by [Frank Scully](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ScullyFrank.html), *Behind the Flying Saucers*, under the title *The Mystery of the Flying Saucers*.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_944"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"date": "12/27/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Birth of the *International Commission for the Investigation of Flying Saucers* in France, which quickly becomes [Ouranos](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Ouranos.html). Founded by [Marc Thirouin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ThirouinMarc.html), it then brings together all people of good will interested in the phenomenon.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_945"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"date": "12/27/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The American astronaut [Gordon Cooper](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/pilotes.html\\#CooperGordon) observed UFOs for 2 days during test flights.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_946"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"date": "12/27/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [*Civilian Saucer Investigation*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgsAssociations.html\\#CSI) in Log Angeles.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_947"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"date": "12/27/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Saint Paul \\(Minnesota\\), [Donald Slayton](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/pilotes.html\\#SlaytonDonaldK), a test pilot on P-51, chased a disc at 3000 m which had approached him at 150 m. The UFO quickly escaped.",
"ref": [
"Hynek, 1979",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_948"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"date": "12/27/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Ladd Air Force Base in Fairbanks, P. Schumann, a lieutenant of the Air Defense Corps, and 12 observers saw and tracked an UFO on the tracking radar. The 12 sworn statements are lost.",
"ref": [
"Hynek, 1979",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_949"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"date": "12/27/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The release of the movie *The Day the Earth Stood Still*, inspired by a series of incidents involving flying saucers in the late 1940s, but also containing entirely new images. For example, one can see a circular room inside a flying saucer, lit by an invisible source, with an examination table used by doctors. The saucer itself is indestructible - a characteristic reported in later investigations of recovered wreckage. And the costume of the character Klaatu is almost identical to that worn by the extraterrestrial that [George Adamski](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AdamskiGeorge.html) claimed to have met 2 years later.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_950"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"basic_date": "12/27/1951",
"date": "12/27/1951",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In France, the [Bureau Scientifique de l'Armée de l'Air \\(BSAA\\)](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BSAA.html) opens a file on the \"Mysterious Celestial Objects\" \\(MOC\\) which will become \"Unidentified Flying Objects\" \\(UFO\\) then \"Unidentified Flying Objects\" \\(OVNI\\)..",
"ref": [
"Record from the French Air Force dated September 20 [1974](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1974.html) \\< Velasco 2004",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1951.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_951"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/16/1952",
"basic_date": "1/16/1952",
"date": "1/16/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Artesia, New Mexico, two researchers from General Mills who had just released a weather balloon saw for about 40 seconds an object twice as big as their balloon circling around, then with 4 pilots from Artesia Airport saw two other objects doing the same, for the same duration. In Albuquerque, the same scene was observed by several witnesses. (January 16, 3 PM)",
"ref": [
"Hynek 1974, DD-8",
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1037 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_952"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/20/1952",
"basic_date": "1/20/1952",
"date": "1/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Fairchild base in Spokane \\(Washington DC\\), two sergeants-chiefs --- intelligence specialists --- observed from 3 km away a white-bluish disc with a long blue tail moving at 200 km/h without any noise. They flew under a cloud ceiling of 1400 m which excludes the hypothesis of a [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html). (January 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_953"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/21/1952",
"basic_date": "1/21/1952",
"date": "1/21/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Mitchel Base \\(New York\\), a pilot of a US Navy TBM takes off to chase a white circular dome-shaped object that accelerates and disappears. (January 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_954"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/22/1952",
"basic_date": "1/22/1952",
"date": "1/22/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The ground radar of Northern Alaska as well as the on-board radars of 3 F-94 interceptors detect an unidentified object. (January 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_955"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/29/1952",
"basic_date": "1/29/1952",
"date": "1/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Wonsan \\(Korea\\), a B-29 flies alongside a bright orange disc-shaped object",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_956"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/29/1952",
"basic_date": "1/29/1952",
"date": "1/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The crew of another B-29 made a similar observation the same night 80 miles above Sunchon.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_957"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/30/1952",
"basic_date": "1/30/1952",
"date": "1/30/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Korea, an UFO resembling a large horizontal wheel emitting orange light and spewing blue flames from its circumference, is visible for a few minutes \\(= observations from the previous day?\\). (January 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_958"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/30/1952",
"basic_date": "1/30/1952",
"date": "1/30/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [APRO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/APRO.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_959"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/11/1952",
"basic_date": "2/11/1952",
"date": "2/11/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Pittsburgh \\(Pennsylvania\\), Captain G. P. Arns and Major R. J. Gedson fly aboard a Beech AT-11 training aircraft. A yellow-orange object in the shape of a comet emits flames for 1 to 2 seconds during a 1 minute observation of a continuous horizontal flight. (February 11, 3 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1052 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_960"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/11/1952",
"basic_date": "2/11/1952",
"date": "2/11/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Veto on a request for declassification of the final report of the [Twinkle](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html\\#Twinkle) project by the [ARDC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ARDC.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_961"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/20/1952",
"basic_date": "2/20/1952",
"date": "2/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Greenfield \\(Massachusetts\\), a Congressional Minister sees 3 very bright, apparently spherical, objects flying in perfect V formation. (February 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_962"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/22/1952",
"basic_date": "2/22/1952",
"date": "2/22/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of Véronique, first French probe rocket. (February 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_963"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/23/1952",
"basic_date": "2/23/1952",
"date": "2/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Sinuiju \\(North Korea\\), the captain and navigator of a B-29 observed for 45 seconds a bluish cylinder, 3 times longer than wide, with a tail and emitting rapid pulses, quickly rising in altitude, making several turns, then stabilizing under the B-29 which was evading a harmless anti-aircraft fire. (February 23, 11:15 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1061 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_964"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/3/1952",
"basic_date": "3/3/1952",
"date": "3/3/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Dr. Walter Riedel, former German rocket scientist from Peenemunde, declares \"I am convinced that flying saucers have a basis outside of our world\". (March 3)",
"ref": [
"*Life*, April 7, 1952",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_965"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/3/1952",
"basic_date": "3/3/1952",
"date": "3/3/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the [Grudge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html) project and public launch of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_966"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/10/1952",
"basic_date": "3/10/1952",
"date": "3/10/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oakland \\(California\\), an Inspector of Metal Engineering observed 2 dark objects in the shape of a wing or hemisphere flying over him, one swaying back and forth like a pendulum. (March 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_967"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/20/1952",
"basic_date": "3/20/1952",
"date": "3/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Queen Anne's City/Centreville \\(Maryland\\) veteran of both World Wars A.D. Hutchinson and his son observed for 30 seconds a dull yellow-orange light in the shape of a saucer moving straight ahead. (March 20, 10:42 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1074 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_968"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/23/1952",
"basic_date": "3/23/1952",
"date": "3/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Yakima \\(Washington\\), the pilot and radar operator of an F-94 interceptor jet observe twice a red fireball increasing in brightness and then fading after 45 seconds. Each time the object remained stationary. The Status Report No. 7 of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project \\(May 31, 1952\\) indicates that the object was also detected by ground radar at a speed of 78 knots \\(90 miles/h\\) at an altitude between 22500 and 25000 feet. (March 23(22?), 18:56 and 19:00)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 1076 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_969"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/24/1952",
"basic_date": "3/24/1952",
"date": "3/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 60 miles west of Point Conception \\(California\\), the navigator and radar operator of a B-29 spot a target for 20 to 30 seconds, estimated to be travelling at 3000 mph. (March 24, 8:45)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1077 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_970"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/29/1952",
"basic_date": "3/29/1952",
"date": "3/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Misawa \\(Japan\\), observation of [Brigham](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/pilotes.html\\#Brigham). (11:20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_971"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/29/1952",
"basic_date": "3/29/1952",
"date": "3/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Butler \\(Missouri\\), the President of the Missouri Industry Commission observes a silver cylindrical object.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_972"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1952",
"basic_date": "4/1952",
"date": "4/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Hammond \\(British Columbia\\), a light appears in the clear sky heading silently north. Its color turns to orange and when the object reaches the witness's vertical, its tail seems to sparkle. The object then suddenly turns west, stops and returns. Its color becomes reddish. When the object reaches the South area, it heads towards the horizon and its color turns to orange, then green and finally silver white. (22:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_973"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1952",
"basic_date": "4/5/1952",
"date": "4/5/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Duncanville \\(Texas\\), 2 radar operators of the 147th AC & W Squadron detect an object on radar for 1 minute, at an estimated speed of 2160 miles/h. (April 5?, 7:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1095 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_974"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1952",
"basic_date": "4/5/1952",
"date": "4/5/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Phoenix \\(Florida\\), L.G. Ryan and his wife, R.L. Stokes and D. Schook observed a large, dull gray circular object, followed by two others, flying straight at high speed. (10:40)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1097 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_975"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1952",
"basic_date": "4/5/1952",
"date": "4/5/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Miami \\(Florida\\), L. E. VanDercar and his 9 year old son observe 4 dark circular objects with unclear outlines passing in front of the Moon, each having an apparent diameter of half the Moon. (21 h 15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1099 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_976"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/6/1952",
"basic_date": "4/6/1952",
"date": "4/6/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Temple \\(Texas\\), H. L. Russell observed for 3.8 minutes between 50 and 75 gray-white discs moving continuously in formation and inclining in unison every 12 to 15 seconds. (April 6, 2:59 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1099 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_977"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/7/1952",
"basic_date": "4/7/1952",
"date": "4/7/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On the cover of *Life*, next to Marilyn Monroe, one can read at the top right: There are arguments for the interplanetary origin of flying saucers. An article entitled [Have We Visitors from Space?](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Documents/Articles/Life/1952-04-07\\_Life\\_fr.html) makes an impression \\(350 newspapers will take up the conclusions of the article, and *Life* will receive 700 letters. Clearly open, even frankly sympathetic to the [extraterrestrial hypothesis](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ETH.html), it is built \\(as we will learn later\\) around the unofficial opinion expressed by various Pentagon officers. The Pentagon's Public Relations Office will officially respond to this subject that The article is factual, but the conclusions of *Life* reflect only the opinion of the editorial staff. (April 7)",
"ref": [
"Lagrange",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_978"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/7/1952",
"basic_date": "4/7/1952",
"date": "4/7/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Albert K. Bender](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BenderAlbertK.html) announces the creation of the [IFSB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IFSB.html) in the letter column of *Other Worlds*.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_979"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/8/1952",
"basic_date": "4/8/1952",
"date": "4/8/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) North of Big Pines \\(California\\), an object of disc-shaped form is observed by a television engineer. (April 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_980"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/10/1952",
"basic_date": "4/10/1952",
"date": "4/10/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Pecos \\(Texas\\), observation of a 25 x 15 m bright, hovering, rotating diamond-shaped object. It ascended 600 m, made a slow turn, then disappeared to the Northwest. (April 10)",
"ref": [
"Hynek 1979",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_981"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/10/1952",
"basic_date": "4/10/1952",
"date": "4/10/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Official launch of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_982"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/10/1952",
"basic_date": "4/10/1952",
"date": "4/10/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At North Bay \\(Ontario\\), Adjutant E.H. Rossell and Flight Sergeant R. McRae, both RCAF line pilots, observed for two minutes an amber, extremely bright disc coming from the southwest, hovering over an airfield, suddenly stopping, turning and rising into the sky at an astonishing speed at an angle of 30°\". (21:30)",
"ref": [
"case Blue Book n°1108 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_983"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/14/1952",
"basic_date": "4/14/1952",
"date": "4/14/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Memphis \\(Tennessee\\), Lieutenants Blacky and O'Neil, both US Navy pilots, observed for 45 to 60 seconds an object shaped like an inverted cup, 3 feet long and 1 foot high, with vertical openings, flying straight and quickly, at 100 yards from their aircraft. (18 h 34)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1112 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_984"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/14/1952",
"basic_date": "4/14/1952",
"date": "4/14/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In LaCrosse \\(Wisconsin\\), a pilot of *CAL airline* observed various luminous objects of color flying in formation in V. (0 h 35)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 1113 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_985"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/15/1952",
"basic_date": "4/15/1952",
"date": "4/15/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Santa Cruz \\(California\\), Mr. Hayes, the brother of the Sergeant-Chief, observed for 6 to 8 seconds with his 20x telescope 2 pale objects flying quickly along the horizon. (April 15, 7:40 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1115 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_986"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/16/1952",
"basic_date": "4/16/1952",
"date": "4/16/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Montreal Gazette* reveals the observation of [April 12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1952.html\\#19520412). (April 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_987"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1952",
"basic_date": "4/17/1952",
"date": "4/17/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Nellis base \\(Nevada\\), a large group of circular objects is observed.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_988"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1952",
"basic_date": "4/17/1952",
"date": "4/17/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Longmeadow \\(Massachusetts\\), S.B. Brooks and chemical engineer J.A. Eaton observed for 40 minutes a deep orange round object flying erratically, occasionally emitting a flash of light from the back. (20:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1124 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_989"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/18/1952",
"basic_date": "4/18/1952",
"date": "4/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Yuma \\(Arizona\\) test station, a group of meteorology students, including some graduated engineers, observe for 7s a thin white circular object flying in an irregular trajectory with a short trail. (April 18 (17?) 15:05)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1127 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_990"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/18/1952",
"basic_date": "4/18/1952",
"date": "4/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Bethesda, Maryland, R. Poerstal and 3 other men observed 4 to 8 yellow-orange circular lights flying above them in a V-formation of 40°, from South to North. (11:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1128 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_991"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/18/1952",
"basic_date": "4/18/1952",
"date": "4/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Corner Brook \\(Newfoundland, Canada\\), reporter Chic Shave observed a round, golden-yellow object flying south and returning for 1.5 minutes. (10:22 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1129 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_992"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/18/1952",
"basic_date": "4/18/1952",
"date": "4/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 50 miles Northwest of Kyushu \\(Japan\\) \\(129\\* 51' East, 34' 19' North\\), a radar operator detected an unidentified target flying at 2700 miles/h.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1130 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_993"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/18/1952",
"basic_date": "4/18/1952",
"date": "4/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Corner Brook \\(Newfoundland, Canada\\), the concierge C. Hamilton observed for 1 minute a yellow-gold object making a tight turn and leaving a short dark trail. (4 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1131 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_994"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/21/1952",
"basic_date": "4/21/1952",
"date": "4/21/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Toronto Globe & Mail* reveals an observation in Ontario, where thousands of witnesses were able to witness the pursuit of a dark cylindrical object by 2 [Mustang P-51](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#P51) fighters. The object crossed the sky at an estimated speed of 2500 km/h, leaving behind a vaporous trail. The witnesses did not perceive any noise. The 2 fighter pilots returned empty-handed, and declared: This absolutely cannot be an airplane. (April 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_995"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/22/1952",
"basic_date": "4/22/1952",
"date": "4/22/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the USAF base in Naha \\(Okinawa\\), the ground crew of a B-29 observed for 10 minutes an elliptical object, followed by 2 more, and then 2 more, all with a white light blinking every 1 to 2 seconds, performing erratic aerial maneuvers. (April 22, 9:09 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1144 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_996"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/23/1952",
"basic_date": "4/23/1952",
"date": "4/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Watertown \\(Massachusetts\\), an engineer observes an object maneuvering at high speed. (April 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_997"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/24/1952",
"basic_date": "4/24/1952",
"date": "4/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Bellevue Hill \\(Vermont\\), the crew of a USAF C-124 transport aircraft observed 3 bluish circular objects in a circular formation \\(\"fingertip\"\\) flying parallel to their aircraft twice for 3 to 4 minutes. (5 PM)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case \\#1147",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_998"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/24/1952",
"basic_date": "4/24/1952",
"date": "4/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Milton, Massachusetts, 3 electronic engineers from the Cambridge Research Center, one of them named Buruish, observed for 1.5 minutes two flat squares flying in a wavering horizontal motion, then rising in altitude, continuing to fly at this new level, and then leaving. (14:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1148 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_999"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/24/1952",
"basic_date": "4/24/1952",
"date": "4/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Clovis \\(New Mexico\\), E. L. Ellis, surgical assistant and Major of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html), observed for 5 minutes numerous orange-amber lights, sometimes distinct, sometimes merged, moving erratically. Their speed varied from zero to very fast. (20 h 10)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1151 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1000"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/24/1952",
"basic_date": "4/24/1952",
"date": "4/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Dun Kimball](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KimballDun.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1001"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1952",
"basic_date": "4/27/1952",
"date": "4/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Roseville \\(Michigan\\), H. A. Freytag and 3 other adult men, including a minister, observe for 45 minutes an oval silver object turning, descending and then stopping. 2 cigar-shaped objects appear, one going east and the other west. A third silver cigar-shaped object flies next to it at high speed. (16 h 15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1160 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1002"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1952",
"basic_date": "4/27/1952",
"date": "4/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Yuma \\(Arizona\\), Miss G. S. Porter and the Sergeant-Chief \\(non-duty control tower operator\\) observed bright or flaming red discs, of a size similar to fighters. 7 observations of a disc, one of the two in formation for 2 hours. All seen under the 11000 feet cloud ceiling. (8:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1163 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1003"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1952",
"basic_date": "4/27/1952",
"date": "4/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Coming from the horizon, a white and shining object stops at 1000 m altitude and 3 km from 4 witnesses in a car. With a diameter of 60 m, it has 2 rows of portholes. It performs an oscillation and turns orange.",
"ref": [
"Hynek 1979",
"One of the Blue Book cases of this day?",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1004"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/29/1952",
"basic_date": "4/29/1952",
"date": "4/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Marshall, Texas, private pilot R.R. Weidman observed a round object flying straight for 1.5 minutes, with a swaying motion to each side. (15:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1167 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1005"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/29/1952",
"basic_date": "4/29/1952",
"date": "4/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) North of Goodland \\(Kansas\\), Lieutenant R. H. Bauer of the B-29 observed a white light in the shape of a fan pulsing 3 to 4 times per second for 2 seconds. (22 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1168 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1006"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/1/1952",
"basic_date": "5/1/1952",
"date": "5/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Moses Lake \\(Washington\\), 2 employees of the [AEC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AEC.html), Eggan and Shipley, observed a silver, wingless object flying horizontally for 1.5 minutes. (5:32)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1174 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1007"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/1/1952",
"basic_date": "5/1/1952",
"date": "5/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the George \\(California\\) USAF base, 3 men on a battlefield, 1 lieutenant colonel 4 miles away, observed for 15 to 30 seconds 5 flattened white discs of a diameter comparable to the wingspan of a C-47 \\(95 feet\\) flying quickly and making a 90° turn, all in a formation of 3 in front and 2 behind, then rushing around. (10:50)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1176 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1008"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/1/1952",
"basic_date": "5/1/1952",
"date": "5/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Canada, the *Vancouver Sun* reveals the observation of [April 4](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1952.html\\#19520404).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1009"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/1/1952",
"basic_date": "5/1/1952",
"date": "5/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Observation at Davis-Monthan Air Base](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1952-05-01\\_DavisMonthan.html) of Tucson \\(Arizona\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1010"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/5/1952",
"basic_date": "5/5/1952",
"date": "5/5/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tenafly \\(New Jersey\\), Miss M. M. Judson observed 6 or 7 translucent objects, of a creamy yellow. One of them moved in an ellipse, while the others moved forward and backward. (Monday, May 5th, 10:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1183 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1011"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1952",
"basic_date": "5/7/1952",
"date": "5/7/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Keesler \\(Mississippi\\), Captain Morris, a Sergeant-Chief, a Staff Sergeant and a First Class Pilot observed for 5 to 10 minutes a silver or aluminum cylindrical object rushing in and out of the clouds a dozen times. (0 h 15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1185 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1012"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1952",
"basic_date": "5/7/1952",
"date": "5/7/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above one of the islands of [Barra da Tijuca](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1952-05-07\\_BarraDaTijuca.html) \\(Brazil\\), Eduardo Keffel, a reporter from the magazine [_O Cruzeiro_](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/OCruzeiro.html), accompanied by a friend, [João Martins](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MartinsJoao.html), takes 5 shots of a large disk coming from the sea at high speed. The observation lasts 1 minute.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1013"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/8/1952",
"basic_date": "5/8/1952",
"date": "5/8/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Atlantic Ocean off Jacksonville \\(Florida\\), the pilot and co-pilot of an *American Airways* flight observe a light, 10 times bigger than a landing light, coming towards them, then fleeing behind their left wing.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1014"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/8/1952",
"basic_date": "5/8/1952",
"date": "5/8/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The project leader of [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) and 2 colonels briefed the Air Force Secretary Finletter for 1 hour on UFOs.",
"ref": [
"Ruppelt, *Report on Unidentified Flying Objects*, p. 185",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1015"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/9/1952",
"basic_date": "5/9/1952",
"date": "5/9/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the George \\(California\\) USAF base, Lt. G. C. Grindeland observed an object of a dull white color in the shape of an arrowhead flying horizontally for 10 seconds. (Friday, May 9th, 5:20 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1194 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1016"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/10/1952",
"basic_date": "5/10/1952",
"date": "5/10/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Ellenton \\(South Carolina\\), 4 employees of duPont from the Savannah River nuclear site observed up to 4 yellow disc-shaped objects on 5 occasions. (Between 10:45 PM and shortly after 11:15 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1198 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1017"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/10/1952",
"basic_date": "5/10/1952",
"date": "5/10/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In La Roche-sur-Yon \\(France\\), 12 witnesses saw a flat, brightly shining disc, which flew silently and passed a second UFO in stationary flight at a higher altitude. The ball observed came from the bottom of the sky and descended as if on an inclined slope with small jerks.",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1018"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/13/1952",
"basic_date": "5/13/1952",
"date": "5/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In National City \\(California\\), Convair design engineers, a former Navy [pilot](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html) and an amateur astronomer observe a bright circular white object descending rapidly and circling an area. (Tuesday, May 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1019"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/14/1952",
"basic_date": "5/14/1952",
"date": "5/14/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Mayaquez \\(Puerto Rico\\) the attorney and former USAF pilot Stipes and Mr. Garcia-Mendez observe 2 bright orange spheres: one is stationary, the other quickly moves away and returns after 30 minutes. (Wednesday, May 14th, 7 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1213 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1020"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/20/1952",
"basic_date": "5/20/1952",
"date": "5/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Houston, Texas, Captains J. Spurgin and BB. Stephan, both pilots of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html), observe a bright or white flying object moving alongside them while making a gradual turn for 90 seconds. (May 20, 10:22 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1219 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1021"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/21/1952",
"basic_date": "5/21/1952",
"date": "5/21/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Door County \\(Wisconsin Peninsula\\), where hundreds of people see a UFO for a considerable amount of time. [Coral Lorenzen](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LorenzenCoralE.html) has an appointment with a young woman about whom she thinks to write an article for one of the newspapers she works for. She arrives on time but the young woman is not at home and [Lorenzen](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LorenzenCoralE.html) decides to walk a few blocks to a nearby drugstore for a coffee. When she turns onto the main street she notices people standing in the street pointing at the sky. Looking in the designated direction, she sees a silver, elliptical-shaped object to the northeast. The editor-in-chief of the *Door County Advocate* and one of the journalists who are also in the street tell her that the object was described to them in a call from a point further north-east at Potawotami Park. [Lorenzen](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LorenzenCoralE.html) immediately enters the drugstore and calls the local police station, asking if there is a patrol car in the vicinity of Fish Creek. She is told yes and she then asks them to call and ask what they see. Shortly after she gets the answer: at about 60° elevation to the northeast they were looking at an object that was rather round with a silver color. She then goes back out into the street, positioning herself with her back to a certain area of a brick building and aligning the object at the top of a television antenna mast, carefully noting the point from which she was observing and the point where the antenna mast obscured the object. It did not obscure it too much, however, there was a bit of the object visible on either side of the mast, she will later state. Between conversations with the officers at Fish Creek and her own observations she tries several times to reach her husband, who is at home. He does not answer and she will later learn that he had gone out into the orchard to do some pruning. \"I was sick with disappointment,\" Jim Lorenzen will say. \"I had never seen anything in the sky that was so remarkable that I couldn't explain it, so I was disgusted to have missed the opportunity. However, [Coral Lorenzen](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LorenzenCoralE.html) carefully measured the angles during the observation and when she provided the results to her husband, he was able to triangulate: they then estimated that the object, observed for 40 minutes, was at least 40 miles above the Earth and was about 780 feet in diameter, ruling out the explanation of a balloon or other mundane object. A third of the area of the object became a bright red shortly after being observed, giving the appearance, from Sturgeon Bay, of a silver cigar-shaped object with a glowing red base. When it was observed by the policeman 25 miles away in Fish Creek, it was almost circular with a \"opening\" red in the center too bright to be observed with ordinary glasses. (May 21, 7 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1022"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/25/1952",
"basic_date": "5/25/1952",
"date": "5/25/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Walnut Lake \\(Michigan\\), 7 people, including John Hoffman, his family and friends, observe a large white circular object with dark sections on its outline, flying horizontally for 30 minutes and seeming red when behind a cloud. (9:15 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1227 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1023"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/25/1952",
"basic_date": "5/25/1952",
"date": "5/25/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Cover and headline of the French magazine *Radar* issue with photos taken in Rio de Janeiro by a reporter: *Flying Saucers: First Photos*.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1024"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/28/1952",
"basic_date": "5/28/1952",
"date": "5/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Saigon \\(French Indochina\\), many people in the crowd attending a ceremony observe a white-silver disc-shaped object flying horizontally for 2 minutes. (10:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1232 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1025"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/28/1952",
"basic_date": "5/28/1952",
"date": "5/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Albuquerque, New Mexico, two municipal firefighters observed three times two circular objects - one silver and shiny and the other orange or light brown - performing very fast aerial maneuvers. (Between 1:45 PM and 2:20 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1233 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1026"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/29/1952",
"basic_date": "5/29/1952",
"date": "5/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In San Antonio \\(Texas\\), Major D.W. Feuerstein, USAF pilot, observed from the ground a bright tubular object moving from a horizontal to a vertical position for 8 minutes, then slowly returning to a horizontal position, coming back to vertical, accelerating, seeming to elongate and becoming red. The total observation lasted 14 minutes. (May 29th, 7 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1236 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1027"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/31/1952",
"basic_date": "5/31/1952",
"date": "5/31/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Chrowon \\(Korea\\), 2 military guards observe an UFO, whose center is dull and the perimeter is bright, rushing through the sky. An F-94 Starfire fighter takes off to intercept it and engages in an aerial battle, until the UFO accelerates and disappears. The pilot cannot describe or report its size due to the blinding light of the object. (May 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1028"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/31/1952",
"basic_date": "5/31/1952",
"date": "5/31/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \"Angel Hair dropped by a UFO\", in Oloron in 1952 \\(see file images/1952_Oloron_AngelHair.jpg\\)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1029"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/31/1952",
"basic_date": "5/31/1952",
"date": "5/31/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Tombstone \\(Arizona\\), a pilot from the [Navy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html) observed a disk remain stationary then quickly depart.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1030"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/31/1952",
"basic_date": "5/31/1952",
"date": "5/31/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The USAF declares taking the UFO problem seriously, many credible UFO reports coming from Korea. Pilots have observed silver spheres or discs, and radars in Japan, Okinawa and Korea have detected unidentified targets.",
"ref": [
"Ruppelt, *Report on Unidentified Flying Objects*, p. 192",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1031"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/1/1952",
"basic_date": "6/1/1952",
"date": "6/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Walla Walla \\(Washington\\), Major W. C. Vollendorf, a former military reserve pilot, observed an oval object with a fin performing a rapid ascent in 7s. (13 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1245 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1032"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/1/1952",
"basic_date": "6/1/1952",
"date": "6/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Soap Lake \\(Washington\\), Ray Lottman observed 3 shiny objects flying horizontally for 10 minutes. (after 3 pm)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1246 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1033"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/1/1952",
"basic_date": "6/1/1952",
"date": "6/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Los Angeles \\(California\\), members of the Hughes Aircraft Co. radar test section detect an unidentified target at 11000 feet, which suddenly triples its speed.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1034"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/2/1952",
"basic_date": "6/2/1952",
"date": "6/2/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Bayview \\(Washington\\), Larry McWade observed a purple object. (17 h 02)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1249 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1035"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/2/1952",
"basic_date": "6/2/1952",
"date": "6/2/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Fulda, West Germany, 1st Lieutenant John Hendry, navigator-photographer on a RB-26C reconnaissance bomber, observed an object of porcelain white flying very quickly.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1250 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1036"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/5/1952",
"basic_date": "6/5/1952",
"date": "6/5/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Yucatan jungle, an archaeological expedition led by Alberto Ruz Lhuillier and 3 of his companions made the discovery of the Palenque sarcophagus, in the county of Chiapas, near a Mayan city.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1037"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/5/1952",
"basic_date": "6/5/1952",
"date": "6/5/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Albuquerque \\(New Mexico\\), Sergeant/S T. H. Shorey observed for 6 seconds a round and shiny object flying 5 to 6 times faster than an F-86 fighter. (18 h 45)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) n° 1256 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1038"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/5/1952",
"basic_date": "6/5/1952",
"date": "6/5/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Lubbock \\(Texas\\), Dan Benson and Mr. Bacon observed for 45 minutes up to 8 yellow circular objects resembling large stars. The first two were in a line formation, the others were observed alone. (23 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1255 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1039"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/5/1952",
"basic_date": "6/5/1952",
"date": "6/5/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Offutt \\(Omaha, Nebraska\\) USAF base, 2nd Lieutenant W. R. Soper, a top secret SAC controller and former OSI agent, along with two other people, observed a bright red object remain stationary for 4.5 minutes before quickly departing, leaving a faint trail. (23 h)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1040"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/6/1952",
"basic_date": "6/6/1952",
"date": "6/6/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Kimpo \\(Korea\\). (6 June?)",
"ref": [
"[unexplained Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1041"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/7/1952",
"basic_date": "6/7/1952",
"date": "6/7/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Albuquerque \\(New Mexico\\), the crew of B-25 bomber No. 8840 at 11,500 feet observed a rectangular object made of aluminum, about 6 x 4 feet, flying at 250 or 300 feet from their aircraft. (June 7, 11:18 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) No. 1260 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1042"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/8/1952",
"basic_date": "6/8/1952",
"date": "6/8/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Albuquerque, New Mexico, J.D. Markland and his wife observed 4 bright objects flying horizontally in diamond formation. (June 8, 10:50am)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1263 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1043"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/9/1952",
"basic_date": "6/9/1952",
"date": "6/9/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Minneapolis \\(Minnesota\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1044"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/9/1952",
"basic_date": "6/9/1952",
"date": "6/9/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Donald H. Menzel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MenzelDonaldHoward.html) publishes in *Time* an article titled *These Flying Saucers*, and provides an explanation of light reflections.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1045"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/10/1952",
"basic_date": "6/10/1952",
"date": "6/10/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Flight of the *Espadon*, first French jet aircraft. (June 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1046"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/12/1952",
"basic_date": "6/12/1952",
"date": "6/12/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Marrakech \\(Morocco\\), Sergeant/T H. D. Adams, using a SCR-584 radar system, detected an unidentified blip at 650 knots \\(750 mph\\) at an altitude higher than 60,000 feet. (11:26)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1270 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1047"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/12/1952",
"basic_date": "6/12/1952",
"date": "6/12/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Eaubonne \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a sphere. (17 h 20)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1048"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/12/1952",
"basic_date": "6/12/1952",
"date": "6/12/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Fort Smith \\(Arkansas\\), a Major and a Lieutenant Colonel of the US Army observed through binoculars an orange ball with a tail flying at a low angular speed. (19:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1269 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1049"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/12/1952",
"basic_date": "6/12/1952",
"date": "6/12/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Nahon family observes an immense silver leaf bordered by a kind of red halo that moves abruptly in different directions \\(same observation as below?\\).",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1050"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/12/1952",
"basic_date": "6/12/1952",
"date": "6/12/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(June 13?\\) An Air France crew and controllers from the Bourget Airport \\(France\\) tower observe a bright red ball stationary for 1 hour, then see it traverse the sky to the Southwest of the airfield.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1051"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/13/1952",
"basic_date": "6/13/1952",
"date": "6/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Middletown \\(Pennsylvania\\), R. S. Thomas, an employee of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) Olmstead base and former air traffic controller observed a round orange object travelling south, stopping for 1s, turning east, stopping again for 1s, and descending. (20 h 45)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1052"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/13/1952",
"basic_date": "6/13/1952",
"date": "6/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Minneapolis \\(Minnesota\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) not explained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1053"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/15/1952",
"basic_date": "6/15/1952",
"date": "6/15/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Itenhaem \\(Brazil\\), a woman is woken up by an explosion and a powerful blue light. She sees a fleet of discs hovering 1 m off the ground, 550 m from her house. They stay there for about 30 minutes while 2 figures stand on one of the UFOs observing the sky, then they leave one by one. (3 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1054"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/15/1952",
"basic_date": "6/15/1952",
"date": "6/15/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Halifax, Nova Scotia, a reserve military meteorological assistant noticed what appeared to be a large silver disc in the sky to the southeast of Halifax. It moved towards the southwest for approximately 30 seconds at an estimated altitude between 5000 and 8000 feet, then ascended and entered the altocumulus clouds between 11000 and 12000 feet in 2 to 5 seconds. If the estimated altitude is accurate, according to the point and elevation data obtained from the observer, the diameter of the disc must have been around 100 feet. A large standard aircraft was in the sky at the time and the object seemed to be moving faster than the plane. The speed of the object is estimated to be at least 800 miles/h. (8:32 AM AST)",
"ref": [
"Good 1987",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1055"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/15/1952",
"basic_date": "6/15/1952",
"date": "6/15/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Louisville \\(Kentucky\\), Edward Duke, a former US Navy radar technician, observed a large cigar-shaped object with truncated front, illuminated sides and a red back, maneuvering calmly for 15 minutes. (23 h 50)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1285 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1056"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/16/1952",
"basic_date": "6/16/1952",
"date": "6/16/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Ermont \\(Val d'oise\\), observation of a white disc faster than a jet plane. (17 h)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1057"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/16/1952",
"basic_date": "6/16/1952",
"date": "6/16/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Walker \\(New Mexico\\), maintenance specialist and USAF Sergeant Sparks observed 5 or 6 grayish discs, in a half-moon formation, flying at 500 or 600 miles/h for 1 minute. (20:30)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case n° 1295",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1058"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/17/1952",
"basic_date": "6/17/1952",
"date": "6/17/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in MacChord \\(Washington\\), numerous diverse witnesses observe between 1 and 5 large yellow-silver objects flying erratically, stopping and restarting for 15 minutes. (Between 7:30 and 10:20)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1298 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1059"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/17/1952",
"basic_date": "6/17/1952",
"date": "6/17/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Cape Cod \\(Massachusetts\\), the pilot of an F-94 interceptor jet observed for 15 seconds a light resembling a bright star crossing the nose of his aircraft. (1 h 28)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1299 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1060"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/18/1952",
"basic_date": "6/18/1952",
"date": "6/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Columbus \\(Wisconsin\\), R. A. Finger observed an object in the shape of a crescent remaining stationary for a few seconds before departing. (9 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) n° 1302 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1061"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/18/1952",
"basic_date": "6/18/1952",
"date": "6/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Walnut Lake/Pontiac \\(Michigan\\), Marron Hoffman and 4 other witnesses observe with binoculars 4x an orange light zigzagging and then staying stationary. (22 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1305 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1062"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/18/1952",
"basic_date": "6/18/1952",
"date": "6/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In California, a B-25 was accompanied by a UFO for 30 minutes.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1063"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/19/1952",
"basic_date": "6/19/1952",
"date": "6/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Goose Bay \\(Labrador\\), 2nd Lieutenant A'Gostino and a radar operator see a red light turn white while moving around. The radar detects a stationary object during the minute of observation. (2 h 37)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case n° 1308",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1064"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/19/1952",
"basic_date": "6/19/1952",
"date": "6/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Yuma \\(Arizona\\), USAF pilot John Lane observed a round, white object flying horizontally for 10s. (14 h)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case n° 1310",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1065"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/20/1952",
"basic_date": "6/20/1952",
"date": "6/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the center of Korea, 4 Marine officers, captains and F4U-4B Corsair fighter pilots, observe a white or silver oval object 10 to 20 feet in size making an incredible left turn at a speed of 60 seconds. (June 20, 3:03 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1313 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1066"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/21/1952",
"basic_date": "6/21/1952",
"date": "6/21/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the USAF base in Kelly \\(Texas\\), Sergeant/T Howard Davis, flight engineer of a B-29 at 8000 feet altitude, observed a flat object with a pointed front and a rounded back. The object was white with a dark blue center and a red outline. It left a trail of sparks when it dove after the B-29 at a distance of 500 feet, in 1s. (June 21, 12:30 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1319 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1067"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/22/1952",
"basic_date": "6/22/1952",
"date": "6/22/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Pyungthek \\(Korea\\), 2 Marine sergeants observe an object 4 feet in diameter dive towards a landing strip emitting red flames, remain stationary for a moment above a hill, turn around, flash twice and disappear. (June 22, 10:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1323 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1068"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/23/1952",
"basic_date": "6/23/1952",
"date": "6/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Spokane \\(Washington\\), Rex Thompson, a weather observer at the airport, observed a round disk with a metallic reflection shining and fluttering like a coin thrown for 5 to 7 minutes. (16 h 05)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1331 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1069"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/23/1952",
"basic_date": "6/23/1952",
"date": "6/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in MacChord \\(Washington\\), 2nd Lieutenant K. Thompson observed a very large light flying horizontally for 10 minutes. (21 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1232 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1070"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/23/1952",
"basic_date": "6/23/1952",
"date": "6/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Kirksville \\(Missouri\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) not explained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1071"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/23/1952",
"basic_date": "6/23/1952",
"date": "6/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Secretary Martha Milligan observed an object shaped like a rifle bullet with an orange-burned exhaust flying horizontally for 30 to 60 seconds. (3:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1334 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1072"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/23/1952",
"basic_date": "6/23/1952",
"date": "6/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Owensboro \\(Kentucky\\), National Guard and Lieutenant-Colonel O. L. Depp observed 2 objects resembling giant soup bubbles, reflecting yellow and lavender colors, flying straight for 5s. (10 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1335 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1073"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/23/1952",
"basic_date": "6/23/1952",
"date": "6/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A pilot of the 18th Fighter-Bomber Group of the USAF observes a black object shaped like a coin, 15 to 20 feet in diameter, performing an irregular descent. (6 h 08)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case, information came via Japan Hq. \"CV 4359\"",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1074"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/25/1952",
"basic_date": "6/25/1952",
"date": "6/25/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Tokyo \\(Japan\\)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1340 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1075"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/25/1952",
"basic_date": "6/25/1952",
"date": "6/25/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Chicago, Illinois, Ms. Norbury and Mr. Matheis observed a bright yellow-white egg-shaped object with a red tail, making 7 circles in 1.5 hours. (20:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1344 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1076"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/25/1952",
"basic_date": "6/25/1952",
"date": "6/25/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Japan, in the Korean zone.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1347 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1077"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/26/1952",
"basic_date": "6/26/1952",
"date": "6/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Terre Haute \\(Indiana\\), 2nd Lieutenant of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) C. W. Povelites observed an object flying at 600 miles/h then stopping. (2 h 45)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1348 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1078"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/26/1952",
"basic_date": "6/26/1952",
"date": "6/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Pottstown \\(Pennsylvania\\), the assistant airport director observed for 30 minutes 3 appearances of bright lights: 2 distant lights 2 miles away, and the leader blinking regularly and the other irregularly; 2 similar blinking lights, 1 mile away; finally, 1 single light. Their speed is estimated between 150 and 250 miles/h. (23 h 50)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) n° 1351 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1079"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/27/1952",
"basic_date": "6/27/1952",
"date": "6/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Topeka \\(Kansas\\), K. P. Kelly, 2nd Lieutenant and USAF pilot and his wife observed a red object changing from a circular to a vertical oval shape at a pulsating rate. The object remained stationary for 5 minutes, then they left. (June 27, 6:50 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1355 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1080"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/28/1952",
"basic_date": "6/28/1952",
"date": "6/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [Kirtland Air Force Base](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KirtlandAFB.html) near Albuquerque \\(New Mexico\\), 2 witnesses observed for 30 s 2 silver discs heading south and then quickly rising to separate, one to the southwest, the other to the east. Wind of 25 km/h. (13 h 20)",
"ref": [
"Hynek, 1974, DD-7",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1081"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/28/1952",
"basic_date": "6/28/1952",
"date": "6/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Nagoya \\(Honshu, Japan\\), T. W. Barger, Captain and Electronic Countermeasures Officer of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html), observed a dark blue elliptical shaped object with a pulsating border flying straight at approximately 700 or 800 miles/h. (16 h 10)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1363 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1082"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/28/1952",
"basic_date": "6/28/1952",
"date": "6/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Lake Kishkonough \\(Wisconsin\\), Lake G. Metcalfe observed for 10 s a white-silver sphere transforming into an ellipse while spinning and making a very rapid ascent. (18 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1361 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1083"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/29/1952",
"basic_date": "6/29/1952",
"date": "6/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At O'Hare Airport in Chicago \\(Illinois\\), 3 USAF air policemen observe a flat silver-white object wrapped in a blue halo remaining stationary then quickly moving to the right, left and up and down for several minutes. (June 29, 5:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1364 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1084"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1952",
"basic_date": "6/30/1952",
"date": "6/30/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A 40 year old man is riding a motorcycle with his 11 year old daughter in the Hasselbach region \\(former GDR\\). Suddenly, the child tells him she has seen \"something\" in the woods. Her father heads towards the indicated spot. He recounts: Thinking it was a deer, I approached quietly. Suddenly, I stopped, struck with amazement: in front of me, between the trees, stood two beings resembling men, wearing strange metallic suits. They were carefully examining the ground of a small clearing. Close to them stood a metal saucer of impressive size, measuring at least 8 meters in diameter. Its edges were pierced with two rows of openings. Its upper part was dominated by a cylindrical metal tube in a blackish color, shaped like a turret placed in the vertical axis of the craft. Under the effect of surprise, I called my daughter who had stayed near the motorcycle. But upon hearing my voice, the two metal-clad beings rushed towards the craft, entered the cylinder and locked themselves in. One of them had a kind of lamp on his chest that emitted flashes at regular intervals. In a few seconds, the edges of the craft where the openings I had mentioned appeared began to vibrate as if under the effect of an intense inner fire. They took on a green hue, then became vermilion, like metal heated to red. While these phenomena were occurring, I heard a faint humming. I had the impression that the cylindrical tube disappeared while the craft was lifting, which allowed me to observe that this tube extended underneath and served as a support. Taking advantage of this powerful support, the craft continued to rise. It was like a monstrous pink mushroom... When it had reached a certain height, it began to spin at an increasing speed. Then it moved away vibrating and without ceasing to spin like a top. The cylindrical tube had completely disappeared from the underside. The craft's ascent speed increased rapidly. Suddenly, it stopped horizontally and disappeared behind the hill at a dizzying speed. (June 30th)",
"ref": [
"*These Mysterious UFOs*, op. cit., p. 133 and following.",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1085"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1952",
"basic_date": "7/1/1952",
"date": "7/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Hasselbach \\(Germany\\), the local politician and former major of the Whermarcht Oskar Linke and his stepdaughter Gabrielle \\(11 years old\\) have to abandon their motorcycle: while walking near a wood, they see between the trees a large saucer \\(15 m\\) on the ground, topped with a 3 m conical tower. Linke will affirm: Near it were 2 characters... in metallic, shining outfits. Gabrielle addresses them and they quickly get back into the UFO and take off in the direction of Stockheim.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1086"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1952",
"basic_date": "7/1/1952",
"date": "7/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A shepherd who is 1600 m away from the woods and the guardian of a sawmill see the UFO take off.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1087"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1952",
"basic_date": "7/1/1952",
"date": "7/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Boston \\(Massachusetts\\), two silver cigar-shaped objects are seen moving towards the Southwest.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1088"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1952",
"basic_date": "7/1/1952",
"date": "7/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A [Fort Monmouth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FortMonmouth.html) \\(New Jersey\\), visual and radar observation of 2 UFOs. The objects were stationary, then quickly moved towards the South-West.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1089"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/2/1952",
"basic_date": "7/2/1952",
"date": "7/2/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Observation at Tremonton](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1952-07-02\\_Tremonton.html) \\(Utah\\), by Sergeant Delbert C. Newhouse. (Wednesday 2 July)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1090"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/3/1952",
"basic_date": "7/3/1952",
"date": "7/3/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Selfridge \\(Michigan\\), witnesses observed two large lights of an estimated diameter of 20 feet, flying straight at an alarming speed. (4:15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1380 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1091"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/3/1952",
"basic_date": "7/3/1952",
"date": "7/3/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Chicago \\(Illinois\\), Mrs. J. D. Arbuckle observed 2 bright pastel green discs flying straight and very quickly for 6s. (23 h 50)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) n° 1382 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1092"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/5/1952",
"basic_date": "7/5/1952",
"date": "7/5/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Norman \\(Oklahoma\\), Hamilton, a state patrolman flying in his patrol plane observed for 15 seconds three dark discs in silhouette against a dark cloud remaining stationary and then flying away. (Saturday, July 5th, 7:58 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1390 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1093"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/12/1952",
"basic_date": "7/12/1952",
"date": "7/12/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Governor's Island \\(New York\\), Elizabeth \\(New Jersey\\) Charles Muhr takes 4 shots of an indistinct light that appeared on the negatives but not to the naked eye. (Sunday 6 - Saturday 12 July, 11 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1397 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1094"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/9/1952",
"basic_date": "7/9/1952",
"date": "7/9/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Colorado Springs \\(Colorado\\), Major and USAF pilot C. K. Griffin observed an object in the shape of a wingless, bright white, moving slowly and erratically for 12 minutes. (0 h 45)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1405 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1095"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/9/1952",
"basic_date": "7/9/1952",
"date": "7/9/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Rapid City, \\(South Dakota\\), Sergeant/S D.P. Foster and 3 other people observed a white, disc-shaped object flying straight for 5 seconds. (15 h 35)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\(no. 1479?\\) \\(July 17?\\) unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1096"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/9/1952",
"basic_date": "7/9/1952",
"date": "7/9/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Kutztown, Pennsylvania, farmer John Mittl observes an oval object seeming to be made of aluminum changing direction and altitude before finally flipping onto its end and departing after 20 seconds. 3 vague photographs. (6:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1409 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1097"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/10/1952",
"basic_date": "7/10/1952",
"date": "7/10/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In North Korea, the crew of the Canadian destroyer *Crusader* sees and detects on radar 2 bright discs. (Thursday 10 July)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1098"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/12/1952",
"basic_date": "7/12/1952",
"date": "7/12/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Annapolis, Maryland, William Washburn, president of an insurance company, observed four large elliptical objects flying very quickly, turning 90° and departing in 7 to 8 seconds. (15:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1431 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1099"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/12/1952",
"basic_date": "7/12/1952",
"date": "7/12/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Chicago \\(Illinois\\), an Air Force weather officer and many other people at Montrose Beach see a large red object with small white lights on its side reverse its course when it is directly overhead.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1100"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/13/1952",
"basic_date": "7/13/1952",
"date": "7/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Kirksville \\(Missouri\\), many air traffic controllers also military officers spot various radar targets moving at a speed of 1500 knots \\(1700 mph\\). No visual confirmation. ((July 13?) 9 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1436 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1101"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/13/1952",
"basic_date": "7/13/1952",
"date": "7/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) North of Washington \\(D. C.\\) a pilot of *National Airlines* warns the [CAA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CAA.html) that he is approached by a white-bluish light. The object approaches in a 2 mile zone, staying at the same altitude. The pilot turns on all his lights, and the UFO departs by rising.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1102"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/13/1952",
"basic_date": "7/13/1952",
"date": "7/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [GOC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GOC.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1103"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/14/1952",
"basic_date": "7/14/1952",
"date": "7/14/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Newport News, [observation of pilots Nash and Fortenberry](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NashWilliamB.html). (Monday, July 14th, 8(9?) PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1104"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/15/1952",
"basic_date": "7/15/1952",
"date": "7/15/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In West Palm Beach \\(Florida\\), J. Antoneff and 2 other people observe an object of a disc-shaped, grayish appearance, except when it remains stationary, where it appears to be earthy. The object hovers above the Palm Beach International Airport, then is followed by a twin-engine SA-l6 seaplane and flies away after 40 to 60 seconds. (Tuesday, July 15, 10:22 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1451 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1105"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/16/1952",
"basic_date": "7/16/1952",
"date": "7/16/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Photograph of Salem](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1952-07-16\\_Salem.html). (9 h 35)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1106"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/16/1952",
"basic_date": "7/16/1952",
"date": "7/16/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Hampton \\(Virginia\\), [Paul R. Hill](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HillPaulR.html) witnesses an apparent UFO rendezvous above Chesapeake Bay. Two mysterious amber-colored craft circle each other at 800 km/h before being joined by a third, which positions itself several hundred meters below, forming a \"V\". A fourth UFO joins the group, then they speed off to the South. The [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) will declare that it had no aircraft in the area at that time.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1107"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/16/1952",
"basic_date": "7/16/1952",
"date": "7/16/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) lends a small fragment of a saucer to Canadian physicist [Wilbert Smith](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SmithWilbertBrooker.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1108"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1952",
"basic_date": "7/17/1952",
"date": "7/17/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Six V-shaped, orange discs, without a trail, were seen in Washington by radio engineer Henry Lewis. (2 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1109"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1952",
"basic_date": "7/17/1952",
"date": "7/17/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The same formation is observed by workers in Buenos Aires, implying a speed of 24000 km/h. They are observed by radar and a few hours later by peasants in Aisey-sur-Seine \\(Côte d'Or\\). (2 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1110"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1952",
"basic_date": "7/17/1952",
"date": "7/17/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Lockbourne \\(Ohio\\), employees of the Air National Guard observe for 3 hours a light with the appearance of a large star, which disappears when an airplane approaches. The light will also be observed on July 20, 22 and 23. (11am)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1476 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1111"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1952",
"basic_date": "7/17/1952",
"date": "7/17/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In White Plains, New York, Mrs. Florence Daley observed two round, pastel blue objects with shiny outlines flying in formation and emitting sounds resembling those of slightly muffled bombs. Later, the witness would report hearing numerous female voices coming from the objects. (3:10 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1502, unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1112"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"date": "7/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Miami \\(Florida\\), E. R. Raymer and his daughter observed a silver ball flying very quickly in a direction perpendicular to the wind direction for 10s. (11 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) n° 1483 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1113"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"date": "7/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Denver \\(Co.\\), a pilot of *American Airlines* observed unidentified lights moving quickly back and forth.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1114"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"date": "7/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Patrick Air Force Base \\(Florida\\), 2 officers, weather personnel, and various other people saw 4 amber-colored lights performing circles around the base's field.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1115"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"date": "7/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Chauvet Lake \\(Puy-de-Dôme\\), observation of [André Frégnale](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FregnaleAndre.html). (18 h 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1116"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"date": "7/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Lockbourne \\(Ohio\\) USAF base, Sergeant/T Mahone and A/3c Jennings observe an amber-colored elliptical object with a small flame at the back, believed to be periodically luminescent. The object moves very quickly for 1 minute and 30 seconds, emitting resonant thumping sounds. (21 h 10)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1482 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1117"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"date": "7/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Patrick \\(Florida\\), 3 USAF officers and 4 other men observed for 1 hour a series of red-orange lights remaining stationary and maneuvering in various directions. (21 h 45)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1485 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1118"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"date": "7/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A sailor by the name of NewHouse films a squadron of unknown flying objects. Despite the pressures of the [CIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIA.html) \\(according to [Donald Keyhoe](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KeyhoeDonaldEdward.html)\\), the hypothesis of a hoax is ruled out.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1119"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"basic_date": "7/18/1952",
"date": "7/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Many UFOs are seen or detected by radar at the [Andrews](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZonesMilitaires.html\\#Andrews) base.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1120"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/19/1952",
"basic_date": "7/19/1952",
"date": "7/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Willinston \\(North Dakota\\), an experienced civilian pilot observes an elliptical object with a luminous border descending quickly, making a full turn and then a half turn in 5 minutes. (2 h 55)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 1492 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1121"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/19/1952",
"basic_date": "7/19/1952",
"date": "7/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 3 black circular objects appear above [Oak Ridge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/OakRidgeAFB.html), as in [1950](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1950.html). They are chased by [F-86](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/appareils.html\\#F86) fighters. Origin of the objects unknown. (15 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1122"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/19/1952",
"basic_date": "7/19/1952",
"date": "7/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The object of Puerto Maldonado \\(Peru\\) photographed on July 19, see file images/1952-07-19_16-30_PuertoMaldonado\\_Perou.jpe",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1123"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/19/1952",
"basic_date": "7/19/1952",
"date": "7/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 5 strange lights maneuver above the White House, the city of Washington and its surroundings. They are notably detected by the [CAA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CAA.html) radar at the airport. This is the beginning of what will be called the [Washington carousel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1952-07-26\\_Washington.html). (22 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1124"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/19/1952",
"basic_date": "7/19/1952",
"date": "7/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 8 unknown objects fly over the [White House](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#MaisonBlanche). (23 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1125"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/19/1952",
"basic_date": "7/19/1952",
"date": "7/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Elkins Park \\(Pennsylvania\\), the USAF Captain and pilot C. J. Powley and his wife observed 2 lights resembling stars maneuvering, staying stationary and accelerating for 5 to 7 minutes. (23 h 35)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1494 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1126"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/20/1952",
"basic_date": "7/20/1952",
"date": "7/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [Pentagon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Pentagon.html) is overflown by similar objects, spotted and recorded on the radar echoes of the Newcastle base. The objects fly at a speed ranging from 160 to 480 km/h, suddenly accelerating to phenomenal speeds. (0 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1127"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/20/1952",
"basic_date": "7/20/1952",
"date": "7/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Interceptor jets, dispatched from NewCastle and delayed by a previous UFO investigation in New Jersey, arrive on the scene. The UFOs disappear, then reappear after departing over the [White House](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#MaisonBlanche) and the [Pentagon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Pentagone.html). At one point, operators tracking the events from Andrews base see a large, bright orange sphere, hovering stationary above the base. (3:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1128"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/20/1952",
"basic_date": "7/20/1952",
"date": "7/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of observations. (5 pm)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1129"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/20/1952",
"basic_date": "7/20/1952",
"date": "7/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Lavalette, New Jersey, Dr. A.B. Spooner, professor of chemistry at Seton Hall University, observed two large yellow-orange lights with a kind of dark red trail turning and rotating for 5-6 minutes. (12:20)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1504 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1130"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/20/1952",
"basic_date": "7/20/1952",
"date": "7/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Dai-el-Aouagri \\(Morocco\\), Mr. Petijean saw a saucer take off; it emitted blue flashes and released a strong smell of burning sulfur.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1131"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/21/1952",
"basic_date": "7/21/1952",
"date": "7/21/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Converse \\(Texas\\), the wife of USAF Captain J. B. Neal observed for 3-5 seconds an elongated object with a fuselage shape flying horizontally, making a right angle turn and disappearing from sight at a speed greater than 300 mph. (16:30)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1132"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/21/1952",
"basic_date": "7/21/1952",
"date": "7/21/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Weisbaden \\(West Germany\\), observations by [E. E. Dougher](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/pilotes.html\\#DougherEE) and J. J. Stong. (18 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1133"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/21/1952",
"basic_date": "7/21/1952",
"date": "7/21/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in San Marcos \\(Texas\\), 1 lieutenant, 2 Staff Sergeants and 3 pilots \\(airmen\\) observed a blue circle with a blue trail stationary then accelerating to a speed greater than 700 miles/h after 1 minute. (22 h 40)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1516 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1134"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/21/1952",
"basic_date": "7/21/1952",
"date": "7/21/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Randolf \\(Texas\\)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1522 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1135"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/22/1952",
"basic_date": "7/22/1952",
"date": "7/22/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Rockville, Indiana, 1 military officer and 2 other men observe for 3 minutes an object shaped like a delta wing of aluminum with a vertical fin, flying horizontally and then remaining stationary. ((July 22?) 8:10 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1533 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1136"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/22/1952",
"basic_date": "7/22/1952",
"date": "7/22/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Holyoke \\(Massachusetts\\), Mrs. A. Burgess saw a round and yellow pulsating light descend. (after 0 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1524 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1137"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/22/1952",
"basic_date": "7/22/1952",
"date": "7/22/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Uvalde \\(Texas\\), Don Epperly, station manager of Trans Texas Airlines and weather observer, observed a large silver round object flying at more than 1000 miles/h for 45 s, while spinning on itself. (14 h 46)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) n° 1536 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1138"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/22/1952",
"basic_date": "7/22/1952",
"date": "7/22/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Los Alamos, New Mexico, control tower operator Don Weins and two Carco pilots observed 8 large round objects seemingly made of aluminum flying horizontally and then moving around very quickly for 25 minutes. (10:50)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1538 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1139"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"date": "7/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Braintree, between Boston and Provincetown \\(Massachusetts\\), the pilot and radar operator of an USAF F-94 interceptor jet observe a round light of green/blue color passing them while spinning. The object is also observed from the ground. (July 23?, 22:47)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1556 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1140"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"date": "7/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Trenton \\(New Jersey\\), crews of some F-94 interceptor jets from the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Dover made 13 visual observations and 1 radar detection of pale blue lights for 2 hours. (July 23, 22:50 to 0:45)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case \\#1572",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1141"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"date": "7/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Stafford \\(Virginia\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1654 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1142"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"date": "7/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Pottstown, Pennsylvania, crews of two from three F-94 fighters of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) observed for 1-4 minutes a large silver object, shaped like an elongated pear with 2 or 3 squares underneath it, flying at a speed of 150-180 knots \\(170-210 mph\\), while a smaller object, delta-wing or swept back, flew around it between 1000 and 1500 knots \\(1150-1700 mph\\). (8:40)",
"ref": [
"Blue Book case 1554, unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1143"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"date": "7/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Culver City \\(California\\), employees of an airplane factory see an silver elliptical object accompanied by 2 small discs.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1144"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"date": "7/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Altoona \\(Pennsylvania\\), the two-man crews of 2 F-94 fighters of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) observed for 20 minutes at an altitude of 35 to 46000 feet 3 cylindrical objects flying in a vertical stack formation at an altitude of 50 to 80000 feet. (0 h 50)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1567 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1145"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"basic_date": "7/23/1952",
"date": "7/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At South Bend \\(Indiana\\), the USAF Captain and pilot H. W. Kloth observed 2 pale blue luminous objects flying together, then the one in the back changed course after 9 minutes. (23:35)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1578 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1146"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/24/1952",
"basic_date": "7/24/1952",
"date": "7/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Lieutenants-Colonels McGinn and Barton aboard a B-25 from Hamilton Base, flying from San Francisco to Colorado Springs over the Sierra Nevada between Sacramento and Reno, heading east at 3300 m towards Carson Sink \\(Nevada\\), saw 3 silver delta wings with a bump on top resembling [F-86](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/appareils.html\\#F-86) but at triple their speed \\(1000 miles/h\\). There were no reported delta planes in the area. The objects crossed in front and above their aircraft at high speed, in 3 to 4 s. (15 h 40)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1584 unsolved",
"Ruppelt",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1147"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/24/1952",
"basic_date": "7/24/1952",
"date": "7/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at the USAF Travis Base \\(California\\).",
"ref": [
"case Blue Book n° 1588 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1148"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/25/1952",
"basic_date": "7/25/1952",
"date": "7/25/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Orders are given to shoot them down if they refuse to land. (Friday 25th July)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1149"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"date": "7/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Kirtland \\(New Mexico\\), Airman 1st Class J.M. Donaldson observed 8-10 orange balls in a triangular or V formation flying very quickly for 3-4 seconds. (12:05)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1637, unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1150"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"date": "7/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Kansas City \\(Missouri\\), Captain of the USAF H. A. Stone and the men from Fairfax Field and Municipal Airport control towers observed for 1 hour a green light with red-orange flashes descending from 40° to 10° elevation. (12:15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1628 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1151"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"date": "7/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Williams \\(California\\).",
"ref": [
"cas [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) unexplained missing from official archives",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1152"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"date": "7/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In California, a jet is chasing yellow-orange lights confirmed by radar \\(= previous case?\\)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1153"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"date": "7/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [Washington Carousel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1952-07-26\\_Washington.html) resumes: radar operators at various airports as well as airline pilots report numerous unidentified radar echoes over the Washington area, at different speeds. Pilots spot unidentified lights. (From 8 PM to after midnight)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1154"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"date": "7/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Between 6 and 12 lights appear again, at such a speed that it cannot be airplanes, however fast they may be. (21 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1155"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"basic_date": "7/26/1952",
"date": "7/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF base of Andrews](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AndrewsAFB.html) \\(Maryland, Washington, D.C.\\), continuing the numerous observations and radar detections reported in the Washington, D.C. area throughout the night.",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case n° 1661",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1156"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"date": "7/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 2 F-94 fighter jets were sent to meet them from Wilmington \\(Delaware\\) but the pilots found nothing and decided to return to their base. (2 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1664 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1157"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"date": "7/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the moment the interceptors return to the base, the UFOs reappear. (2 h 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1158"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"date": "7/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A new interception is launched and a pilot, Lieutenant William Patterson, reports approaching a group of giant white-blue lights. As he comes straight towards them, they form a circle around him and, for about 15 seconds, move along with him. Patterson requests permission to fire, but the lights slowly move away. The trace of several of these objects moving quickly appeared on the radars of 3 different installations, including those of the [Andrews](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AndrewsAFB.html) base. (3:20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1159"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"date": "7/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Manhattan Beach, California, an aeronautical engineer and other people observe a group of unidentified objects changing position in formation.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1160"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"date": "7/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Selfridge \\(Michigan\\), ground crews of 3 B-29 bombers observed numerous round, white objects flying horizontally very quickly. 2 at 10:05, 1 at 10:10, 1 at 10:15, 1 at 10:20. Each was observed for about 30 seconds. (10:05-10:20)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case \\#1680",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1161"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"date": "7/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Ann Arbor \\(Michigan\\), a biologist is observing a fleet of objects resembling missiles.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1162"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"basic_date": "7/27/1952",
"date": "7/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Wichita Falls \\(Texas\\), Adrian Ellis and his wife observed for 15 seconds 2 disk-shaped objects seeming to be phosphorescent, flying at an estimated speed of 1000 [miles](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/unites.html\\#Mile)/h. (20:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1684 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1163"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1952",
"basic_date": "7/28/1952",
"date": "7/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in MacChord \\(Washington\\), Sergeant/T Walstead and S/Sergeant Calkins of the 635th AC&W Squadron; observed a pulsing ball of a dull blue-green, the size of a dime held at arm's length, flying very quickly and horizontally. (2:15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1708 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1164"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1952",
"basic_date": "7/28/1952",
"date": "7/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the MacGuire \\(New Jersey\\) USAF base, the Ground Approach Control operator, Sgt. W. F. Dees, and people from the base control tower detect a large group of very distinct echoes. The visual observation is that of wingless, tail-less elongated objects performing a very fast turn and at one point adopting a echelon formation. The entire episode lasts 55 minutes. (6 h)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case n° 1707",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1165"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1952",
"basic_date": "7/28/1952",
"date": "7/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Winston Churchill](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ChurchillWinston.html) is concerned about the UFO phenomenon and questions the British Air Minister about it.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1166"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1952",
"basic_date": "7/28/1952",
"date": "7/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Heidelberg \\(West Germany\\), Sergeant B. C. Grassmoen and WAC Pfc. A. P. Turner observed an object shaped like a saucer, seemingly made of light metal, emitting white flashes of light, flying slowly, making a 90° turn, and quickly ascending after 4 to 5 minutes. (10:20 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1700 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1167"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1952",
"basic_date": "7/28/1952",
"date": "7/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Wisconsin and Minnesota, the Ground Control Intercept Radar, an USAF pilot and members of the [GOC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GOC.html) spot various unidentified objects.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1168"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1952",
"basic_date": "7/28/1952",
"date": "7/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Washington Post Article](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Documents/Articles/1952-07-28\\_WashingtonPost.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1169"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"date": "7/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Osceola \\(Wisconsin\\), ground radar operators detected for 1 hour on radar several groups of small objects \\(up to 10\\) and 1 large object. The small ones moved from Southwest to East between 50 and 60 knots \\(60 to 70 mph\\), following each other. The large object moved at 600 knots \\(700 mph\\). A F-51 Mustang pilot confirmed the detection of one of the objects. (1 h 30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1731 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1170"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"date": "7/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Omega, in the Los Alamos canyon \\(New Mexico\\), observation by 5 independent witnesses for 5 minutes of a white rotating object. The object left upon the arrival of planes. (10 h)",
"ref": [
"Hynek 1979",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1171"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"date": "7/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Langley \\(Virginia\\), Captain D. G. Moore of the Air Traffic Control System detected an object flying towards the base at about 2600 mph for 2 minutes at an altitude lower than 5000 feet. (14:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1732? unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1172"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"date": "7/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Moore and W. Yhope, representatives of the Gilfillan Electronics, spotted a radar target moving for 4 minutes, stopping for 2 minutes, then leaving very quickly. (14 h 50)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1732? unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1173"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"date": "7/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Conference of July 29th at the Pentagon, following the numerous observations in the Washington area. From left to right: [Roy James](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/JamesRoyL.html), [Ramey](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RameyRogerM.html), [Ruppelt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RuppeltEdwardJ.html), [Samford](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SamfordJohnA.html), [Bower](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BowerDonald.html) and [Griffing](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GriffingBurgoyneL.html). See file images/1952-07-29.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1174"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"date": "7/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Officers from the [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html) report the statements made by representatives of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) during a meeting they had with them. The latter explain to the police that, according to their intelligence center at [Wright Patterson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WrightPatterson.html), observations of flying saucers date back several centuries and their number varies depending on the publicity they receive. The military add that these saucers appear rather in areas of high air traffic. According to them, these are not missiles from other countries, and they do not exclude the possibility that these objects are potential vessels from other planets such as [Mars](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Mars.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1175"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"date": "7/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Miami \\(Florida\\), a very fast UFO is filmed. The film is submitted to the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html), never released.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1176"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"date": "7/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Merced \\(California\\), Herbert Mitchell and an employee observed for 2 minutes a dark object in the shape of a disk, followed by a silver light two lengths behind it, tilt to the side, dive, hesitate and then finally make very rapid circles. (15 h 44 or 16 h 35)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1738 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1177"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"date": "7/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Wichita \\(Kansas\\), Douglas and Hess, employees of an USAF store at the Municipal Airport, observe for 5 minutes a flat, white, shiny circular object flying very quickly, then hovering for 10 to 15 seconds above the Cessna Aircraft Co. installations. (0 h 35)",
"ref": [
"case Blue Book n° 1739 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1178"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"basic_date": "7/29/1952",
"date": "7/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Ennis \\(Montana\\), members of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) staff are alerted of the arrival of UFOs from Seattle \\(Washington\\). They are 5 flat disk-shaped objects. One of them remains stationary for 3 to 4 minutes, while another one circles around it. The observation lasts 30 minutes. (0 h 30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1747 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1179"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1952",
"basic_date": "7/30/1952",
"date": "7/30/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In San Antonio \\(Texas\\), E. E. Nye and another person observed for 20 to 30 minutes a round, white object flying slowly and then departing very quickly. (10 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1758 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1180"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1952",
"basic_date": "7/30/1952",
"date": "7/30/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Albuquerque \\(New Mexico\\), 1st Lieutenant of the USAF George Funk observed an orange light remaining stationary for 10 minutes. (23 h 02)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1755 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1181"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/31/1952",
"basic_date": "7/31/1952",
"date": "7/31/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) M. H. Siret, night watchman in Puylaurens \\(Aude\\) reports his observations of several suspicious objects. (Thursday, July 31st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1182"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/31/1952",
"basic_date": "7/31/1952",
"date": "7/31/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Tinda \\(3 km from Ferryville, not far from Bizerte, Tunisia\\), René Clavière observed a kind of rocket with portholes which remained motionless for about 30 s at an altitude of 5000 m. The object suddenly departed leaving a trail. (at 8 pm)",
"ref": [
"[Mesnard](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MesnardJoel.html), Case n° 12, Catalogue of Unpublished Observations \\(2nd part\\), [LDLN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html) 291-292, p. 17",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1183"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1952",
"basic_date": "1952",
"date": "Summer 1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A UFO is detected by the base's radar, coming in at 1100 km/h then 150 km/h. Two [F-86](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/appareils.html\\#F86)s are sent to intercept it, one at 6000 m, the other at 1500, because the radar does not give the altitude. The lower pilot sees a sphere which he takes for a balloon but understands that it is maintaining its distance. At 1000 m, he opens fire. The object shoots up in a flash of light. The affair will be hushed up, and the reports destroyed. Above the East of the state of Washington, Mr. Y., an American radar specialist, is stationed at the [ADC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ADC.html) station in Great Falls \\(Montana\\): Mr. Y.'s team had been warned by the Canadian radar stations in the Calgary area that 3 UFOs were heading south, towards the United States, at a low speed. The radars detected the UFOs and an USAF fighter was sent from a base in the east of the state of Washington. A radar and radio contact was maintained with the pilot of the fighter while he was guided towards the UFOs, themselves followed by radar. As he flew at 16000 feet \\(about 4800 m\\), the pilot claimed to have 2 of the UFOs in sight. Shortly afterwards, he and his plane simply disappeared! The wreckage of the aircraft was never found, although a rescue plane was immediately sent to the area concerned and the radar operators had the exact position of the plane at the moment of its disappearance. Monitored by planes now instructed not to approach within 15 km, the UFOs eventually evaporated. Mr. Y was instructed not to send the documents concerning this case to the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project - officially the only one authorized to deal with them - but directly to the [ADC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ADC.html).\" (Summer)",
"ref": [
"Ruppelt",
"[Stanton Friedman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FriedmanStanton.html), *Canadian UFO Report*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1184"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1952",
"basic_date": "8/1/1952",
"date": "8/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Lancaster, California, sheriff officers and other people, including one named Mallette, observed two bright red lights hovering and maneuvering for 5 minutes. (1:14)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1771 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1185"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1952",
"basic_date": "8/1/1952",
"date": "8/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Bellefontaine \\(Ohio\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1186"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1952",
"basic_date": "8/1/1952",
"date": "8/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Yaak \\(Montana\\), an [ADC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ADC.html) radar detects an unidentified object, visually observed as a dark cigar.",
"ref": [
"Robertson, LB",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1187"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1952",
"basic_date": "8/1/1952",
"date": "8/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A bright white disc is observed at low altitude in Sharonville \\(Ohio\\). Others report an oval object.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1188"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1952",
"basic_date": "8/1/1952",
"date": "8/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Albuquerque \\(New Mexico\\), Scripps-Howard, Staff Writer, observed UFOs changing position in formation.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1189"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/2/1952",
"basic_date": "8/2/1952",
"date": "8/2/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Lake Charles \\(Louisiana\\), 1st Lieutenant of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) W. A. Theil and another man observed a red ball with a blue flame tail flying horizontally for 3 to 4 seconds. (August 2, 3 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1783 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1190"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/3/1952",
"basic_date": "8/3/1952",
"date": "8/3/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the USAF base in Hamilton \\(California\\), ground pilots, radar, and air traffic controllers spot 2 silver discs behaving as if in a dogfight. (August 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1191"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1952",
"basic_date": "8/4/1952",
"date": "8/4/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Phoenix \\(Arizona\\), 3rd Class A. of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) W. F. Vain observed a yellow ball elongate and contract into a flat shape, fly horizontally for 5 minutes. (2:20)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1812 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1192"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1952",
"basic_date": "8/4/1952",
"date": "8/4/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Mount Vernon, New York, a woman and two children observed for two hours an object shaped like a buoy or donut emitting black smoke from its top and making an arc of 15' in 1.5 minutes. (11:37)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1813 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1193"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1952",
"basic_date": "8/4/1952",
"date": "8/4/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) M. H. Siret shares his observations of several suspicious objects again.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1194"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1952",
"basic_date": "8/5/1952",
"date": "8/5/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the USAF base in Haneda, near Tokyo \\(Japan\\), the USAF F-94 radar, piloted by 1st Lieutenants W. R. Holder and A. M. Jones, detected an object for 90 seconds. The operators of the Haneda control tower observed a dark shape with a light flying up to 330 knots \\(380 miles/h\\), remaining stationary, making curves and various maneuvers. (23:30)",
"ref": [
"Blue Book case 1827, unexplained",
"Robertson, LB",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1195"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1952",
"basic_date": "8/5/1952",
"date": "8/5/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Baltimore \\(Md\\), an experienced amateur astronomer observes 2 disks seeming made of copper.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1196"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/6/1952",
"basic_date": "8/6/1952",
"date": "8/6/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tokyo \\(Japan\\), following the observations of Haneda.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1841 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1197"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/6/1952",
"basic_date": "8/6/1952",
"date": "8/6/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Belleville \\(Michigan\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1843 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1198"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/6/1952",
"basic_date": "8/6/1952",
"date": "8/6/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Port Austin \\(Michigan\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1845 unexplained, not in official record",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1199"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/6/1952",
"basic_date": "8/6/1952",
"date": "8/6/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Kerkrade \\(Holland\\), a Marine design engineer sees 2 discoid objects with superstructures.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1200"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/7/1952",
"basic_date": "8/7/1952",
"date": "8/7/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Wave of Disks Interfering with Andrew-Field Radars \\(Washington, D.C.\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1201"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/7/1952",
"basic_date": "8/7/1952",
"date": "8/7/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In San Antonio \\(Texas\\), Miss Susan Pfuhl observed four bright white discs for 70 minutes. One made a 180° turn, another moved horizontally, a third changed direction, and the fourth made circles. (9:08)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1855 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1202"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/9/1952",
"basic_date": "8/9/1952",
"date": "8/9/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the USAF base in Lake Charles \\(Louisiana\\), USAF 3rd Class A. J. P. Raley observed an object shaped like a disk flying very quickly and remaining stationary for 2 seconds. (August 9, 10:50)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case \\#1870",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1203"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/10/1952",
"basic_date": "8/10/1952",
"date": "8/10/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Presqu'isle \\(Maine\\). (August 10)",
"ref": [
"Robertson, LB",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1204"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1952",
"basic_date": "8/13/1952",
"date": "8/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tucson, Arizona, an USAF officer observed bright objects in formation.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1205"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1952",
"basic_date": "8/13/1952",
"date": "8/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Dallas \\(Texas\\), a line pilot captain is pursuing a light performing maneuvers.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1206"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1952",
"basic_date": "8/13/1952",
"date": "8/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tokyo, Japan, Major D. McGough, a USAF pilot and marine, observed an orange light flying in an orbit to the left at 8000 feet and at a speed of 230 miles/h. The object descended into a spiral until 1500 feet, stayed stationary for 2 to 3 minutes, and then moved away. An attempt to intercept it failed. (9:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1889 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1207"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/14/1952",
"basic_date": "8/14/1952",
"date": "8/14/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 16 bodies are recovered following a crash in Ely \\(Nevada\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1208"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/14/1952",
"basic_date": "8/14/1952",
"date": "8/14/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Poggibonsi \\(Italy\\), on a clear moonless night, with many stars visible, Messrs. Assem and the Italian cavalry colonel Bartolini spend the evening with many friends in a villa with 2 terraces: one facing west, on which the dinner takes place, and the other overlooking, east side, a small valley. Arriving on this 2nd terrace, Assem and Bartolini suddenly see 2 luminous objects of green color, coming from the direction of Florence \\(from the North\\). The 2 objects, separated from each other by a distance always strictly constant, identical in all points \\(lenticular central part of 20 to 25 m in diameter, carrying 2 upper and lower domes, all slightly blurred\\), approach quickly and pass in front of the terrace at about 250 m from them, at about 130 m above the bottom of the valley, about 20 m higher than the witnesses, who then hear a noise comparable to that when tearing a silk fabric, or produced by a shell passing over their heads. The 2 objects then turn east, stop for a brief moment, describe a loop by returning towards the north to pass again very close to the villa, and finally move away in their initial direction from the south, towards Siena. (23 h)",
"ref": [
"[M. Assem \\< Mesnard](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MesnardJoel.html), Case No. 12, Catalogue of Unpublished Observations \\(2nd part\\), [LDLN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html) 291-292, p. 17",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1209"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/14/1952",
"basic_date": "8/14/1952",
"date": "8/14/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Butcher Tom Brooke, his wife and his 11-year-old son leave one of their friends whose house is near a bar, 60 km from Miami \\(Florida\\). They get in their car and drive away. (11:40 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1210"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/15/1952",
"basic_date": "8/15/1952",
"date": "8/15/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The highway police discover an abandoned car, 18 km from the bar. It is the Brooke's car, with its headlights still on, one door left open, and Mrs Brooke's handbag on the seat with a nice sum of money inside. The police follow the tracks that lead to a meadow bordering the road. The Brookes seemed to have advanced about ten steps, then vanished as their tracks abruptly stopped, without returning. The case is closed and the Brookes will never be found. 11 km away, Mabel Twinn, a restaurant waitress, disappeared the same night in the same way. Those 4 people were never seen again. (August 15th, 7:14am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1211"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/18/1952",
"basic_date": "8/18/1952",
"date": "8/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Fairfield, California, 3 police officers observed for 30 minutes an object shaped like a diamond changing color and direction. (August 18, 12:50 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1920 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1212"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1952",
"basic_date": "8/19/1952",
"date": "8/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Red Bluff \\(California\\), Albert Lathrop, of the Ground Observer Corps, saw 2 objects, resembling flattened rifle bullets, flying horizontally very quickly for 25 s. (14 h 38)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1928 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1213"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1952",
"basic_date": "8/19/1952",
"date": "8/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Palm Beach \\(Florida\\), [observation of D. S. \"Sonny\" Desvergers](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1952-08-19\\_DesvergersSonny.html). (21 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) classified as hoax",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1214"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1952",
"basic_date": "8/20/1952",
"date": "8/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Congaree \\(S. C.\\) USAF base, an [ADC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ADC.html) radar detects an unidentified object moving at 4000 miles/h.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1215"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1952",
"basic_date": "8/20/1952",
"date": "8/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Neffesville \\(Pennsylvania\\), Bill Ford and two other people observed for a few minutes an object flying at an altitude of 500 feet during. (3:10)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1938 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1216"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/21/1952",
"basic_date": "8/21/1952",
"date": "8/21/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Dallas, Texas, Jack Rossen, a former artillery observer, observed 3 blue-white lights remain stationary and then descend. 1.5 minutes later, one of them descended even lower. (August 21, 11:54 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1944 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1217"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/22/1952",
"basic_date": "8/22/1952",
"date": "8/22/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Elgin \\(Illinois\\), USAF jets, guided by the [GOC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GOC.html), pursue a pulsating yellow light. (August 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1218"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/23/1952",
"basic_date": "8/23/1952",
"date": "8/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Akron \\(Ohio\\), 2nd Lieutenant of the USAF H. K. Funseth, ground observer, and 2 men of the [Marine](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html) observed a pulsating amber light flying horizontally for 7 minutes. (August 23, 4:10)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 1956 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1219"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1952",
"basic_date": "8/24/1952",
"date": "8/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Hermanas, New Mexico, Colonel G. W. Johnson, pilot of the Georgia Air National Guard F-85G \\(F-84?\\) fighter jet, observed two 6-foot silver balls side by side. One quickly turned gray, the other slowly. One took a long, gray shape when turning. One rose vertically from 2000 to 3000 feet. The observation lasted 10 minutes. (10:15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1961 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1220"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1952",
"basic_date": "8/24/1952",
"date": "8/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Tucson \\(Arizona\\), George White and his wife see a large round light, suggesting a vague metallic surface, flying slowly, then quickly seeming to dance and glide for 1 minute. (17 h 40)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1964 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1221"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1952",
"basic_date": "8/24/1952",
"date": "8/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Cleveland \\(Texas\\), Elmer Sharp and his wife observe an object with a spinning top shape changing color, from red to blue, with a flaming tail, staying stationary for 20 minutes, whistling, then leaving. (21 h 30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1969 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1222"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1952",
"basic_date": "8/24/1952",
"date": "8/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The object from 1 hour ago or a similar one reappears. (22:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1969 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1223"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/25/1952",
"basic_date": "8/25/1952",
"date": "8/25/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Pittsburg, Kansas, radio station musician William Squyres sees a non-shiny aluminum object, resembling two buckets stuck face to face, estimated to be 75 feet long, 45 feet wide, and 15 feet thick. Through an opening in the front, a blue light shines; the head and shoulders of a man are visible. The middle part has many openings through which he perceives regular movement. A series of small thrusters are arranged side by side along the outer edge of the object, spinning very quickly. The object is stationary about 10 feet from the ground, 100 yards from the road, with a slightly jerky movement. Then the object moves vertically with the sound of a large flock of quails taking off at the same time. The vegetation seems to have been disturbed under the object. (5:35)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1972 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1224"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/25/1952",
"basic_date": "8/25/1952",
"date": "8/25/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Delaware \\(Ohio\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1975 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1225"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/25/1952",
"basic_date": "8/25/1952",
"date": "8/25/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Holloman \\(New Mexico\\), civilian supervisor Fred Lee and foreman L. A. Aquilar saw a silver round object flying South, then turning and flying North, making a 360° turn and departing vertically after 3 to 5 minutes. (15 h 40)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1979 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1226"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/25/1952",
"basic_date": "8/25/1952",
"date": "8/25/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The captain Enrique Maia, on a B-707, in flight to Louanda, the crew and passengers, closely observe 2 UFO's in the shape of cigars.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1227"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/26/1952",
"basic_date": "8/26/1952",
"date": "8/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Lathrop Wells \\(Nevada\\), USAF Captain D. A. Woods observed a large, bright, round object with a V-shaped \"contrail\" with a dark cone in the center flying very quickly, making an instantaneous 90° turn, followed by a gentle ascent and finally a sudden acceleration. (12:10)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case \\#1986",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1228"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/26/1952",
"basic_date": "8/26/1952",
"date": "8/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Biloxi \\(Mississippi\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1987 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1229"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/26/1952",
"basic_date": "8/26/1952",
"date": "8/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Mexico \\(Mexico\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1994 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1230"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1952",
"basic_date": "8/27/1952",
"date": "8/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At MacDonald Airport \\(Manitoba\\), 2 meteorological officers see a disc-shaped object with shadows on it as if its surface was irregular. The object makes 2 rotations around the field. When pointed by the rotating beam, the object glows like shiny aluminum. It then goes towards the Northeast and is out of sight in 1 s. No sound was heard. (4:45 (CST))",
"ref": [
"Good 1987",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1231"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1952",
"basic_date": "8/27/1952",
"date": "8/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Mexico \\(Mexico\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1994 \\(part 1\\) unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1232"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/28/1952",
"basic_date": "8/28/1952",
"date": "8/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the USAF base in Chickasaw \\(Alabama\\) and Brookley, the USAF control tower operators, an AFOSI officer, and other people see 6 objects, ranging from a flaming red to a diamond-like sparkling appearance, hovering, erratically flying up and down for 1 hour and 15 minutes. (9:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2006 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1233"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/28/1952",
"basic_date": "8/28/1952",
"date": "8/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Le Roy \\(New York\\), a disc performs vertical loops around a passenger plane.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1234"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/28/1952",
"basic_date": "8/28/1952",
"date": "8/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Atlanta \\(Ga\\), the police are observing an unidentified object performing maneuvers.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1235"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/29/1952",
"basic_date": "8/29/1952",
"date": "8/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) West of Thule \\(Greenland, 77° North, 75° 15' West\\), 2 pilots of the [U.S. Navy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html) flying a P4Y-2 patrol plane observe for 2-3 minutes 3 white disk or sphere shaped objects remaining stationary, then flying very quickly in a triangular formation. (10:50)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1236"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/29/1952",
"basic_date": "8/29/1952",
"date": "8/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Colorado Springs, Colorado, pilot C. A. Magruder observed 3 objects, 50 feet in diameter, 10 feet high, appearing to be made of aluminum with a red-yellow exhaust, flying straight for 4-5 seconds at an estimated speed of 1500 mph. (8:35 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2013 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1237"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/29/1952",
"basic_date": "8/29/1952",
"date": "8/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Villacoublay \\(France\\), an unidentified blue light was observed by the military personnel of the weather station with a theodolite. It moved jerkily in the sky. At one point it appeared as a white luminous bar with black edges.",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1238"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/30/1952",
"basic_date": "8/30/1952",
"date": "8/30/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Mexico City, Mexico. (August 30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#1994 \\(part 2\\) unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1239"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1952",
"basic_date": "9/1/1952",
"date": "9/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Atlanta \\(Georgia\\), Miss William Davis and 9 other people observed a light, similar to the Big Dipper, moving up and down for a long time. (21 h 43)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1240"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1952",
"basic_date": "9/1/1952",
"date": "9/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Marietta \\(Georgia\\), someone observed through binoculars two large objects resembling tops and displaying red, blue and green colors, flying side by side, leaving a sparkling trail for 30 minutes.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1241"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1952",
"basic_date": "9/1/1952",
"date": "9/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A certain Bowman \\(former artillery officer\\) and 24 other people saw an object red, white, blue and green spinning and sending sparks for 15 minutes.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1242"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1952",
"basic_date": "9/1/1952",
"date": "9/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Marietta \\(Georgia\\), a B-25 x-AAF bomber observed 2 large white disk-shaped objects with a green vaporous trail flying in formation, merging, then flying away very quickly. (22 h 50)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2022 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1243"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1952",
"basic_date": "9/1/1952",
"date": "9/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Yaak, Montana, two USAF members visually observed two small lights of various colors become dark silhouettes at sunrise and fly erratically. Also tracked on radar by three men using the AN/FPS-3 radar set. (4:45)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2023 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1244"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/2/1952",
"basic_date": "9/2/1952",
"date": "9/2/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Chicago \\(Illinois\\), the Turason radar detector \\(controlled ground approach\\) of Midway Airport detects, for 8 hours, 40 targets flying in various directions, up to 175 mph, of which 2 seem to be flying in formation with a DC-6. (September 2, 3:00)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2025 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1245"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/6/1952",
"basic_date": "9/6/1952",
"date": "9/6/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the USAF base in Lake Charles \\(Louisiana\\), Sergeant/T J. E. Wilson and 2 other enlisted men observed a light resembling a bright star moving in the sky for 2 hours. (1 h 30)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case n° 2045",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1246"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/6/1952",
"basic_date": "9/6/1952",
"date": "9/6/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tucson, Arizona, former Congress member Isabella King and Bill McClain observed an orange, teardrop-shaped object spinning on its vertical axis for 1.5 minutes, quickly descending, stopping, and then spinning back up its original path. (16 h 55)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2048, unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1247"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/7/1952",
"basic_date": "9/7/1952",
"date": "9/7/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In San Antonio \\(Texas\\), chemist J. W. Gibson and other people observe an object or an orange light \\(the color of 2000° F\\) exploding. The observation lasts according to the observers from 3 to 20 s. (September 7, 10:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) n° 2049 and n°2052 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1248"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/9/1952",
"basic_date": "9/9/1952",
"date": "9/9/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Rabat \\(French Morocco\\), E. J. Colisimo, a civilian illustrator for the USAF Intelligence, observed for 5 seconds a disc with lights on its circumference flying as fast as a T-33 training fighter, following a slightly curved trajectory. (9 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2062 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1249"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/9/1952",
"basic_date": "9/9/1952",
"date": "9/9/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Portland \\(Oregon\\), 2 oval objects were observed with an aerial projector.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1250"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/12/1952",
"basic_date": "9/12/1952",
"date": "9/12/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Allen \\(Maryland\\), David Kolb from the [GOC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GOC.html) and his companion, saw a white light with a border and red streamers flying towards the Northeast for 35 minutes. (21:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2077 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1251"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/12/1952",
"basic_date": "9/12/1952",
"date": "9/12/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Sutton \\(West Virginia\\), Kathleen May, her 5 children and Gene Lemon, National Guard soldier, meet the [\"monster\" of Flatwoods](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1952-09-12\\_Flatwoods.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1252"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/13/1952",
"basic_date": "9/13/1952",
"date": "9/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Allentown, Pennsylvania, W.A. Hobler, a private pilot flying a Beech Bonanza, observed for 2 seconds an object shaped like a large rugby ball, emitting a red-orange glow, descending and then rising directly in front of the witness aircraft. (7:40 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2085 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1253"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/13/1952",
"basic_date": "9/13/1952",
"date": "9/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beginning of the operation [Mainbrace](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Mainbrace.html). The Danish destroyer *Willemoes*, participating in the maneuvers, is located North of Bornholm Island. During the night, Lieutenant Commander Schmidt Jensen and some other crew members see an unidentified object, triangular in shape, moving at high speed towards the Southeast. The object emits a bluish glow. Commander Jensen estimates the speed at 900 miles/h.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1254"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/14/1952",
"basic_date": "9/14/1952",
"date": "9/14/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At White Lake \\(South Dakota\\), L. W. Barnes, a member of the [GOC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GOC.html), observed through binoculars for 30 to 40 minutes a red cigar-shaped object, with 3 smoke clouds behind it, flying towards the West, then South, and departing. (7 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2089 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1255"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/14/1952",
"basic_date": "9/14/1952",
"date": "9/14/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Santa Barbara, California, Tarbutton, pilot of the SAF C-54 transport plane, observed a white-bluish light moving horizontally for 30 seconds before moving upwards. (20:40)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2086 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1256"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/14/1952",
"basic_date": "9/14/1952",
"date": "9/14/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the North Atlantic, between Ireland and Greenland, members of military personnel from various countries aboard ships of the [NATO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NATO.html) [Operation Mainbrace](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Mainbrace.html) exercise see a blue-green triangle flying at 1500 mph; 3 objects in triangular formation emitting a blinding white light at 1500 mph..",
"ref": [
"event to be compared to [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) case \\#2087 unexplained but curiously dated September 14",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1257"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/14/1952",
"basic_date": "9/14/1952",
"date": "9/14/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the base of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) of Olmstead \\(Pennsylvania\\), the pilot of the N67977 aircraft of the *Flying Tiger Airlines* observes a blue light flying very quickly in a collision trajectory.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 2093 unexplained, the associated descriptive map indicates completely different information",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1258"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/14/1952",
"basic_date": "9/14/1952",
"date": "9/14/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in El Paso \\(Texas\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2092 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1259"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/15/1952",
"basic_date": "9/15/1952",
"date": "9/15/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Ciudad Jaurez \\(Mexico\\), consulting engineer R. J. Portis and 3 other colleagues observed 6 groups of 12 to 15 luminous spheres or discs, flying very quickly in variable formations, from an arc to an inverted \"Y\". (11:30 PM to 1:20 AM)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case = previous case?",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1260"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/16/1952",
"basic_date": "9/16/1952",
"date": "9/16/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Portland \\(Maine\\), the [U.S. Navy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html) crew of the P2V Neptune patrol plane observed a group of 5 lights for 20 minutes, and at the same time their weak echo on the radar. (18 h 22)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2099 unsolved, it is not excluded that they were USAF KC-97 planes involved in a refueling operation",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1261"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/16/1952",
"basic_date": "9/16/1952",
"date": "9/16/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Warner Robbins \\(Georgia\\), 3 officers of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) and 2 civilians observed for 15 minutes two white lights flying side by side at an estimated speed of 100 miles/h. (19:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2100 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1262"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/16/1952",
"basic_date": "9/16/1952",
"date": "9/16/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Belle Glade \\(Florida\\), a circular object with light streaks underneath it flew at low altitude. The cattle panicked.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1263"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/17/1952",
"basic_date": "9/17/1952",
"date": "9/17/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tucson, Arizona, Ted Hollingsworth and his companion observe for 2 minutes 2 groups of 3 large, flat, and shiny objects flying in tight formation: the first group slowly, the second faster. (September 17, 11:40 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2105 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1264"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/19/1952",
"basic_date": "9/19/1952",
"date": "9/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the North Sea during the [Mainbrace](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Mainbrace.html) operation, 3 photographs were taken from the aircraft carrier *USS Franklin D. Roosevelt* of a spherical UFO flying behind the [NATO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NATO.html) fleet..",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2087 unexplained?",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1265"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/19/1952",
"basic_date": "9/19/1952",
"date": "9/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As part of the [NATO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NATO.html) maneuvers, 2 officers and 3 men from the [RAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RAF.html) observed a UFO above the Dishforth airbase. Lieutenant John W. Kilburn's report states: As we watched the disc continue its course, we saw it slow down for a few seconds, then begin to descend. As it started to lose altitude, it began to flutter like a leaf, or, if you will, like a pendulum. The \"Meteor\" \\(a RAF jet fighter which the 5 men were following as it landed\\) banked to circle the field before landing. The object began to follow it, but after a few seconds stopped. It seemed to remain suspended in the sky, spinning like a top. Suddenly it accelerated and shot off at lightning speed to the West, where it disappeared..",
"ref": [
"Bourret 1976, interview with Aimé Michel",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1266"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/20/1952",
"basic_date": "9/20/1952",
"date": "9/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Topcliffe \\(Yorkshire, England\\), a silver disc follows a Meteor jet, descending with a pendulum motion (September 20)",
"ref": [
"See \"Operation Mainbrace\" chronology, Section XII.",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1267"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/21/1952",
"basic_date": "9/21/1952",
"date": "9/21/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During the [Mainbrace](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Mainbrace.html) operation, 6 fighters gave chase to a spherical and shining UFO.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1268"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/21/1952",
"basic_date": "9/21/1952",
"date": "9/21/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Morocco, UFOs appear above Tangier, Marrakech and Casablanca. West of Nefik, a flying disc at high speed changes shape to that of an ellipse and suddenly stops while explosion noises are heard. Then it resumes its journey at the same speed, in the same direction, and as bright as before.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1269"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/22/1952",
"basic_date": "9/22/1952",
"date": "9/22/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Fairfax County \\(Virginia\\), police observe 3 to 4 UFOs maneuvering erratically. (September 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1270"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/23/1952",
"basic_date": "9/23/1952",
"date": "9/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Gander Lake in Newfoundland \\(Canada\\), the USAF Pepperell base operations officer and 7 other campers observed a bright white light reflecting on the lake, flying horizontally for 10 minutes at about 100 miles/h. (September 23)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2119 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1271"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/24/1952",
"basic_date": "9/24/1952",
"date": "9/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During the [Mainbrace](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Mainbrace.html) operation, an UFO was seen at sea and pursued by a *Meteor* fighter from the [RAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RAF.html) based at Topcliffe continental base.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1272"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/24/1952",
"basic_date": "9/24/1952",
"date": "9/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Charleston, West Virginia, the crew of a USAF B-29 bomber observed numerous luminous metallic particles or flashes, some up to 3 inches in diameter, following the aircraft for 15 minutes. (3:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2124 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1273"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/26/1952",
"basic_date": "9/26/1952",
"date": "9/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Atlantic \\(41' North - 35' West, 400 miles North-Northwest of the Azores Islands\\), the pilot, co-pilot, engineer and commander of a USAF C-124 transport aircraft observe two distinct green lights on the right and slightly above the C-124, which at one point seem to rotate around it. The lights take turns in the direction of the movements during the observation which lasts more than 1 hour. (September 26, 11:16 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2126 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1274"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/27/1952",
"basic_date": "9/27/1952",
"date": "9/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Inyokern \\(California\\), two couples using a 5x telescope observed a large, round object, sweeping through the spectrum of colors every 2 seconds, and flying horizontally for 15 minutes. (September 27th, 10 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2128 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1275"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/28/1952",
"basic_date": "9/28/1952",
"date": "9/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Poland, Sweden, Denmark and Northern Germany make many observations. Reports describe saucers, spheres, and cigar-shaped objects. (September 28)",
"ref": [
"Vallée, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, page 62",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1276"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/29/1952",
"basic_date": "9/29/1952",
"date": "9/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Aurora \\(Colorado\\) B. R. Hughes, Sergeant/T. of the USAF, observed 5 or 6 circular objects, intensely white but not dazzling, flying in a line formation for 5 to 6 minutes. (15:15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1277"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/29/1952",
"basic_date": "9/29/1952",
"date": "9/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Rochester \\(England\\), people saw 2 flat objects remain stationary for 3 minutes, then quickly leave. They reported their testimony to the Rochester police station. (15 h 55)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) n° 2136 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1278"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/29/1952",
"basic_date": "9/29/1952",
"date": "9/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Southern Pines \\(North Carolina\\), C.H. Stevens, 1st Lieutenant of the [U.S. Army](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USArmy.html) Reserve and two other people observe a green ellipse with a long trail orbiting for 15 minutes. (8:15 PM)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case no. 2140",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1279"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/30/1952",
"basic_date": "9/30/1952",
"date": "9/30/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Denver \\(\"California\", per Blue Book\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2138 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1280"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/30/1952",
"basic_date": "9/30/1952",
"date": "9/30/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the base of the USAF Edwards \\(California\\), an aviation photographer and other people observe 2 discs alternating between stationary flight and erratic movement.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1281"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/1/1952",
"basic_date": "10/1/1952",
"date": "10/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the USAF base in Shaw \\(South Carolina\\), 1st Lieutenant of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) T. J. Pointek is piloting a RF-80 reconnaissance jet when he sees a bright white light. For 23 minutes he attempts to intercept it as it flies horizontally, then vertically and hovers, then ends with a sharp turn. (18 h 57)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book [case](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1282"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/1/1952",
"basic_date": "10/1/1952",
"date": "10/1/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Pascagoula \\(Mississippi\\), C. C. McLean, his companion, and another person observed a round, milky white, powdery cloud-shaped object hovering for 5 to 10 minutes, then flying away very quickly in an arcing trajectory. A very loud noise was heard at the beginning of the observation, which lasted 22 minutes. (7:40 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2143 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1283"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/2/1952",
"basic_date": "10/2/1952",
"date": "10/2/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On Sunshine Road, Melbourne \\(Australia\\), 2 teenagers out for a nighttime stroll heard a whistling sound and saw a red and blue UFO flying at low altitude and rushing towards them. They ran to hide. (October 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1284"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/6/1952",
"basic_date": "10/6/1952",
"date": "10/6/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Draguignan \\(France\\), sighting by [F. Cavasse](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/pilotes.html\\#CavasseF) and M. Clément. (October 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1285"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1952",
"basic_date": "10/7/1952",
"date": "10/7/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Alamogordo, New Mexico, Bagnell, a lieutenant in the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html), observed a pale blue oval, its longest axis vertical, flying horizontally for 4-5 seconds, covering an arc of 30 seconds during this time. (20:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2150 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1286"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1952",
"basic_date": "10/7/1952",
"date": "10/7/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) see October 17th.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1287"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/10/1952",
"basic_date": "10/10/1952",
"date": "10/10/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Otis \\(Massachusetts\\), a USAF sergeant and two other enlisted men saw a bright white light blinking for 20 minutes, making a pendulum motion, then suddenly taking off into the air. (October 10, 6:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2155 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1288"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/10/1952",
"basic_date": "10/10/1952",
"date": "10/10/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Albert Chop](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ChopAlbertM.html), a member of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project, wrote to the Air Force Chief of Staff, with a copy to the [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html), that nearly 20% of UFO sightings cannot be associated with familiar things. These conclusions are in agreement with those of the [Sign](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sign.html) project.",
"ref": [
"MUFON UJ 123",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1289"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1952",
"basic_date": "10/11/1952",
"date": "10/11/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Newport News \\(Virginia\\), an observer of the [GOC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GOC.html) sees an object shaped like a disk with a dome. (October 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1290"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/12/1952",
"basic_date": "10/12/1952",
"date": "10/12/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Palo Alto \\(California\\), observation of a V-shaped formation of 6 apparent discs. (October 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1291"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/13/1952",
"basic_date": "10/13/1952",
"date": "10/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Oshima \\(Japan\\), an Air Force pilot and an engineer see a round object in a cloud formation. The object takes an elliptical shape, and disappears in a few seconds at high speed. (October 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1292"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/17/1952",
"basic_date": "10/17/1952",
"date": "10/17/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Oloron-Sainte-Marie \\(Pyrénées Atlantiques / Pays Basque\\), Mr. [Prigent](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1952-10-17\\_Oloron.html) and his family observe flying objects in the shape of cigars and luminous balls. \"Virgin's threads\" are found on the ground, disintegrating in a few hours. The observation is confirmed by the radars of the nearby Mont-de-Marsan station. (0 h 50)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1293"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/17/1952",
"basic_date": "10/17/1952",
"date": "10/17/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Taos, New Mexico, 4 officers of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) observed a round, bright blue light moving on a North-Northeast axis at an elevation of 45° for 2 to 3 seconds before burning out. (21 h 15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2171, unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1294"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/17/1952",
"basic_date": "10/17/1952",
"date": "10/17/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Killeen \\(Texas\\), Ministers Greenwalt and Kluck see 10 lights, or a rectangle of lights, moving more or less horizontally for 5 s. (22 h 15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) n° 2172 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1295"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/17/1952",
"basic_date": "10/17/1952",
"date": "10/17/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Tierra Amarilla \\(New Mexico\\), a military observer saw a white pot-like object moving at an estimated speed of 3000 miles/h, covering an arc of 20 s. (23 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2173 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1296"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/19/1952",
"basic_date": "10/19/1952",
"date": "10/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Pacific \\(12-17' North/155-35' West, 500 miles south of Hawaii\\), the crew of a USAF C-50 transport aircraft observed a round yellow light, with a pulsating red border, estimated to be 100 m in diameter, flying for 20 s between 300 and 400 knots \\(350-450 mph\\). (18 h 58)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2175 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1297"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/19/1952",
"basic_date": "10/19/1952",
"date": "10/19/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In San Antonio \\(Texas\\), Woolsey, a former USAF aircrew member, sees 3 circular objects seemingly made of aluminum, one of which is olive-drab on the side, flying in a rough V formation. One object slowly turns, another stops, during the 3-4 minutes of observation. (13:30)",
"ref": [
"case Blue Book n° 2177, unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1298"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/21/1952",
"basic_date": "10/21/1952",
"date": "10/21/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Knoxville \\(Tennessee\\), people at the airport weather station observe 6 white lights flying without formation for 1 to 2 minutes, and making a slight dive towards a weather balloon. (October 21)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2179 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1299"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/24/1952",
"basic_date": "10/24/1952",
"date": "10/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Lieutenants Rau and Marcinko of the USAF, piloting a Beech T-ll training aircraft, observe an object shaped like a plate, with a bright front and blurry back, flying with its concave surface forward for 5 seconds. (October 24, 8:26 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2184 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1300"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1952",
"basic_date": "10/27/1952",
"date": "10/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Gaillac \\(France\\), hundreds of people observed 16 objects in formation, red globes with white Saturn rings and discs, surrounding a cylinder. It fell of angel/virgin hair which quickly sublimated.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1301"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1952",
"basic_date": "10/27/1952",
"date": "10/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A [memorandum](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/m271052.html) from the [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html) reports differences of opinion on the UFO phenomenon: despite the negative opinion of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) intelligence services, military personnel are firmly convinced of the extraterrestrial nature of the observed devices.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1302"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/29/1952",
"basic_date": "10/29/1952",
"date": "10/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Erding Air Depot \\(West Germany\\), Sgts. Anderson and A2C Max Handy of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) observed the silhouette of a round object against a cloud, flying horizontally and smoothly at about 400 mph for 20 seconds. (7:50)",
"ref": [
"unexplained Blue Book case \\#2196",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1303"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/29/1952",
"basic_date": "10/29/1952",
"date": "10/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Richmond \\(Virginia\\), a pilot of Venezuelan airlines sees a bright object pass him.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1304"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/29/1952",
"basic_date": "10/29/1952",
"date": "10/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Hempstead, L. I. \\(New York\\), 2 pilots of F-94 see an object maneuvering at high speed.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1305"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/31/1952",
"basic_date": "10/31/1952",
"date": "10/31/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Explosion of the first American H-bomb at Bikini.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1306"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/31/1952",
"basic_date": "10/31/1952",
"date": "10/31/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Fayetteville, Georgia, USAF Lieutenant James Allen observed an orange object shaped like a \"blimp\", 80 feet long and 20 feet high, flying at the height of the treetops, passing over Allen's car \\(his radio stopped at that moment\\), then making an incredible 45° ascent at the end of the 1 minute observation. (7:40 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2200 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1307"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/3/1952",
"basic_date": "11/3/1952",
"date": "11/3/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Laredo \\(Texas\\), two operators of the control tower, including one Lemaster, saw for 3 to 4 seconds a long and elliptical light of a grayish white flying very quickly, stopping, then increasing its speed. (November 3, 6:29 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 2202 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1308"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/4/1952",
"basic_date": "11/4/1952",
"date": "11/4/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Election of [Eisenhower](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/EisenhowerDwightDavid.html) to the presidency of the United States. [Nixon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/dirigeants.html\\#NixonRichardMilhous) is Vice President.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1309"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/4/1952",
"basic_date": "11/4/1952",
"date": "11/4/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Vineland \\(New Jersey\\), Ms. Sprague, a housewife, saw for 30 s two groups of 2 to 3 light discs spinning, flying towards the Southeast. (17 h 40)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) n° 2206 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1310"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/12/1952",
"basic_date": "11/12/1952",
"date": "11/12/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Los Alamos \\(New Mexico\\), a security inspector sees 4 red-white-green lights flying slowly over a restricted area for 15 minutes. (November 12, 10:23 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) n° 2219 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1311"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/13/1952",
"basic_date": "11/13/1952",
"date": "11/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Opheim, Montana, the USAF 779th AC&W station's FPS/3 \\(PPI\\) radar detected unexplainable echoes for 1 hour and 28 minutes at an altitude of 158,000 feet \\(30 miles\\) and a speed of 240 miles/hour. (2:20)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2220 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1312"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/13/1952",
"basic_date": "11/13/1952",
"date": "11/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Glasgow \\(Montana\\), Earl Oksendahl, an observer from the US Weather Bureau, saw 5 oval-shaped objects with lights around them, flying in a V formation for 20 seconds. Each object seemed to change its vertical position by going up or down as if to maintain the formation. The formation came from the Northwest, made a 90° turn and flew away to the Southwest. (2 h 43)",
"ref": [
"unexplained [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1313"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/15/1952",
"basic_date": "11/15/1952",
"date": "11/15/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Wichita \\(Kansas\\), Majors R.L. Wallander, Captain Belleman, and A/3rd Class Phipps of the USAF observed for 3 to 5 minutes an orange object \\(a blue band?\\) changing shape, and performing jerky ascents with pauses of 10 to 15 seconds. (November 15, 7:02)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2224 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1314"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/16/1952",
"basic_date": "11/16/1952",
"date": "11/16/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Landrum \\(South Carolina\\), hundreds of people see a large disc, also observed by an air traffic controller with binoculars. (November 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1315"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/18/1952",
"basic_date": "11/18/1952",
"date": "11/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Briefing](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJDocs.html) of President [Eisenhower](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/EisenhowerDwightDavid.html) on extraterrestrial presence and [MJ-12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJ-12.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1316"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/18/1952",
"basic_date": "11/18/1952",
"date": "11/18/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Italy, farmer Nello Ferrari of Castelfranco is suddenly bathed in red light. Looking up, he sees at 9m from the ground a large disc \\(20m\\) of a color between copper and gold, whose underside is equipped with a rotating cylinder --- which makes noises similar to those of an electric motor. The UFO is topped with a turret from which 3 beings observe him frankly. They look perfectly human. The cylinder retracts and the craft quickly takes off vertically.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1317"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/20/1952",
"basic_date": "11/20/1952",
"date": "11/20/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [George Adamski](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AdamskiGeorge.html) meets his first Venusian in the Mojave Desert in California. (November 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1318"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/22/1952",
"basic_date": "11/22/1952",
"date": "11/22/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Bocaranga, the discs observed by Father Carlos Maria dance a ballet of short circular movements, lighting up like suns at each start, illumination that totally disappears when stopped. (November 22)",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1319"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/23/1952",
"basic_date": "11/23/1952",
"date": "11/23/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Belle-Ile-en-Mer \\(Morbihan\\), on the road to Locmaria, at the place called \"La Butte\", Mr. Gauci sees a luminous ball with a diameter 10 times greater than that of the full Moon. It sometimes seems to flatten, losing its orange tint to become whitish. It descends slightly, stops, returns to the right and rises to its starting point. It does this maneuver 4 or 5 times then disappears towards the southwest. (November 23)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1966",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1320"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/24/1952",
"basic_date": "11/24/1952",
"date": "11/24/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Annandle \\(Virginia\\), L. L' Brettner observed for 1 hour a round and pulsating object flying very quickly, making [right angle turns](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Virages.html) and reversing its course. (November 24, 6:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2246 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1321"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/26/1952",
"basic_date": "11/26/1952",
"date": "11/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(Beginning on the 25th\\) In the Panama Canal zone, 2 UFOs are detected by a defense radar.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1322"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/26/1952",
"basic_date": "11/26/1952",
"date": "11/26/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Phoenix Gazette* headlines: Passenger of a saucer claims atomic explosions are the reason for his visits.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1323"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/27/1952",
"basic_date": "11/27/1952",
"date": "11/27/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Albuquerque, New Mexico, the pilot and crew chief of a USAF B-26 bomber observed for 20 minutes a series of black smoke explosions \\(4-3-3-4-3\\), similar to an anti-aircraft fire. (November 27, 0:10 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2249 unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1324"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/30/1952",
"basic_date": "11/30/1952",
"date": "11/30/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Washington, D.C., operators at Washington National Airport detect radar echoes similar to those of July 26th. (November 30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2253 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1325"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/4/1952",
"basic_date": "12/4/1952",
"date": "12/4/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Laredo \\(Texas\\), the pilot of an USAF F-51 takes on a shiny white object making tight turns and passing in front of the fighter. (December 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1326"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/6/1952",
"basic_date": "12/6/1952",
"date": "12/6/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Gulf of Mexico, a B-29 bomber, after a night flight exercise in Florida, is heading to its base in Texas. The plane is 160 km from the coast of Louisiana, 160 km from Galveston, and at an altitude of 5400 m. The moonlight is intense. (5:24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1327"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/6/1952",
"basic_date": "12/6/1952",
"date": "12/6/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The first of the 3 \"unknowns\" appears on the B-29's radar, heading straight for the bomber. These 3 UFOs pass close by without damage and the crew estimates their speed at 8440 km/h. A few moments later, 4 new UFOs appear following the same trajectory, and this time the crew sees them. (5:25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1328"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/6/1952",
"basic_date": "12/6/1952",
"date": "12/6/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Two more UFOs rush towards the B-29 at the same speed and pass it. Then 5 UFOs appear on the radar; they are behind the bomber and follow a trajectory perpendicular to its own. They suddenly make a hook, head towards the B-29, and slow down for 10 seconds before turning. Then a huge spot appears on the radar screen. The smaller UFOs, without slowing down their speed, leave the screen at a speed calculated at 14500 km/h. All 3 of the B-29's radar devices were working perfectly and all showed the same thing. (5:31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1329"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/8/1952",
"basic_date": "12/8/1952",
"date": "12/8/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Ladd \\(Alaska\\), pilot and 1st Lieutenant D. Dickman and radar operator and 1st Lieutenant T. Davies observed for 10 minutes from their USAF F-94 interceptor \\(serial number 49-2522\\) a white and oval light, which became red at higher altitude, flew horizontally for 2 minutes, then ascended at a phenomenal speed with an erratic trajectory. (8:16 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2267 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1330"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/8/1952",
"basic_date": "12/8/1952",
"date": "12/8/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Chicago \\(Illinois\\), an aircraft is accompanied by a row of unidentified lights.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1331"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/9/1952",
"basic_date": "12/9/1952",
"date": "12/9/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) From their USAF T-33 training jet, Captain Bridges and 1st Lieutenant Johneon observe for 10 minutes 4 bright lights in diamond formation flying at 400 mph. They are passed by the T-33 at 450 mph. (December 9, 5:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case Blue Book \\#2266, unexplained",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1332"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/10/1952",
"basic_date": "12/10/1952",
"date": "12/10/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Hanford \\(Washington\\), a round white object with \"windows\" is observed and detected on radar. (10 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1333"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/12/1952",
"basic_date": "12/12/1952",
"date": "12/12/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the premises of the [ATIC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ATIC.html), the latter, the [CIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIA.html) and the [BMI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BMI.html) meet to discuss the UFO problem. Representatives of the [BMI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BMI.html) strongly recommend that a scientific panel not be set up until the results of their study of the sighting reports collected by the [ATIC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ATIC.html) are available. (December 12)",
"ref": [
"[Pentacle Memo](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Documents/Officiels/1953-01-09\\_Pentacle.html)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1334"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/13/1952",
"basic_date": "12/13/1952",
"date": "12/13/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [George Adamski](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AdamskiGeorge.html) meets his Venusian again at Palomar Gardens \\(USA\\). The latter takes him for a ride behind the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Lune.html). (December 13, 9:10 AM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1335"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/15/1952",
"basic_date": "12/15/1952",
"date": "12/15/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Goose Bay \\(Labrador\\), a reddish object is observed and detected on [radar](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Radar.html). It turns white when maneuvering. (December 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1336"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/15/1952",
"basic_date": "12/15/1952",
"date": "12/15/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A press release from President [Truman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TrumanHarryS.html) declared: \"These unexplained phenomena are neither a secret weapon, nor a rocket, nor a new type of experimental aircraft.\"",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1337"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/28/1952",
"basic_date": "12/28/1952",
"date": "12/28/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Marysville \\(California\\). (December 28)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2302 unexplained, missing from official records",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1338"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1952",
"basic_date": "12/29/1952",
"date": "12/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Northern Japan, a colonel and other USAF pilots detect a rotating object on radar. (December 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1339"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1952",
"basic_date": "12/29/1952",
"date": "12/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The US authorities enact a law, [JANAP 146](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/janp1462.html), including the directive [AFR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#AFR) 200-2.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1340"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1952",
"basic_date": "12/29/1952",
"date": "12/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On the coast of Korea, an American aviator makes a short reconnaissance with other aircraft. He takes his jet into a cloud and no one ever sees the pilot again, considered an ace of war.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1341"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1952",
"basic_date": "12/29/1952",
"date": "12/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [IFSB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IFSB.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1342"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1952",
"basic_date": "12/29/1952",
"date": "12/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 2 bodies are recovered in Spitzbergen \\(Norway\\) following a crash.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1343"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1952",
"basic_date": "12/29/1952",
"date": "12/29/1952",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A B-29 Superfortress flying north of Hokkaido \\(Japan\\) is being tracked as usual by the radars that have taken it in charge. Suddenly, these tracking stations detect an unknown aircraft entering the radar field. Its echo is getting closer to the Superfortress, then seems to merge with it. At the same time, the pilots send out a distress call, then silence. Despite the searches carried out to find the wreckage of the two aircrafts probably collided, not a trace is found.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1952.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1344"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/1/1953",
"basic_date": "1/1/1953",
"date": "1/1/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Craig \\(Montana\\), Warner Anderson and 2 women observed for 10 seconds a silver saucer-shaped object with a reddish base, flying over a river and then quickly rising while remaining in a horizontal position. (January 1st, 8:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2315 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1345"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/3/1953",
"basic_date": "1/3/1953",
"date": "1/3/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the 4602nd [AISS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AISS.html). (3 January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1346"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/8/1953",
"basic_date": "1/8/1953",
"date": "1/8/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Larson \\(Washington\\) USAF base, men of the 82nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, including the squadron leader, observed from the ground a green, disk or round-shaped object flying in a south-west direction for 15 minutes, with vertical and lateral wave-like movements, behind the clouds. (January 8, 7:15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2323 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1347"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/9/1953",
"basic_date": "1/9/1953",
"date": "1/9/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drafting of the [\"Pentacle memo\"](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Documents/Officiels/1953-01-09\\_Pentacle.html). (January 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1348"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/10/1953",
"basic_date": "1/10/1953",
"date": "1/10/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Sonoma, California, retired Colonel Robert McNab and Mr. Hunter of the *Federal Security Agency* observed a flat object, like a pinhead, make a 360° turn in 9 seconds, make sharp 90° turns to the right and left, stop, accelerate, and finally fly vertically out of sight after 60 to 75 seconds. (January 10, 3:45 or 4:00 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2326 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1349"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/10/1953",
"basic_date": "1/10/1953",
"date": "1/10/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A memorandum from the British Air Ministry orders RAF personnel to ensure that UFO sighting data is not disclosed to the public.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1350"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/18/1953",
"basic_date": "1/18/1953",
"date": "1/18/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meetings of the [Commission Robertson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Robertson.html). (13-18 January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1351"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/17/1953",
"basic_date": "1/17/1953",
"date": "1/17/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Guatemala City \\(Guatemala\\) geologist and salesman J. J. Sackett observed for 22 seconds a bright green/gold object in the shape of a \"Goodyear blimp\" twice as long as it was high, flying horizontally at 400 miles/h, stopping, then flying away with a stop. (January 17, 3:55 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 2337 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1352"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/28/1953",
"basic_date": "1/28/1953",
"date": "1/28/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Point Mugu \\(Mugu?\\), California, R. W. Love, owner of the *Love Diving Co.*, tasked with recovering radio-controlled drones, observed for 6 minutes a flat white disc flying horizontally above him. (13 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2361 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1353"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/28/1953",
"basic_date": "1/28/1953",
"date": "1/28/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Corona \\(California\\), Sergeant/T. George Beyer of the USAF observed for 12 minutes 5 green spheres of 25 feet flying in a \"V\" formation, then passing into a single file formation and becoming red. (18 h 05)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2364 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1354"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/28/1953",
"basic_date": "1/28/1953",
"date": "1/28/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Albany \\(Georgia\\), the maintenance staff of the radar detected a stationary target for 20 minutes. At the same time, a visual observation was made which was explained.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2365 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1355"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/28/1953",
"basic_date": "1/28/1953",
"date": "1/28/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Starting of the supposed project [Aquarius](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Aquarius.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1356"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1953",
"basic_date": "1953",
"date": "Early 1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A group of USAF intelligence officers linked to the [UFO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#UFO) project prepare to release their most astounding cases, as well as photos of unexplained UFOs. No final conclusion is expected, although the data released strongly points to an interplanetary answer. At the last moment, fears of high-ranking officers abort the project. (Early 1953)",
"ref": [
"Keyhoe, *Someone's Watching Over Us*, *The True Report on Flying Saucers*, 1967",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1357"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1953",
"basic_date": "1953",
"date": "Early 1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Albert Bender](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BenderAlbertK.html), editor of a UFO journal called *Space Review*, publishes a statement where he claims to have come across information that could solve the UFO mystery but cannot publish it because he was ordered not to. He ends his statement with an extreme cautionary recommendation to other UFO enthusiasts, and stops his publications.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1358"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/3/1953",
"basic_date": "2/3/1953",
"date": "2/3/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Keflavik \\(Iceland\\), radar operators detect 4 unidentified targets for 24 minutes. (February 3, 5:25 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2384 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1359"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/4/1953",
"basic_date": "2/4/1953",
"date": "2/4/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Yuma \\(Arizona\\), U.S. Weather Bureau observer Stanley Brown spotted with a theodolite a white oblong object flying upwards, hovering, and being joined by a second similar object. Twice, the second one flew away and rejoined the first. After 5 minutes, the two objects were lost from sight behind the clouds. (February 4, 1:50 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2388 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1360"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/7/1953",
"basic_date": "2/7/1953",
"date": "2/7/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The English cargo ship *Ranee* discovers a motorboat drifting between the Nicobar and Andaman Islands: the *Holchu.* The crew has disappeared. The boat is in excellent condition. It is abundantly supplied with food, water and fuel. A meal has even been prepared in the kitchen and is ready to be served. The radio works. No signs of struggle or disorder are found. (February 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1361"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/7/1953",
"basic_date": "2/7/1953",
"date": "2/7/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Malacca Strait, the motorboat *Holchu* is found completely empty, drifting and in perfect condition.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1362"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/17/1953",
"basic_date": "2/17/1953",
"date": "2/17/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Port Austin \\(Michigan\\), 2 officers and 3 airmen from the USAF AC&W squadron observe an object larger and brighter than a star. Furthermore, it changes color. It moves slowly for 5 minutes until 10:09 PM. The radar picks up a target at 10:08 PM. The object moves in the same direction as them for 17 minutes, at a similar speed. (February 17, 10:04 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2419 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1363"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/20/1953",
"basic_date": "2/20/1953",
"date": "2/20/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Pittsburg-Stockton \\(California\\), the pilots of a USAF B-25 observed a bright yellow light for 8 minutes.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2426 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1364"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/20/1953",
"basic_date": "2/20/1953",
"date": "2/20/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Still in Pittsburg-Stockton \\(California\\), after their first observation, the same pilots saw a bright light flying with a collision trajectory, weaken and then rise very quickly. (22:30)",
"ref": [
"same case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2426 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1365"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/24/1953",
"basic_date": "2/24/1953",
"date": "2/24/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Sherman \\(Texas\\), Adjutant Alden and his companion saw for 3 to 7 seconds 2 round objects of a bright red color, with a large halo, flying in small circles, then ascending and disappearing into the sky. (February 24, 7:43 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2441 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1366"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/27/1953",
"basic_date": "2/27/1953",
"date": "2/27/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Shreveport \\(Louisiana\\), an USAF enlistee and private pilot observed 5 yellow discs performing circular maneuvers, pulsating. 3 of them vanished into the sky, and the other 2 flew erratically. The observation lasted 4 minutes. (February 27th, 11:58 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2543 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1367"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/28/1953",
"basic_date": "2/28/1953",
"date": "2/28/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Beirut, Mr. Daurces, an engineer, observes a real parade of unidentified objects above the city. By making small movements with the binoculars he has equipped himself with, he obtains discontinuous lines that lead him to deduce that the light is emitted at a frequency of 100 to 150 periods/s. (February 28)",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1368"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1953",
"basic_date": "3/1953",
"date": "3/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The UFO observed on March 3. See photo at images/1953-03-03.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1369"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/5/1953",
"basic_date": "3/5/1953",
"date": "3/5/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of Stalin, succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev. (March 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1370"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/11/1953",
"basic_date": "3/11/1953",
"date": "3/11/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Hackettstown \\(New Jersey\\), Nina Cook, an experienced private pilot and wife of an aeronautical engineer from Pan Am, sees a large light flickering between 10 and 15 times per minute, moving up and down along a mountain range. (March 11, 4am)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2490 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1371"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/14/1953",
"basic_date": "3/14/1953",
"date": "3/14/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Sea of Japan north of Hiroshima \\(37° 25' North, 132° 25' East\\), the 10 crew members of a U.S. Navy [P2V-5 patrol plane](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html) observe for 5 minutes groups of 5 to 10 colored lights, between 90 and 100 in total, slowly moving to the left of the aircraft. They are also detected by the onboard radar. (March 14, 11:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2496 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1372"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/15/1953",
"basic_date": "3/15/1953",
"date": "3/15/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First launch of the R-5 rocket of [Korolev](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KorolevSerguei.html). (March 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1373"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/21/1953",
"basic_date": "3/21/1953",
"date": "3/21/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Elmira \\(New York\\), a GOC observation post spotted 6 discs flying in a group quickly and at high altitude for a few seconds. (March 21, 3:05 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2511 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1374"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/25/1953",
"basic_date": "3/25/1953",
"date": "3/25/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In San Antonio \\(Texas\\), the USAF captain and D. E. Cox and his companion observed for 1.5 hours several lights, some moving in a straight line, others performing 360° turns. (March 25, 3:05 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2521 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1375"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/27/1953",
"basic_date": "3/27/1953",
"date": "3/27/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Mont Taylor \\(New Mexico\\), the pilot of an USAF F-86 fighter jet flying at 600 knots \\(700 mph\\) observed an orange luminous circle flying at 800 knots \\(900 mph\\) and performing 3 rapid rolls. The pilot chased the object for 4 minutes. (March 27, 7:25 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2524 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1376"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/29/1953",
"basic_date": "3/29/1953",
"date": "3/29/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Spooner \\(Wisconsin\\), L. C. Gillette, observed for 50 minutes a circular object seeming to be made of aluminum flying quickly at high altitude, and reversing its course twice. Gillette reported the observation of a similar object in 1938. (March 29, 3:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2526 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1377"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1953",
"basic_date": "1953",
"date": "Spring 1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) UFOs above Moscow \\(Russia\\) drop angel hair. (Spring)",
"ref": [
"*Clypeus*, December 1967",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1378"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/3/1953",
"basic_date": "4/3/1953",
"date": "4/3/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Allen Dulles](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DullesAllenWelsh.html) renames the operation [Artichoke](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Artichoke.html) to [M-K-Ultra](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#MKUltra). (April 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1379"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/8/1953",
"basic_date": "4/8/1953",
"date": "4/8/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Fukuoka \\(Japan\\), 1st Lieutenant D. J. Pichon, pilot of an F-94B jet interceptor of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html), observed a bright blue light descending, accelerating, flying parallel to the F-94, increasing its speed and blinking before disappearing after 45s. (April 8, 7:55 PM)",
"ref": [
"unresolved Blue Book case n° 2535",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1380"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/15/1953",
"basic_date": "4/15/1953",
"date": "4/15/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tucson, Arizona, Sergeant/S V. A. Locey observed for approximately 3 minutes and 30 seconds 3 orange lights. (April 15, 5:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2542 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1381"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/18/1953",
"basic_date": "4/18/1953",
"date": "4/18/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Crash in Southwest Arizona. (April 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1382"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/29/1953",
"basic_date": "4/29/1953",
"date": "4/29/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Promulgation of the [AFR 200-5](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#AFR200-5). (April 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1383"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/1/1953",
"basic_date": "5/1/1953",
"date": "5/1/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Goose \\(Labrador\\), the pilots and radar operator of an F-94 USAF jet interceptor spot a white light, as well as a controller from the control tower. They pursue it for 30 minutes, but the object escapes their interception attempt. Near Brady \\(Montana\\), C. M. Tenney, who was returning from Great Falls and heading towards Conrad, saw an oval object following his car while balls of fire fell on the road. A little later that same day, a colonel called him to ask him to go to the Malmstrom Air Base the next day at 10am. Upon his arrival, he was escorted to a windowless building surrounded by a metal fence. He was asked to tell his story and sign a deposition. As he signed, he saw two men carrying laundry bags that would have contained the bodies of two humanoids. (May 1st, 11:35 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2555 unsolved",
"*National Tattler* of January 5, 1975",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1384"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/1/1953",
"basic_date": "5/1/1953",
"date": "5/1/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The crew of a *Fouga* from the Pau base \\(France\\) gave up pursuing a disc-shaped craft due to an unbearable heat felt in the aircraft.",
"ref": [
"[Jimmy Guieu](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GuieuJimmy.html), Black-out on Flying Saucers",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1385"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/1/1953",
"basic_date": "5/1/1953",
"date": "5/1/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Taking advantage of the wave of UFO sightings in England and more generally in Europe, the BBC re-edits the CBS and Orson Welles experience of 1938.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1386"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/5/1953",
"basic_date": "5/5/1953",
"date": "5/5/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Yuma \\(Arizona\\), chemist W. A. Webb observed an oblong white object in the sky. After 5 minutes, it moved, became circular and smaller. Webb then put on his Polaroid glasses and saw 3 concentric black rings around the object. He noticed no particular effect without the glasses, nor during the first phase of the observation. (May 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1387"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/20/1953",
"basic_date": "5/20/1953",
"date": "5/20/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Fritz Wermer, working in Nevada as part of a team of scientists whose mission is to scientifically estimate the damage caused by a strictly confidential nuclear test, is called by the physicist leading the research group and is given the order to board a special flight to Phoenix. From there, he is taken into the desert on a large bus whose windows have been made opaque, along with 15 other passengers. All are given the order to keep silent during the journey. (May 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1388"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/21/1953",
"basic_date": "5/21/1953",
"date": "5/21/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The group arrives and is escorted to a canyon near Kingman \\(Arizona\\), where huge spotlights illuminate a large disc embedded in the sand. The vessel, about 9 m in diameter, appears to be made of aluminum and forms an acute angle with the ground. Following the impact, the object sank 50 cm into the ground. It is guarded by military patrols. Werner is tasked with calculating the impact speed of the object. Inside there are 2 swivel chairs in an ovoid cabin equipped with many instruments. A tent is set up nearby to shelter the remains of the sole occupant. Once his report is submitted, he is taken back in the bus with blackened windows, awaiting departure for Nevada. Just before getting on the bus, he manages to take a quick look inside a tent. That's when he sees a being measuring 1.20 m, whose skin has a brownish appearance, wearing a silver suit and a cap. Signing a declaration keeping him in secrecy, Werner does not believe for a single moment that it is a top-secret American fighter jet - as the army claims. He contacts [Ray Fowler](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FowlerRaymondE.html) in the hope of clarifying this mysterious event. Unfortunately, he proves unable to help him. However, he will publish the declaration under Werner's seal in *Official UFO Magazine,* in April 1976. It will be 4 years later that another ufologist, named [Leonard Stringfield](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/StringfieldLeonardH.html), will be able to collect the testimony of a 2nd witness who seems to confirm in all points Werner's version. The witness, a former pilot of the National Guard, explains to [StringField](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/StringfieldLeonardH.html) who was, in the 1950s, stationed at the [Wright-Patterson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WrightPatterson.html) air base in Dayton \\(Ohio\\). It turns out that between 1948 and 1969, this base was jointly the headquarters of a UFO research project set up by the US government, as well as that of the [FTD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FTD.html). The [FTD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FTD.html) was tasked with training specialists in the study of enemy technology that fell into the hands of the Americans. Generally, these were Soviet MIG fighters that had crashed on American soil and were likely to provide information on enemy capabilities. But nothing says that this technology did not come from more exotic sources. According to the pilot, it was during the year 1953 that boxes containing debris recovered from the Arizona desert arrived at the [Wright-Patterson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WrightPatterson.html) base. Inside were the bodies of 3 strange beings --- measuring about 1.20 m tall, with incredibly large heads and skin like parchment. They had been packed in dry ice containers to preserve their tissues. Many other boxes followed, containing various pieces of wreckage. The pilot unfortunately did not have the opportunity to examine their contents, but he nevertheless remembered that some debris bore symbols similar to Sanskrit. (May 21st, evening)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1389"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/27/1953",
"basic_date": "5/27/1953",
"date": "5/27/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In San Antonio \\(Texas\\), numerous unidentified civilians, including one Jacobson, observe for about 15 minutes 9 distinct lights moving sinuously. (May 27th, 8:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2577 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1390"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/18/1953",
"basic_date": "6/18/1953",
"date": "6/18/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Houston \\(Texas\\), a human figure with wings identical to those of a bat dressed in tight black and surrounded by a strange halo frightened 3 people, including Mrs. Hilda Walker: \"I could see it very clearly and I could distinguish large folded wings on its shoulders. It was 6ft tall and perched on the branch of a pecan tree. Its halo of light slowly diminished and it disappeared. Immediately after, we heard a loud rustling noise above the houses on the other side of the street. And then there was a white torpedo-shaped flash. Howard Phillips, another witness, states: \"I may be crazy, but I saw it, whatever it was\". (June 18)",
"ref": [
"Keel 1975",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1391"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/19/1953",
"basic_date": "6/19/1953",
"date": "6/19/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery of 4 bodies following a crash in Laredo \\(Texas\\). (June 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1392"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/21/1953",
"basic_date": "6/21/1953",
"date": "6/21/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Naha \\(Okinawa\\), 9 Japanese weather observers from Okinawa see an unidentified light moving slowly for 20 minutes. (June 21, 7 PM)",
"ref": [
"unresolved Blue Book case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1393"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/22/1953",
"basic_date": "6/22/1953",
"date": "6/22/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Goose \\(Labrador, Canada\\), the pilot and radar operator of an USAF F-94 interceptor observe a red light flying at an estimated speed of 1000 knots \\(1100 mph\\). It escapes the F-94's interception attempt after 5 minutes. (June 22, 2? h 10)",
"ref": [
"unresolved Blue Book case n° 2601",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1394"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/24/1953",
"basic_date": "6/24/1953",
"date": "6/24/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Simiutak \\(Greenland\\), weather observer and 2nd Class R. A. Hill observed a red triangle hovering and rotating for 15 seconds, then ascending for 5 minutes. (11:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2606 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1395"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/24/1953",
"basic_date": "6/24/1953",
"date": "6/24/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Iwo Jima \\(Bonin Islands\\), the crew of the USAF KB-29 aerial refueling aircraft spotted an unidentified target on their radar which twice approached within 1/2 mile of their aircraft, and once within 6 miles. The observation lasted 2 minutes. (23:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2605 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1396"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1953",
"basic_date": "7/1953",
"date": "7/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Wollin \\(Poland\\), a 30 m metal object was seen by 5 Poles and 2 Germans as it landed in a field near the railway. It was spherical and surrounded by a flat disk with several openings. (At 7 PM)",
"ref": [
"Vallée, Passport to Magonia",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1397"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/10/1953",
"basic_date": "7/10/1953",
"date": "7/10/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery of 5 bodies following a crash in Johofnisburg \\([South Africa](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZA.html)\\). (July 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1398"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1953",
"basic_date": "7/27/1953",
"date": "7/27/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the Korean War. (July 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1399"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1953",
"basic_date": "1953",
"date": "Summer 1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Slobozia, Bucharest \\(Romania\\), on a sunny day Gabriela Dima, 6 years old \\(later an economics student\\), sees a strange object above the fields. In the middle of it there is a small green window and behind it a square face with strange eyes. The window then disappears and the object flies away without making a noise. (Summer, Morning)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1400"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/3/1953",
"basic_date": "8/3/1953",
"date": "8/3/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Amarillo, Texas, C. S. Brown, head of the airport control tower, observed a round and reflective or translucent object flying in a straight line, stopping for 7 seconds, leaving again, stopping again, being joined by a similar object and then leaving in different directions after 56 minutes. (August 3, 0:04)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2663 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1401"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/6/1953",
"basic_date": "8/6/1953",
"date": "8/6/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Rapid City \\(South Dakota\\), jets observe UFOs visually and on radar \\(investigated by the [Condon Commission](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html)\\). (5-6 August)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1402"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1953",
"basic_date": "8/20/1953",
"date": "8/20/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First launch of the Redstone. (August 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1403"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1953",
"basic_date": "8/20/1953",
"date": "8/20/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near the USAF base at Castle \\(California\\), the crew of a TB-29 bomber training aircraft observed an oval, gray object make 4 passes of their aircraft \\(3 times at a distance of 10 to 20 miles\\), then dive straight down as if it were two objects. (9:05 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2686 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1404"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1953",
"basic_date": "8/27/1953",
"date": "8/27/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Greensville \\(Mississippi\\), an USAF pilot, a Chief Sergeant and other people, observed from the ground a light making sinuous movements for 50 minutes. (August 27, 9:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2692 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1405"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/2/1953",
"basic_date": "9/2/1953",
"date": "9/2/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Sidi Slimane \\(French Morocco\\), sighting by Lieutenant Colonel William Moore and 1st Lieutenant J. H. McInnis. (2 September, 9:14 PM)",
"ref": [
"unresolved [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1406"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/3/1953",
"basic_date": "9/3/1953",
"date": "9/3/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Korolev announces in a service note that the launch of an elementary satellite *Prosteïchi* *Spoutnik* \\[ is envisaged by means of the R7 rocket, a launcher project developed by Korolev. (September 3)",
"ref": [
"which will give the Russian sign \"PS\"",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1407"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/3/1953",
"basic_date": "9/3/1953",
"date": "9/3/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Ruppelt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RuppeltEdwardJ.html), then director of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project, is relieved of his duties and leaves the military.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1408"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/17/1953",
"basic_date": "9/17/1953",
"date": "9/17/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Across the British Isles, many viewers saw on their television screens the logo and call sign of a Houston \\(Texas\\) transmitter: KLEE. Local transmitters were unable to quell the strong interference, which lasted 3 to 4 minutes each time. Upon investigation, this transmitter had been inactive for 3 years. A BBC spokesperson told reporters that in this case, we are faced with circumstances that contradict everything we know about television broadcasting. It is inconceivable that these signals could have traveled around the Earth from this transmitter which had last broadcast them 3 years prior. It is physically impossible that they were randomly reflected by some celestial body in our direction from such a great distance. This leaves only one possibility, however bizarre it may be, that these signals were sent back to us voluntarily by intelligent people of unknown origin and for reasons currently impossible to determine. (14-17 September)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1409"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/17/1953",
"basic_date": "9/17/1953",
"date": "9/17/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [New York Times](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/https://www.nytimes.com/) article from September 15th. See photo at images/1953-09-15\\_NewYorkTimes.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1410"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/13/1953",
"basic_date": "10/13/1953",
"date": "10/13/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery of 4 bodies following a crash in Dutton \\(Montana\\). (October 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1411"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/20/1953",
"basic_date": "11/20/1953",
"date": "11/20/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Report of personal observations of Lieutenant Jean Demery, from Air Base 107, at Villacoublay. (November 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1412"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/23/1953",
"basic_date": "11/23/1953",
"date": "11/23/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Disappearance of Kinross](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1953-11-23\\_Kinross.html). (November 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1413"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/23/1953",
"basic_date": "11/23/1953",
"date": "11/23/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Release of the film *The War of the Worlds* by Byron Haskin, adaptation of the H. G. Wells novella from [1898](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1898.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1414"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/23/1953",
"basic_date": "11/23/1953",
"date": "11/23/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Paul Paulin's photograph on December 29. See photo at images/1953.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1415"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/23/1953",
"basic_date": "11/23/1953",
"date": "11/23/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 4 *Thunderjet* of the Georgia Air National Guard crash in flames at an altitude of about 3500 m, all together. The weather was stormy, but just before the crash of the 4 aircraft, one of the pilots said: We can't miss it!",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1416"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/23/1953",
"basic_date": "11/23/1953",
"date": "11/23/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The US Inter-Service Command publishes the [JANAP 146](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/janp1462.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1417"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/17/1953",
"basic_date": "12/17/1953",
"date": "12/17/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Hassleholm \\(Sweden\\). (December 17)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2838 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1418"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/23/1953",
"basic_date": "12/23/1953",
"date": "12/23/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) René Coty is elected President of the Republic. (December 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1419"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/24/1953",
"basic_date": "12/24/1953",
"date": "12/24/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At El Cajon \\(California\\), U.S. Navy Lieutenants J. B. Howard and L. D. Linhard, piloting F9F-2 fighters, observed for 5 minutes 10 oval and silver objects flying in a straight line at more than 400 knots \\(450 mph\\). (December 24, 8:04 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2840 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1420"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/24/1953",
"basic_date": "12/24/1953",
"date": "12/24/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) UFO Squadron Flying Over the Vatican in St. Peter's Square. See photo at images/1953-12-25\\_Vatican.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1421"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/28/1953",
"basic_date": "12/28/1953",
"date": "12/28/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Marysville, California, Dick Brandt, director of Yuba County Airport, observed a saucer with a bright blue light, reflecting on a nearby building, remaining stationary. (December 28, 11:55)",
"ref": [
"[Blue Book case](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2844 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1422"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1953",
"basic_date": "12/29/1953",
"date": "12/29/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation photographed in Paris by Paul Paulin \\(see below\\). (3 h 45)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1423"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1953",
"basic_date": "12/29/1953",
"date": "12/29/1953",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On Radio Moscow: Flying saucers are mythical devices that take off from the pages of the bourgeois press every time the ruling circles of a certain capitalist country, on Washington's orders, try to get the people to accept the new burden of military spending.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1953.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1424"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1954",
"basic_date": "1/1954",
"date": "1/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Marignane \\(France\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1425"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1954",
"basic_date": "1/1954",
"date": "1/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Arras \\(France\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1426"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1954",
"basic_date": "1/1954",
"date": "1/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Lunéville \\(France\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1427"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1954",
"basic_date": "1/1954",
"date": "1/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Constantine \\(Algeria\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1428"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1954",
"basic_date": "1/1954",
"date": "1/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Sétif \\(Algeria\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1429"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1954",
"basic_date": "1/1954",
"date": "1/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Ouled Djellal \\(Algeria\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1430"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/28/1954",
"basic_date": "1/28/1954",
"date": "1/28/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Rangeley \\(Maine\\), [Wilhelm Reich](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/scientifiques.html\\#ReichWilhelm) observed two bright lights moving in the valley, in front of the mountain for 15 minutes. (January 28, 10:15)",
"ref": [
"unresolved Blue Book case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1431"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/3/1954",
"basic_date": "2/3/1954",
"date": "2/3/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Siege of Dien Bien Phu valley in northwestern Vietnam. (February 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1432"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/3/1954",
"basic_date": "2/3/1954",
"date": "2/3/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Lombez \\(Gers\\), after observing a stationary object at a very low altitude, vertically above a bridge, Mrs. Jandot and 3 other anonymous witnesses part in silence, a behavior that Mrs. Jandot herself cannot explain, to the point of finding it abnormal. Psychological effect? (14:00)",
"ref": [
"[LDLN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html) n° 176, p.15",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1433"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/15/1954",
"basic_date": "2/15/1954",
"date": "2/15/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Coniston \\(Cumbria, England\\), Stephen Darbishire \\(14 years old\\) and a friend were playing near the Old Man of Coniston when they noticed a strange misty object. Stephen managed to take 2 photos of the object with a Kodak box camera when it disappeared into the sky, resulting in 2 blurry photographs showing a \"classic\" saucer of the type of [Adamski](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AdamskiGeorge.html). He was put under strong pressure and admitted it was a hoax. (February 15th, 11am)",
"ref": [
"Mysterious Britain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1434"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/20/1954",
"basic_date": "2/20/1954",
"date": "2/20/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) President [Eisenhower](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/EisenhowerDwightDavid.html) disappears for 48 hours from his Palm Springs residence, missing a weekly press conference, offering embarrassed and contradictory explanations \\(an unfortunate swallowed chicken bone, and a lost filling requiring the intervention of a dentist\\). (February 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1435"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/24/1954",
"basic_date": "2/24/1954",
"date": "2/24/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) President [Eisenhower](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/EisenhowerDwightDavid.html) approves the recommendation of the [NSC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NSC.html) to build the [DEW](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#DEW) Line. (February 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1436"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/26/1954",
"basic_date": "2/26/1954",
"date": "2/26/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Newburyport \\(Massachusetts\\), architect R. M. Pierce, naval engineer George Avery and other people observe a silver disc, with a white band, emitting a very loud rumble for 30 to 60 seconds. (February 26, 2:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2913 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1437"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/2/1954",
"basic_date": "3/2/1954",
"date": "3/2/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Harrisburg \\(Pennsylvania\\) the research engineer R. C. Swengel observed 3 objects, each bearing 2 lights, flying straight at medium speed. (March 2, 10 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2923 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1438"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/5/1954",
"basic_date": "3/5/1954",
"date": "3/5/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Nouasseur \\(French Morocco\\), crews of USAF KC-97 tanker planes observe an object or light passing them by, another flying at their level. (March 5, 8 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2926 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1439"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/12/1954",
"basic_date": "3/12/1954",
"date": "3/12/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Nouasseur \\(French Morocco\\), 1st Lieutenant of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) Robert Johnson takes off in his F-86 to pursue an object moving at over 530 miles/h. For 30 seconds, he is unable to catch up to it. The object appears to be the size of a fighter jet but has neither tanks nor stripes. (March 12, 9:35 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2937 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1440"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/12/1954",
"basic_date": "3/12/1954",
"date": "3/12/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Santa Maria \\(Brazil\\), a man observes 2 occupants of an oval craft speaking a foreign language. The craft disappears instantly, without a sound.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1441"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/12/1954",
"basic_date": "3/12/1954",
"date": "3/12/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Captain [Charles Hardin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HardinCharles.html) becomes director of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1442"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/8/1954",
"basic_date": "4/8/1954",
"date": "4/8/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Chicago, Illinois, Lelah Stoker observed a round topped disc and a humanoid suspended below it, skimming the water, landing, and an occupant in a green suit walking around. The object quickly took off. (April 8(9?), 4:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2962 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1443"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/23/1954",
"basic_date": "4/23/1954",
"date": "4/23/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) F.E. Robinson and his wife observe for 4 minutes an object like a silver dollar with a dome and a pulsating light emitting a sound resembling a swarm of bees. It hovers and tilts, flies horizontally, then rises vertically without leaning. The stones below move. (April 23, 9:30 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2974 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1444"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/24/1954",
"basic_date": "4/24/1954",
"date": "4/24/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Hartland, Maine, D. Robinson observed for 15 minutes a large silver, oblong object with a dome and a pulsating light flying straight and then rising. (April 24, 6:10 PM)",
"ref": [
"unresolved Blue Book case",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1445"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/26/1954",
"basic_date": "4/26/1954",
"date": "4/26/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Athens \\(Georgia\\), C. Cartey, H. Hopkins, his wife and daughter observed for 10 seconds between 15 and 20 yellow objects flying in a south-north axis in a V formation. (April 26, 7:35 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2983 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1446"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1954",
"basic_date": "4/1954",
"date": "Late 4/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Bois-du-Champ \\(Vosges\\), Roger Rougeolle and Gilbert Doridant see a gigantic UFO in the shape of a dirigible, motionless a few centimeters from the ground. Its hull appears to be made of steel and to make sure, Rougeolle approaches it as closely as possible and tries to hit it with the flat of his axe. He finds himself thrown a few meters back by a force distributed uniformly over his body. The witness estimates that he felt a paralysis effect that immobilized him until the object left. (Late April, afternoon)",
"ref": [
"[LDLN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html) N° 275-276, p. 27",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1447"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1954",
"basic_date": "1954",
"date": "Spring 1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Menton \\(Alpes-de-Haute-Provence\\), a witness observed the occupant of a landed saucer take a tubular object attached to its belly \\(belt?\\) and direct it towards him, who felt paralyzed. Then, the witness lost consciousness. When he regained his senses, the saucer had taken off and was moving away from the witness. (2:40 AM)",
"ref": [
"[LDLN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html) n° 126, p. 8",
"Figuet, p. 169",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1448"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1954",
"basic_date": "1954",
"date": "Spring 1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) One Sunday morning, in Mattydale \\(New York State\\), in this suburb of Syracuse, an information specialist and his wife see an object about 6m in diameter on the ground. Several men are examining it and taking pictures. The next day, an officer told them it was a military secret. Later, the police denied the whole affair. (3am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1449"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/10/1954",
"basic_date": "5/10/1954",
"date": "5/10/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Elsinore \\(California\\), Squadron Leader of the US Marine Corps D. R. Higgin, at the controls of his F3D-2 jet, observed for a few seconds a metallic object in the shape of a delta, 22 feet long and 10 wide, with a fin at its top, descending with an angle of 25 to 300 below the leading aircraft of a formation, and above his aircraft. (May 10, 12:40)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2994 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1450"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/11/1954",
"basic_date": "5/11/1954",
"date": "5/11/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Washington National Airport, D.C., 3 USAF air police officers observe on 3 occasions for about 45 seconds, 2 bright lights flying straight, making a 90° turn, and gradually disappearing. (May 11, 10:45)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#2997 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1451"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/11/1954",
"basic_date": "5/11/1954",
"date": "5/11/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Donald Keyhoe](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KeyhoeDonaldEdward.html) announces that 2 artificial satellites are orbiting around the Earth; they defy the laws of physics and their orbit is very irregular. They are not man-made devices.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1452"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/22/1954",
"basic_date": "5/22/1954",
"date": "5/22/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At La Porte \\(Indiana\\), highway engineer R. W. Dring and engineer Geert Tibma observe the superficial ascent of a bright light for 45 seconds. (May 22, 9:15 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3009 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1453"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/31/1954",
"basic_date": "5/31/1954",
"date": "5/31/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Concord \\(New Hampshire\\), Miss L.K. Stevens observed an elongated and very white object flying extremely fast, then blinking after 8 to 10 seconds. (May 31, 10:15am)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3020 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1454"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1954",
"basic_date": "6/1954",
"date": "6/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The company Avro Canada releases a report titled Project Y2: Supersonic Flat-Wing Gyroplane with Vertical Takeoff and Landing.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1455"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/1/1954",
"basic_date": "6/1/1954",
"date": "6/1/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 400 miles south of Minneapolis \\(Minnesota\\), the crew of a USAF B-47 jet bomber at an altitude of 34000 feet observed for 1 hour an object with moving lights flying between 24000 and 44000 feet. (June 1st, 9 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3029 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1456"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/8/1954",
"basic_date": "6/8/1954",
"date": "6/8/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Texarkana \\(Texas\\), L.T. Prewitt, an employee of Red River Arsenal, observed for 2 minutes a yellow-golden light flying above his house, making a \"shhh\" or buzzing sound. (1 h (2 h 30?))",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3037 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1457"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/10/1954",
"basic_date": "6/10/1954",
"date": "6/10/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Estacado \\(Texas\\), USAF Captain Bill McDonald is in flight. He observes a white light descending at 45° from a high altitude, passing under his aircraft, making a 360° turn and leaving after 30s. (June 10, 9:09 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3042 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1458"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/11/1954",
"basic_date": "6/11/1954",
"date": "6/11/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Astronomer [Percy Wilkins](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/scientifiques.html\\#WilkinsHPercy) observes from an airplane 3 egg-shaped objects coming out of the clouds. (June 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1459"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/22/1954",
"basic_date": "6/22/1954",
"date": "6/22/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Miami Beach \\(Florida\\), US Marine Corps Major E. Buchser and Major J. V. Wilkins observe for 7 minutes an object similar to a [meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html) descending, stopping, and becoming extremely bright. (June 22, 9 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3062 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1460"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/24/1954",
"basic_date": "6/24/1954",
"date": "6/24/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Danvers \\(Massachusetts\\), R. B. Tomer, Director of Commercial Engineering for CBS-Hytron, observed a white, elliptical-shaped object covering 45% of the sky in 30 seconds. (June 24, 12:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3067 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1461"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/25/1954",
"basic_date": "6/25/1954",
"date": "6/25/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Indian Lake \\(Ohio\\), the experienced private pilot John Mark is flying a Navion glider. The radar of the Dayton \\(Ohio\\) airport detects a very fast object in this area. Mark observes for 3 to 5 minutes a rounded object with a flat bottom, silver or aluminum, raised at the front, with an inverted cone at the top, and a diameter of about 60 feet flying horizontally, gliding, making a phenomenal climb and a vertical ascent towards the clouds. (June 25, 5:05 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3072 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1462"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/29/1954",
"basic_date": "6/29/1954",
"date": "6/29/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Observation of Goose Bay \\(Labrador\\)](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1954-06-29\\_GooseBay.html). (June 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1463"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1954",
"basic_date": "6/30/1954",
"date": "6/30/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo at Keflauik \\(Iceland\\). (June 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1464"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1954",
"basic_date": "7/1/1954",
"date": "7/1/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The radars of the Griffiss Air Base \\(New York\\) detect the approach of an unidentified flying object. A two-seat F-94 *Starfire* fighter jet armed with missiles is immediately sent to intercept it. As it approaches the craft, an intense heat suddenly fills the cockpit. It becomes so unbearable that the radar operator, then the pilot, are forced to eject. As the UFO moves away, the F-94 dives into the Walesville agglomeration where it hits a house, catches fire and ends its course on a car, killing its 4 passengers \\(a couple and their 2 children\\). The disaster causes 5 other injuries, 2 of them seriously. The 2 aviators, safe and sound, are quickly recovered by USAF cars and the military authorities order them total silence on the matter \\(to the point of forbidding the pilot, very shocked, to go see the injured and explain what happened to the victims' parents\\). But, before being taken back to the base, the pilot has time to report the strange phenomenon to a journalist who rushed to the scene \\([Keyhoe](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KeyhoeDonaldEdward.html)\\). (July 1st, 12 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1465"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/2/1954",
"basic_date": "7/2/1954",
"date": "7/2/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The USAF issued an official statement on the incident of the previous day: the plane had taken off in an emergency to intercept an unknown aerial object at all costs and the mission had been successfully accomplished. The crash of the plane was due to an engine failure. The USAF categorically denied the journalist's allusions to an unbearable heat that would have forced the crew to eject while the F-94 engine was still running. In 1968, 14 years later, Donald Keyhoe would learn from one of his contacts at the USAF headquarters that the pilot had been the victim of some kind of mental blank between the moment the radar operator had jumped and the moment his own parachute had opened. In fact, he did not remember having ejected... The radar operator, on the other hand, had not felt anything like it.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1466"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/2/1954",
"basic_date": "7/2/1954",
"date": "7/2/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the place called Le Château \\(Nièvre\\), Justin Creux, a grocer from Vielmanay, is driving in his car. He is suddenly blinded by an intense light. Then he hears a detonation and his windshield shatters. Nevertheless, he manages to stop his vehicle.",
"ref": [
"Le Regional de Cosne, 3 July 1954, p. 2 and 4",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1467"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/3/1954",
"basic_date": "7/3/1954",
"date": "7/3/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo of \"The 7 Radar Echoes of July 3\" \\(photo at images/1954-07-03.jpg - not archived\\) (July 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1468"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/11/1954",
"basic_date": "7/11/1954",
"date": "7/11/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Lord Dowding](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/militaires.html\\#Dowding) declares in the *Sunday Dispatch* to be convinced that UFOs are real and cannot have been manufactured on Earth. (July 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1469"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/15/1954",
"basic_date": "7/15/1954",
"date": "7/15/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Flight of the prototype of the Boeing 707. (July 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1470"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1954",
"basic_date": "7/18/1954",
"date": "7/18/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Normandy \\(Missouri\\). (July 18)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3116 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1471"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1954",
"basic_date": "7/18/1954",
"date": "7/18/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the province of Izmir \\(Turkey\\), thousands of witnesses observe unidentified flying objects, flying at high speed from East to West.",
"ref": [
"Turkish Press Agency, July 30th 1954 \\< *Unidentified objects observed above the province of Izmir*, Nicosia, Falkla Sesi, July 31st 1954",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1472"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1954",
"basic_date": "7/30/1954",
"date": "7/30/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Los Angeles \\(California\\). (July 30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3140 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1473"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1954",
"basic_date": "1954",
"date": "Summer 1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Significant increase in observations in France and Italy. Besides Europe, the United States, South America, West Africa, New Zealand and Australia are also affected.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1474"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1954",
"basic_date": "1954",
"date": "Summer 1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Trois-Fonds \\(Creuse\\), an anonymous witness rides a bicycle when he makes a RR3. He is plunged into a state of stupor and has the impression of pedaling in the void. His state of stupor lasts for a few days. (In the morning)",
"ref": [
"Figuet, p.70-71",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1475"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1954",
"basic_date": "8/1/1954",
"date": "8/1/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the Indochina War. (August 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1476"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/2/1954",
"basic_date": "8/2/1954",
"date": "8/2/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Westlake \\(Ohio\\). (2 August)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3149 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1477"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/2/1954",
"basic_date": "8/2/1954",
"date": "8/2/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Saint Sauveur-la-Sagne \\(Puy-de-Dôme\\), Mrs. Carrière and two other anonymous witnesses make a [RR3](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#RR3) and say they were paralyzed as if struck by lightning. In a nearby field, two cows fell to the ground and twisted their necks, as if they had been tortured. (In the morning)",
"ref": [
"C. Garreau and R. Lavier, *Face aux Extra-Terrrestres*, J. P. Delarge, p. 198-199",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1478"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1954",
"basic_date": "8/4/1954",
"date": "8/4/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On a clear night in La Hague \\(Netherlands\\), 10 firefighters and their chief saw 2 \"flying saucers\", of flattened oval shape and a light of whitish gray, above the city and at high altitude. They move at incredible speeds, or sometimes remain motionless for 30 s. All observers agree that the objects could not be an airplane or a balloon. (August 4th, 11 PM)",
"ref": [
"*\"Flying Saucers\" above La Hague*, A. Sterdas, Telegraaf, August 6th 1954",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1479"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/6/1954",
"basic_date": "8/6/1954",
"date": "8/6/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in San Antonio \\(Texas\\). (August 6)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3155 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1480"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/11/1954",
"basic_date": "8/11/1954",
"date": "8/11/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in the Pacific Ocean. (August 11)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3162 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1481"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/12/1954",
"basic_date": "8/12/1954",
"date": "8/12/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) General [Twining](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TwiningNathanFarragut.html)'s AF200-2 Directive ordering to not disclose any UFO-related information to the public. (August 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1482"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/15/1954",
"basic_date": "8/15/1954",
"date": "8/15/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in San Marcos \\(Texas\\). (August 15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3166 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1483"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/16/1954",
"basic_date": "8/16/1954",
"date": "8/16/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tananarive \\(Madagascar\\) [Edmond Campagnac](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1954-08-16\\_Tananarive.html) and other witnesses see a green light ball pass above them followed by a metallic-looking elongated craft. (August 16, 6 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1484"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/17/1954",
"basic_date": "8/17/1954",
"date": "8/17/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Yeni Asir \\(Turkey\\), as the Ayvalik-... approach the intersection with the Bergana road, passengers observe an oval silver object in the air. Mustafa Turnat, one of the 25 passengers, states that the object seemed very close to the ground and was emitting a sound, rose up, and disappeared. (August 17, 10 AM)",
"ref": [
"FBIS",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1485"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1954",
"basic_date": "8/19/1954",
"date": "8/19/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 3 inhabitants of Haard \\(Austria\\), on Lake Constance, observe a \"flying saucer\". A carpenter named Fessler, his stepson and Kloser, a teacher, describe it as follows: a small, shiny, disc-shaped object, about twice the size of Venus, arrived from the southwest, flying towards Pfaender. Suddenly it turned and flew in the opposite direction, making abrupt zigzags above Bregens. After about 2 minutes, it disappeared into a group of clouds. (August 19, 8:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"\\[\"Flying saucer\" observed above Bregenz\\], Vienna, Neue Wiener Tageszeitung, August 21, 1954",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1486"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1954",
"basic_date": "8/20/1954",
"date": "8/20/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On a beautiful afternoon, two young sisters are picking blueberries in the woods when they meet a stranger whose language they do not understand. He is of medium height, his face with rather dark skin is pleasant, his eyes seem a bit oblique and his hair is long, naturally wavy. The stranger wears some kind of jumpsuit with a wide belt, without buttons or visible closures, tight at the neck and wrists. The sisters are struck by the impression of kindness he gives them. As they cannot talk to each other, he draws them a picture that seems to evoke the solar system, then he leads them to a curious machine on the ground, resembling two giant pots stuck one on top of the other, gray-blue in color. He slips inside through a hatch after making them sign to step back. The two young girls see the machine rise gently to about 30 m, with a slight buzzing, after which it starts to spin very fast and disappears in an instant. (August 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1487"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/23/1954",
"basic_date": "8/23/1954",
"date": "8/23/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A vertical cigar-shaped object 100 m in length is observed for 4 minutes by 4 witnesses, dropping discs 300 m above Vernon. (August 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1488"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1954",
"basic_date": "8/24/1954",
"date": "8/24/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation near the Largafiot River \\(Iceland\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3180 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1489"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1954",
"basic_date": "8/24/1954",
"date": "8/24/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The weekly magazine *Aviation Week* claims that the 2 satellites reported in May by [Donald Keyhoe](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KeyhoeDonaldEdward.html) are spinning while staying at a distance of 600 to 900 km from the Earth's surface.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1490"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/26/1954",
"basic_date": "8/26/1954",
"date": "8/26/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Danville \\(Virginia\\). (August 26)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3182 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1491"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1954",
"basic_date": "8/27/1954",
"date": "8/27/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Dorchester \\(Massachusetts\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3185 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1492"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1954",
"basic_date": "8/27/1954",
"date": "8/27/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Istanbul \\(Turkey\\), 2 unidentified flying objects were observed traveling at an altitude of 5000 m. One of the objects, which appeared to the southwest of the city of Bozat, maintained its course and remained in a northeast direction. The other object began an ascent to a considerable altitude and then disappeared in the same direction. (16 h)",
"ref": [
"*Unidentified objects observed over the province of Tunceli*, Istanbul, August 27, 1954",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1493"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/28/1954",
"basic_date": "8/28/1954",
"date": "8/28/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oklahoma City, a hundred people observe a formation of 15 flying discs. Upon the approach of jet fighter planes, they group together in a half-circle and quickly escape. (August 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1494"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/29/1954",
"basic_date": "8/29/1954",
"date": "8/29/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Prince Christian \\(Greenland\\) (29 August)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3189 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1495"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/30/1954",
"basic_date": "8/30/1954",
"date": "8/30/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Jolivet, a resident of Paris, sees a circular, luminous object flying above the city. After his report was published in the press, many other people \\(the source gives names and addresses\\) reported seeing the phenomenon on the same day. Some of the reports indicate that the object was headed South-Southwest, while others speak of Northwest; but according to Claire Cordier and André Gréfier, two natives of Angers, the object disappeared towards the North. Claire Cordier also reported a \"disc\" flying above her city \\[see September 4\\]. (August 30)",
"ref": [
"*Many People See Unusual Object Above Paris, Le Parisien Libéré*, Paris, September 3, 1954",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1496"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1954",
"basic_date": "9/1/1954",
"date": "9/1/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the *Continental Air Defense Command* \\(CONAD\\). (September 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1497"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1954",
"basic_date": "9/1/1954",
"date": "9/1/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo of the B-57B and an unidentified detail above Edwards AFB in September.",
"ref": [
"[NiCAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1498"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1954",
"basic_date": "9/1/1954",
"date": "9/1/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An object in the shape of a disc was observed simultaneously by various people, flying above Angers and Lion d'Angers \\(Maine-et-Loire\\) and above Château Gontier \\(Mayenne\\). The object is generally described as dark or emitting a strange blue or green smoke trail. According to Claire Cordier, a nurse from Angers, the object emitted a faint buzzing sound, and its glow resembled that of neon tubes. The phenomenon remained visible for several minutes. (20 h 20)",
"ref": [
"*A \"flying disc\" observed in the West of France*, Alger Républicain, 4 September 1954",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1499"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/4/1954",
"basic_date": "9/4/1954",
"date": "9/4/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Calcutta \\(Singapore\\), a mysterious light is observed traveling at high speed. Several people report the observation to the British aviation authorities of the Kallang airfield \\[sic, Kallang?\\]. A British representative states that at least 6 people reported the light. Rosemary Whitley, the wife of a government radio engineer, states that she saw a huge white light moving at very high speed above the airfield. (September 4, Night)",
"ref": [
"Strange lights above an airfield, September 6, 1954 \\< FBIS",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1500"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/5/1954",
"basic_date": "9/5/1954",
"date": "9/5/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Butler \\(Missouri\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3196 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1501"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/5/1954",
"basic_date": "9/5/1954",
"date": "9/5/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Butler \\(Missouri\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3198 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1502"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/7/1954",
"basic_date": "9/7/1954",
"date": "9/7/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Acheux-en-Amiénois \\(Somme\\), Emile Renard, a 27 year old mason, and Yves de Guillerrez, his assistant - both considered reliable people - saw an object gray in color resembling a truncated kilometer marker with a large plate resting on top, from the road where they were working. The object, about 10 m in diameter and 3 m in height, oscillated slowly in suspension like a helicopter above the ground, without ever touching it. It did not emit light, and seemed to have a door on its side. After the men had run up to 50 m from it, it flew away without a sound, leaving a trail of smoke escaping from a small conduit. After an oblique flight of about fifteen meters, the object rose vertically, and disappeared. The witnesses observed the object for at least 3 minutes. The police did not find any traces. (0 h 15)",
"ref": [
"\\[Unidentified objects seen in the Somme department, *Paris-Dakar*, 10 September 1954\\] \\[*Le Parisien Libéré*, 14 September 1954\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1503"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/7/1954",
"basic_date": "9/7/1954",
"date": "9/7/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Robert Chovel, his wife and his father-in-law return home from the Hirson \\(Aisne\\) theater when they see a \"disk\" of red-orange light flying above the railway track. The disk suddenly stops, in the middle of the road, at 300 or 400 m from the ground. It seems to have at its top a small luminous fin constituting a part of the object. When the motorists reach the Boire bridge, they see what they think is a \"flying saucer\" gaining altitude; as soon as the car headlights point to it, the object starts flying at high speed towards La Hérie, 3 or 4 km away, and disappears. (0 h 30)",
"ref": [
"*A \"flying disk\" observed in the department of Aisne*, Le Parisien Libéré, September 14, 1954",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1504"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/7/1954",
"basic_date": "9/7/1954",
"date": "9/7/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A civil servant reported seeing above Kaspala \\(Uganda\\), a strange golden ball that appeared smaller than the Moon but larger than a star. Other inhabitants of East Africa claim to have recently seen \"flying saucers\".",
"ref": [
"*\"Flying Saucers Seen in East Africa\", Le Parisien Libéré, 14 September 1954*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1505"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/10/1954",
"basic_date": "9/10/1954",
"date": "9/10/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Quarouble \\(Nord\\), meeting of [Marius Dewilde](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DewildeMarius.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1506"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/10/1954",
"basic_date": "9/10/1954",
"date": "9/10/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Valenciennes \\(Nord\\), a bus stalls and its headlights go out, causing a brief panic.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1507"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/12/1954",
"basic_date": "9/12/1954",
"date": "9/12/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Quarouble \\(Nord\\), an anonymous merchant driving his car is paralyzed by a green beam emanating from a craft that takes off, and a gust is felt. (September 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1508"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/13/1954",
"basic_date": "9/13/1954",
"date": "9/13/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 3 dead cows are discovered in a pasture near Dewilde. An autopsy will reveal that the animals were drained of their blood. (September 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1509"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/14/1954",
"basic_date": "9/14/1954",
"date": "9/14/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Several people see a circular object above Helsinki. The object, flying at an altitude of 300 m, emits an intense light and leaves a reddish smoke trail about 3 times its diameter. It is visible for 7s. (The Night)",
"ref": [
"*\"Flying Saucer\" above Helsinki*, *Franc-Tireur*, Paris, September 15, 1954",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1510"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/14/1954",
"basic_date": "9/14/1954",
"date": "9/14/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Grosseto \\(Tuscany, Italy\\), 2 inhabitants of Pitigliano observe a round and white object making a strange and powerful noise. The object stops then disappears at high speed. \\[",
"ref": [
"*An Unusual Flying Object Seen in Tuscany*, *Franc Tireur*, Paris, 17 September 1954",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1511"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/15/1954",
"basic_date": "9/15/1954",
"date": "9/15/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) According to the report of Lecière, a press correspondent in Carpiquet \\(Calvados\\), a witness saw for 2 minutes a white light point appear in the sky and quickly increase in size, revealing an oval shape and an unusual brightness. The witness denied having had a hallucination, and a similar observation was made in Thaon \\(Calvados\\). (September 15, 8am)",
"ref": [
"*Unusual Objects Observed Above Normandy*, *Franc-Tireur*, Paris, September 16, 1954",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1512"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/17/1954",
"basic_date": "9/17/1954",
"date": "9/17/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Cenon \\(Gironde\\), a farmer is riding a bicycle. He suddenly feels itches running through his body. Surprised, he gets off his bike. He is then paralyzed while, in front of him, appears what he called a machine. At that moment, a small creature dressed in a kind of diving suit approaches him emitting strange sounds. It touches his shoulder, and leaves in the machine which starts in a flash emitting a green light. After its departure, the witness comes out of his paralysis state. The description corresponds to the one made by [Marius Dewilde](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DewildeMarius.html) a week earlier.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1513"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/17/1954",
"basic_date": "9/17/1954",
"date": "9/17/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the afternoon, the control tower of Ciampino Air Base \\(Italy\\) observed a mysterious object in the shape of a half-cigar flying slowly at an altitude of about 1200 m. The object, leaving a luminous smoke trail, was visible for 40 minutes. The occupants of the tower saw the object plunge 400 m and then regain its previous altitude, moving from a horizontal position to a vertical position. When the object moved towards the sea, the Ciampino tower alerted the Pratica di Mare tower \\(30 km from Rome\\), which spotted and tracked the object on its radar screen for almost 20 minutes. The radar showed the presence of an antenna located at the center of the widest part of the object.",
"ref": [
"Un objet mystérieux observé au-dessus de Rome, Paris-Dakar, 20 September 1954",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1514"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/18/1954",
"basic_date": "9/18/1954",
"date": "9/18/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at the USAF base in Kimbo \\(Korea\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3213 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1515"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/18/1954",
"basic_date": "9/18/1954",
"date": "9/18/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Danane \\(Côte d'Ivoire\\), a crowd of thousands of people is flown over by a disc.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1516"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/19/1954",
"basic_date": "9/19/1954",
"date": "9/19/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Cénon/Vouneuil-sur-Vienne \\(Vienne\\), Yves David is paralyzed by a green light. (September 19th, 10 PM)",
"ref": [
"Le Libre Poitou, Poitiers, September 30th 1954, p. 5",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1517"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/21/1954",
"basic_date": "9/21/1954",
"date": "9/21/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Barstown \\(California\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3222 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1518"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/21/1954",
"basic_date": "9/21/1954",
"date": "9/21/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at the *Santa Maria* Airport \\(Azores\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3224 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1519"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/22/1954",
"basic_date": "9/22/1954",
"date": "9/22/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Marshfield \\(Missouri\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3226 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1520"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/22/1954",
"basic_date": "9/22/1954",
"date": "9/22/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mr. Rabot, a butcher from Ponthierry \\(Seine-et-Oise\\), is driving on Nationale 7 and observes for several minutes a circular red object with a luminous smoke that seems to be coming out of it. The object appears to be at a considerable altitude and moves in all directions very slowly. Mr. Rabot gets back in his car and returns to Ponthierry while keeping an eye on the apparition. In Ponthierry, he informs the village's appariteur, who observes the disappearance of the phenomenon at great speed in the clouds. At that moment, Mrs. Gamundi \\(192 av Jean Jaurès in Paris\\) is driving north on Nationale 7, leaving Fontainebleau. She is in the forest when she perceives the phenomenon and stops. She describes the object as a red cigar surrounded by clouds, motionless, vertical, and sees it give birth to more than a dozen flying saucers that fall one after the other from the lower part of the cigar. When a commercial aircraft crosses the sky, the phenomenon definitively moves away \\[\\[Vallée 1966\\]\\]. (8:00 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1521"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/22/1954",
"basic_date": "9/22/1954",
"date": "9/22/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Paris, pedestrians on the Esplanade des Invalides see and then disappear in the clouds 2 small luminous balls. Among the witnesses is [Michèle Morgan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MorganMichele.html). (Evening)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1522"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/23/1954",
"basic_date": "9/23/1954",
"date": "9/23/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Michèle Morgan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MorganMichele.html) recounts her observation from the night before, and receives mockery from journalists and songwriters.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1523"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/23/1954",
"basic_date": "9/23/1954",
"date": "9/23/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Gatlinburg \\(Tennessee\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3227 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1524"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/24/1954",
"basic_date": "9/24/1954",
"date": "9/24/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Diges \\(Yonne\\), Mr. and Mrs. Geoffroy Fin observe a RR3. 2 distant tracks of 50 cm wide as a finger are noticed in the dew by Miss Fin. The grass is dry at this place. Tracks too small for a Bell 47 helicopter. (09 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1525"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/24/1954",
"basic_date": "9/24/1954",
"date": "9/24/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At La Chassagne, Ussel \\(Corrèze\\), Etienne Cisterne is driving his tractor and sees a kind of luminous craft coming straight towards him at a very low altitude. He flees in terror. A tree seems to have been affected by intense heat at its upper part. (23 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1526"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/24/1954",
"basic_date": "9/24/1954",
"date": "9/24/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 6 observations from this day geographically aligned from Bayonne to Vichy \\(including Ussel\\) will be spotted by Aimé Michel, who will develop the othoteny theory, notably in his book *Mystérieux Objets Célestes* \\(MOC\\). [Jacques Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) will name the alignment BAVIC, but will eventually conclude it was simply a coincidence.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1527"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/25/1954",
"basic_date": "9/25/1954",
"date": "9/25/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Joinville-le-Pont \\(Val-de-Marne\\), Louis Perret and another anonymous witness make a RR3. The witness is paralyzed by a beam emitted by a saucer. \\(Ici Paris, October 11, 1954, p.2\\). Possible hoax. (September 25, 9:35 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1528"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/26/1954",
"basic_date": "9/26/1954",
"date": "9/26/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting with [Lucette Leboeuf](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LeboeufLucette.html) in Chabeuil \\(Drôme\\). (September 26th, 2:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1529"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/27/1954",
"basic_date": "9/27/1954",
"date": "9/27/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Perpignan \\(Pyrenees-Orientales\\), an anonymous student is so moved after a RR3 that he turns around and goes home. A doctor called in diagnoses a nervous breakdown. (Afternoon)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1530"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/27/1954",
"basic_date": "9/27/1954",
"date": "9/27/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Prémanon \\(Jura\\), 4 young children of the Romand family are playing in a barn. They hear their dog barking. Raymond Romand, the oldest of the children \\(12 years old\\) is worried and goes to look for the animal. Suddenly he finds himself facing a rectangular creature like a piece of sugar! The child throws stones at it and tries to get closer. An invisible and icy force prevents him and throws him to the ground. He then runs away screaming, while the creature moves away towards a meadow. When the children alert their parents, they still have time to see a bright red sphere, 150 m away, flying over the meadow. (8:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1531"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/27/1954",
"basic_date": "9/27/1954",
"date": "9/27/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photos in Pescara \\(Italy\\) on summer, September 27",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1532"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/28/1954",
"basic_date": "9/28/1954",
"date": "9/28/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The gendarmes, led by Captain Brustel, discover on the site of the previous night in Prémano, in which the grass is laid in the direction of the clock hands. Inside, 4 holes resulting from the sinking of rectangular coins of 10 cm section, inclined at 45°. A mast, erected on the site by a holiday colony, bears scratches at 1.50 m high; at its foot, there are 2 holes identical to the previous ones. (September 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1533"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/30/1954",
"basic_date": "9/30/1954",
"date": "9/30/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Georges Gatay](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GatayGeorges.html). (16 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1534"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/30/1954",
"basic_date": "9/30/1954",
"date": "9/30/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Eugene Farnier \\(one of the first airplane pilots in 1907; he gave flying lessons to Guynemer and devoted his life to aviation\\) is walking his dog in Jouy-sur-Marin when he witnesses a spectacle that astounds him: \"I first heard a whistling sound similar to that of a jet engine but much weaker, then, 300 or 400 meters above me, I saw an object shaped like a lens, 8 to 10 meters in diameter and 2 meters thick. It was gray, shiny like aluminum and emitted red and violet flames. The craft stayed in place for 20 minutes, spinning at around 300 revolutions per minute. Suddenly, it tilted and shot up vertically at a prodigious speed of several thousand kilometers per hour---without making a supersonic bang! I then made out the presence of portholes and a dome 50 cm in diameter.\" (5:20 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1535"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/2/1954",
"basic_date": "10/2/1954",
"date": "10/2/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Croix d'Epine, mechanic Ernest Delatre \\(19 years old\\) is riding his scooter home when an orange, egg-shaped, brightly glowing UFO the size of a small bus lands on the road. He sees dark shapes resembling potato sacks moving alongside. As he approaches, the UFO takes off, changing color to blue. 2 other witnesses from neighboring villages also report the UFO. (Saturday, October 2nd)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1536"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/4/1954",
"basic_date": "10/4/1954",
"date": "10/4/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Poncey, Mrs. Fourneret and her son see a 3m wide, orange glowing body lying down, landing 18m away from their house. They flee. Shortly after, armed neighbors investigate the site and discover a large, freshly made hole, as if the earth had been sucked out of it. The missing earth is nowhere to be found. (Monday, October 4th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1537"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/5/1954",
"basic_date": "10/5/1954",
"date": "10/5/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Loctudy \\(Finistère\\), [meeting with Pierre Lucas](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1954-10-05\\_Loctudy.html). (4 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1538"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/5/1954",
"basic_date": "10/5/1954",
"date": "10/5/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Mertrud \\(France\\), [meeting with Mr. Narcy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1954-10-05\\_Metrud.html). (7:15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1539"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/5/1954",
"basic_date": "10/5/1954",
"date": "10/5/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) People located 10 km away from Beaumont, near Clermont-Ferrand \\(Puy-de-Dôme\\) describe an object approaching them while losing its luminosity. When it is 150 m away from them, they feel a strange sensation and are like nailed to the ground. They also smell a scent similar to nitrobenzine. (15 h 45)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1966",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1540"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/5/1954",
"basic_date": "10/5/1954",
"date": "10/5/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near La Rochelle, Mr. and Mrs. Guillemoteau saw an engine 2 to 3 m high and 5 m in diameter that stopped at 1 m high, then rose vertically. Oil traces were reportedly found in the grass. (23 h)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1966",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1541"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/5/1954",
"basic_date": "10/5/1954",
"date": "10/5/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Joseph Roy, 30 years old, mechanic at the Panhard factories, rides his motorcycle a few meters away from the Reims to Rethel road on a side path, when he sees a bright and reddish light in front of him that suddenly disappears. When he arrives at the point where he saw the light, he notices in the fields an object 3 m long, shaped like a large shell, pierced with portholes at the front. He also distinguishes a vague silhouette. Frightened, he flees. 3 other workers would have seen the same light in the same place. (In the night)",
"ref": [
"*A large shell pierced with portholes* in *Le Lorrain* \\(Nancy\\) Saturday 9-Sunday 10 October 1954, p. 7 \\<Sider 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1542"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1954",
"basic_date": "10/7/1954",
"date": "10/7/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Monteux \\(France\\), [M. Margaillon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#Margaillon) observed an object that landed in a field. It had the shape of a hemisphere about 2.50 m in diameter. The witness felt short of breath and paralyzed during the observation.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1543"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1954",
"basic_date": "10/7/1954",
"date": "10/7/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In France, parliamentarians are asking in writing to the Air Force Secretariat if the French army has opened an investigation into \"flying saucers\", as the USA and USSR have done: 13687. - Mr. de Léotard informs Mr. the Secretary of State for the Armed Forces \\(Air\\) that the recent testimonies related to \"flying saucers\" and \"flying cigars\" have not failed to intrigue public opinion, if not to worry it; he asks: 1° if instructions have been given for these phenomena to be systematically and scientifically observed; 2° if these \"saucers\" or \"cigars\" could not be chased to be better observed, so that the public knows exactly if it is a collective autosuggestion to dissipate, or if there is a need to take these phenomena into account in terms of national serenity and defense.",
"ref": [
" \\[Official Journal of Thursday January 27, 1955 \\< Velasco 2004\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1544"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1954",
"basic_date": "10/7/1954",
"date": "10/7/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Landing in the Forbach region](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1954-10-07\\_Forbach.html) \\(Moselle\\). Interested in this case, [Jean Sider](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SiderJean.html) wrote in [1989](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1989.html) to the Ministry of Defense and the General Directorate of the National Gendarmerie who replied that the file was classified for 60 years. (7:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1545"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/9/1954",
"basic_date": "10/9/1954",
"date": "10/9/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An agricultural worker \\(riding a bicycle?\\) near Lavoux, near Poitiers \\(Vienne\\), sees a creature 1 m tall, dressed in a kind of diving suit, with bright eyes and long hair. The creature aims at him with a double beam of light, and seems to have heel-less boots, a hairy chest, and two headlights, one below the other, at the front of its clothing. (7 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1546"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/9/1954",
"basic_date": "10/9/1954",
"date": "10/9/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Alès \\(Gard\\), several witnesses, including Mr. Taurelle \\(working at Riche-Hôtel\\) saw an immobile saucer, spinning on itself, then quickly disappearing while accelerating. (11:45)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1966",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1547"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/9/1954",
"basic_date": "10/9/1954",
"date": "10/9/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Observation of Pournoy-la-Chétive](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1954-10-09\\_PournoyLaChetive.html) \\(Moselle\\): children skating see a luminous machine and an occupant with a luminous instrument in hand, speaking to them in an incomprehensible language. (18:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1548"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/10/1954",
"basic_date": "10/10/1954",
"date": "10/10/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Metz fair \\(...\\) the army had installed a radar system as well as anti-aircraft searchlights. \\(...\\) one of the powerful searchlights, which swept the sky to the delight of the onlookers, suddenly caught in its beam a mysterious object. It was a kind of luminous globe, motionless in the sky and which, according to the expression of some witnesses, \"sparkled like a Christmas tree ball\". The officer present estimated that the object must have been at least 50 m in diameter, and that it seemed to be about 10000 m high. To make sure it was not a phenomenon or an optical illusion, it was decided to carry out a complete cleaning of the searchlight. The charcoal was also changed and relit. The object was still there. For 3 hours, the device remained motionless. It looked like a kind of vertical cigar. But since nothing was happening, they finally turned off the searchlight. Commander Cotel, who was in charge of the anti-aircraft detachment, sent a report to the military governor of Metz. \"There is no need to take into account this information in this particular case\". The case was closed. Not a word of the observation made not only by the technicians but also by the visitors, and by the inhabitants of Metz up to the suburbs of Sablon and Queuleu. The object had the shape of a small motionless and regular-shaped cumulus. But its shape, its dimensions and its position remained rigorously identical, moreover the sky was perfectly clear except for this supposed cumulus. Which would rule out the possibility of a cloud. Now, a diameter of 50 m is a lot for a balloon... Strangely enough, the radar had constantly swept the sky during the observation, without catching anything. This could mean two things: either the object was not metallic, or it was out of range of the type of radar that was operating in Metz. (23 h)",
"ref": [
"Sider 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1549"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/10/1954",
"basic_date": "10/10/1954",
"date": "10/10/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Moncourt \\(64 km from Metz, 43 km from Nancy\\) inhabitants of an isolated farm, a few hundred meters from Moncourt, were awakened by a strange whistling. Through the shutters they distinguished a blinding light that seemed to be located on the side of the hill. A few minutes later, they saw a luminous sphere rise vertically and disappear quickly. The next day, in the afternoon, the gendarmes led by the farmer to the place where the strange light seemed to have landed, discovered traces of intense calcination on a dirt road. Samples of soil and stones were taken \\(...\\) The results of the analyses were never known. (In the night)",
"ref": [
"Sider 1997 \\> LDLN",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1550"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1954",
"basic_date": "10/11/1954",
"date": "10/11/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Royan, 3 people from Bordeaux saw a red light above the coast at nightfall. They moved closer to the phenomenon and saw an object in the shape of a disk, with an orange-red dome, hovering about ten meters above the ground. A little further away, the Bordeaux people were surprised to see 4 creatures about 1 meter tall, crouching under the device. These quickly returned to their craft, which took off while changing color. (Monday, October 11th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1551"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/13/1954",
"basic_date": "10/13/1954",
"date": "10/13/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Nouasseur \\(French Morocco\\) (Wednesday, October 13)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3260 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1552"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/14/1954",
"basic_date": "10/14/1954",
"date": "10/14/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting of [Starovski](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#Starovski), near Erchin \\(France\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1553"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/14/1954",
"basic_date": "10/14/1954",
"date": "10/14/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Essex \\(England\\), Lieutenant James Saladin flying above the Thames Estuary near Southend in a Meteor Mark 8, notices 3 objects approaching him. 2 of the objects, one gold and one silver, fly on either side of his aircraft, and one directly in his flight path. He reports the incident to the airbase. (4:15 PM)",
"ref": [
"Mysterious Britain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1554"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/15/1954",
"basic_date": "10/15/1954",
"date": "10/15/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Thionville, a \"saucer\" is again reported as well as a \"Martian\" roaming in the nearby countryside. The police, armed to prepare for any eventuality and assisted by citizens armed with pitchforks, go to the scene and, after a large encirclement maneuver, manage to apprehend a small individual, with a shaggy beard and ultimately human appearance. Taken to a security post and vainly interrogated for more than 2 hours, he maintains complete silence. The \"Martian\" obviously does not understand French and the best German, Polish, Italian, English, etc. interpreters pass in front of him one after the other; but all without success, as he still does not answer the questions asked. Yielding to discouragement and not knowing which saint to turn to, the gendarmes are ready to give up when the person starts speaking in a language dear to the Grand Ducal neighbors: \"Enough with this comedy, is there anyone here who can speak Luxembourgish?\" Stupefaction and consternation among the \"Martian hunters\", exclaiming with dismay: \"Another ... Luxembourger!\". (Friday, October 15)",
"ref": [
"Sider 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1555"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/15/1954",
"basic_date": "10/15/1954",
"date": "10/15/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) René Dejean, deputy of Ariège, sends a written question to the President of the Council, asking for explanations about the numerous observations that are taking place in the heart of the Hexagon. During the wave that affects France, a 2 hour meeting is organized within the office of the Prime Minister at the time, Pierre Mendès-France. In addition to him, Mr. Temple, Minister of National Defense and his 3 Secretaries of State \\(War, Navy and Air\\) are present. Several decisions come out of this meeting, including the creation of a secret commission in mid-October 1954 \\(its existence will be made public in the Official Journal of January 12, 1955\\), the [SEMOC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SEMOC.html).",
"ref": [
"Huleux",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1556"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/15/1954",
"basic_date": "10/15/1954",
"date": "10/15/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Kingfisher \\(Oklahoma\\). (October 15-17)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3269 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1557"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/16/1954",
"basic_date": "10/16/1954",
"date": "10/16/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Thin-le-Moutiers \\(Isère\\), a woman sees a flying saucer land at her feet and faints. She later suffers from a skin disease.",
"ref": [
"[Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1966",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1558"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/16/1954",
"basic_date": "10/16/1954",
"date": "10/16/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Cier-de-Rivière, Guy Puyfourcat returns from the fields holding his mare by the bridle, when he is overflown by an object gray of 1.50 m of diameter. His mare is then \"sucked\" by the UFO and rises up to a height of 3 m. Then the animal falls to the ground, stunned. The witness, who had to let go of the bridle during the levitation of the mare, claims to have felt nothing during this strange adventure.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1559"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/16/1954",
"basic_date": "10/16/1954",
"date": "10/16/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The \"Michelin Man\" reported by the Mozin.",
"ref": [
"[LDLN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html) no. 191, p.34",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1560"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/16/1954",
"basic_date": "10/16/1954",
"date": "10/16/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in Taormina \\(Sicily\\) \\(file images/1954-10-16\\_Maubeuge.jpg\\)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1561"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/17/1954",
"basic_date": "10/17/1954",
"date": "10/17/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mr. Mozin, on his way to Reims to attend a football match with his friend Mr. Houssière, stops at the place where he saw the object the day before to check for traces, hoping to prove to his friend that he had not dreamed. In a narrow space between a 1 m wide and 50 cm deep ditch and the road, 3 semi-circular and deep imprints of 8 to 10 cm are visible with in the center of the imaginary circle of about 1.40 m formed by these 3 imprints, a 20 cm diameter carbonized circle giving off an odor that the witness compared to that of benzene. The car must necessarily have passed between 3 and 5 meters from the object. (Sunday, October 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1562"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/18/1954",
"basic_date": "10/18/1954",
"date": "10/18/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Fontenay-Torcy \\(France\\), a man and his wife saw in the sky an object shaped like a cigar, red in color. Suddenly, it dove towards them, leaving behind a reddish trail, and landed in the bushes. As they reached the top of a hill, the witnesses found themselves face to face with a corpulent individual, of human appearance, but no more than 1 m tall. He wore a helmet and his eyes shone an orange color. One of the two witnesses fainted.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1563"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/18/1954",
"basic_date": "10/18/1954",
"date": "10/18/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) From another place, 4 people see the object in flight.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1564"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/18/1954",
"basic_date": "10/18/1954",
"date": "10/18/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Sanson-la-Poterie, a third group of witnesses saw the aircraft take off at an extraordinary speed towards the west. The countryside was illuminated for a distance of 2 to 3 km.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1565"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/18/1954",
"basic_date": "10/18/1954",
"date": "10/18/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In a French rural area, a man returning from the fields with his horse must let go of the animal's reins which is lifted 1 m off the ground at the passage of a dark circular object flying over their path at high speed.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1566"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/20/1954",
"basic_date": "10/20/1954",
"date": "10/20/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Parravici d'Erba near Como \\(Italy\\), a man had just put his car in the garage when he saw a strange being, dressed in a luminous garment, about 1.20 m tall, standing near a tree. When it saw the motorist, the creature sent him a beam from some kind of torch; the witness remained paralyzed until the movement he made to tighten the fist that held the keys seemed to free him. He leapt forward to attack the stranger, who rose from the ground and flew away in a almost silent whirl. The narrator of this incredible story, aged 37, was considered in his country to be a man of trust. He arrived home in such a state of depression that he had to go to bed with a high fever. It was an investigation by the Italian police that allowed details of this case to be obtained.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1567"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/20/1954",
"basic_date": "10/20/1954",
"date": "10/20/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Between Sarrebourg and Turquenstein \\(Mozelle\\), Jean Schoubrenner was driving near the village when an immense light shone on the road in front of him. When he arrived 18 m away from this strange inverted cone-shaped object blocking his path, he felt paralyzed, his hands stuck to the steering wheel and the engine of his vehicle stopped working. He felt a heat spreading through his body. The UFO flew away a few seconds later, and he and his vehicle returned to normal. (18:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1568"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/21/1954",
"basic_date": "10/21/1954",
"date": "10/21/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Ranton Staffordshire, Jessie Rosenberg \\(29 years old\\) and her 2 children are flown over by an object shaped like a lens. They also see 2 humanoid silhouettes with blond hair looking down at them. They are so scared that they hide under a table in their house. Later, they would have had some psychic experiences. (Thursday 21 October)",
"ref": [
"Mysterious Britain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1569"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/22/1954",
"basic_date": "10/22/1954",
"date": "10/22/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Marysville, 15000 witnesses observe ships and angel hair falls. (Friday 22 October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1570"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/28/1954",
"basic_date": "10/28/1954",
"date": "10/28/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Aurore* of October 28th reporting the mayor's decree of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. See photo \"Summer view of Taormina \\(Sicily\\)\" \\(file images/1954-10-28\\_Aurore.jpg\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1571"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/28/1954",
"basic_date": "10/28/1954",
"date": "10/28/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Isla de Lobos \\(Uruguay\\), a sentinel is about to shoot at three beings standing near a dome-shaped disc placed on the platform of a lighthouse. She is immediately paralyzed and feels the premonition that it is useless to fire. The crew returns to the UFO which takes off vertically, buzzes, inclines and disappears silently at very high speed.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1572"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/28/1954",
"basic_date": "10/28/1954",
"date": "10/28/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Yaoundé \\(Cameroon\\), a dog draws attention with its growls at a huge, brightly lit, stationary disc, seen by many of the city's personalities, including the head of the hospital. The object has the shape of a mushroom and at its base a cylinder swinging in the air.",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1966",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1573"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/28/1954",
"basic_date": "10/28/1954",
"date": "10/28/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Miho Air Base \\(Japan\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3281 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1574"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/28/1954",
"basic_date": "10/28/1954",
"date": "10/28/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Rome \\(Italy\\), [observation of Clare Booth Luce](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1954-10-28\\_ClareBoothLuce.html). (October 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1575"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/29/1954",
"basic_date": "10/29/1954",
"date": "10/29/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in the Azores. (October 29)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3287 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1576"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1954",
"basic_date": "11/1954",
"date": "11/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [*Civilian Saucer Intelligence*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CSI.html) organization in New York, originally called *Civilian Saucer Intelligence of New York*. (November)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1577"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/1/1954",
"basic_date": "11/1/1954",
"date": "11/1/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beginning of the Algerian War. (November 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1578"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/4/1954",
"basic_date": "11/4/1954",
"date": "11/4/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Varig Brazilian Airlines C-46 on a flight from Porto Alegre to São Paulo encounters an unusual object. The pilot and co-pilot see a red light rushing towards them. Suddenly, the object appears to move in a 45° arc and grows in size before their eyes. The inside of the plane smells of burnt rubber. Once the object disappears, the pilot and co-pilot find that the radiogoniometer, generator and transmitter are damaged. (November 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1579"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/19/1954",
"basic_date": "11/19/1954",
"date": "11/19/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo in Taormina \\(Sicily\\). Likely fake by double exposure \\(see file images/1954-11-19\\_Taormina.jpg\\).",
"ref": [
"Factor X",
"\\[Bettmann\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1580"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/19/1954",
"basic_date": "11/19/1954",
"date": "11/19/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The French police confirm that [Marius Dewilde](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DewildeMarius.html) has made a second statement, concerning an object he had seen near his house.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1581"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/19/1954",
"basic_date": "11/19/1954",
"date": "11/19/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Corvallis \\(Oregon\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 3331 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1582"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/27/1954",
"basic_date": "11/27/1954",
"date": "11/27/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Moscow \\(Russia\\), people on Red Square see an cylindrical object above their heads at a height of 200 to 300 m, moving in a Northwest direction. The object climbs with the speed of a jet, taking a vertical position. (November 27, between 4:15 and 4:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"[Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1966, p. 82",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1583"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/28/1954",
"basic_date": "11/28/1954",
"date": "11/28/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting with [Gustavo Gonzalez](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GonzalezGustavo.html) near Pilar de Goias \\(Brazil\\). (2 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1584"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/28/1954",
"basic_date": "11/28/1954",
"date": "11/28/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Manila \\(Philippines\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3341 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1585"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/10/1954",
"basic_date": "12/10/1954",
"date": "12/10/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting of [Lorenzo Flores](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#FloresLorenzo) and Jesus Gomez near Carora \\(Venezuela\\). (December 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1586"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/15/1954",
"basic_date": "11/15/1954",
"date": "11/15/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Augusta \\(Maine\\). (November 15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3326 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1587"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/16/1954",
"basic_date": "12/16/1954",
"date": "12/16/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting of [Jesus Paz](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#PazJesus), near San Carlos del Zulia \\(Venezuela\\). (December 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1588"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/3/1954",
"basic_date": "12/3/1954",
"date": "12/3/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Gulfport \\(Mississippi\\). (December 3)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3352 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1589"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/7/1954",
"basic_date": "12/7/1954",
"date": "12/7/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Cape Province \\([South Africa](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZA.html)\\). (December 7)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3356 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1590"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/16/1954",
"basic_date": "12/16/1954",
"date": "12/16/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 3 young men \\(Jesus Paz, Luis Mejia, a member of the National Guard and another friend\\) dined in a restaurant in San Carlos, then drove home. As they were in the suburbs, near a park of the Ministry of Agriculture, Paz asked his friends to stop the car so he could go to a secluded place in the park to relieve himself. Paz had barely taken a dozen steps before he called for help. His friends ran to his rescue and found him unconscious and lying on the ground. At a short distance there was a small, hairy humanoid, running towards a bright device resembling a disk, resting on the grass. Mejia had just enough time to grab a stone and throw it at the disk, which began to rise with a huge rumbling noise. Paz was quickly taken to the city hospital, where the doctors found him in shock. He also had long and deep scratches on his right side and down his spine, like claw marks, the doctor said. Paz told the authorities he had walked around a grove of large flowers, his tracks softened by the thick grass. Suddenly he would have fallen on this small humanoid and hairy creature, which was examining the flowers. Paz tried to escape but, as he turned around, the creature attacked him, first by scratching and pulling his shirt, then with a breath on the neck that knocked out Paz. (December 16th, Night)",
"ref": [
"Frank Warren, \\*[Historic UFOs - Flying Saucers: Serious Business - 1966](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.rense.com/general28/hist66.htm), _Rense_, August 21st 2002",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1591"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1954",
"basic_date": "12/27/1954",
"date": "12/27/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Michelin Man offers a discount to any Martian interested in a book about flying saucers. (December 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1592"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1954",
"basic_date": "12/27/1954",
"date": "12/27/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The coach of a junior baseball team films near the Great Falls in Minnesota 2 objects streaking the sky near the Air Force base. The official version is that it is a squadron of F-100s returning to their base, but the satellite photo shows that the objects are flying much too fast for this interpretation of the facts to be acceptable.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1593"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1954",
"basic_date": "12/27/1954",
"date": "12/27/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Release of *Lueurs sur les soucoupes volantes* \\(\"Lights/Glimmers on the Flying Saucers\"\\) by [Aimé Michel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MichelAime.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1594"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1954",
"basic_date": "12/27/1954",
"date": "12/27/1954",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the project [Sigma](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#Sigma), whose mission is to establish contact with extraterrestrials.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1954.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1595"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/1/1955",
"basic_date": "1/1/1955",
"date": "1/1/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Cochise \\(New Mexico\\). (January 1st)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3382 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1596"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/9/1955",
"basic_date": "1/9/1955",
"date": "1/9/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *La Patrie*, a major Montreal weekly, highlights the intervention of Dr. [Tombaugh](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TombaughClydeWilliam.html), astronomer and physicist, at the opening of the 9th annual congress of the *American Rocket Society*: in front of 3000 chemists, physicists, astronomers, metallurgists, etc., Dr. [Tombaugh](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TombaughClydeWilliam.html) declares that hundreds of natural satellites orbit around the Earth, at incredible speeds, and of which we have been unaware. (January 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1597"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/11/1955",
"basic_date": "1/11/1955",
"date": "1/11/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In France, the Official Journal responds to the question of Deputy Jean Nochet of [October 7, 1954](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1954.html\\#10\\_07): 1° Instructions have indeed been given to the air force formations to pay more attention to \"unidentified aerial objects\" and to systematically report the phenomena observed. The exploitation of these reports and verifiable information of all origins is ensured by the \"air\" armed forces general staff \\([Scientific Bureau](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BSAA.html)\\) where personnel has been designated for this purpose; 2° observation at close range of these phenomena with the extraordinary qualities of speed, ceiling and maneuverability that it requires, has never given any result when it has been attempted. It is however authorized when it does not involve any risk for the material and personnel. But efforts will be made to photograph and especially to cinematograph the phenomena, which, until today, has not been done with the desired clarity and authenticity. (January 11)",
"ref": [
" \\[Official Journal of Thursday January 27, 1955 \\< Velasco 2004\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1598"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/14/1955",
"basic_date": "2/14/1955",
"date": "2/14/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Moscow \\(Russia\\), A.P. reports that several people have seen from different parts of the city an object in the shape of a cigar at a high altitude disappear after staying in the sky for a moment. (February 14)",
"ref": [
"Archives Hobana/Weverbergh",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1599"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/26/1955",
"basic_date": "1/26/1955",
"date": "1/26/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Lakeland \\(Florida\\). (January 26)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3401 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1600"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/1/1955",
"basic_date": "2/1/1955",
"date": "2/1/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Cochise \\(New Mexico\\). (February 1st)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3414 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1601"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/2/1955",
"basic_date": "2/2/1955",
"date": "2/2/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Miramar NAS \\(California\\). (February 2)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3416 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1602"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/7/1955",
"basic_date": "2/7/1955",
"date": "2/7/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A large fireball is observed above the Antilles and Southern Florida. (February 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1603"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/10/1955",
"basic_date": "2/10/1955",
"date": "2/10/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Bethesda \\(Maryland\\). (February 10)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3427 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1604"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/13/1955",
"basic_date": "2/13/1955",
"date": "2/13/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Belgian plane is about to land on the Ciampino aerodrome near Rome: before abruptly ceasing transmission, the pilot reports having seen a fireball in the sky. The plane disappears. (February 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1605"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/14/1955",
"basic_date": "2/14/1955",
"date": "2/14/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A mysterious orange spot is observed in the sky of Brazzaville. (February 14th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1606"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/9/1955",
"basic_date": "3/9/1955",
"date": "3/9/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near St. Louis \\(USA\\), a woman observed: I was watching a jet plane flying in my direction when, suddenly, without warning, a strange craft came up behind it and instantly made it disappear from my sight. This craft had an opening in the field of my view and near the plane. After it had \"absorbed\" it, it stopped and its \"door\" closed. Then, it went up and down for about 30 seconds, and finally disappeared quickly. While it was going up and down, I could see steam or smoke coming out of what looked like round doors or windows at the top of the craft. This craft had the shape of an ordinary bell and was wide enough to carry several planes of the type it had captured. All this happened, so to speak, near me, and I could perfectly see the plane and the craft. The plane was a light bomber fighter, and it was reported missing by St. Louis radio. It was never found. Some time later, a similar craft pursued 3 jet planes. These strange crafts are, without a doubt, the fastest objects I have ever seen. I timed the speed of the planes when the craft was pursuing them: it covered in a few seconds the same distance that the \"Jets\" did in 3 minutes. (March 9, 5:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1607"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/12/1955",
"basic_date": "4/12/1955",
"date": "4/12/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First Japanese probe rockets. (April 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1608"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/12/1955",
"basic_date": "4/12/1955",
"date": "4/12/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Tony LeVier, a test pilot at [Lockheed](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LockheedMartin.html), on Kelly Johnson's orders, searched for a remote site to test the [U-2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/U2.html). He found [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) and returned with Kelly Johnson and a representative from the [CIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIA.html). Johnson decided to place the runway at the South end of Groom Lake. Work began on the installation under the direction of [Lockheed Skunk Works](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SkunkWorks.html).",
"ref": [
"Rich 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1609"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/30/1955",
"basic_date": "4/30/1955",
"date": "4/30/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Travis County \\(Texas\\). (April 30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3517 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1610"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1955",
"basic_date": "1955",
"date": "Spring 1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Birth of the [_Flying Saucer Review_](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html). (Spring)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1611"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1955",
"basic_date": "5/1955",
"date": "5/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [ATIC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ATIC.html) publishes Special Report No. 14 of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project. This is a computerized study of nearly 4000 UFO sighting reports received by the [ATIC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ATIC.html). This study, consisting largely of statistical tables, concludes that there is no evidence that extraterrestrial craft have visited the earth and that with more information all observations could be explained. This report also includes summaries of the best unexplained cases received. To help alleviate criticism of a \"cover-up\" by the USAF of its UFO discoveries, the USAF Secretary decides to place this report in the public domain and authorizes the Department of Commerce to sell copies to the public.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1612"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/4/1955",
"basic_date": "5/4/1955",
"date": "5/4/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Keflavik Airport \\(Iceland\\). (4 May)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3523 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1613"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/5/1955",
"basic_date": "5/5/1955",
"date": "5/5/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery of 4 bodies following a crash in Brighton \\(England\\). (May 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1614"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/14/1955",
"basic_date": "5/14/1955",
"date": "5/14/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the Warsaw Pact. (14 May)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1615"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/23/1955",
"basic_date": "5/23/1955",
"date": "5/23/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Cheyenne \\(Wyoming\\). (May 23)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3565 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1616"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/27/1955",
"basic_date": "5/27/1955",
"date": "5/27/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st flight of the Caravelle. (May 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1617"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/27/1955",
"basic_date": "5/27/1955",
"date": "5/27/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of June 5th near Namur. See photo at images/1955-06-05_Namur_2.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1618"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1955",
"basic_date": "7/1955",
"date": "7/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing of the observation of July 3. See photo at images/DESSINDSTOCK.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1619"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1955",
"basic_date": "7/1955",
"date": "7/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The work of the \"Ranch\" at [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) is completed and cost 800000 $. It consists of 3 hangars, a control tower, the mess hall, a runway, and many mobile homes.",
"ref": [
"Rich 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1620"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/24/1955",
"basic_date": "7/24/1955",
"date": "7/24/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The first prototype of [U-2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/U2.html) is brought to [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) from [Lockheed Skunk Works](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SkunkWorks.html) in Burbank via a C-124 transport plane. (23 or 24 July)",
"ref": [
"Rich 1994",
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1621"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1955",
"basic_date": "7/29/1955",
"date": "7/29/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Columbus \\(Nebraska\\). (July 29)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3673 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1622"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1955",
"basic_date": "8/4/1955",
"date": "8/4/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First flight of [U-2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/U2.html) at [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html). (August 4)",
"ref": [
"Rich 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1623"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/11/1955",
"basic_date": "8/11/1955",
"date": "8/11/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Iceland. (August 11)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3699 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1624"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1955",
"basic_date": "8/19/1955",
"date": "8/19/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) President [Eisenhower](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/EisenhowerDwightDavid.html) signs Executive Order 10633 restricting airspace above [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) for the first time. The rectangular space is an extension of the Test Site airspace \\(known as the \"Project Las Vegas\"\\) at its northeast end and measures 5 [nautical miles](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/unites.html\\#NM) by 9. (August 19)",
"ref": [
"Federal Register",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1625"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1955",
"basic_date": "8/20/1955",
"date": "8/20/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) One of the witnesses was on a dock in Ontario \\(Canada\\). A night watchman pointed out an unusual apparition to him: Its shape resembled two saucers placed one on top of the other, side by side... the whole object was of a beautiful silver-white color and it seemed to be radiating, like a lighthouse in a foggy night. The device performed a series of maneuvers about 100 m away from the men: It seemed to be throwing sparks as if all its surfaces were radiating an electric current or overheated air... After a first stop, the machine seemed to slide laterally for about 15 m, then stopped again. Its speed did not exceed 6 to 7 km/h. After 1 or 2 minutes, it accelerated so violently that it disappeared in 3 s, like a star would diminish. It left in the direction it had come from, from the west. It was climbing at an angle of about 40°. I reported this observation to the Canadian government... It was silver-white in color... I cannot better describe this hue, I have never seen anything like it... It was luminous, but without glare, rather like a fluorescent glow... It kept sparkling, like the lights of a diamond. It was a beautiful luminous thing... (August 20, 10:45 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1626"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1955",
"basic_date": "8/20/1955",
"date": "8/20/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Kenora \\(Ontario\\), two distant witnesses \\(1 pilot president of a seaplane company and 1 night watchman\\) observe for 4 minutes a small disc. The luminous object descends, skirts the clouds, makes various inclinations, stops at low altitude above a lake, throws sparks, then suddenly accelerates and disappears into the sky. Extract from the pilot's account: Coming from the West, it was heading towards us. It was in the shape of a saucer. It turned and dove to skirt a low cloud. It did not venture into the low drifting clouds in the sky but remained in the clear areas. When it arrived about 180 m from us, it inclined on its side and then returned to its initial position, parallel to the ground... it stopped about a dozen m above the lake, and about 75 m from us. We detected neither noise nor smell. The thing seemed to me at most 1.20 to 1.50 m wide with a thickness of 20 to 25 cm. It was silver white in color. I cannot better describe this shade, I have never seen one like it... It seemed to throw sparks as if all its surfaces were radiating an electric flux or overheated air... After a first stop, the machine seemed to slide laterally for about fifteen m, then stopped again. Its speed did not exceed 6 to 7 km/h. After 1 to 2 minutes, it accelerated so violently that it disappeared in 3 s, like a star that would diminish. It left in the direction from which it had come, from the West. It was climbing at an angle of about 40°. I reported this observation to the Canadian government. (August 20, 10:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"Poher 2003",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1627"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/21/1955",
"basic_date": "8/21/1955",
"date": "8/21/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Kentucky, [Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1955-08-21\\_Kelly-Hopkinsville.html). (August 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1628"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/23/1955",
"basic_date": "8/23/1955",
"date": "8/23/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 3 fighter jets engage in a dogfight with a flying saucer. They are observed by the [SAC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SAC.html) radar. No casualties are to be deplored.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1629"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/23/1955",
"basic_date": "8/23/1955",
"date": "8/23/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation Arlington \\(Virginia\\) \\(= previous SAC incident?\\)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3720 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1630"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/3/1955",
"basic_date": "9/3/1955",
"date": "9/3/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Bellingham \\(Washington\\). (September 3)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3743 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1631"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/7/1955",
"basic_date": "9/7/1955",
"date": "9/7/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Washington, D.C.. (September 7)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3750 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1632"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/9/1955",
"basic_date": "9/9/1955",
"date": "9/9/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Rock Garden \\(Tennessee\\). (9 September)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3757 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1633"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/9/1955",
"basic_date": "9/9/1955",
"date": "9/9/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Jean-Gabriel Greslé](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GresleJeanGabriel.html) at Cap Saint Jacques \\(Vietnam\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1634"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/4/1955",
"basic_date": "10/4/1955",
"date": "10/4/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Russia, 3 US officials \\(Senator Richard Russell, Lieutenant Colonel E. U. Hathaway and Ruben Efron, Commission Counsel\\) travelling by train between Atjaty and Adzhijabul \\(Trans-Caucasian region\\) see 2 unconventional round objects resembling discs or flying saucers taking off almost vertically at one-minute intervals. The disc-shaped object rises near dusk with its outer surface rotating slowly to the right and with 2 stationary lights at the top of its central part. Sparks and flames are seen emitted by the object. No openings are seen on the object as it passes over the witnesses' train. The 2 flying discs rise relatively slowly up to 6000 feet, then suddenly increase their speed in horizontal flight towards the North. The disc's altitude remained the same during the ascent \\(?\\) as in cruise, as a disc launched in flight. Two searchlights pointed almost vertically are seen near the takeoff zone about 1-2 miles \\(16-32 km \\(?\\)\\) south of the railway. After their observation the Soviet railwaymen are very excited and close the curtains and forbid looking out the windows. The US observers are convinced that these unconventional objects are authentic discs or flying saucers. (October 4, 7:10 PM)",
"ref": [
"Timothy Good, _Above Top Secret_, page 227",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1635"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/8/1955",
"basic_date": "10/8/1955",
"date": "10/8/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Loogootee \\(Indiana\\). (October 8)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3800 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1636"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/9/1955",
"basic_date": "10/9/1955",
"date": "10/9/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Interview with [MacArthur](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MacArthurDouglas.html) in the New York Times. (9 October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1637"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1955",
"basic_date": "10/11/1955",
"date": "10/11/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at Point Lookout \\(Maryland\\). (October 11)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3810 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1638"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/17/1955",
"basic_date": "11/17/1955",
"date": "11/17/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in St. Louis \\(Missouri\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3860 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1639"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/17/1955",
"basic_date": "11/17/1955",
"date": "11/17/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A C-54 transport, en route to [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) from Burbank, crashed on Mt. Charleston, killing all passengers, 9 civilian employees and 5 military personnel.",
"ref": [
"Los Angeles Times, November 19th, 1955",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1640"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/20/1955",
"basic_date": "11/20/1955",
"date": "11/20/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at Lake City \\(Tennessee\\). (November 20)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3862 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1641"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/25/1955",
"basic_date": "11/25/1955",
"date": "11/25/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at LaVeta \\(Colorado\\). (November 25)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3869 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1642"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/11/1955",
"basic_date": "12/11/1955",
"date": "12/11/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A swirling battle ensues between a flying disc and 3 US Navy fighter jets. The latter are heavily outmatched by their adversary. The battle is tracked on radar. (December 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1643"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1955",
"basic_date": "12/21/1955",
"date": "12/21/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Caribou \\(Maine\\). (December 21)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3993 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1644"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1955",
"basic_date": "12/21/1955",
"date": "12/21/1955",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First flight of the [B2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/appareils.html\\#B2) from [Area 51](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1955.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1645"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/13/1956",
"basic_date": "1/13/1956",
"date": "1/13/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Morris Jessup](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/scientifiques.html\\#JessupMorrisKetchum) receives the first letter from [Carlos Allende](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AllenCarlMeredith.html). (January 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1646"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/3/1956",
"basic_date": "2/3/1956",
"date": "2/3/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Off the coast of New Zealand and the Fiji Islands, 5 unknown origin rockets were seen in the sky, a kind of submarine, a dark object, a strange ship without mast or chimney, then a violent explosion in the sky. (February 3-24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1647"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/9/1956",
"basic_date": "2/9/1956",
"date": "2/9/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A memorandum titled \"Responsibilities Related to Unidentified Flying Objects\" assigns the [ASD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ASD.html) the archiving of files related to the subject. (February 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1648"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/12/1956",
"basic_date": "2/12/1956",
"date": "2/12/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Goose Bay \\(Labrador\\), Bowen, pilot of an F-89, and Crawford, radar observer, observe for 1 minute a red and green object quickly circling around their aircraft. They also see it on the radar. (February 12, 11:25 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#3969 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1649"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/17/1956",
"basic_date": "2/17/1956",
"date": "2/17/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Echoes on radar at 3600 km/h on Orly, optical observations, and communication jamming. (February 17th, 11 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1650"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/19/1956",
"basic_date": "2/19/1956",
"date": "2/19/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Houston \\(Texas\\), the crew of an Eastern Airlines Super Constellation sees an intense white light moving 4 to 5 times faster than their aircraft. It is avoided by the pilot. (February 19, 6:07 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 3977 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1651"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1956",
"basic_date": "4/4/1956",
"date": "4/4/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In McKinney \\(Texas\\), Roy Hall, a retired US Army Captain, Charles Anderson and other witnesses observe with a 6 inch telescope --- others with a 55-200x telescope --- a huge oblong object with 2 lines around its middle, remaining stationary for 6 hours. (April 4, 3:15 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4050 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1652"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1956",
"basic_date": "4/4/1956",
"date": "4/4/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Captain [George T. Gregory](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GregoryGeorgeT.html) succeeds [Charles Hardin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HardinCharles.html) as head of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1653"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/1/1956",
"basic_date": "6/1/1956",
"date": "6/1/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First stone of the Chinese site of Jiuquan. (June 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1654"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/6/1956",
"basic_date": "6/6/1956",
"date": "6/6/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Banning, California, Mr. Bierman saw a thin disc with a small dome, with silver reflections, hovering in flight at about 100 yards for 8 to 10 seconds and then flying away. (June 6, 5:30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4127 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1655"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/6/1956",
"basic_date": "6/6/1956",
"date": "6/6/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sergeant O. D. Hill, who worked for the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project at [Wright-Patterson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WrightPatterson.html) base, told Tom Comella and ufologist Edgar Smith that USAF \\([USAF.html](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html)\\) planes were disappearing from time to time after encounters with UFOs. To back up his claims, he gave two examples, intentionally omitting names, places and dates. One of them seems to be, with one or two details changed, the Kinross case \\(November 23, 1953\\). For the second one, Edgar Smith's notes indicate: A transport plane with 26 people on board was quickly approaching its base. It was about 16 km from the coast. On the ground, in the radar station, the operator was carefully following the transport plane and maintaining constant radar contact with it. Suddenly, the operator discovered a second trace on his screen. He immediately contacted the transport plane by radio and warned the pilot to be careful of the unidentified object. The UFO was moving at a very high speed, about 4000 km/h. It was jumping on the screen like a tennis ball. Suddenly, the mysterious \"blip\" flew straight to the transport plane's one and, before the operator had time to warn the pilot, the two objects became one on the screen. The remaining trace then disappeared into the sky at a dizzying speed. The search revealed no trace of oil on the surface of the water. Nothing but a general's briefcase floating. The plane had disappeared without a trace. American researcher Jerome Clark has noted that no one, neither Sergeant Hill nor the USAF, had denied Tom Comella's allegations. Moreover, *Fate* is a well-known magazine in the Anglo-Saxon world and the article had specifically named certain people.",
"ref": [
"\"Have UFOs \"swallowed\" Our Aircraft\", Fate, May 1961",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1656"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/6/1956",
"basic_date": "6/6/1956",
"date": "6/6/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The revelations made to Doctor Rolf Alexander in summer 1951 are revealed, without citing the persons involved.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1657"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/22/1956",
"basic_date": "7/22/1956",
"date": "7/22/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the night, a C-131 twin-engine aircraft was struck by some sort of fast and heavy object, as its pilot, Commander Stenvers, would later declare. By an incredible luck, only the tail had received the shock and no injuries were reported. Something unknown had hit the plane from below. According to the investigators, this veteran, with thousands of flights under his belt, was wrong: the tailplane rivets popped out on their own... In other words, the rivets made a depression, broke all ties with the Convair to go their own way, no doubt... (July 22-23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1658"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1956",
"basic_date": "7/26/1956",
"date": "7/26/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Nasser](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/dirigeants.html\\#Nasser) nationalizes the Suez Canal. (July 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1659"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1956",
"basic_date": "8/8/1956",
"date": "8/8/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 20 miles South of Quarsite \\(Arizona\\), attorneys W. B. Buttermore and J. W. Smith observed a pulsating blue-white light flying quickly and horizontally for 5 to 7 minutes. (August 8th, 11pm)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4270 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1660"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1956",
"basic_date": "8/13/1956",
"date": "8/13/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Start of [the Lakenheath incident](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1956-08-13\\_Lakenheath.html). (August 13, 9:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1661"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1956",
"basic_date": "8/13/1956",
"date": "8/13/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Some time after [the Lakenheath incident](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1956-08-13\\_Lakenheath.html), 2 pilots from the [RAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RAF.html) were flying over the sea between the Isle of Wight and Bournemouth when they received orders to intercept a target detected by a secret radar not far away. They quickly found the object and, having it clearly in sight, described it as follows: it was a shiny disc that reflected the sunlight and that awaited them, motionless, as they headed straight for it. When the two planes were only a few km away, the object turned on its side and moved away at an incredible speed. A few moments later, the craft had disappeared.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1662"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1956",
"basic_date": "8/27/1956",
"date": "8/27/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The UFO photographed by the [RCAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RCAF.html) pilot. See photo at images/1956-08-27_RCAF_UFO.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1663"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1956",
"basic_date": "8/27/1956",
"date": "8/27/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Juniata \\(Pennsylvania\\), Miss R. S. Pope saw a bright disc with a transparent dome flying vertically, then towards the North. A very cold breeze seemed to have been caused by the object during the 3 minutes of observation. (21 h 55)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4348 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1664"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/4/1956",
"basic_date": "9/4/1956",
"date": "9/4/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Dallas, Texas, Marine T/Sgt. R. D. Rogers and his family saw a large star turn red, remain stationary for 20 minutes, then head West at 200 knots \\(230 mph\\). The observation lasted 23 minutes. (September 4, 9 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4379 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1665"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/14/1956",
"basic_date": "9/14/1956",
"date": "9/14/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Highland, North Carolina, police officer O.S. Gryman sees 14 yellow-to-red round objects with incredible trails flying in a vague formation from Southwest to East, Northeast and back again, darting up and down. The observation lasts 1.5 hours. (September 14, 1 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4399 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1666"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/27/1956",
"basic_date": "9/27/1956",
"date": "9/27/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Bell X-2 rocket plane reaches Mach 3.2. (September 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1667"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/23/1956",
"basic_date": "10/23/1956",
"date": "10/23/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Soviet intervention in Budapest. (October 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1668"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/29/1956",
"basic_date": "10/29/1956",
"date": "10/29/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Suez Crisis. (October 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1669"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/1/1956",
"basic_date": "11/1/1956",
"date": "11/1/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 60 miles East of St. Louis \\(Missouri\\), USAF Captain W. M. Lyons, Chief of the Intelligence Division \\(Air Weather Reconnaissance Bureau\\) is piloting a T-33 training jet. He sees an orange light with a blue tint flying through the sky for 2 minutes. (November 1st, 5:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4489 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1670"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/6/1956",
"basic_date": "11/6/1956",
"date": "11/6/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Re-election of President [Eisenhower](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/EisenhowerDwightDavid.html). (November 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1671"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/30/1956",
"basic_date": "11/30/1956",
"date": "11/30/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the USAF base in Charleston \\(South Carolina\\), Major D. D. Grimes, USAF navigator, sees an object flying over the water for 10 minutes at an estimated altitude of 100 feet. (November 30, 0:48)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4543 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1672"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"date": "12/31/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the island of [Guam](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Guam), USAF 1st Lieutenant Ted Brunson pilots an F-86D interceptor jet and observes a round, white object flying beneath his aircraft. He is unable to turn as sharply as the object. (December 31, 2:10 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4577 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1673"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"date": "12/31/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 6 pilots from the [SAC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SAC.html) begin U-2 pilot training at [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html). (End of the year)",
"ref": [
"Rich 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1674"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"date": "12/31/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Ruppelt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RuppeltEdwardJ.html) publishes *The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects,* a book in which he makes various revelations.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1675"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"date": "12/31/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During an aerial reconnaissance of the USSR's ice in Greenland, the crew spotted a disc-shaped aircraft without wings, antennas, windows, exhaust or condensation trails. Thinking it was an American aircraft, the Tupolev hid in the clouds. When it emerged 40 minutes later, the unknown aircraft was still to its left. After 15 minutes of parallel flight, the craft rose and disappeared at an incredible speed.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1676"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"date": "12/31/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Release in France of *Alerte dans le ciel* and *Black out sur les soucoupes volantes.*",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1677"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"date": "12/31/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Donald Keyoe](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KeyhoeDonaldEdward.html) resigns from the US military and founds the [NICAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html) in Washington.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1678"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"date": "12/31/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In a movie theater in New Jersey, for 6 weeks, viewers were the recipients of two subliminal messages projected on the screen for 3 milliseconds, every 5 seconds. One of the messages simply said Coca-Cola, and the other said Eat Popcorn. Sales of *Coca-Cola* increased by 18%, and those of Popcorn by 57%. The organizer of this experiment, a New York firm, the *Subliminal Projection Co. Inc.*, announced that it was patenting its process and would soon be ready to offer it to companies wishing to advertise in the cinema or on television in the most subtle ways ever used to extol the virtues of a product.",
"ref": [
"Newsweek",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1679"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"date": "12/31/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Release of *Earth Versus the Flying Saucers* which freely draws inspiration from the UFO research conducted by [Donald Keyoe](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KeyhoeDonaldEdward.html). It contains many images similar to those that [Betty and Barney Hill](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#Hill) will evoke following their abduction in 1961: contact on a deserted road; the saucer appearing first in the form of distant light; the witness's initial skeptical reaction; subliminal messages inaccessible to conscious recall; the witnesses' torpor; and interference with watches as an indication of what happened.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1680"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"date": "12/31/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Release of the movie *U.F.O.*, distributed by *United Artists* and produced by Greene-Rouse Productions \\(Los Angeles\\). When [Robert Barrow](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BarrowRobert.html) asks Clarence Greene why he decided to make this film, the latter responds: I saw a UFO.",
"ref": [
"[Robert Barrow 1976, UFO Magazine, February 1977](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.nicap.dabsol.co.uk/ufochop1.htm)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1681"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"date": "12/31/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Valentin Akkusatov, pilot and chief navigator at the North Pole base, is doing a reconnaissance above a strategic ice region near Greenland. As they emerge from the clouds into a clear area, they see to their left an unknown object flying parallel to them. It has the appearance of a large pear or lens-shaped construction, with pulsating ends. Thinking they were seeing an unknown US aircraft, they return to the clouds to avoid an encounter. After 40 minutes of flight the clouds break again and they see the same strange object again. It has no wings, antennas or windows, and emits no smoke. They decide to approach to get a closer look, but the object then changes its course to maintain its distance from their aircraft. After 15 minutes the object shoots up and disappears, travelling at an \"impossible\" speed.",
"ref": [
"Psychic Discoveries behind the Iron Curtain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1682"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"basic_date": "12/31/1956",
"date": "12/31/1956",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(or 1957\\) Henri Lhote discovers the \"Martian of Tassili\" fresco dating back to -6000.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1956.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1683"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/17/1957",
"basic_date": "1/17/1957",
"date": "1/17/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Admiral [Farney](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/militaires.html\\#FarneyDelmerS) declares that no terrestrial device is capable of reproducing the performance of the flying objects observed, penetrating our atmosphere. (January 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1684"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/17/1957",
"basic_date": "1/17/1957",
"date": "1/17/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Donald Keyhoe](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KeyhoeDonaldEdward.html) is appointed to head the [NICAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1685"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/17/1957",
"basic_date": "1/17/1957",
"date": "1/17/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Milowka \\(Poland\\), several witnesses see a whitish object. It is silver, some think, and round like a hat. It moves horizontally at an estimated altitude of 500 m and has a diameter of about 20 m. The object shone like a mirror in the Sun before leaving at high speed.",
"ref": [
"Archives Hobana/Weverbergh",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1686"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/17/1957",
"basic_date": "1/17/1957",
"date": "1/17/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Milowka, a married couple is on the balcony of their apartment when they see 3 bright spheres in the sky, all of equal size and the same distance apart.",
"ref": [
"Archives Hobana/Weverbergh",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1687"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/12/1957",
"basic_date": "2/12/1957",
"date": "2/12/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Mansfield, after seismic shocks, luminous shapes are seen in the sky leaving behind a trail of vapor and advancing at extraordinary speeds. (11-12 February)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1688"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/5/1957",
"basic_date": "3/5/1957",
"date": "3/5/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The photograph taken in Rouen in March, and the one taken in McMinville in [1951](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1951.html). See photo at images/1954-03.jpg. (March 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1689"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/25/1957",
"basic_date": "3/25/1957",
"date": "3/25/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Signing of the Treaty of Rome. (March 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1690"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/3/1957",
"basic_date": "5/3/1957",
"date": "5/3/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\). (3 May)",
"ref": [
"Gordon Cooper, LDLN 358",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1691"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/20/1957",
"basic_date": "5/20/1957",
"date": "5/20/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The decree ordering the creation of the Russian launcher R7 is signed. (20 May)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1692"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1957",
"basic_date": "4/4/1957",
"date": "4/4/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A [U-2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/U2.html) equipped with a radar masking device \\(\\#341, the first prototype\\) crashes during a test flight near Pioche, killing the pilot. (April 4)",
"ref": [
"Rich 1994",
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1693"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/14/1957",
"basic_date": "4/14/1957",
"date": "4/14/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Vins-sur-Caramy \\(Var\\), Ms. Garçin and Rami observe an object in the shape of a top, hemispherical on top, conical underneath, 1.5 m tall and 1 m in diameter, slowly flying at 2 or 3 m above the ground, over the intersection of the departmental road 24 and the road to Vins. The lower cone is formed of a bundle of luminous, multicolored and parallel tigelles, agitated by a rapid movement, and the noise comes from one of the two road signs at the intersection, which is also vibrating violently, as if there was a resonance between the movement of the tigelles and that of the sign. Frightened, the two women scream and attract the attention of a third person. At the same time, the object, which has descended to the ground level, makes a kind of jump and flies over a second road sign which also starts to vibrate, producing the same metallic noise. Continuing its flight, but in silence, the craft travels about 200 m, approaches the ground, perhaps touching it, stops for a few seconds, makes a second jump, accelerates and disappears towards the Southeast at a moderate speed, raising a whirlwind of dust. It is then noticed that the two signs are abnormally magnetized: compass needle deviated by 15° at 5 cm of distance, while, under the same conditions, a third sign, further away, does not produce any deviation. It is also noticed that a canal irrigation valve located near the second point of approach to the ground is also magnetized. The grass is scorched and trampled at the landing site. (April 14th, 3 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1694"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/25/1957",
"basic_date": "4/25/1957",
"date": "4/25/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Ringgold, Louisiana by military personnel Robertson. (April 25)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4706 unsolved, missing from official records",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1695"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1957",
"basic_date": "5/7/1957",
"date": "5/7/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) See photo taken in Japan at images/1957-05-07.gif. (May 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1696"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1957",
"basic_date": "5/15/1957",
"date": "5/15/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Inauguration of the Baikonour Cosmodrome. (May 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1697"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/12/1957",
"basic_date": "6/12/1957",
"date": "6/12/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Milan \\(Italy\\), G. U. Donadio, a translator for an import-export firm, observed an object the size of a chicken egg flying very quickly, zigzagging, hovering, and spinning, then shooting up after 17 minutes. (June 12, 7:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4760 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1698"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1957",
"basic_date": "7/1/1957",
"date": "7/1/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [IGY](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IGY.html) begins with Antarctica the main effort of scientists from 67 countries for the next 18 months. 12 new bases are built with the American base of Amundsen-Scott at the South Pole built for the expeditions of the *Deepfreeze* operation. The [IGY](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IGY.html) is notably organized by Doctor [Lloyd Berkner](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BerknerLloydViel.html), member of the [Robertson Commission](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Robertson.html) and of the supposed group [MJ-12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJ-12.html). (July 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1699"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1957",
"basic_date": "7/1/1957",
"date": "7/1/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A cloud layer is the cause of the disappearance of an aircraft over the region between Venice and Padua: The pilot requests to descend from 11000 feet to 5000 feet. Permission is granted. Not only will the pilot not send any more calls, but no trace of it will be found.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1700"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1957",
"basic_date": "7/1/1957",
"date": "7/1/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Russian launcher model R7 is ready.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1701"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1957",
"basic_date": "7/17/1957",
"date": "7/17/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At dawn, an [RB-47H](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/appareils.html\\#RB47) *Stratojet* electronic reconnaissance bomber of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html), call sign Lacy 17, was heading to Oklahoma City, with 8 officers on board, including Commander Mac Clure and Major Chase, the pilot. At 10,500 m it was followed by a big and intense white/bluish light: An [Air Force](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) RB-47, equipped with electronic countermeasures \\(ECM\\) apparatus, with a crew of 6 officers, was followed by an unidentified object for more than 1200 km for 1 hour and 30 minutes, while it flew over Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and reached Oklahoma. The object was several times seen directly by the cockpit crew as a very bright light; it was tracked by ground radar and detected by the ECM equipment carried by the plane. The particular interest of this case lies in the simultaneous appearances and disappearances observed by 3 distinct channels and in the speed of the maneuvers that exceeded anything the crew had experienced before. The object thus disappeared from the radar screens several times in a row, to reappear simultaneously following the plane almost all the time at a distance of about 17 km, before quickly changing position to be in front of the plane. Chase momentarily forgot his mission and headed towards the mysterious light that disappeared as he approached. Chase resumed his initial course but the \"target\" reappeared under the Stratojet. The plane dived again towards the UFO which disappeared once again. Out of fuel, the Boeing had to return to its Forbes base. The [Condon Commission](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html\\#Condon) was seized of this case 10 years later, but classified the case for lack of access to the file. (Wednesday, July 17)",
"ref": [
"review *Astronautics and Aeronautics*",
"report [COMETA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/COMETA.html)",
"J. P. Petit",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1702"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1957",
"basic_date": "7/18/1957",
"date": "7/18/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery of 4 bodies following a crash in Carlsbad \\(New Mexico\\). (Thursday 18 July)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1703"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1957",
"basic_date": "7/27/1957",
"date": "7/27/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Longmont \\(Colorado\\), J. L. Siverly observed a thick, blue disc, whose top resembled a honeycomb ray \\(interconnected hexagons\\), hovering and shaking under the top of the hills for 10 minutes. The middle band was grooved, and the bottom had 4 shapes resembling kidneys. (July 27 (or 29), early morning)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\# 4841 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1704"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1957",
"basic_date": "7/29/1957",
"date": "7/29/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oldsmar, Florida, E. E. Henkins saw a pale yellow fireball glide into the water and explode. (11:45)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4848 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1705"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1957",
"basic_date": "7/29/1957",
"date": "7/29/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Cleveland, Ohio, Captain R. L. Stimley and First Officer F. J. Downing of *Capital Airlines* observed a large, round, white-yellow object for 8 minutes, fading once, passing in front of the nose of the aircraft, which then gave chase but was unable to catch it. (10:31 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4847 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1706"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1957",
"basic_date": "8/1/1957",
"date": "8/1/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The East and West sections of the [DEW](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#DEW) line are respectively placed under the operational control of the [ADC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ADC.html) and the [AAC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgsMilitaires.html\\#AAC). (August 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1707"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1957",
"basic_date": "8/1/1957",
"date": "8/1/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) According to [Gordon Cooper](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CooperLeroyGordon.html), a team of audiovisual professionals filmed the landing of a flying saucer at [Edwards](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/EdwardsAFB.html) base \\(California\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1708"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/7/1957",
"basic_date": "9/7/1957",
"date": "9/7/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Runcorn, Cheshire \\(England\\), James Cook reports having spent 2 days in a UFO which he boarded while on a hill outside the town. (September 7)",
"ref": [
"Mysterious Britain",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1709"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/12/1957",
"basic_date": "9/12/1957",
"date": "9/12/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Ubatuba \\(Sao Paulo\\), something explodes by the sea and scatters the beach with thousands of metal debris. Fishermen collect a large quantity.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1710"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/12/1957",
"basic_date": "9/12/1957",
"date": "9/12/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) General J. J. Kelly to a Congressman: We have not refused to communicate any report to [NICAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html). Intentions at least contradicted on November 15th.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1711"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/14/1957",
"basic_date": "9/14/1957",
"date": "9/14/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Journalist Ibrahim Sued publishes in the Rio newspaper *O Globo* an article indicating that witnesses saw a UFO explode over the sea near Ubatuba in Sao Paulo \\(Brazil\\). The witnesses were on the beach when they saw a flying disc approach at an incredible speed and rise to avoid hitting the water. As it still moved quickly, it exploded into thousands of fragments that fell into the sea. A number of these fragments fell near the beach and some were recovered. One of the witnesses sent 3 fragments in a letter to journalist Sued. On the same day, Brazilian investigator and doctor [Olavo Fontes](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FontesOlavoT.html) interviews Sued. He lets him know that he has connections that allow for the scientific analysis of the debris, and leaves with them. (September 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1712"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/20/1957",
"basic_date": "9/20/1957",
"date": "9/20/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of Colonel [Chase](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/militaires.html\\#Chase), in command of a B-25 bomber. Radar recordings and disturbances are noted.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1713"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/20/1957",
"basic_date": "9/20/1957",
"date": "9/20/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Kadena Air Base \\(Okinawa\\), S/Sgt. H. T. O'Connor and S/Sgt. H. D. Bridgeman observed an object resembling a bottle of Coca-Cola without the neck, translucent and fluorescent. The object made passes of 5 to 10 seconds from North to South, with 4 to 5 minutes between passes. (8 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#4959 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1714"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/21/1957",
"basic_date": "9/21/1957",
"date": "9/21/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Memo from the [CIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIA.html) on an observation the day before. Concluding to the possibility of an exceptional weather phenomenon and excluding the hypothesis of a Soviet device. (September 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1715"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/4/1957",
"basic_date": "10/4/1957",
"date": "10/4/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Sputnik 1*, the first artificial satellite, is put into orbit by the *Semiorka*, a *Soyuz* rocket of the Soviet Union. Its \"beep beep\" is picked up by radio operators around the world. (October 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1716"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/8/1957",
"basic_date": "10/8/1957",
"date": "10/8/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Seattle \\(Washington\\), two sergeants of the [U.S. Army](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USArmy.html) saw two flat, white, round objects flying in a single-file formation with an irregular trajectory, frequently turning, for 25 to 30 seconds. (October 8, 9:17 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5003 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1717"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/15/1957",
"basic_date": "10/15/1957",
"date": "10/15/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1500 km inland, in a remote corner of Brazil near the Paraguay border, [Antonio Villas Boas](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VillaBoasAntonio.html) is the victim of an abduction whose every detail will remain in his memory. The UFO has an ovoid shape, whose upper part, a transparent dome, is rotary, and includes a footboard. A Brazilian researcher, Doctor [Olavo Fontès](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FontesOlavoT.html), will be the only one to record his statements, which he will not immediately make public. (October 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1718"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/16/1957",
"basic_date": "10/16/1957",
"date": "10/16/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Tularosa on October 16th. Lenticular cloud?. See photo at images/1957-10-16\\_Tularosa.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1719"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/16/1957",
"basic_date": "10/16/1957",
"date": "10/16/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Sao Francisco de Sales \\(Brazil\\), after 2 observations the previous days, ...",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1720"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/16/1957",
"basic_date": "10/16/1957",
"date": "10/16/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) October 20th Observation in Missouri. See photo at images/1957-10-20.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1721"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/25/1957",
"basic_date": "10/25/1957",
"date": "10/25/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Petropolis \\(Brazil\\), a young girl dying of cancer is saved by a fantastic operation performed by 2 men coming from the sky. (October 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1722"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/2/1957",
"basic_date": "11/2/1957",
"date": "11/2/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [RR2 multiple of Levelland](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1957-11-02\\_Levelland.html) \\(Texas\\). (23 h-2 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1723"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/2/1957",
"basic_date": "11/2/1957",
"date": "11/2/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The crew of a cargo ship observe at night a fishing boat on fire from the back to the front, about 20 m long and able to contain a dozen sailors. Approaching in the hope of saving the sailors, the crew can observe from afar a white object near the fire that quickly moves away and disappears. Despite the searches in the area, no body was found.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1724"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/3/1957",
"basic_date": "11/3/1957",
"date": "11/3/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) One month after *Spoutnik 1*, launch of *Spoutnik 2*, weighing more than 0.5 t and carrying with it the dog Laïka, 1st living being in orbit. (0 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1725"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/3/1957",
"basic_date": "11/3/1957",
"date": "11/3/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Meeting of Fort Itaipú](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1957-11-03\\_FortItapu.html) \\(Brazil\\). (2 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1726"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/6/1957",
"basic_date": "11/6/1957",
"date": "11/6/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting with [Everett Clark](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#ClarkEverett). (6:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1727"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/6/1957",
"basic_date": "11/6/1957",
"date": "11/6/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting with [John Trasco](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#TrascoJohn) (Evening)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1728"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/6/1957",
"basic_date": "11/6/1957",
"date": "11/6/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Boerne \\(Texas\\) \\(= one of the highest cases of the same day?\\)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5205 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1729"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/6/1957",
"basic_date": "11/6/1957",
"date": "11/6/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Radium Springs, New Mexico, a Las Cruces police officer and a Dona Ana county sheriff's deputy observe for 10 minutes a round object, changing from red to green, then from blue to white, rising towards the top of a mountain \\(= one of the higher cases of the same day?\\) (10:50 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5227 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1730"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/8/1957",
"basic_date": "11/8/1957",
"date": "11/8/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Merrick, Long Island \\(New York\\), Miss L. Dinner observed an object shaped like a bar, 3.5 inches long, sending out blue flashes, emitting a whistling sound. (November 8, 10:10am)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5254 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1731"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/15/1957",
"basic_date": "11/15/1957",
"date": "11/15/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) General J. J. Kelly's statement to [NICAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html): It was never the intention of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) to provide you with the files reserved for officials. (November 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1732"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/26/1957",
"basic_date": "11/26/1957",
"date": "11/26/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Robbins \\(Georgia\\), 3 control tower operators, 1 weather observer and 4 other people observed a cigar-shaped object for 8 minutes, before it disappeared. (November 26, 10:07 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5419 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1733"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/30/1957",
"basic_date": "11/30/1957",
"date": "11/30/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In New Orleans \\(Louisiana\\), 3 coast guards saw for 20 minutes a round object become white then golden, then split into 3 parts and become red. (November 30, 2:11 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5445 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1734"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/9/1957",
"basic_date": "12/9/1957",
"date": "12/9/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) F-86 A *Sabre*s equipped with 6 cameras film 16 objects of 50 x 10 m, in a \"V\" formation. 2 other approaches are filmed. (7th and 9th December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1735"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/13/1957",
"basic_date": "12/13/1957",
"date": "12/13/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Col Anahuac \\(Mexico\\), R. C. Cano saw for 20 minutes 14 or 15 thin and very bright discs flying in formation, first like a stack of coins, then changing to an inverted \"V\" formation. (December 13, 9:35 AM)",
"ref": [
" \\[case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5545 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1736"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/17/1957",
"basic_date": "12/17/1957",
"date": "12/17/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Grand Junction, Colorado, F. G. Hickman \\(17 years old\\) saw a round object change from yellow to white to red; its tail was twice as long as its body. It stopped, restarted, and reversed for 45 minutes. (December 17, 7:20 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5559 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1737"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/17/1957",
"basic_date": "12/17/1957",
"date": "12/17/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Hamilton \\(Canada\\), the police have noticed that the 20m long, several tonne iron bridge located at the entrance of the city has disappeared without a trace.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1738"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/17/1957",
"basic_date": "12/17/1957",
"date": "12/17/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) South of Cuba, 2 *Stratojets* collide with an unknown object.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1739"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/17/1957",
"basic_date": "12/17/1957",
"date": "12/17/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The following month, a DC-6 narrowly avoided the same fate.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1740"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/17/1957",
"basic_date": "12/17/1957",
"date": "12/17/1957",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The USAF's study on UFOs is celebrating its 10th anniversary, with great publicity. ATIC reported receiving 701 UFO sighting reports in the 3 months following the launch of Sputnik on October 4th. It also worked with the Armstrong Circle Theater to produce the TV show \"Enigma of the Skies\", with Captain George T. Gregory, then director of the Blue Book project, producing the basic script for the 1 hour program.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1957.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1741"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1958",
"basic_date": "1/1958",
"date": "1/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A woman is driving on the highway in New York State, near Niagara Falls, in the middle of a snowstorm. She is going to see her son, who is in the army, and is driving very carefully, looking for an exit, as she fears the highway may be blocked further ahead. Visibility is extremely poor. She has no time to think when she suddenly discovers an object that looks like an airplane carcass in the middle of the road: A large shape was visible, and a thin, 15 m high rod, illuminated, which seemed to shorten and sink into the ground. My engine slowed down and, as I approached, my car stopped completely. I was panic-stricken and desperately tried to start it again as I had no lights. My first thought was to get out and see what was going on, when suddenly I saw two shapes standing next to the rod that was getting shorter and shorter. They were suspended but spinning around. It looked like animals with four legs and a tail, but with two antennas under the head, like arms. Before I had time to breathe, the things disappeared and the craft rose into the air; I then realized it was a UFO: it turned and zigzagged about 3 m above the ground, then rose again and I couldn't even see where it went. Suddenly my headlights came back on. I started the engine and everything was fine. I drove to the place, got out my flashlight, and walked to the scene itself. In a large hole about 30 cm wide, where the snow had melted, a little grass was visible. The grass was warm but no depression was observed. (1:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1742"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/16/1958",
"basic_date": "1/16/1958",
"date": "1/16/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation and photography of the [Trinity Island](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1958\\_Trinite.html) \\(Brazil\\). (January 16, 12 PM (6:45 PM ?))",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1743"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/31/1958",
"basic_date": "1/31/1958",
"date": "1/31/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Explorer 1*, first American satellite, under the direction of [Wernher von Braun.](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VonBraunWernher.html) (January 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1744"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1958",
"basic_date": "2/1958",
"date": "2/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Release of the first issue of [Lumières dans la nuit](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1745"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/21/1958",
"basic_date": "2/21/1958",
"date": "2/21/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The views taken on January 16 at the [Trinity Island](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1958\\_Trinite.html), as well as their history, make the first page of *Correio da Manha* of Rio de Janeiro. (February 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1746"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/25/1958",
"basic_date": "2/25/1958",
"date": "2/25/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) UP Agency of Rio buys the story and photos of the [Trinity Island](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1958\\_Trinite.html), ensures that the Brazilian Navy Ministry attests to their authenticity, and distributes them internationally. (February 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1747"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/14/1958",
"basic_date": "3/14/1958",
"date": "3/14/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Healdsburg \\(California\\). (March 14)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5716 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1748"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/14/1958",
"basic_date": "3/14/1958",
"date": "3/14/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A 28 year old French legionnaire on duty at the Bouah-Mama camp \\(Algeria, in the desert south of Constantine\\) heard a whistling sound coming from the sky. When he looked up, he saw a huge object, about 300 m in diameter, descending to about 45 m from him. The most remarkable thing about this object was not its size but the conical beam of an emerald green light coming from underneath and directed towards the ground. The legionnaire's memories of what followed are quite vague, and, as he himself admits, may not correspond to reality: instead of shooting to alert the others or taking the field telephone to call his superiors, the young man stayed there staring at the object for more than 45 minutes. Questioned by [Joël Mesnard](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MesnardJoel.html), he declared that the pale green and emerald colors were the most beautiful, most soothing and most fascinating he had ever seen. The object left in the most classic way: first the whistling, then the elevation to an altitude of about 90 m and finally the ascent at a dizzying speed towards the northwest. The object gone, the man regained consciousness, and the happy, ecstatic feeling he had was replaced by sadness. It was as if time was passing very slowly... it was like being in another world he would later declare. He grabbed the phone and reported to his superiors what he had seen. At first, they thought it was a hallucination due to stress; however, a thorough investigation was carried out. The officers went to the scene, examined it minutely, without finding any physical evidence, re-interviewed the witness and, as he maintained that the event was real, they sent him to Paris for a more detailed examination. There, he stayed a week under observation at the Val-de-Grâce hospital. An electroencephalogram revealed nothing abnormal. The doctors concluded that he was in good mental and physical health and was not excessively suffering from the tension due to the war. (12:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1749"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/17/1958",
"basic_date": "3/17/1958",
"date": "3/17/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of Pamplemousse, first satellite equipped with solar panels. (March 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1750"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/14/1958",
"basic_date": "4/14/1958",
"date": "4/14/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Lynchburg \\(Virginia\\). (April 14)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5763 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1751"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/9/1958",
"basic_date": "5/9/1958",
"date": "5/9/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Bohol Island \\(Philippines\\). (May 9)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5800 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1752"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/13/1958",
"basic_date": "5/13/1958",
"date": "5/13/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Insurrection in Algiers. (May 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1753"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1958",
"basic_date": "5/15/1958",
"date": "5/15/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Spoutnik 3*. (May 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1754"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1958",
"basic_date": "5/15/1958",
"date": "5/15/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The French Air Ministry decides to no longer encourage the collection of UFO testimonies \\(...\\) because it results that no act of aggression, either against people or civilian or military property, has been observed.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1755"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1958",
"basic_date": "5/15/1958",
"date": "5/15/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Publication of the book of [Aimé Michel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MichelAime.html), *Mysterious Celestial Objects* \\(MOC\\), in which General [Lionel Chassin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ChassinLionelMax.html) admits the existence of UFOs.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1756"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/1/1958",
"basic_date": "6/1/1958",
"date": "6/1/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Return of De Gaulle to power. (June 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1757"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/14/1958",
"basic_date": "6/14/1958",
"date": "6/14/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Pueblo \\(Colorado\\). (June 14)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5852 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1758"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/20/1958",
"basic_date": "6/20/1958",
"date": "6/20/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Fort Bragg \\(North Carolina\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5857 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1759"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/20/1958",
"basic_date": "6/20/1958",
"date": "6/20/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Public Land Order* 1662 is decreed by Roger Ernst, Deputy Secretary of the Interior, requisitioning 38400 acres \\(60 square miles\\) for exploitation by the [Atomic Energy Commission](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AEC.html) in collaboration with the Nevada Test Site. The area, 6 miles North to South and 10 miles East to West, forms the first \"box\" around the base of [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), under the already restricted airspace.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1760"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1958",
"basic_date": "6/1958",
"date": "6/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 4 aircrafts crash after colliding with an unknown object. From witness observations, it appears that these tragedies were caused by sudden shocks against something invisible, followed by a bright light. (June-August)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1761"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1958",
"basic_date": "6/1958",
"date": "6/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing by an unknown mechanic of a UFO he saw flying over a runway of the [Holloman base](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HollomanAFB.html) during the Summer!. See photo at images/1958-summer-holloman-airfor.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1762"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/17/1958",
"basic_date": "8/17/1958",
"date": "8/17/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Warren \\(Michigan\\). (August 17)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#5999 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1763"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1958",
"basic_date": "9/1/1958",
"date": "9/1/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Wheelus Air Base \\(Tripoli\\). (September 1st)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6027 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1764"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/28/1958",
"basic_date": "9/28/1958",
"date": "9/28/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beginning of the 5th Republic in France. (September 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1765"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/29/1958",
"basic_date": "9/29/1958",
"date": "9/29/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Dr. Kenzaburo Toyoda of Meiji University observes the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html) in the night and sees a fantastic phenomenon taking place in the Sea of Serenity, and to the left of the Sea of Tranquility: in very black and very clear letters, he sees the following two words, placed one under the other: PYAX and JWA. Two other people also saw these words through the telescope. A X was also seen in the crater *Erasthotenes*, and the Greek letter *gamma* in the crater *Littrow*. (September 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1766"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/1/1958",
"basic_date": "10/1/1958",
"date": "10/1/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html). (October 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1767"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/2/1958",
"basic_date": "10/2/1958",
"date": "10/2/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Stroudsburg \\(Pennsylvania\\) (October 2)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6089 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1768"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/15/1958",
"basic_date": "10/15/1958",
"date": "10/15/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Antonio Villa Boas](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VillaBoasAntonio.html) is the first abduction in UFO history. (October 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1769"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/15/1958",
"basic_date": "10/15/1958",
"date": "10/15/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Major [Robert J. Friend](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FriendRobertJ.html) succeeds Captain [George T. Gregory](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GregoryGeorgeT.html) as head of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1770"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/26/1958",
"basic_date": "10/26/1958",
"date": "10/26/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Loch Raven \\(Maryland\\), 2 witnesses whose car had broken down observed a UFO for 1 to 2 minutes. The object emitted a powerful white light beam which caused a sensation of heat on their faces \\(they were burned to the 1st degree and hospitalized\\), then it left vertically in 5 to 10 seconds: Shortly after crossing the dam... the point rose, at 200 m or 250 m from there... So we saw, at this distance, what seemed to be a large oblong and flattened object suspended between 30 and 45 m above the superstructure of the bridge crossing the lake. We slowed down and then decided to get closer and examine the object... When we arrived at 25 m from the bridge, the car completely let us down. It seemed to come from the electrical circuits; the dashboard and headlights went out, the engine stopped. Mr. S., who was driving, tightened the brakes \\(the engine no longer running\\) and maneuvered the key 1 or 2 times. The mill remained silent; so then we really started to be afraid... We contemplated it... for maybe 30 to 45 seconds and then, although I'm not sure of the order of events, it seemed to emit a very bright white light beam, and both of us felt the heat on our face... At the same time, we heard a fairly loud noise, which I took for a muffled explosion... And then, very quickly... the object started to go up vertically. As far as we could judge, it did not change position \\(aspect\\) during its ascent. The only difference is that it was very bright and its edges became unclear so that, as it climbed, its shape was no longer distinguishable. It disappeared in 5 to 10 seconds. We were really scared... It took us maybe 1/4 hour to get back to a telephone booth. (October 26, 10:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"Poher 2003",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1771"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1958",
"basic_date": "10/27/1958",
"date": "10/27/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Lock Raven Dam \\(Maryland\\). (October 27)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6148 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1772"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/31/1958",
"basic_date": "10/31/1958",
"date": "10/31/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Igaupe \\(Brazil\\), a disc plunged into the river *Péropava* after hitting a palm tree with an intense whistling in front of a group of witnesses.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1773"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/31/1958",
"basic_date": "10/31/1958",
"date": "10/31/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [H. Obert](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/OberthHermann.html), one of the fathers of the [V-2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/V2.html) rockets, wrote: I am convinced that flying saucers are piloted by higher forms of life, intelligent beings who have been observing the Earth for a long time.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1774"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/31/1958",
"basic_date": "10/31/1958",
"date": "10/31/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken on December 22nd by Dr. Kowalezewski. See photo at images/1958-12-22-03_Zegiestowa_Kowalezewski.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1775"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/3/1958",
"basic_date": "11/3/1958",
"date": "11/3/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Minot \\(North Dakota\\). (November 3)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6153 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1776"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/7/1958",
"basic_date": "11/7/1958",
"date": "11/7/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Following the incident of [October 31](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1958.html\\#1958-10-31), the Péropava river is dredged, in vain. (November 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1777"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/7/1958",
"basic_date": "11/7/1958",
"date": "11/7/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Villa Boas](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VillaBoasAntonio.html) confides in a journalist, [João Martins](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MartinsJoao.html), who takes him to see [Dr Olavo Fontès](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FontesOlavoT.html). The latter performs a number of tests and discovers two small punctures, on either side of the chin.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1778"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/26/1958",
"basic_date": "11/26/1958",
"date": "11/26/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A mysterious satellite in Earth orbit sends out messages in a strange language, which are picked up all over the world. Scientists name it The Black Knight. (November 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1779"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/7/1958",
"basic_date": "12/7/1958",
"date": "12/7/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Kenneth Martin, 54 years old, his wife and their 3 children disappear from their home in Portland \\(Oregon\\) after announcing they were going to get a Christmas tree. (December 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1780"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/20/1958",
"basic_date": "12/20/1958",
"date": "12/20/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting of [Hans Gustavsson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#GustavssonHans) and Stig Rydberg in Domsten \\(Sweden\\). (December 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1781"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/22/1958",
"basic_date": "12/22/1958",
"date": "12/22/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Doctor Stanislaw Kowalezewski takes a photo of a glowing light coming from the clouds. Despite not having a filter on his camera he takes the photo through the window, hoping the light will render the orange glow. Kowalezewski will say he could see the road to Zegiestowa, the railway, the Poprad river and the top of the mountain silhouette bathed in this orange light which was about 500 from his window. The negative would have been examined by several experts who would have considered it authentic. (December 22, 3 AM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1782"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1958",
"basic_date": "12/29/1958",
"date": "12/29/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Earl Zrust, a young building entrepreneur from Silver Lake \\(Minnesota\\), his wife and their 4 children disappear without anyone knowing where they were going. (December 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1783"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1958",
"basic_date": "12/29/1958",
"date": "12/29/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Major [Robert J. Friend](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FriendRobertJ.html) is appointed director of the project [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) in replacement of Captain [George T. Gregory](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GregoryGeorgeT.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1784"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1958",
"basic_date": "12/29/1958",
"date": "12/29/1958",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Richard Hall](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HallRichardH.html) joins [NICAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1958.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1785"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/2/1959",
"basic_date": "1/2/1959",
"date": "1/2/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Soviet mission *Luna 1* passes 6000 km from the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html). (2 January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1786"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/8/1959",
"basic_date": "1/8/1959",
"date": "1/8/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Fidel Castro enters Havana. (8 January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1787"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/20/1959",
"basic_date": "1/20/1959",
"date": "1/20/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Unidentified luminous objects are observed in Sweden. (20 January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1788"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/26/1959",
"basic_date": "2/26/1959",
"date": "2/26/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An unidentified luminous object\\(s\\) is/are observed above London Heathrow Airport. (February 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1789"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/28/1959",
"basic_date": "2/28/1959",
"date": "2/28/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Gerry Irwin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IrwinGerry.html) observes a luminous object near Cedar City. He is found \"asleep\". (February 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1790"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/3/1959",
"basic_date": "3/3/1959",
"date": "3/3/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The American mission *Pioneer 4* passes 59000 km from the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html). (March 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1791"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/12/1959",
"basic_date": "3/12/1959",
"date": "3/12/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Unidentified luminous objects are observed in Norway. (March 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1792"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/15/1959",
"basic_date": "3/15/1959",
"date": "3/15/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Gerry Irwin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IrwinGerry.html) faints in a street of El Paso. (March 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1793"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/16/1959",
"basic_date": "3/16/1959",
"date": "3/16/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Gerry Irwin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IrwinGerry.html) wakes up, convinced he is [February 28](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1959.html\\#02-28). He is taken back to William Beaumont Hospital. (March 16, 2 AM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1794"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/27/1959",
"basic_date": "3/27/1959",
"date": "3/27/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Corsica \\(Pennsylvania\\). (26-27 March)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6317 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1795"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/1/1959",
"basic_date": "4/1/1959",
"date": "4/1/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A C-118 cargo plane taking off from Mac Chord military airbase in Washington state collides with an unknown luminous object. Several witnesses see 2 yellow-orange lights approach the plane. The crew has time to send a distress message before crashing: We've hit something... or something has hit us! MAYDAY, MAYDAY, this time it's it, this time it's it! (April 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1796"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/9/1959",
"basic_date": "4/9/1959",
"date": "4/9/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html) selects 9 astronauts. (April 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1797"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/13/1959",
"basic_date": "4/13/1959",
"date": "4/13/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The press headlines \"A Red Glint in the Sky: a black sphere with a red light was observed above St-Lambert, east of Montreal, by hundreds of witnesses. (April 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1798"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1959",
"basic_date": "4/17/1959",
"date": "4/17/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Gerry Irwin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IrwinGerry.html) leaves William Beaumont Hospital. (April 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1799"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/18/1959",
"basic_date": "4/18/1959",
"date": "4/18/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Gerry Irwin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IrwinGerry.html) leaves Fort Bliss heading to Cedar City. (April 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1800"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/19/1959",
"basic_date": "4/19/1959",
"date": "4/19/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Gerry Irwin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IrwinGerry.html) arrives in Cedar City and goes to the site of his observation. He finds his missing jacket, a pencil inside, and burns a paper rolled around it. As if coming out of a trance, he struggles to find his way back to Cedar City. (April 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1801"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/20/1959",
"basic_date": "4/20/1959",
"date": "4/20/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Doctor [Jessup](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/scientifiques.html\\#JessupMorrisKetchum) is found dying in his van \\(car?\\) in a public garden in Dade County, asphyxiated by a pipe attached to the exhaust of his vehicle and passed through the window of a door. (April 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1802"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1959",
"basic_date": "1959",
"date": "Spring 1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Another jet is sent to intercept a stationary object detected on radar off the northeast coast of Japan. The pilot sees the object and is authorized to fire. The missiles have no effect on the unknown object which begins to pursue the plane as the radar follows the scene. The two signals overlap, the single object that results remains stationary for a moment then disappears. The searches conducted for several days fail: no trace of the jet is found. Even if it is advanced that the plane disappeared over the water, it remains that the radars never detected any fall after the \"meeting\" of the \"blips\", that a localized crash with precision at sea leaves traces on the surface and that one of the aircrafts left by its own means, which excludes for it the devastating effects of a collision. (Spring)",
"ref": [
"Maccabee",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1803"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/18/1959",
"basic_date": "6/18/1959",
"date": "6/18/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Edmonton, Alberta \\(Canada\\). (June 18)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6400 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1804"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/18/1959",
"basic_date": "6/18/1959",
"date": "6/18/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) According to some sources, the United States is establishing primitive communications with extraterrestrials.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1805"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/18/1959",
"basic_date": "6/18/1959",
"date": "6/18/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An odd object falls into the port of Frdynia \\(Poland\\). Divers recover a shiny metal piece, which would have been examined by the Polytechnic Institute and the Polish Navy, but part of it would have disappeared. In the following days, the body of a small humanoid found on a nearby beach would be sent to the Soviet Union.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1806"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/26/1959",
"basic_date": "6/26/1959",
"date": "6/26/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Multiple Observations of Boianai](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1959-06-26\\_Boianai.html) \\(Papua New Guinea\\). (June 26-27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1807"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1959",
"basic_date": "6/30/1959",
"date": "6/30/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Patuxent River \\(Maryland\\). (June 30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6409 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1808"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/10/1959",
"basic_date": "7/10/1959",
"date": "7/10/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Gerry Irwin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IrwinGerry.html) re-admitted to hospital. (July 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1809"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/25/1959",
"basic_date": "7/25/1959",
"date": "7/25/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Irondequoit \\(New York\\). (July 25)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6446 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1810"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1959",
"basic_date": "8/1/1959",
"date": "8/1/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Gerry Irwin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IrwinGerry.html) does not show up for roll call. (1st August)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1811"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/7/1959",
"basic_date": "8/7/1959",
"date": "8/7/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Explorer 6* sends the first images of Earth. (August 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1812"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/10/1959",
"basic_date": "8/10/1959",
"date": "8/10/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Goose Air Base \\(Labrador\\). (August 10)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6462 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1813"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/12/1959",
"basic_date": "8/12/1959",
"date": "8/12/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Luna 2* crashes on the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html). (August 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1814"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/17/1959",
"basic_date": "8/17/1959",
"date": "8/17/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Uberlandia \\(Brazil\\), many witnesses observe a bright flying object following a high-tension line. As it approaches, my switches jump and plunge the region into darkness. After its passage, the devices reposition themselves and the current is restored. No damage is reported afterwards on the installations. (August 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1815"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1959",
"basic_date": "9/1/1959",
"date": "9/1/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Gerry Irwin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/IrwinGerry.html) is declared a deserter. He will never be seen again. (1st September)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1816"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/13/1959",
"basic_date": "9/13/1959",
"date": "9/13/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Bunker Hill Air Force Base \\(Indiana\\). (September 13)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6507 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1817"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/17/1959",
"basic_date": "9/17/1959",
"date": "9/17/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [SEREB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SEREB.html). (September 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1818"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/21/1959",
"basic_date": "9/21/1959",
"date": "9/21/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) USGS takes a photo \\(13-146\\) of Groom Lake base as part of a routine mapping program, still available. (September 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1819"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/24/1959",
"basic_date": "9/24/1959",
"date": "9/24/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Radar observation in Redmont \\(Oregon\\). (24 September)",
"ref": [
"Chauvin 1973",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1820"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/1/1959",
"basic_date": "10/1/1959",
"date": "10/1/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Telephone Ridge \\(Oregon\\). (October 1st)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6534 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1821"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/4/1959",
"basic_date": "10/4/1959",
"date": "10/4/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st photo of the far side of the Moon, by [Luna 3](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#Luna3).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1822"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/4/1959",
"basic_date": "10/4/1959",
"date": "10/4/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in the Philippines.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6538 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1823"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/6/1959",
"basic_date": "10/6/1959",
"date": "10/6/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Lincoln \\(Nebraska\\). (October 6)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6543 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1824"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/16/1959",
"basic_date": "10/16/1959",
"date": "10/16/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of General [George C. Marshall](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MarshallGeorgeCattlet.html). (October 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1825"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/19/1959",
"basic_date": "10/19/1959",
"date": "10/19/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Plainville \\(Kansas\\). (October 19)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6563 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1826"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1959",
"basic_date": "11/1959",
"date": "11/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A full-scale mockup of an A-12 is delivered to [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) by truck, for radar signature testing.",
"ref": [
"McIninch",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1827"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/18/1959",
"basic_date": "11/18/1959",
"date": "11/18/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in the South of Crystal Springs \\(Mississippi\\). (November 18)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6600 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1828"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/24/1959",
"basic_date": "12/24/1959",
"date": "12/24/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Letter from the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) to base commanders stating that UFO matters should be considered \"serious\" for the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) and should ultimately be disclosed to the public \\(vice versa?\\). (December 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1829"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/24/1959",
"basic_date": "12/24/1959",
"date": "12/24/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Joseph Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html) sets up a number of informal meetings between members of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project and the [ATIC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ATIC.html). It is decided to use the term *Unidentified Flying Object* and to reexamine cases in light of scientific knowledge of the time.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1830"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/24/1959",
"basic_date": "12/24/1959",
"date": "12/24/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Ruppelt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RuppeltEdwardJ.html) changed the conclusion of his book published 3 years earlier.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1831"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/24/1959",
"basic_date": "12/24/1959",
"date": "12/24/1959",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Two physicists from Cornell University, Giuseppi Cocconi and Philip Morrison, published an article in the scientific journal *Nature* in which they discussed the use of microwaves for interstellar communication. They recommended listening on the frequency of 1420 MHz. This article motivated [Frank Drake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DrakeFrankD.html) for his project [OZMA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#OZMA).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1959.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1832"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/1/1960",
"basic_date": "1/1/1960",
"date": "1/1/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the new franc. (1st January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1833"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/14/1960",
"basic_date": "1/14/1960",
"date": "1/14/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, luminous phenomena are observed at the same time as an earthquake. (14 January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1834"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/14/1960",
"basic_date": "1/14/1960",
"date": "1/14/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Along the coasts of Argentina, two unknown submerged vessels are noticed. In the Nuevo Gulf, detectors of the Argentine navy reveal the presence of a submarine quietly settled in the mud at the bottom, motionless. After making the usual warnings, not getting any reaction, the sailors send bombs in its direction. Two other vessels then appear on the sonars. A few hours later, when all the passages leading to the open sea are watched, it is noticed that they have all 3 disappeared. The Argentines believe they have won the game when, after the absence of any manifestation and the publication of triumphant communiqués, the \"ghosts\" come back to the charge. A fantastic pursuit begins and lasts several weeks, during which 6 unknown submarines are detected.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1835"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/31/1960",
"basic_date": "1/31/1960",
"date": "1/31/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, luminous phenomena are observed at the same time as an earthquake. (January 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1836"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/11/1960",
"basic_date": "2/11/1960",
"date": "2/11/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In New Zealand, luminous phenomena are observed at the same time as an earthquake. (11 February)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1837"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/13/1960",
"basic_date": "2/13/1960",
"date": "2/13/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Explosion of the first French atomic bomb. (13 February)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1838"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/13/1960",
"basic_date": "2/13/1960",
"date": "2/13/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Caribbean Sea is experiencing the same alert. An extremely fast engine is operating there without worrying about the considerable amount of grenades that are dumped on it the next day in the Mediterranean. The engine was following the yacht of President [Nasser](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/dirigeants.html\\#Nasser).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1839"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/21/1960",
"basic_date": "2/21/1960",
"date": "2/21/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Algeria, luminous phenomena are observed at the same time as an earthquake. (February 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1840"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/25/1960",
"basic_date": "2/25/1960",
"date": "2/25/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Solomon Islands, luminous phenomena are observed at the same time as an earthquake. (25 February)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1841"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/27/1960",
"basic_date": "2/27/1960",
"date": "2/27/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Rome \\(New York\\). (February 27)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6663 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1842"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/4/1960",
"basic_date": "3/4/1960",
"date": "3/4/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Japan, luminous phenomena are observed at the same time as an earthquake.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1843"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/4/1960",
"basic_date": "3/4/1960",
"date": "3/4/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Dubuque \\(Iowa\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6667 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1844"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/7/1960",
"basic_date": "3/7/1960",
"date": "3/7/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Selection of 20 Russian cosmonauts. (March 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1845"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/11/1960",
"basic_date": "3/11/1960",
"date": "3/11/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of Pioneer 5, first interplanetary probe. (March 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1846"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/11/1960",
"basic_date": "3/11/1960",
"date": "3/11/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) According to [Carr](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CarrRobertSpencer.html), the New Paltz \\(New York\\) police managed to catch an humanoid who was outside of its vehicle while its two co-pilots rushed into the saucer and took off. The extraterrestrial is handed over to the [CIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIA.html) and dies after 28 days in captivity.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1847"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/11/1960",
"basic_date": "3/11/1960",
"date": "3/11/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Off the coast of Seattle, a metal articulated object was reported. A week later, an unknown submersible was located resting at 10m depth near Sydney for several days.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1848"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/23/1960",
"basic_date": "3/23/1960",
"date": "3/23/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Indianapolis \\(Indiana\\). (March 23)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6691 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1849"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/1/1960",
"basic_date": "4/1/1960",
"date": "4/1/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Tiros*, 1st weather satellite. (April 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1850"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/11/1960",
"basic_date": "4/11/1960",
"date": "4/11/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As part of his [OZMA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#OZMA) project, [Frank Drake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DrakeFrankD.html) pointed the newly-equipped 29.5m diameter receiver of the [NRAO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NRAO.html) at two stars 11 light-years away, listening intently on the 1420 megahertz frequency suggested as ideal by Cocconi and Morrison's paper the previous year. On the first day, [Drake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DrakeFrankD.html) thought he had hit the jackpot. Aiming at *Epsilon Eridani*, he immediately recorded a pulsing signal of clearly artificial origin that lasted only 5 minutes. It is now thought to have been an aircraft flying at very high altitude. (April 11th, 6am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1851"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/12/1960",
"basic_date": "4/12/1960",
"date": "4/12/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at La Camp \\(Louisiana\\). (April 12)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6711 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1852"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/12/1960",
"basic_date": "4/12/1960",
"date": "4/12/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Explosion of the first French atomic bomb.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1853"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1960",
"basic_date": "4/17/1960",
"date": "4/17/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at Richards, Gebaur AB \\(Missouri\\). (April 17)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6721 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1854"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/25/1960",
"basic_date": "4/25/1960",
"date": "4/25/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Shelby \\(Montana\\). (April 25)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6727 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1855"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1960",
"basic_date": "5/1960",
"date": "5/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Off the coast of Florida, numerous American warships detect the presence of a very deep submarine that refuses to move despite their repeated attempts to dislodge it. The military conclude it is a conventional submarine.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1856"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/11/1960",
"basic_date": "5/11/1960",
"date": "5/11/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the ocean liner *France*. (May 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1857"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1960",
"basic_date": "5/15/1960",
"date": "5/15/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the first space ship *Vostok.* (May 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1858"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1960",
"basic_date": "5/15/1960",
"date": "5/15/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A photograph was taken of a squadron of UFOs in the shape of a \"V\" above Albuquerque \\(New Mexico\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1859"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1960",
"basic_date": "5/15/1960",
"date": "5/15/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Canada, an astronomer goes with his brother to chase a strange sphere that was reported to him: We got within 100 m of the object. It hovered above a large tree, which was about 35 m tall. The object appeared to be circular in shape and was therefore generally a spheroid. It was intensely bright against the dark sky and it went through all the colors of the spectrum with a period of about 2 s \\(period quite irregular\\). The object seemed to examine the tree quite closely. It described circles around the top, staying between 15 and 30 m from the ground, passing in front of the tree, then being clearly visible through the branches when it passed behind again. The witnesses get closer but the craft disappears: It left almost due south and disappeared over the horizon. (2 h)",
"ref": [
"...",
"...",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1860"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1960",
"basic_date": "5/15/1960",
"date": "5/15/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The red alert announcing the launch of an attack against the USSR alarms the bombers from the Travis Air Force Base \\(USA\\) after the radar detection of \"targets\" flying over the North Pole towards the United States. The \"targets\" disappear from the screens. They will later be explained as reflections of the Moon. The disaster is narrowly avoided.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1861"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1960",
"basic_date": "1960",
"date": "Spring 1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting with Italian jeweler [Salvatore Cianci](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#CianciSalvatore). (Spring)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1862"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/21/1960",
"basic_date": "7/21/1960",
"date": "7/21/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Saint-Louis \\(Missouri\\). (19-21 July)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6858 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1863"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/21/1960",
"basic_date": "7/21/1960",
"date": "7/21/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The press widely takes up a collision that takes place in the port of New York between the tanker *Alkaïd* and an unknown half-submerged object of which no trace was found.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1864"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1960",
"basic_date": "1960",
"date": "Summer 1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Walkerton \\(Ontario\\), 5 policemen observe and pursue for 1 hour in 2 cars a small object of about 1 m in diameter. The policemen in radio liaison try to follow a nocturnal light that moves at low altitude, along various country roads, then the light stops near a large tree, in the middle of a cultivated field, and the policemen's cars arrive at a distance of less than 100 m from this tree. The witnesses observe for a long time with caution then try to approach on foot: It hovered above a large tree, which rose alone in the middle of a cultivated field. We were about 100 m from the tree, which was about 35 m high. The object, which subtended an angle of about 1/4 °, which implies a real diameter less than 0.90 m, appeared circular in shape and was therefore probably a spheroid. It was intensely bright against the dark background of the sky and it passed through all the colors of the spectrum with a fairly irregular period of about 2 s. Given its brightness, I may have slightly overestimated its angular dimension and 1/4 ° should perhaps be considered a maximum. The minimum estimate would certainly be 1/8 °. The object seemed to examine the tree quite closely. It described circles around the top, standing between 15 and 30 m from the ground, passing in front of the tree, then clearly visible through the branches when it passed behind. We watched it continue this apparent \"reconnaissance\" of the tree for several minutes. It moved deliberately and intentionally in its inspection of the tree, making short stops at points of interest and giving a distinct impression of intelligent behavior. Then, as we absolutely wanted to photograph it, we crossed the fence and slowly approached the tree, on the side facing West. We had barely gone 3 m when it \"noticed\" us and, with a powerful and silent acceleration, it left almost due south and disappeared over the horizon, with a slightly ascending trajectory, and 2.5 s approximately, without any noise. I believe that one can rely on my evaluation of distances and times because at the time I did a lot of athletics and was therefore well trained in this respect. Even taking into account the exceptional circumstances, these figures are probably accurate to within 20% (Summer, 2 h)",
"ref": [
"\\[Poher 2003\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1865"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1960",
"basic_date": "8/13/1960",
"date": "8/13/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Observation of Red Bluff](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1960-08-13\\_RedBluff.html) \\(California\\). (August 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1866"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/22/1960",
"basic_date": "8/22/1960",
"date": "8/22/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Congress, [Roscoe Hillenkoetter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HillenkoetterRoscoeHenry.html) acknowledges that the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) is studying UFOs and that the secrecy and ridicule imposed on the subject are dangerous. (August 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1867"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/23/1960",
"basic_date": "8/23/1960",
"date": "8/23/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Wichita \\(Kansas\\). (August 23)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6914 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1868"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/29/1960",
"basic_date": "8/29/1960",
"date": "8/29/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Crete \\(Illinois\\). (August 29)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6929 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1869"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1960",
"basic_date": "9/1960",
"date": "9/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beginning of major extension of [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) facilities to better accommodate the CIA's A-12 \\(OXCART\\) program. This construction period would not end until mid [1964](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1964.html).",
"ref": [
"McIninch",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1870"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/7/1960",
"basic_date": "9/7/1960",
"date": "9/7/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Work begins at [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) for the strengthening and lengthening of the 5000 foot runway to 8500 feet. It will be completed on November 15. (September 7)",
"ref": [
"McIninch",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1871"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/10/1960",
"basic_date": "9/10/1960",
"date": "9/10/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Ridgecrest \\(California\\). (September 10)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#6962 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1872"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/4/1960",
"basic_date": "10/4/1960",
"date": "10/4/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Cressy \\(Australia\\), a pastor and his wife observe a cylindrical object emerging from a curtain of rain. It suddenly stops and hovers, before being joined by 6 small discs. Then, the entire formation moves back. (October 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1873"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/5/1960",
"basic_date": "10/5/1960",
"date": "10/5/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at Mount Kisco \\(New York\\). (October 5)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7057 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1874"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/24/1960",
"basic_date": "10/24/1960",
"date": "10/24/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Explosion of an R-16 rocket at Baikonour, 123 deaths. (October 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1875"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/8/1960",
"basic_date": "11/8/1960",
"date": "11/8/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Election of [John F. Kennedy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KennedyJohnFitzgerald.html) to the Presidency of the United States. (November 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1876"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/27/1960",
"basic_date": "11/27/1960",
"date": "11/27/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Chula Vista \\(California\\). (November 27)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7133 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1877"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/28/1960",
"basic_date": "11/28/1960",
"date": "11/28/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Judica Cordiglia brothers intercept a S. O. S. sent by a Soviet. A few days later, Soviet authorities announce that *Spoutnik VI* disintegrated during the flight. (November 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1878"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1960",
"basic_date": "11/29/1960",
"date": "11/29/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in the South of Kyushu \\(Japan\\). (November 29)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7134 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1879"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1960",
"basic_date": "11/29/1960",
"date": "11/29/1960",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During a UFO sighting, giant white worms crawling on a road in Yssandon \\(France\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1960.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1880"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/8/1961",
"basic_date": "1/8/1961",
"date": "1/8/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Pravda reports that citizens of the USSR who claim to have seen flying saucers are either fools or liars. (January 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1881"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/10/1961",
"basic_date": "1/10/1961",
"date": "1/10/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Polaris missile is launched from Cape Canaveral. The missile is on its route when an unidentified object is detected in the area: the object is large enough and maneuvers so close to the Polaris that the ground automatic radar detection, programmed to follow the missile, mistakenly locks onto the other object, which eventually leaves the radar detection range. It takes 14 minutes to lock back onto the Polaris. (January 10)",
"ref": [
"Keyhoe 1967",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1882"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/19/1961",
"basic_date": "1/19/1961",
"date": "1/19/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Statement from the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) following the wave of sightings: - Not a single fragment of a saucer or spaceship. (January 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1883"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/2/1961",
"basic_date": "2/2/1961",
"date": "2/2/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Turin devices record the sound of a beating heart and a labored breath. A cardiogram is traced by the famous cardiologist Doglioti. (February 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1884"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/7/1961",
"basic_date": "2/7/1961",
"date": "2/7/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Soviet authorities announce the disintegration of *Sputnik 7*. (February 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1885"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/12/1961",
"basic_date": "2/12/1961",
"date": "2/12/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Venera 1* towards [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). (February 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1886"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/17/1961",
"basic_date": "2/17/1961",
"date": "2/17/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A man and a woman are launched from the Baikonur base, on the shores of the Aral Sea. The woman cries out: I'm going to catch it and hold it in my right hand! Look out the porthole! Look out the porthole! I got it... The first woman in space must have taken something that was floating near the capsule. But things get complicated by an unexpected event. The man suddenly declares: There it is! There's something there! If we don't come back, the world will never know! It's hard... (February 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1887"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/17/1961",
"basic_date": "2/17/1961",
"date": "2/17/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 50 Unidentified Flying Objects are detected on the [NATO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NATO.html) radar, moving in formation from the Soviet Union towards Europe, at an altitude of nearly 3000 m, then disappearing 9 minutes later.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1888"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/17/1961",
"basic_date": "2/17/1961",
"date": "2/17/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Acting on the recommendations of the *Joint Study Group*, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara notified the [JCS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/JCS.html) in February [1961](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1961.html) of his decision to establish a [Defense Intelligence Agency](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DIA.html) and charged it with developing a concept plan that would integrate the military intelligence efforts of all elements of the [DoD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DoD.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1889"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/27/1961",
"basic_date": "2/27/1961",
"date": "2/27/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Bark River \\(Michigan\\). (February 27)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7284 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1890"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/27/1961",
"basic_date": "2/27/1961",
"date": "2/27/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Crash of a 30 m disk in Timmensdorfer, near the Baltic Sea \\(Germany\\). The British army arrives first on the scene and establishes a security perimeter. The aircraft is not destroyed, because it landed on a soft and gentle terrain, although a third is buried. 12 small bodies are found inside, similar to the description of the [Gris](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#Gris).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1891"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/27/1961",
"basic_date": "2/27/1961",
"date": "2/27/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Construction of the MIB Headquarters under New York.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1892"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1961",
"basic_date": "1961",
"date": "Spring 1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Millville \\(New Jersey\\), two flirting witnesses in a car parked in a discreet location observe a nocturnal light: What caught my attention was the way the light moved... it shone without emitting any sound. It was much brighter than any star in the sky... As it moved slowly towards the North, I first thought it was a weather balloon reflecting the light of the Sun. Only balloons don't stop, don't change direction, don't do reverse... Both of us watched the thing's gambols... Finally, after 5 good minutes, from where it was, far to the South, it went straight to the North, it disappeared in about 5 seconds. I know, I timed it. The observation lasted in total 7 minutes. (Spring, late evening)",
"ref": [
"[Poher](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PoherClaude.html) 2003",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1893"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/12/1961",
"basic_date": "4/12/1961",
"date": "4/12/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The crew of the motorized fishing vessel *Santa Ameria* observed a bright red spherical body moving in a south-southeast to north-northwest trajectory. The object was seen descending, displaying purple/orange rings and emitting small rainbows. As it descended, the object seemed to become larger. The front of the object touched the surface of the water for a moment. A few minutes after the first observation, a second lenticular-shaped object followed the trajectory of the first. During the descent of the objects, a red wake was observed. [Possible meteor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Meteore.html).",
"ref": [
"Inquiry of E. Morricone of 18/07/1979; AAVV *Ufo in Italia*, vol. 3, ed. Upiar, p. 67; electronic archive [CUN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CUN.html) April 2002",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1894"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/12/1961",
"basic_date": "4/12/1961",
"date": "4/12/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Yuri Gagarin was the first man launched into space, aboard *Vostok 1*. He spent 108 minutes in flight, at an altitude of 327 km.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1895"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1961",
"basic_date": "4/17/1961",
"date": "4/17/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \"Bay of Pigs\" in Cuba. (April 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1896"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/18/1961",
"basic_date": "4/18/1961",
"date": "4/18/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Joe Simonton, a farmer from Wisconsin, hears a noise outside his house and notices a curious chrome-colored craft hovering close to the ground. As he approaches, he sees through an opening 3 figures with tanned skin and black hair. One is busy with the controls of a dashboard, while the other seems to be cooking something on a flame-less stove. Having spotted Simonton, one of the creatures hands him a kind of bucket, gesturing that it wants water. The farmer complies. As a thank you, and since Simonton shows interest in what is being cooked, the pilot of the craft gives him 4 cakes. Finally, the hatch closes and the craft flies south, causing a gust of wind that bends the trees. The observation lasted 5 minutes, no more. Simonton eats one of the cakes and finds it tastes like cardboard. The [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) has one of the cakes analyzed --- as part of the official UFO study program --- and the report concludes that the ingredients do not come from another planet, and that the farmer must have been daydreaming. (April 18th, 11am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1897"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/24/1961",
"basic_date": "4/24/1961",
"date": "4/24/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in the Pacific \\(35'-50' North, 125' 40' West\\). (April 24)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7284 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1898"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/25/1961",
"basic_date": "4/25/1961",
"date": "4/25/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Generals' putsch in Algiers. (April 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1899"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1961",
"basic_date": "4/27/1961",
"date": "4/27/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Photograph of Pescara](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1961-04-27\\_Pescara.html) \\(Italy\\). (April 27, mid-day)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1900"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/28/1961",
"basic_date": "4/28/1961",
"date": "4/28/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Karelia \\(USSR\\), a forest guard, Vassili Brodski, noticed an enormous pit \\(27m long, 15m wide and 3m deep\\) leading to the frozen lake of Korb, on the south cliff side, as if it had been breached, and which had not been there the night before at 9pm. The loggers of the region had seen nothing, heard nothing. A striking object seemed to have dug the cliff, the ice and the bottom of the lake, creating a 1000m^3^ pit swallowing the frozen ground, pushing the ice into the bottom and advancing 20m on the bottom pushing a 1.5m ridge of muddy earth and then coming out in reverse. The object was not seen but left fragments of many metals. The broken ice pieces were of an emerald green whose nature and origin no analysis could explain. Strange black grains collected on the shore revealed a metallic chemical composition so complex that it could only be obtained by operations at very high temperatures; they resisted the action of acids. It was concluded that these grains had a non-organic and probably non-natural origin. Since then, the vegetation inside the pit is inexplicably lush but, in spite of so many enigmas, the research was not pursued, because the phenomenon is not dangerous to man. (April 28th, 8am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1901"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1961",
"basic_date": "5/1961",
"date": "5/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [John Kennedy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KennedyJohnFitzgerald.html) announces to the American Congress that the United States must commit to, before the end of the decade, landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1902"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/3/1961",
"basic_date": "5/3/1961",
"date": "5/3/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Shepard's suborbital flight \\(15 min\\). (May 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1903"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/18/1961",
"basic_date": "5/18/1961",
"date": "5/18/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) We pick up messages from 3 cosmonauts: 2 men and 1 woman. The men are called Chibotine and Dolgov, although one of them has a voice remarkably similar to Gagarin's. Still in line with our plans... according to instructions... Why do we have to stay? asks one of them. Please, be more careful... But everything has been checked!..., comments the other. The requests and responses all concern technical objects and seem \"feverish\". (May 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1904"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/22/1961",
"basic_date": "5/22/1961",
"date": "5/22/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Tyndall \\(Florida\\) (May 22)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7417 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1905"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/25/1961",
"basic_date": "5/25/1961",
"date": "5/25/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Kennedy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KennedyJohnFitzgerald.html) launches the [Apollo](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html) program. (May 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1906"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1961",
"basic_date": "1961",
"date": "Spring 1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Kemah \\(Texas\\) (Spring)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7321 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1907"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/2/1961",
"basic_date": "6/2/1961",
"date": "6/2/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at the Miyako Jima air station \\(Japan\\) (June 2)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7437 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1908"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1961",
"basic_date": "7/7/1961",
"date": "7/7/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Copemiah \\(Michigan\\) (July 7)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7491 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1909"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/11/1961",
"basic_date": "7/11/1961",
"date": "7/11/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Springfield \\(Ohio\\) (July 11)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7499 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1910"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/11/1961",
"basic_date": "7/11/1961",
"date": "7/11/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [ATIC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ATIC.html) becomes the [FTD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FTD.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1911"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/11/1961",
"basic_date": "7/11/1961",
"date": "7/11/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [JCS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/JCS.html) completes the design work of the [DIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DIA.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1912"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/20/1961",
"basic_date": "7/20/1961",
"date": "7/20/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Houston \\(Texas\\) (July 20)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7510 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1913"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1961",
"basic_date": "8/1/1961",
"date": "8/1/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [JCS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/JCS.html) publishes the directive [DoD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DoD.html) 5105.21, [*Defense Intelligence Agency](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DIA.html).* (August 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1914"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/7/1961",
"basic_date": "8/7/1961",
"date": "8/7/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Titov completes 17 revolutions aboard *Vostok* 2. (August 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1915"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/7/1961",
"basic_date": "8/7/1961",
"date": "8/7/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Siberia, 4 men are in charge of postal delivery by plane. The plane does not arrive at one of its usual stops. The plane is found 2 days later, on the ground. Everything is in order on board. The tank still contains enough fuel for 2 hours of flight and the engine works perfectly. No trace of the 4 occupants is found. At a distance of about 100 m, a large, clearly defined circle is discovered, inside of which the grass is scorched and the ground is sunken.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1916"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/11/1961",
"basic_date": "8/11/1961",
"date": "8/11/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The new restricted airspace R-4808 becomes effective, covering the Test Site and [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html). Use is restricted from the ground to FL600. The restricted airspace above Groom Lake remains at a size of 5 [nautical miles](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/unites.html\\#NM) by 9 \\(26 FR 6233\\). (August 11)",
"ref": [
"Federal Register",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1917"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/12/1961",
"basic_date": "8/12/1961",
"date": "8/12/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Kansas City \\(Kansas\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7579 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1918"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/12/1961",
"basic_date": "8/12/1961",
"date": "8/12/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Construction of the Berlin Wall.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1919"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1961",
"basic_date": "9/1961",
"date": "9/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An electronic device attached to a parachute lands on the roof of a house. Launched 2 years ago, it was supposed to explode 2 days later, reaching 30 km in altitude.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1920"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/19/1961",
"basic_date": "9/19/1961",
"date": "9/19/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Abduction of [Betty and Barney Hill](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1961-09-19\\_Hill.html). (September 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1921"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/21/1961",
"basic_date": "9/21/1961",
"date": "9/21/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Two commercial airliners, one American and the other British, fly over the Pacific and independently observe a huge round craft flying over them at a phenomenal speed. (September 21)",
"ref": [
"Keyhoe 1967",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1922"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/1/1961",
"basic_date": "10/1/1961",
"date": "10/1/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [DIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DIA.html) becomes operational. (1st October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1923"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/1/1961",
"basic_date": "10/1/1961",
"date": "10/1/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) High-ranking military personnel at the [Pentagon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Pentagone.html) decide to place a crown of copper needles in orbit around the Earth. These millions of tiny needles were to reflect radio signals back to Earth and facilitate military communications, thus shielded from any interference. But such an accomplishment seriously compromised radio astronomy for several centuries. The presence of these millions of needles could therefore have disastrous consequences denounced by many scientists around the world and yet the project received government approval.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1924"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/14/1961",
"basic_date": "10/14/1961",
"date": "10/14/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Messages from cosmonauts are suddenly intercepted, then abruptly cut off. (October 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1925"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/20/1961",
"basic_date": "10/20/1961",
"date": "10/20/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The two Italian wireless operators pick up a faint voice rambling incomprehensible words. They manage to make out his name: Lodovsky. (October 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1926"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/21/1961",
"basic_date": "10/21/1961",
"date": "10/21/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Americans place a spy satellite, *Midas 4*, carrying 350 million copper needles, in a polar orbit 3500 km from [Earth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Earth.html). Immediately after separation from the rocket, the cloud of small copper needles disperses and begins to form an artificial ring, which will have astonishing repercussions, as in February [1950](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1950.html): normal radio emissions are disturbed or mysteriously disappear. Then the incredible happens. On the radar screens, an enormous unknown object bursts in and, according to McCarty himself: Like a gigantic vacuum cleaner, it cleaned these skies in a few minutes of these needles. Despite this overwhelming event, a second shipment of needles will take place and the same phenomenon will occur. Millions of small needles are absorbed by an unknown phenomenon. (October 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1927"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1961",
"basic_date": "10/27/1961",
"date": "10/27/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the Saturn 1 rocket. (October 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1928"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1961",
"basic_date": "11/1961",
"date": "11/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Frank Drake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DrakeFrankD.html) organizes, with J. Peter Pearman, an officer of the *Space Science Board* of the [NAS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NAS.html), the first conference on the [SETI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SETI.html) project. The 3-day meeting, held at the [NRAO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NRAO.html), brings together a dozen scientists who have shown an interest in [SETI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SETI.html). It is there that [Drake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DrakeFrankD.html) proposes his famous equation, which proposes the theoretical calculation of the number of \"communicating\" civilizations in our galaxy.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1929"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1961",
"basic_date": "11/1961",
"date": "11/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of projects [Moon Dust](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MoonDust.html) and [Blue Fly](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#BlueFly).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1930"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1961",
"basic_date": "11/1961",
"date": "11/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting of [Paul Miller](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#MillerPaul) and 3 of his friends in Minot \\(North Dakota\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1931"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1961",
"basic_date": "11/1961",
"date": "11/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Wilbert B. Smith](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SmithWilbertBrooker.html) wrote: I showed Admiral [Knowles](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/militaires.html\\#Knowles) the small fragment of flying saucer that the [US Air Force](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) had kindly lent me in July 1952.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1932"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/21/1961",
"basic_date": "11/21/1961",
"date": "11/21/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Oldtown \\(Florida\\). (November 21)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7741 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1933"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/23/1961",
"basic_date": "11/23/1961",
"date": "11/23/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Sioux City \\(Iowa\\). (November 23)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7742 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1934"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/13/1961",
"basic_date": "12/13/1961",
"date": "12/13/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Washington \\(D. C.\\). (December 13)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7754 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1935"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/13/1961",
"basic_date": "12/13/1961",
"date": "12/13/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) USAF Colonel Robert J. Holbury is appointed commander of Groom Lake [Base](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html). (End of Year)",
"ref": [
"McIninch",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1936"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/13/1961",
"basic_date": "12/13/1961",
"date": "12/13/1961",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) American radio astronomers, Burke and Franklin, from the Carnegie Institute, detect a transmitting source coming from [Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html) that emits ordered, perfectly rhythmic messages. But it quickly falls silent.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1961.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1937"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1962",
"basic_date": "1962",
"date": "1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The fuel tank of [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) is completed, with a capacity of 1320000 gallons. (Beginning of the Year)",
"ref": [
"McIninch",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1938"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/15/1962",
"basic_date": "1/15/1962",
"date": "1/15/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The restricted airspace just above [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) \\(R-4808\\) is extended to 22 [nautical miles](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/unites.html\\#NM) by 20. The basis of this extension is a request from the Air Force Department citing an immediate and urgent need for a secret project. This creates the \"Groom Box\" as it exists today \\(27 FR 205\\). (January 15)",
"ref": [
"Federal Register",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1939"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/7/1962",
"basic_date": "2/7/1962",
"date": "2/7/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Statement from the [ATIC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ATIC.html): Nothing has been able to prove that any of the 7369 unidentified objects reported since 1947 is an extraterrestrial vehicle. (February 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1940"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/20/1962",
"basic_date": "2/20/1962",
"date": "2/20/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Glenn's flight aboard a [*Mercury*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Mercury.html) capsule. (February 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1941"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/25/1962",
"basic_date": "2/25/1962",
"date": "2/25/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Kotzebue \\(Alaska\\). (February 25)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7818 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1942"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/26/1962",
"basic_date": "2/26/1962",
"date": "2/26/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The first A-12 *Blackbird* \\(\\#121\\) is trucked to Groom for testing. (February 26)",
"ref": [
"McIninch",
"Rich 1994 mentions January",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1943"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/1/1962",
"basic_date": "3/1/1962",
"date": "3/1/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Salem \\(New York\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7823 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1944"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/1/1962",
"basic_date": "3/1/1962",
"date": "3/1/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [CNES](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CNES.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1945"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/7/1962",
"basic_date": "3/7/1962",
"date": "3/7/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) OSO, 1st satellite dedicated to the Sun. (March 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1946"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/26/1962",
"basic_date": "3/26/1962",
"date": "3/26/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at the Ramstein Air Base \\(Germany\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7840 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1947"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/26/1962",
"basic_date": "3/26/1962",
"date": "3/26/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Naperville \\(Illinois\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7841 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1948"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1962",
"basic_date": "5/15/1962",
"date": "5/15/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Astronaut [Gordon Cooper](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CooperLeroyGordon.html) is followed by a UFO above Hawaii. (May 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1949"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1962",
"basic_date": "4/4/1962",
"date": "4/4/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Wurtland \\(Kentucky\\). (April 4)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7851 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1950"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/26/1962",
"basic_date": "4/26/1962",
"date": "4/26/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), first test flight of the A-12 *Blackbird* \\(\\#121\\).",
"ref": [
"McIninch",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1951"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/26/1962",
"basic_date": "4/26/1962",
"date": "4/26/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Ariel 1*, British scientific satellite.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1952"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/30/1962",
"basic_date": "4/30/1962",
"date": "4/30/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Test pilot [Joseph Walker](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WalkerJosephA.html) encounters two unidentified disk-shaped objects during a test flight, and films them. (April 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1953"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1962",
"basic_date": "5/1962",
"date": "5/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Enlargement of the UFO photographed in April-May. See images/1962-05\\_2.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1954"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1962",
"basic_date": "5/1962",
"date": "5/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Joseph Walker](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WalkerJosephA.html) publicly recounted his encounter of April 30th at a conference.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1955"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/21/1962",
"basic_date": "5/21/1962",
"date": "5/21/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Over England, an international Irish flight flying at an altitude of 17000 feet when it encountered a round metal object. (May 21)",
"ref": [
"Keyhoe 1967",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1956"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/24/1962",
"basic_date": "5/24/1962",
"date": "5/24/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Carpenter's orbital flight. (May 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1957"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/26/1962",
"basic_date": "5/26/1962",
"date": "5/26/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Westfield \\(Massachusetts\\). (May 26)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7930 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1958"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/27/1962",
"basic_date": "5/27/1962",
"date": "5/27/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Palmer \\(Alaska\\). (May 27)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7931 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1959"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/25/1962",
"basic_date": "5/25/1962",
"date": "5/25/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Argentina, a UFO photo taken by a journalist from *Nueva Provincia* is confirmed by the Cordoba Observatory. Other observations will take place until August. (May 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1960"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/12/1962",
"basic_date": "6/12/1962",
"date": "6/12/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery of 2 bodies following a crash at [Holloman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HollomanAFB.html) base \\(New Mexico\\). (June 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1961"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/12/1962",
"basic_date": "6/12/1962",
"date": "6/12/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Verona \\(Italy\\), following a UFO sighting, a woman is awoken by an intense cold sensation and sees a bald being near the house. She calls other witnesses and all of them see the apparition shrink and disappear on the spot like a television image when the device is turned off.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1962"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/21/1962",
"basic_date": "6/21/1962",
"date": "6/21/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Indianapolis \\(Indiana\\). (June 21)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7957 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1963"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1962",
"basic_date": "6/30/1962",
"date": "6/30/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Richmond \\(Virginia\\). (June 30-July 1)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#7968 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1964"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/10/1962",
"basic_date": "7/10/1962",
"date": "7/10/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Telstar, 1st telecommunications satellite. (July 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1965"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1962",
"basic_date": "7/17/1962",
"date": "7/17/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Test pilot [Robert White](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WhiteRobertMichael.html) claims to have found himself in a formation of UFOs at 96 km altitude. (July 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1966"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/19/1962",
"basic_date": "7/19/1962",
"date": "7/19/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Metuchen \\(New Jersey\\). (July 19)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8020 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1967"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1962",
"basic_date": "7/30/1962",
"date": "7/30/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Ocean Springs \\(Mississippi\\). (July 30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8034 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1968"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1962",
"basic_date": "8/5/1962",
"date": "8/5/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Marilyn Monroe commits suicide by overdose of barbiturates. (Sunday, August 5th, 0:00)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1969"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/17/1962",
"basic_date": "8/17/1962",
"date": "8/17/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Duas Pontes \\(Brazil, Rivalino da Silva, a diamond prospector, told his associates he had seen two strange dwarves digging a hole near his house. They ran away when he approached them, and a moment later an object shaped like a hat, with a red glow, took off from behind the bushes. Theft of 17 chickens, 6 pigs and 2 cows by the crew of a presumed extraterrestrial vehicle. (August 17)",
"ref": [
"[Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1970"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1962",
"basic_date": "8/19/1962",
"date": "8/19/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Bermuda.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8064 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1971"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1962",
"basic_date": "8/19/1962",
"date": "8/19/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Raimundo, the son of Rivalino da Silva, is awoken by footsteps and sees a strange shadow in the room. It is small and of non-human shape. Voices are heard, saying: This one looks like Rivalino and afterwards that they were going to kill him. The family stays alert all night.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1972"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1962",
"basic_date": "8/19/1962",
"date": "8/19/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Raimundo da Silva testified to the police that, while he was working in a field, he saw two stationary spherical objects 2 meters above the ground, a few meters from the house. One was black with a protrusion resembling an antenna and a small rudder; the other was black and white. Both emitted a humming sound and a flashing light through an opening. The boy's father warned him to stay away as Rivalino advanced towards the objects, praying. As he was only 2 meters away, the two spheres merged into one, raising dust from the ground and spreading a yellow mist that enveloped the man. The boy ran after his father, noting that the cloud had a pungent smell. As it dissolved, everything had disappeared. The police investigation, led by Lieutenant Lisboa, revealed no clues. Many people in the area were terrified.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1973"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/22/1962",
"basic_date": "8/22/1962",
"date": "8/22/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Attempted assassination of De Gaulle in Petit-Clamart. (August 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1974"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1962",
"basic_date": "8/24/1962",
"date": "8/24/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In an isolated farm in Duas Pantas \\(Brazil\\), a 9 year old child exits his house and discovers two balls with a diameter of 40 cm on the ground, facing the door he just crossed. He immediately calls his father who also sees the balls and approaches them closely. At that moment, a violent whirlwind of air is triggered and raises a cloud of dust. The child can no longer distinguish his father in this turmoil, then the whirlwind calms down while rising. His father has disappeared forever. The investigators are unable to find his trace and this event intrigues the authorities so much that the child is immediately put under psychiatric observation: they want to know the reasons why he invented this story. (August 24, 7am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1975"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1962",
"basic_date": "8/24/1962",
"date": "8/24/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The satellite *Transit 4-B* stopped transmitting for 6 months, then started up again on its own.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1976"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1962",
"basic_date": "8/27/1962",
"date": "8/27/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Mariner* 2 to [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). In its No. 1, the Soviet magazine *Simena* publishes an article where one can read, among other things, that the skull of a man 40,000 years old was discovered in Broken Hill \\(now Kabwe\\) at a little more than 50 km from Lusaka, the capital of the current Zambia. Strangely, this skull would be pierced with a neat hole, without radial cracks, which would suggest the impact of a bullet. The same type of impact appears on a prehistoric bison skull dating from around 8000 to 10000 BC, which this time is preserved by the Paleontology Museum of Moscow. This fossil would have been found west of the Lena, a river that crosses the Autonomous Republic of Yakutia, famous for the countless mammoth tusks found buried in its frozen soil most of the year. You can see a photograph of this skull in Erich von Däniken's *Gods from Outer Space*. The latter, as well as Soviet scientists such as K. Flerov, claim that this hole is indeed from that time because its edges have been re-calcified, proof that the animal would have survived its injury. As the photograph is taken from far enough away to encompass the entire bison skull, it is impossible to detect this re-calcification. But one can indeed see a neat round hole at the forehead level.\" (August 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1977"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1962",
"basic_date": "8/27/1962",
"date": "8/27/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the project [RedLight](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Redlight.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1978"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/21/1962",
"basic_date": "9/21/1962",
"date": "9/21/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at WSW of Biloxi \\(Mississippi\\). (September 21)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8133 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1979"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/29/1962",
"basic_date": "9/29/1962",
"date": "9/29/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the Canadian satellite *Alouette*. (September 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1980"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/14/1962",
"basic_date": "10/14/1962",
"date": "10/14/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Cuban Missile Crisis. (October 14-November 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1981"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/23/1962",
"basic_date": "10/23/1962",
"date": "10/23/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) UFO Case Duck Hunter in Farmington \\(Utah\\). (October 23)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8182 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1982"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/8/1962",
"basic_date": "11/8/1962",
"date": "11/8/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Dialogues between cosmonaut Belokonev and Earth are intercepted: Attention, attention. Don't push the tests too far, it could be dangerous... I took the shots... What a wonder! \\(...\\) Everything is black, very black. Yes, small particles, tiny, 2 or 3 mm. Has Belokonev entered a dense particle field that would encumber the planet's suburbs? He must try to take samples as he complains that the commands are not working. I succeeded. I took one. It's strange, weird, it has no weight... But the drama is approaching. The batteries are damaged. The instruments don't work anymore. Oxygen! I beg you, comrades... What, I can't do anything?! Curse! I can't succeed... It's impossible. I can't, I tell you! Understand me, understand me... Atrocious, terrible loneliness! (November 8th and 12th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1983"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/17/1962",
"basic_date": "11/17/1962",
"date": "11/17/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Tampa \\(Florida\\). (November 17)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8215 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1984"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/22/1962",
"basic_date": "12/22/1962",
"date": "12/22/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Ezezia International Airport, near Buenos Aires, a curious round machine appears shortly before sunrise at the end of runway 1-0-2-8, blocking the landing of a Panagra DC-8 jet. After a while it flies away at high speed out of sight. (December 22)",
"ref": [
"Keyhoe 1967",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1985"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/22/1962",
"basic_date": "12/22/1962",
"date": "12/22/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The geodetic satellite *Anna*, nicknamed \"FireFly\" \\(\"Firefly\" because it sparkles in the night\\) suddenly stops working and resists all attempts to restart it. She will make headlines again 7 months later, resuming her work as if nothing had happened in the meantime.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1986"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/22/1962",
"basic_date": "12/22/1962",
"date": "12/22/1962",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Release of the book \"Les extraterrestres\" by Pascal Thomas \\(pseudonym of composer Paul Misraki\\) which marks the beginning of the use of the term extraterrestrial to detach from fantastical stories evoking Martians or Venusians.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1962.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1987"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1963",
"basic_date": "2/1963",
"date": "2/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The first five A-12 pilots of the [CIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIA.html) \\(Collins, Ray, Skliar, Sullivan and Walter\\) arrive at [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html). (February)",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1988"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1963",
"basic_date": "3/1963",
"date": "3/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Professor Roger Jennison \\(Department of Electronics at the University of Kent\\) is flying late at night from New York to Washington. The plane enters a storm and at one point the aircraft is enveloped by a bright and audible electrical discharge. A few seconds later a [glowing sphere](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BallLighting.html) of about 20 cm in diameter emerges from the cockpit and travels down the aisle of the aircraft to approximately 50 cm from Jennison. The [ball](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BallLighting.html) moves in a straight trajectory along the length of the aisle at 75 cm above the floor and at a relative speed to the aircraft of about 1.5 m/s. It is blue-white in color and its apparent brightness is estimated to be about 5 to 10 W. No heat is felt when it passes close by and the limb darkening \\(like that of the Sun\\) gives it an almost solid appearance, indicating that it is optically opaque. No asymmetry is observed in any dimension so it is impossible to determine whether it is rotating or not. (March)",
"ref": [
"*Nature*, November 1969 \\< *AA&ES Magazine*, June 1996",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1989"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1963",
"basic_date": "4/1963",
"date": "4/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Joseph Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html) writes in *Yale Scientific Magazine*: The average witness is above average, honest and serious. No truly scientific examination of the UFO phenomenon has been undertaken despite the enormous volume of raw data.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1990"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1963",
"basic_date": "4/1963",
"date": "4/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Major [Hector Quintanilla](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/QuintanillaHectorV.html) succeeds Major [Robert J. Friend](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FriendRobertJ.html) as head of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1991"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1963",
"basic_date": "5/7/1963",
"date": "5/7/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the Telstar 2 satellite. (May 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1992"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1963",
"basic_date": "5/7/1963",
"date": "5/7/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The American astronaut [Gordon Cooper](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CooperLeroyGordon.html) broke the record for the longest space flight: 34 hours and 20 minutes, aboard *Faith-7*. During the final orbit, he warned the ground station near Perth that a green object was approaching him from East to West, against the direction of the orbits made by man at that time. The phenomenon was also detected by the Perth detection equipment. NBC broadcasted the report and planned to interview Cooper, who said nothing and referred to the official statement announced by the [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html). But no statement would come from the [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1993"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/18/1963",
"basic_date": "5/18/1963",
"date": "5/18/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in New Plymouth \\(New Zealand\\). (May 18)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8360 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1994"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/22/1963",
"basic_date": "5/22/1963",
"date": "5/22/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at Pequannock \\(New Jersey\\). (May 22)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8363 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1995"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/24/1963",
"basic_date": "5/24/1963",
"date": "5/24/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An A-12 \\(\\#123\\) tested from [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) crashes due to pilot icing 14 miles south of Wendover \\(Utah\\). The pilot, Collins, survives. (May 24)",
"ref": [
"McIninch",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1996"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1963",
"basic_date": "1963",
"date": "Summer 1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Middletown \\(New York\\). (Summer)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8371 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1997"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/14/1963",
"basic_date": "6/14/1963",
"date": "6/14/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Bikovsky flies 5 days aboard *Vostok* 5. (June 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1998"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/15/1963",
"basic_date": "6/15/1963",
"date": "6/15/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in the Indian Ocean \\(14' -17\" North, 69' 57\" East\\). (June 15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8388 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_1999"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/16/1963",
"basic_date": "6/16/1963",
"date": "6/16/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Valentina Terechkova becomes the first woman in space, aboard *Vostok* 6. (June 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2000"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/9/1963",
"basic_date": "5/9/1963",
"date": "5/9/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Signing of the Status of Forces Agreement between the Australian Government and the US Government, concerning the Status of US Forces in Australia (9 May)",
"ref": [
"\\[ATS 1963 No. 10 UNTS 469 p. 55; TIAS 5349\\] \\[Pine Gap Treaty 1966\\]..",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2001"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1963",
"basic_date": "5/15/1963",
"date": "5/15/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Cooper](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CooperLeroyGordon.html) completes 22 orbits aboard the last capsule [*Mercury*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Mercury.html). (May 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2002"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/16/1963",
"basic_date": "6/16/1963",
"date": "6/16/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Peralta \\(New Mexico\\), [Paul Villa](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VillaApolinarA.html) photographs a \"saucer\" \\(see above\\) in motion near a dry river bed. See images/1963-07-16.jpg. (Sunday, June 16th, 3:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2003"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1963",
"basic_date": "7/1/1963",
"date": "7/1/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Glen Ellyn \\(Illinois\\). (July 1st)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8434 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2004"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/10/1963",
"basic_date": "7/10/1963",
"date": "7/10/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Police Officer Anthony Penny sees an orange-colored object streak across the sky and disappear from Manor Farm \\(Charlton, Wiltshire\\). See July 16. (July 10)",
"ref": [
"Vallee 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2005"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/16/1963",
"basic_date": "7/16/1963",
"date": "7/16/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The satellite *Telstar 2*, launched on May 7th, ceases to transmit.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2006"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/16/1963",
"basic_date": "7/16/1963",
"date": "7/16/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Manor Farm \\(Charlton, Wiltshire\\), Reg Alexander, a farmhand, discovered in the potato field and on a barley field of farmer Roy Blanchard marks forming a crater-shaped depression with a diameter of 8 feet and about 4 inches deep. At the center of this depression is a deep hole 3 feet and 5 inches in diameter, according to various assessments. Radiating from the central hole are 4 slots 4 feet long and 1 foot wide. Leonard Joliffe, a dairyman from the farm, reported hearing an explosion one morning around 6am.",
"ref": [
"FSR Sept-Oct 1963",
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2007"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1963",
"basic_date": "7/18/1963",
"date": "7/18/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Sunnyvale \\(California\\), 4 USAF [jets](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) attempted to intercept an airborne disc-shaped craft. According to the report signed by a qualified ground observer and archived by [NICAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html), the strange craft was much too fast for the jets. It climbed in a short turn and was out of sight in about 3 s. (July 18)",
"ref": [
"Keyhoe 1967",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2008"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/20/1963",
"basic_date": "7/20/1963",
"date": "7/20/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), an A-12 successfully reached Mach 3 during a test flight. (July 20)",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2009"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/23/1963",
"basic_date": "7/23/1963",
"date": "7/23/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Daily Express* of London reported the observation of Officer Anthony Penny two weeks earlier.",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2010"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/23/1963",
"basic_date": "7/23/1963",
"date": "7/23/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation \\(below\\) in Colorado.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2011"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1963",
"basic_date": "8/5/1963",
"date": "8/5/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Fairfield, Illinois, an entire family is trapped for several hours in their farm by a dazzling object patrolling at very low altitude. (August 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2012"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1963",
"basic_date": "8/5/1963",
"date": "8/5/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The satellite *Anna* which had malfunctioned the previous year is starting up again on its own.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2013"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1963",
"basic_date": "8/5/1963",
"date": "8/5/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The satellite *Telstar 2*, which had malfunctioned the previous year, began transmitting again.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2014"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/7/1963",
"basic_date": "8/7/1963",
"date": "8/7/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First flight of a YF-12A \\(\\#1001\\) at Groom Lake, an interceptor capable of reaching Mach 3, based on the design of the A-12. (August 7)",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2015"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/7/1963",
"basic_date": "8/7/1963",
"date": "8/7/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken by a pilot of the Avena lines flying between Barcelona and the Maiquetia International Airport \\(Venezuela\\). The photo has been described as a hoax where the non-coherent shadows \\(according to the shadow of the wing engine of the plane and that on the ground of the plane to the right, that of the UFO should be much further to the right\\) and the UFO a button",
"ref": [
"\\[Fortean Picture Library\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2016"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/7/1963",
"basic_date": "8/7/1963",
"date": "8/7/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken by a pilot of the Avena lines flying between Barcelona and the Malquetia International Airport \\(Venezuela\\). Note the wing engine of the plane on the right and the shadows on the ground of the plane and the UFO. See images/1963\\_kettelkamp.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2017"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1963",
"basic_date": "8/13/1963",
"date": "8/13/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Saint Calen \\(Switzerland\\). (August 13-14)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8514 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2018"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1963",
"basic_date": "8/13/1963",
"date": "8/13/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Aquire Cerda base, observation of 9 witnesses.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2019"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1963",
"basic_date": "8/13/1963",
"date": "8/13/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oklahoma City, sighting of various witnesses including 2 police patrols.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2020"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1963",
"basic_date": "8/13/1963",
"date": "8/13/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In South Dakota, sighting of a carousel of lights by 10,000 witnesses.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2021"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1963",
"basic_date": "8/13/1963",
"date": "8/13/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Cuernavaca, the city lights go out and an UFO is seen by many witnesses.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2022"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1963",
"basic_date": "8/13/1963",
"date": "8/13/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Cuba, a [U-2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/U2.html) is approached by a UFO before crashing in Bolivia.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2023"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/14/1963",
"basic_date": "9/14/1963",
"date": "9/14/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Susanville \\(California\\). (September 14)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8548 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2024"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/15/1963",
"basic_date": "9/15/1963",
"date": "9/15/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Vandalia \\(Ohio\\). (September 15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8549 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2025"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/4/1963",
"basic_date": "10/4/1963",
"date": "10/4/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Bedford \\(Ohio\\). (4 October)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8581 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2026"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/4/1963",
"basic_date": "10/4/1963",
"date": "10/4/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Whidbey Island \\(Washington\\), a middle-aged woman sees a strange craft with 3 silhouettes inside. It bows, partially sinks into the ground, grows and departs in a flash.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2027"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/12/1963",
"basic_date": "10/12/1963",
"date": "10/12/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting with [Engenio Douglas](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#DouglasEugenio) \\(Argentina\\). (October 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2028"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/21/1963",
"basic_date": "10/21/1963",
"date": "10/21/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Yolié Moreno](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#MorenoYolie), in Trancas \\(Argentina\\). (October 21, 8 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2029"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/23/1963",
"basic_date": "10/23/1963",
"date": "10/23/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Meridian \\(Ohio\\). (October 23)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8603 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2030"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/24/1963",
"basic_date": "10/24/1963",
"date": "10/24/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Cupar Fife \\(Scotland\\). (October 24)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8604 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2031"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/16/1963",
"basic_date": "11/16/1963",
"date": "11/16/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting of [John Flaxton](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FlaxtonJohn.html) and his friends. (November 16 (October?))",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2032"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/22/1963",
"basic_date": "11/22/1963",
"date": "11/22/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Assassination of [John Kennedy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KennedyJohnFitzgerald.html) in Dallas \\(Texas\\). Vice President [Lyndon Johnson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/JohnsonLyndonBaines.html) succeeds him. (November 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2033"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/27/1963",
"basic_date": "11/27/1963",
"date": "11/27/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st flight of an Atlas-Centaur rocket. (November 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2034"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/11/1963",
"basic_date": "12/11/1963",
"date": "12/11/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in McMinville \\(Oregon\\) (December 11)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8647 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2035"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/16/1963",
"basic_date": "12/16/1963",
"date": "12/16/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in the Pacific \\(40' -00\" North 175' 54\" West\\). (December 16)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8654 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2036"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/16/1963",
"basic_date": "12/16/1963",
"date": "12/16/1963",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Publication of the translated narrative of the discs discovered in 1938. What does this narrative tell? That a spaceship had landed in the region of Bayan-Khara Uula 12000 years ago and had never been able to leave due to lack of fuel. The local tribes would not have accepted the extraterrestrials and would have ended up massacring them almost entirely. The surviving extraterrestrials would however have left traces of their passage and 2 tribes, the Hams and the [Dropas](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/dropa.html) \\(fragile beings, reaching about 1.30 m in height and who, to this day, have resisted any attempt at ethnic classification\\) would be descended from a mixture between the space castaways and the natives of the time.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1963.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2037"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/29/1964",
"basic_date": "1/29/1964",
"date": "1/29/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Saturn 1* places 17 t in orbit. (January 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2038"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/3/1964",
"basic_date": "4/3/1964",
"date": "4/3/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Monticello \\(Wisconsin\\), a young anthropologist and his family observe from their car lights of several colors, apparently fixed on a huge rigid structure. They approach, slow down, tilt like a pivoting object, stop at the same time as the vehicle, then accelerate and quickly disappear into the sky. (April 3)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8729 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2039"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/8/1964",
"basic_date": "4/8/1964",
"date": "4/8/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As the first space capsule [Gemini](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Gemini.html) was put into orbit around the globe, 4 objects of unknown origin rushed towards it and positioned 2 above, 1 below and 1 behind, and followed it for an entire orbit. (April 8, 11am)",
"ref": [
"Charles Garreau, facts reported by 2 scientists who witnessed the test",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2040"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/11/1964",
"basic_date": "4/11/1964",
"date": "4/11/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Homer \\(New York\\). (April 11)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8739 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2041"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/24/1964",
"basic_date": "4/24/1964",
"date": "4/24/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Newark Valley \\(New York\\), [meeting with Gary Wilcox](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1964-04-24\\_Wilcox.html). (10am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2042"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/24/1964",
"basic_date": "4/24/1964",
"date": "4/24/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Soccorro \\(New Mexico\\), [meeting of Lonnie Zamora](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1964-04-24\\_Soccorro.html). (17 h 45)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8766 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2043"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/25/1964",
"basic_date": "4/25/1964",
"date": "4/25/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An Intelligence Officer from the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) meets two extraterrestrials at an agreed upon rendezvous point in the desert of [New Mexico](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NouveauMexique.html). The contact lasts approximately 3 hours, during which the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) officer is able to exchange basic information with the two extraterrestrials. (April 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2044"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/30/1964",
"basic_date": "4/30/1964",
"date": "4/30/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In San Antonio, a B-57 encounters an egg-shaped UFO. (April 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2045"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/3/1964",
"basic_date": "5/3/1964",
"date": "5/3/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Canberra \\(Australia\\), various people on the ground see a large, bright white object flying northeast in the dark sky. The object appears to waver as if losing power or partially losing control. Distant observers then see a smaller object, visible with a faint red light, hovering nearby. The large white object moves towards the small one and appears to collide with it. Then the large object turns, stops wavering, and moves out of sight. According to the report of the astonished observers, the incident could be either an attack of the large object on the small one or a refueling or recharging operation. The observers' report will be examined by Dr. Paul Siple, scientific attaché of the US Embassy in Canberra, and two engineers from [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html). They will conclude, first of all, that the observers indeed saw what they described. They will also conclude that the mysterious objects were not known or made on Earth devices. The embassy transmitted all this to Washington, D.C., in Airgram A-894, a copy of which is archived by NICAP. (May 3rd, just before sunrise)",
"ref": [
"Keyhoe 1967",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2046"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/9/1964",
"basic_date": "5/9/1964",
"date": "5/9/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Asheville \\(North Carolina\\).",
"ref": [
"cas [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8787 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2047"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/9/1964",
"basic_date": "5/9/1964",
"date": "5/9/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Chicago \\(Illinois\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8788 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2048"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/9/1964",
"basic_date": "5/9/1964",
"date": "5/9/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [James Templeton](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TempletonJames.html) inadvertently photographed a humanoid in a suit behind his daughter. He is questioned by 2 [men in black](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MIB.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2049"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/18/1964",
"basic_date": "5/18/1964",
"date": "5/18/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at Mount Vernon \\(Virginia\\). (May 18)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8811 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2050"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/26/1964",
"basic_date": "5/26/1964",
"date": "5/26/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Cambridge \\(Massachusetts\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8836 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2051"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/26/1964",
"basic_date": "5/26/1964",
"date": "5/26/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Pleasantview \\(Pennsylvania\\)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8839 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2052"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/26/1964",
"basic_date": "5/26/1964",
"date": "5/26/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 4 satellites go offline and then come back online on their own. It's as if they were taken apart and put back together again, says a NASA expert.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2053"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/5/1964",
"basic_date": "7/5/1964",
"date": "7/5/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the first Apollo AS-203 orbital mission. (July 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2054"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/13/1964",
"basic_date": "6/13/1964",
"date": "6/13/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Toledo \\(Ohio\\). (June 13)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8870 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2055"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/9/1964",
"basic_date": "7/9/1964",
"date": "7/9/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An A-12 \\(\\#133\\) crashes during its final approach to [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html). The pilot, Park, ejects at an altitude of 500 feet and survives. (July 9)",
"ref": [
"McIninch",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2056"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/16/1964",
"basic_date": "7/16/1964",
"date": "7/16/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting 15 miles South of Houghton Lake \\(Michigan\\). (July 16)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8924 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2057"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/20/1964",
"basic_date": "7/20/1964",
"date": "7/20/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Clinton, Iowa--Littleton \\(Illinois\\). (July 20)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8942 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2058"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1964",
"basic_date": "7/27/1964",
"date": "7/27/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Norwich \\(New York\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8969 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2059"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1964",
"basic_date": "7/27/1964",
"date": "7/27/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Denver \\(Colorado\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#8973 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2060"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1964",
"basic_date": "7/28/1964",
"date": "7/28/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First high-resolution photos of the lunar surface taken by *Ranger 7*. (July 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2061"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1964",
"basic_date": "7/28/1964",
"date": "7/28/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A warship of the [US Navy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html) is ordered to search for a yacht that has stopped giving news: radio and tracking stations can no longer communicate with it. Approaching the presumed location of the yacht, the sailors see in the sky a large, bright, oval-shaped disk rising quickly and disappearing. A little later, they discover the yacht drifting. There is no one on board and no lifeboat is missing.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2062"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1964",
"basic_date": "8/1964",
"date": "8/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of Intelsat.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2063"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/10/1964",
"basic_date": "8/10/1964",
"date": "8/10/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at Wake Island. (August 10)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9031 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2064"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/15/1964",
"basic_date": "8/15/1964",
"date": "8/15/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in New York \\(New York\\). (August 15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9048 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2065"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/18/1964",
"basic_date": "8/18/1964",
"date": "8/18/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation to the East of Dover \\(Atlantic\\). (August 18)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9053 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2066"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"date": "8/19/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Syncom 3,* first telecommunications satellite in geostationary orbit. (August 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2067"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"date": "8/19/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In England, reorganization of the Ministry of Defense: the Secretariat 6 which dealt with UFOs becomes the Central Staff Defense Secretariat 8 which is attached to the State Secretariat. The service responsible for public relations no longer receives any information on the subject.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2068"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"date": "8/19/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [BUFORA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgsMilitaires.html\\#BUFORA).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2069"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"date": "8/19/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A gigantic alarm network is installed in France. It is installed on the roofs of French gendarmeries. Composed of 2300 antenna-shaped devices, it allows to permanently detect any presence of radioactive bodies in the atmosphere. Some emphasize the uselessness of such a network in case of atomic conflict.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2070"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"date": "8/19/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [NICAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html) publishes *The UFO Evidence.*",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2071"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"date": "8/19/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of Doctor Rolf Alexander.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2072"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"basic_date": "8/19/1964",
"date": "8/19/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Jacques Vallée publishes *Anatomy of a Phenomenon.*",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2073"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/4/1964",
"basic_date": "9/4/1964",
"date": "9/4/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) p.127. (September 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2074"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/10/1964",
"basic_date": "9/10/1964",
"date": "9/10/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Cedar Grove \\(New Jersey\\). (September 10)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9104 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2075"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/12/1964",
"basic_date": "10/12/1964",
"date": "10/12/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st crewed flight aboard *Voskhod 1* \\(Komarov, Yegorov and Feoktistov\\). (October 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2076"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/14/1964",
"basic_date": "10/14/1964",
"date": "10/14/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Brejnev replaces Khrushchev. (October 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2077"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/8/1964",
"basic_date": "11/8/1964",
"date": "11/8/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Montreal, the [NICAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html) records landing traces after Mr. Label observed an object hovering above his property. (November 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2078"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/10/1964",
"basic_date": "11/10/1964",
"date": "11/10/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery of 9 bodies following a crash at Fort Riley \\(Kansas\\). (November 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2079"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/10/1964",
"basic_date": "11/10/1964",
"date": "11/10/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Re-election of President [Johnson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/JohnsonLyndonBaines.html)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2080"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/14/1964",
"basic_date": "11/14/1964",
"date": "11/14/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Menomonee Falls \\(Wisconsin\\). (November 14)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9170 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2081"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/19/1964",
"basic_date": "11/19/1964",
"date": "11/19/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in the Pacific \\(34' 55\" North, 164' 05\" East\\). (November 19)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9183 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2082"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/28/1964",
"basic_date": "11/28/1964",
"date": "11/28/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Mariner 4* towards Mars. (November 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2083"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/19/1964",
"basic_date": "12/19/1964",
"date": "12/19/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Radar observation at the Patuxent Naval Air Station \\(California\\). (December 19)",
"ref": [
"Chauvin 1973",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2084"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1964",
"basic_date": "12/21/1964",
"date": "12/21/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Horace Burns drives between Staunton and Waynesboro on US 250 \\(Washington DC\\). His car stalls when an immense cone-shaped UFO begins to hover above the road before landing in a nearby field. The UFO is topped with a dome and emits a blue light. After a few minutes, it takes off and disappears from Burns' view. Tests conducted by Professor Ernest Gehman and engineers from the Bridge Company reveal a high level of radiation at the spot where the UFO landed. The [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) investigation, conducted after 3 weeks of rain, snow and unwelcome visits to the field by curious onlookers, reveals no similar traces, and concludes that the appearance was a mirage. But, less than a month later, two motorists driving in the opposite direction along US 60, near Williamsburg \\(Virginia\\), report having observed an identical UFO. (December 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2085"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1964",
"basic_date": "12/1964",
"date": "Late 12/1964",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 3 UFOs are tracked by a local radar \\(Washington DC\\): they move at a speed that seems to be 7700 km/h. The [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) declares that these abnormal spots were not caused by UFOs but by faulty equipment. (Late December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1964.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2086"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1965",
"basic_date": "1965",
"date": "Early 1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), the OXCART construction project is completed and the base population reaches 1835 people. (Early 1965)",
"ref": [
"McIninch",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2087"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1965",
"basic_date": "1/1965",
"date": "1/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Keyhoe](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KeyhoeDonaldEdward.html) writes in *True* Magazine: Censorship of UFO sightings by the USAF.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2088"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/11/1965",
"basic_date": "1/11/1965",
"date": "1/11/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 6 engineers from the Army Signal Corps in the munitions building near the center of Washington see 6 UFOs in the shape of zigzagging discs heading towards the Capitol, pursued by 2 delta-winged interceptor jets. The UFOs quickly outdistance the jets and disappear from view. Reporters from the print media try to find out more about the incident from the Department of Defense, but officials, both civilian and military, tell them that the chase never happened. (January 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2089"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/19/1965",
"basic_date": "1/19/1965",
"date": "1/19/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(EST\\) : Launch of [Gemini 2](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Gemini.html\\#Gemni2). (9 h 04)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2090"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/19/1965",
"basic_date": "1/19/1965",
"date": "1/19/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Industrial draftsman William Blackburn was cutting wood near the snow-covered field belonging to the Augusta club when he saw a pyramid - or cone-shaped object - descending from the sky towards the south. This UFO then remained stationary at an estimated altitude of 900 m. Blackburn estimated its diameter to be greater than 60 m. As he watched, a smaller UFO, about 18 m in diameter, landed 15 m away from him. Its surface was polished like a mirror. At the top was a bell that gave Blackburn a rather strange impression when he observed it. An opening appeared on the side of the UFO, as if someone had taken a piece of pie out of it, and 3 humanoid figures emerged floating: their feet never touched the ground. They approached within 11 m of Blackburn and emitted various unintelligible sounds. They were about 1 m tall but, apart from this detail, they looked like ordinary humans. Blackburn, petrified, did not answer them and the beings returned floating to their craft. Then the two UFOs quickly left. There were no traces in the snow. Shortly after Blackburn's story was published in the local newspaper, the *Waynesboro News-Virginian*, a car with federal license plates appeared in town: the inhabitants said it was visible as the nose on the face. Blackburn was apparently severely warned by government agents \\(belonging to an agency he did not want to cite\\) not to say anything more about his experience. (18:15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2091"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/23/1965",
"basic_date": "1/23/1965",
"date": "1/23/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Williamsburg, Virginia, Mr. T. F. Mains observed an object shaped like a mushroom or light bulb, 75 to 80 feet high, 25 feet in diameter at the top and 10 feet at the base. It was a metallic gray with a reddish-orange tint in front and blue on the other side. The object emitted a sound like that of a vacuum cleaner. The witness's car electrical system was affected when the object moved at an altitude of 4 feet. The observation lasted 25 s. (January 23, 8:40 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9242 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2092"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/28/1965",
"basic_date": "1/28/1965",
"date": "1/28/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html) explains the 4 disc-shaped objects observed escorting the launch of [Gemini](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Gemini.html) 10 months prior: The objects, observed and detected around GT-1 put into orbit by a *Titan II* launcher on April 8 [1964](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1964.html), are pieces of the structure during the launcher-capsule separation. (January 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2093"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/4/1965",
"basic_date": "3/4/1965",
"date": "3/4/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Corvallis \\(Oregon\\), W. V. Harrison sees 3 lights rising from the ground at a few seconds interval. (March 4, 9:23 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9301 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2094"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/5/1965",
"basic_date": "3/5/1965",
"date": "3/5/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An oily sheen is found on the observation site from the previous day. (March 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2095"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/8/1965",
"basic_date": "3/8/1965",
"date": "3/8/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Mont Airy \\(Maryland\\), J. H. Martin, manufacturer of instruments for the [NBS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NBS.html), observed 6 lights flying above him for 3 minutes. (March 8, 7:40 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9305 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2096"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/18/1965",
"basic_date": "3/18/1965",
"date": "3/18/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Aleksei Leonov is the first man to go out into space 12 minutes \\(*Vostok 2*\\). (March 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2097"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/23/1965",
"basic_date": "3/23/1965",
"date": "3/23/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First American astronaut tandem in [Gemini 3](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/gemini.html\\#Gemini3) \\(Grissom and Young\\). (March 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2098"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1965",
"basic_date": "4/4/1965",
"date": "4/4/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the USAF base in Keesler \\(Mississippi\\), USAF Airman 2nd Class Corum, a weather observer, saw a 40-foot black oval object with 4 lights along its back, flying in and out for 15 seconds. Confirmation was given by high school student R. Pittman. (April 4, 4:05 AM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9345 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2099"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/18/1965",
"basic_date": "4/18/1965",
"date": "4/18/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On this Easter Sunday [Apolinar Villa](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VillaApolinarA.html) is \"telepathically guided\" to a point near Bernacillo \\(New Mexico\\), close to the place where he sees an aircraft hovering silently in the air and photographs it \\(see below\\). (Sunday 18 April)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2100"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1965",
"basic_date": "5/7/1965",
"date": "5/7/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oxford \\(Michigan\\), Mr. E. Marshall observed a light, like a satellite, split into two parts, one of which was copper-colored. Then two more joined it. An object could have fallen. The observation lasted 1 minute. (May 7, 7:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9389 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2101"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/24/1965",
"basic_date": "5/24/1965",
"date": "5/24/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Eton Range \\(Australia\\), P. Norma, engineer, and J. W. Tilsen saw at 300 m a disc with a battery of 30 projectors on the underside. It landed with a massive tripod and always took off in silence. (May 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2102"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/3/1965",
"basic_date": "6/3/1965",
"date": "6/3/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Ed White](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/officiels.html\\#WhiteEdward) is the first American to go into space, for 36 minutes. (June 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2103"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/3/1965",
"basic_date": "6/3/1965",
"date": "6/3/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) While his co-pilot [Ed White](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/officiels.html\\#WhiteEdward) sleeps, astronaut [James McDivitt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MacDivittJames.html) observes an object through the window of his [Gemini 4](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Gemini4.html), about 15 km from the capsule: he describes it by radio as having several long tentacles, and has time to photograph it before seeing it disappear. (June 3/4, 20th orbit)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2104"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/28/1965",
"basic_date": "6/28/1965",
"date": "6/28/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Delroy, Ohio, farmer John Stavano hears a series of explosions. See two days later. (June 28)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2105"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1965",
"basic_date": "6/30/1965",
"date": "6/30/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) John Stavano discovers, after hearing explosions the day before, a curious formation on the ground. The wheat ears seem to have been pulled out of the ground, uprooted. The case will be examined by A. Candusso and Larray Moyers, delegates of the *Flying Saucer Investigating Committee*, accompanied by Garry Davis. They find the strange circular configuration in Stavano's farm located on a ridge. At the center of the circle is a depression about 28 inches in diameter. It is explored with a probe but only soft soil is found to a depth of 9 inches. A good part of the wheat has been moved, roots included, and clods of earth a few inches long have been scattered. The ears lie on the ground, in the form of a wheel spoke. Analysis of soil and wheat samples finds no evidence that could be caused by an explosion. (June 30)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2106"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1965",
"basic_date": "7/1/1965",
"date": "7/1/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Valensole Incident](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1965-07-01\\_Valensole.html) \\(Alpes de Haute-Provence\\). (July 1st, 1965, 5:45am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2107"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/2/1965",
"basic_date": "7/2/1965",
"date": "7/2/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Oklahoma, several police cars, called from all over, pursue UFOs with color changes, observations that will be attempted to explain by the stars Rigel, Capella and Aldebaran, which were at the antipodes. The police will nevertheless be ridiculed by Quintanilla and one of them will lose his job and his wife. (July 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2108"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/3/1965",
"basic_date": "7/3/1965",
"date": "7/3/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On Deception Island \\(Antarctica\\), technicians from several bases observed for several hours a giant disk-shaped object flying over the island at high altitude with very variable speeds. Photographed, the object disturbed Earth's magnetic field measuring devices. In addition to the British troops stationed on the island and the personnel of the Chilean base Pedro Aguirre, technicians from the Argentine navy also reported the passage above their ship of a very large lenticular object. The government of the Argentine Republic will issue an official statement confirming in all points the observation reports made by its navy as well as those of two other powers belonging to different nationalities. Other observations were also made in June, and declassified documents attest that the [DIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DIA.html) was aware.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2109"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/6/1965",
"basic_date": "7/6/1965",
"date": "7/6/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Kiel, Wisconsin, Miss E. R. Hayner observed a twinkling light, like a satellite, for 1 minute. (July 6, 9:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9474 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2110"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1965",
"basic_date": "7/7/1965",
"date": "7/7/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A report from an Argentine detachment based in Antarctica relayed by an official statement from the Argentine Ministry of the Navy describes the gigantic UFO observed for several hours: It had the appearance of a solid material, red and green, iridescent from time to time with yellow, blue, white, and orange. The object moved silently eastward following a winding trajectory, but always without noise and at variable speeds. It often changed direction, heading sometimes westward, sometimes northward. In the afternoon of the same day, the same object was spotted by the South Orkney Islands base. It was moving northwest, at an angle of 30° relative to the horizon. It was at an approximate distance of 10 to 15 km. The Chilean Antarctic base also spotted the same object in the afternoon of the same day. On July 9th \\(?\\), an extremely important message arrived from the South Orkney Islands base. As a strange object flew over the base, 2 variometers, which were functioning perfectly before the flight, recorded disturbances of the magnetic field on their tapes. (July 7th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2111"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1965",
"basic_date": "7/7/1965",
"date": "7/7/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The \"Pleiadian\" ship photographed by [Meier](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MeierEduardAlbert.html) \\[probably a model\\]. See images/1965.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2112"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1965",
"basic_date": "7/7/1965",
"date": "7/7/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The revelations made to Doctor Rolf Alexander in summer 1951 are revealed, this time citing the involved persons.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2113"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/15/1965",
"basic_date": "7/15/1965",
"date": "7/15/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Flyby of Mars at 9000 km by *Mariner 4*. (July 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2114"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/16/1965",
"basic_date": "7/16/1965",
"date": "7/16/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The city of Buenos Aires is flown over for more than 20 minutes. The press widely reports on this event by publishing photographs. It is an entire population that will witness the \"luminous devices\" maneuvers. (July 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2115"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/16/1965",
"basic_date": "7/16/1965",
"date": "7/16/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing by Denis Crowe, professional aeronautical illustrator, of a disc-shaped vehicle he saw take off from Vaucluse Beach \\(Sydney\\) on July 19th! See images/1965-07-19\\_Sydney.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2116"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/25/1965",
"basic_date": "7/25/1965",
"date": "7/25/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Castalia \\(Ohio\\), amateur astronomer Mr. D. Harris, 16 years old, observed a bright blue star traverse 90° of the sky for 10 to 15 seconds. (Saturday, July 25th, 9:15 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9550 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2117"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1965",
"basic_date": "7/26/1965",
"date": "7/26/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Ogre Observatory \\(Latvia\\), astronomers Robert and Esmeralda Vitolniek and Yan Melderis saw a green, triangular UFO resembling a star. Examining the object more closely through the observatory's telescope, they realized that the UFO was composed of 3 green balls in a triangular formation around a larger central light. The central sphere was estimated to be 90 m in diameter and its altitude was estimated to be 100 \\(200?\\) km, but the observers were unable to provide an explanation for what they saw. The observation lasted about 30 minutes.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2118"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1965",
"basic_date": "7/26/1965",
"date": "7/26/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Carazinho \\(Brazil\\), 5 small beings dressed in black uniforms and small boots appeared. Witnesses indicate that one of them had in their hand an astonishingly bright object, like a magic wand.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2119"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1965",
"basic_date": "7/28/1965",
"date": "7/28/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Paris, a man living in the 19th arrondissement, near Aubervilliers, returns home and, through the window of his apartment, sees an object flying in the sky. He grabs his Kodak Brownie Flash Camera Starluxe 9 x 9 format and takes two shots in the span of 2 minutes that will make the cover of a major Parisian newspaper. No explanation will be given. However, the shape of the object resembles that of a [Lockheed](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LockheedMartin.html) SR-71A \"Blackbird\" aircraft, flying since December 22nd, 1964. But what would such a USAF strategic reconnaissance aircraft be doing at low altitude over an allied country at 5:30 PM? (Tuesday, July 28th, 5:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2120"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1965",
"basic_date": "7/28/1965",
"date": "7/28/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Moscow astronomer, L. Tsekhanovitch, noticed in the sky an object with luminous portholes.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2121"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1965",
"basic_date": "7/28/1965",
"date": "7/28/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The crews of Voskhod 1 and 2 spotted cylinders without openings floating in space near their spacecraft.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2122"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/31/1965",
"basic_date": "7/31/1965",
"date": "7/31/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) UFO formations are reported above several US states. The [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) claims that these objects are the planet [Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html) and the stars Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Rigel and Capella. This explanation is later refuted by Robert Risser, director of the Oklahoma Scientific Foundation's planetarium, who states: We couldn't be further from the truth. Apparently, none of the mentioned stars were visible in the US at the time of the visions. (Saturday, July 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2123"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1965",
"basic_date": "8/1/1965",
"date": "8/1/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Shawnee \\(Oklahoma\\), several police patrols describe unknown luminous objects maintaining a diamond formation. The observation lasts 40 minutes. The different offices of Oklahoma City receive nearly 30 reports during the night. (Sunday, August 1st, 9 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2124"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1965",
"basic_date": "8/1/1965",
"date": "8/1/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) August 2nd Observation in Tulsa \\(Oklahoma\\). See images/1965-08-02_01-45_Tulsa\\_Oklahoma.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2125"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/3/1965",
"basic_date": "8/3/1965",
"date": "8/3/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As he drives on the Santa Ana freeway \\(Los Angeles\\), road worker [Rex Heflin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1965-08-03\\_HeflinRex.html) observes a UFO in the shape of a disk. He stops and takes a photograph. He then realizes that it is a disk topped with a non-ovoid dome \\(like a hat\\). The photograph will be authenticated by the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html). (Tuesday, August 3rd)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2126"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1965",
"basic_date": "8/4/1965",
"date": "8/4/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Dallas \\(Texas\\), J. A. Carter, 19 years old, saw a light flying quickly and horizontally for 12 s. (21 h 30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) n° 9675 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2127"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1965",
"basic_date": "8/4/1965",
"date": "8/4/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tinley Park \\(Illinois\\), 2 14-year-old teenagers see a light moving in the sky for 16 to 17 s. (23 h 35)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) n° 9680 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2128"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1965",
"basic_date": "8/4/1965",
"date": "8/4/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Nebraska trucker Don Tenopir is heading north to Abilene with a load of grain. An UFO descends from the sky above his truck and lands on the road in front of him. A car coming in the opposite direction swerves around the craft and stops with a screech of brakes. Tenopir slams on the brakes. His headlights go out, although his GMC Diesel semi-truck keeps rolling: the UFO moves and the truck's headlights come back on. Tenopir can now see the object: a disk \\(topped with a dome\\) about 4m in diameter, hovering a few meters off the ground. There are square windows on the top. Too scared to move from his cab, but the driver of the car gets out and approaches him. Before they can talk, the UFO shoots sparks from where it is and takes off with a loud noise. The two drivers flee. Tenopir reports the incident to the Abilene police, but neither the city, nor the state, nor the government nor the military authorities take any action. The case bears an interesting resemblance to the encounter that took place in Hampshire \\(England\\) in November 1967. (1:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2129"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1965",
"basic_date": "8/4/1965",
"date": "8/4/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The photo of Lucci on August 8th, explained 30 years later as a hand holding a plate. See images/1965-08-08\\_Beavar.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2130"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1965",
"basic_date": "8/19/1965",
"date": "8/19/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Cheffy Creek \\(New York\\), Miss William Butcher, her 17-year-old son Harold and a child witness a large elliptical object, with reddish steam beneath it, approach the ground. When the object is on the ground, a continuous beep is heard. Shortly after, a strange smell is noticed. Then all of a sudden the object departs into the clouds, a few seconds later. Radio is distorted by static effects, the engine of a tractor stops. (August 19, 8:20 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9806 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2131"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1965",
"basic_date": "8/20/1965",
"date": "8/20/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A purple liquid, 2x2 inch marks, and pieces of grass were found at the observation site from the previous night. A bull bellowed and tried to break its bonds. (August 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2132"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/30/1965",
"basic_date": "8/30/1965",
"date": "8/30/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Urbana, Ohio, Mr. A. Lilly, N. Smith and T. Nastoff saw a white ball 5 to 8 feet in diameter, followed by a light 2 to 3 feet, hit the road 100 feet in front of the witnesses' car, bounce and fly away. The observation lasted 3 to 4 s \\[\\[case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9864 unsolved\\]\\]. (August 30, 10:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2133"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/2/1965",
"basic_date": "9/2/1965",
"date": "9/2/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [FBI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html) has heard from a confidential source that agents of the [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html) are clandestinely leaking \"house information\" related to UFOs outside of the agency. (September 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2134"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/3/1965",
"basic_date": "9/3/1965",
"date": "9/3/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Houston, a huge object 15 x 60 m is observed levitating a few meters off the ground by 2 police officers.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2135"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/3/1965",
"basic_date": "9/3/1965",
"date": "9/3/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Observation at Damon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1965-09-03\\_Damon.html) \\(Texas\\). (23 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2136"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/3/1965",
"basic_date": "9/3/1965",
"date": "9/3/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Observation at Exeter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1965-09-03\\_Exeter.html) \\(New Hampshire\\). (1 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2137"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/3/1965",
"basic_date": "9/3/1965",
"date": "9/3/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The same observation takes place at the same time in [Houston](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/lieux.html\\#Houston) \\(Texas\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2138"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/3/1965",
"basic_date": "9/3/1965",
"date": "9/3/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Jalapa \\(Mexico\\), a local journalist, two taxi drivers and a bullfighter see an object hovering, its circumference pierced by luminous slits and in which one can see a being dressed in black, with eyes shining like a cat's, holding a kind of metal bar that shines. The entity suddenly disappears.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2139"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/23/1965",
"basic_date": "9/23/1965",
"date": "9/23/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Power outage in Cuernavaca. (September 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2140"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/25/1965",
"basic_date": "9/25/1965",
"date": "9/25/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Chisholm, Minnesota, Bett Diamond observed for 1 minute 5 orange lights flying quickly in a line and making an abrupt turn. (9:55)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9970 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2141"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/25/1965",
"basic_date": "9/25/1965",
"date": "9/25/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Rodio \\(Rodeo?\\), New Mexico, Dr. George Walton, a physicist-chemist, and his wife saw two white, round objects flying side by side, between 30 and 50 feet, advancing at the same pace as the witnesses for 6 minutes. (22 h)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#9971 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2142"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/4/1965",
"basic_date": "10/4/1965",
"date": "10/4/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Middletown \\(Ohio\\), observation of Tucker. (4 October)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2143"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1965",
"basic_date": "10/7/1965",
"date": "10/7/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sergeant Tech Charles \"Chuck\" Sorrels, an Edwards Air Base control tower operator, sees a group of objects emitting red, white, and blue lights approaching the airfield. When these objects begin to perform unusual maneuvers, he concludes that this is not ordinary and notifies the Air Defense Command - in this case, a unit called LAADS \\(*Los Angeles Air Defense Sector*\\). Major Struble of LAADS orders the conversations to be recorded. He involves NORAD and other air bases: Norton, Hamilton, George, and March. The major wants to send planes towards the objects but cannot do so until a captain from Edwards has approved the sending of the planes. This captain is the \"UFO officer\" responsible at the base. It is requested that the planes can depart from the 28th Air Division at Hamilton, or else they will not take off at all. (October 7th, 0:30)",
"ref": [
"UFO Window",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2144"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/21/1965",
"basic_date": "10/21/1965",
"date": "10/21/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Gibbon \\(Minnesota\\). See images/1965-10-21.gif. (October 21st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2145"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/4/1965",
"basic_date": "11/4/1965",
"date": "11/4/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Middletown \\(Ohio\\). (November 4)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10066 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2146"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/4/1965",
"basic_date": "11/4/1965",
"date": "11/4/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Power outages across the United States. Another outage will affect Buenos Aires, located in the southern hemisphere, yet in summer. (November 4-9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2147"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/8/1965",
"basic_date": "11/8/1965",
"date": "11/8/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html) states: Instead of investigating UFO sightings, we should investigate the people who report them. (November 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2148"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/8/1965",
"basic_date": "11/8/1965",
"date": "11/8/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Glowing seen in New York during the November power outage. See images/1965-11.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2149"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/26/1965",
"basic_date": "11/26/1965",
"date": "11/26/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch by a *Diamant A* rocket of the satellite *Astérix*. (November 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2150"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/4/1965",
"basic_date": "12/4/1965",
"date": "12/4/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the night, [Frank Borman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BormanFrank.html) and [James Lovell](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LovellJamesA.html) hear \"something\" hitting the window of their capsule [Gemini 7](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Gemini.html\\#Gemini7), flying at 28000 km/h at a distance varying between 160 and 205 km from the Earth's surface. Hardly recovered from their fright, the young astronauts see a strange object nearby, surrounded by fluorescent particles. (4/5 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2151"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/9/1965",
"basic_date": "12/9/1965",
"date": "12/9/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Kecksburg incident](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1965-12-09\\_Kecksburg.html). (December 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2152"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/19/1965",
"basic_date": "12/19/1965",
"date": "12/19/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Re-election of De Gaulle. (December 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2153"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/28/1965",
"basic_date": "12/28/1965",
"date": "12/28/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), an A-12 \\(\\#126\\) crashes immediately after takeoff. The pilot, Vojvodich, ejects and survives. (December 28)",
"ref": [
"McIninch",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2154"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/28/1965",
"basic_date": "12/28/1965",
"date": "12/28/1965",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of [George Adamski](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AdamskiGeorge.html). Creation of the [Adamski Foundation](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.gafintl-adamski.com), whose declared objective is to promote the scientific facts and relevant philosophical thought to understand that human life is the rule, and not the exception, in the universe.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1965.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2155"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1966",
"basic_date": "1/1966",
"date": "1/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Madrid \\(Spain\\), Sesma receives the first telephone call from the [Ummites](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Ummo.html).",
"ref": [
"Sesma",
"Petit 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2156"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/9/1966",
"basic_date": "1/9/1966",
"date": "1/9/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A fireball is observed vertically over Capri \\(Italy\\) and causes a general power outage in the entire city, as well as in the South of the peninsula for 40 minutes. Then, the same fireball flies over Naples \\(Italy\\). (9 January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2157"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/11/1966",
"basic_date": "1/11/1966",
"date": "1/11/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Meyerstown, Pennsylvania, 4 witnesses in a car \\(including 1 nurse\\) observe for 10 minutes a disc-shaped object that then flies over them for a long time at a short distance in a stationary flight: As for its shape, you know those saucers that kids slide down hills on, you know what I mean? They fit together without the edges touching. Honestly, I can't describe it any better. I won't say it reflected light, but rather that it was luminous, you know, like the luminous dial of an alarm clock at night. I know it was something material, and I won't budge on that. The outline was very clear. At no point was it blurry. We had the impression that it was a solid body, like when you look at an airplane... It was exactly as if, from below, I had seen an airplane just above me... Perfectly still... We had been observing the thing for maybe 5 minutes when it shot off at a dizzying speed. And yet, without a single sound being heard. (January 11, 3:05 AM)",
"ref": [
"Poher 2003",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2158"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/13/1966",
"basic_date": "1/13/1966",
"date": "1/13/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A receiving station for the *Telstar* communication satellite is hit by a power outage that affects an area of 120 km in diameter and lasts for nearly 7 hours. In explanation, a statement from the responsible electric company, the *Central Maine Power Company*, indicates that it apparently was an equipment failure that corrected itself. (January 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2159"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/14/1966",
"basic_date": "1/14/1966",
"date": "1/14/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of [Sergeï Korolev](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KorolevSerguei.html). (14 January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2160"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/17/1966",
"basic_date": "1/17/1966",
"date": "1/17/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A giant B-52 bomber from the [SAC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SAC.html) and its refueling plane become entangled in mid-air off the coast of Palomares. Witnesses, asked to be discreet afterwards, saw not two planes but three that had collided; two crashed and the other sank. The resulting explosion took the form of a 1 km diameter, very bright, ball-shaped cloud, which was photographed. (January 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2161"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/19/1966",
"basic_date": "1/19/1966",
"date": "1/19/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In New Mexico, [Paul Villa](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VillaApolinarA.html) takes photographs of a purported UFO.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2162"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/19/1966",
"basic_date": "1/19/1966",
"date": "1/19/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Tully \\(Australia\\), George Pedlez, who owns a banana plantation, was driving his tractor near a marsh called *Horseshoe Lagoon* when he suddenly heard a very loud, high-pitched whistle: It was as if air was escaping from a tire, he said. About 25 yards in front of him, he saw a machine taking off from the marsh. Blue-gray in color, it measured about 25 feet wide and 9 feet high. It circled and rose about 6 feet before taking off. All was finished in a few seconds, the craft departed at a terrifying speed, Pedley would declare. He later discovered the first \"nest\" with the reeds flattened in the direction of the clock hands. Other similar \"saucer nests\" were discovered nearby. See images/tully.jpg.",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2163"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/23/1966",
"basic_date": "1/23/1966",
"date": "1/23/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Sydney \\(Australia\\), the *Sydney Sun Herald* headlines on the front page: More Flying Saucer Nests!. (23 January)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2164"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/30/1966",
"basic_date": "1/30/1966",
"date": "1/30/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A reader of the *Sydney Sun Herald* suggests that the \"nests\" discovered in Queensland \\(Australia\\) a few days earlier are caused by a large, shy bird with a blue body and red spots on its head, a type of crane or blue heron. Many times when he was barefoot in the bushes, he said he had seen the birds dancing but they flew away quickly before he could reach them. They looked like a blue, vaporous cloud that, for sure, made a shrill noise when flying away. The ornithologist of the Australian Museum, H. J. Disney, states that cranes cannot make circular depressions of a geometric design. Likewise, he is skeptical of the theory of the bald coot put forward by another man, Ken Adams, from Gooloogong. I have never heard of this appearance in the bird, Disney declares. (January 30)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2165"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/31/1966",
"basic_date": "1/31/1966",
"date": "1/31/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [Luna 9](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#Luna9) probe lands \\(in free fall\\) on the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Lune.html). (January 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2166"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/2/1966",
"basic_date": "2/2/1966",
"date": "2/2/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Salisbury \\(North Carolina\\). (February 2)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10193 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2167"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/3/1966",
"basic_date": "2/3/1966",
"date": "2/3/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) convenes the [O'Brien Committee](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://ncas.sawco.com/condon/text/appndx-a.htm) to judge the methods of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project, facade or waste. (February 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2168"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/6/1966",
"basic_date": "2/6/1966",
"date": "2/6/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Nederland \\(Texas\\). (February 6)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10196 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2169"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/17/1966",
"basic_date": "2/17/1966",
"date": "2/17/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A *Diamant* rocket puts the geodetic satellite *Diapason* into orbit. (February 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2170"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/26/1966",
"basic_date": "2/26/1966",
"date": "2/26/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the Apollo AS-201 module using a *Saturn 1B* rocket. (February 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2171"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/30/1966",
"basic_date": "2/30/1966",
"date": "2/30/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Smooth landing on the lunar surface successfully achieved by the Soviet spacecraft [Luna 9](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#Luna9). (February 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2172"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/5/1966",
"basic_date": "3/5/1966",
"date": "3/5/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First free test flight of a D-21 drone near Point Mugu, launched from a Blackbird out of [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html). (March 5)",
"ref": [
"Federal Register",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2173"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/20/1966",
"basic_date": "3/20/1966",
"date": "3/20/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Mims \\(Florida\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10247 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2174"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/20/1966",
"basic_date": "3/20/1966",
"date": "3/20/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Observation of Hillsdale](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1966-03-20\\_Hillsdale.html) \\(Michigan\\), which [Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html) initially explained as \"swamp gas\" \\(will-o'-the-wisps\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2175"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/21/1966",
"basic_date": "3/21/1966",
"date": "3/21/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A telex from the *United Press International* mentions that 40 people, including 12 police officers, reported seeing a strange object that seemed to be guarded by 4 accompanying vessels, land in a nearby swamp during the night of Sunday. The incident took place in Ann Harbor \\(Michigan\\). (March 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2176"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/22/1966",
"basic_date": "3/22/1966",
"date": "3/22/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Houston \\(Texas\\). (March 22)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10262 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2177"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/23/1966",
"basic_date": "3/23/1966",
"date": "3/23/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Joseph Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html), summoned to explain the incident of March 21st, out of arguments, proposed marsh gas. The press had a field day with it.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2178"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/23/1966",
"basic_date": "3/23/1966",
"date": "3/23/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Temple \\(Oklahoma\\), an electronics instructor from Sheppard Air Force Base was driving to work on Route 65 and approaching the intersection with Highway 70: \"At about 1500 meters from the intersection, I saw a very bright light about 1500 meters to my right and thought it was a truck in trouble on the highway. I turned West onto Highway 70. 400 meters further on, I changed my mind and thought it was a prefabricated house coming down the highway at an early hour. It was parked on the side of the road, I got to within a hundred meters, stopped, got out of the car and walked towards the object leaving my headlights on and my engine running. I took about 15 steps and then remembered I had a Kodak on the front seat and wanted to take a picture. I hesitated for a second and then saw the man dressed in military fatigues. I thought it was a sergeant... he had the insignia on his right arm and some kind of cap with the visor up. He weighed about 80 kg and was about 1.70 m tall. He was just a regular G.I. mechanic in civilian clothes... or a crew chief or something like that. He had a flashlight in his hand and was almost kneeling on his right knee, his left hand touching the bottom of the fuselage. The object looked like an aluminum airliner without wings or tail, and without seams along the fuselage. It rose vertically, about 1.50 m, then headed southeast, almost backwards, at about 1200 km/h judging by the barns it lit up as it flew along the valley. It was the size of a cargo plane but had no visible propulsion device. The witness was bombarded with questions by officers from the air base. A truck driver had observed the same object on the road. (5 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10270 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2179"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/26/1966",
"basic_date": "3/26/1966",
"date": "3/26/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Texahoma \\(Oklahoma\\). (March 26)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10291 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2180"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/27/1966",
"basic_date": "3/27/1966",
"date": "3/27/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Gerald Ford](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FordGeraldRudolf.html) requests in a letter the opening of an investigation into how the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) is carrying out its task regarding UFOs: It is time that this mystery be cleared up. (March 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2181"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1966",
"basic_date": "3/30/1966",
"date": "3/30/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Ottawa \\(Ohio\\). (March 30)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10329 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2182"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1966",
"basic_date": "3/30/1966",
"date": "3/30/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Balwin UFO photographed. See images/balwin.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2183"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/2/1966",
"basic_date": "4/2/1966",
"date": "4/2/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Australia \\(Melbourne\\), a resident of Balwin \\(Victoria\\) took a UFO photo. He recounts that the object was bright and hovering about 40 m from the ground. From nearly stationary, the object then disappeared at high speed towards the North. See images/1966-04-02.jpg. (April 2, 14 h 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2184"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/2/1966",
"basic_date": "4/2/1966",
"date": "4/2/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Reversal of [Joseph Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html) expressing a series of criticisms on the way UFO study was handled by the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html), thus countering [Quintanilla](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/QuintanillaHectorV.html), the new head of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project. UFOs have been seen by scientists, he declares. He publishes a book defending the necessity of an independent scientific study of the phenomenon.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2185"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1966",
"basic_date": "4/4/1966",
"date": "4/4/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Ronald Sullivan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#SullivanRonald) near Bendigo \\(Australia\\). (April 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2186"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1966",
"basic_date": "4/5/1966",
"date": "4/5/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Alto \\(Tennessee\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10384 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2187"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1966",
"basic_date": "4/5/1966",
"date": "4/5/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Lycoming \\(New York\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10385 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2188"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1966",
"basic_date": "4/5/1966",
"date": "4/5/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Secretary of State [Harold Brown](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrownHarold.html) proposed the creation of a civilian organization \\(which would be the [Condon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html\\#Condon) Commission, represented by an independent university\\) conducting a scientific study of UFOs and allowing scientists to consult the USAF's files on the subject.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2189"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1966",
"basic_date": "4/17/1966",
"date": "4/17/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Case of the Spaur Hunt in Ravenna \\(Ohio\\). (April 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2190"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/22/1966",
"basic_date": "4/22/1966",
"date": "4/22/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Beverly \\(Massachusetts\\), several people observed 3 luminous objects spinning in a circle in the sky. A woman who waved her hand, one of the UFOs approached at a short distance: The object, as it approached, seemed to be getting bigger and bigger... Above my head, I could see nothing else, in the blur of the atmosphere, than lights emitting very bright signals \\(they weren't blinking\\). I was very excited - but not scared - and very curious. If the object hadn't come closer, I wouldn't have run away, but I thought it was going to crash on me. Another witness ran away: I started to run. Then a friend shouted 'Look, it's right above us!' --- I looked up, and I was frozen in place. It was exactly like the bottom of a plate. It was solid... I didn't hear any noise, but I thought this thing was going to fall on me \\(...\\). I was fascinated, stunned, unable to think, and I found myself running to escape it. (9 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2191"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/22/1966",
"basic_date": "4/22/1966",
"date": "4/22/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) After the witnesses called the police, 2 officers went to enjoy the show. One of them testified: At 21:45, on orders from the police station, I went \\(...\\) to Beverly High School, on Salem Road, where an UFO was reported. On my arrival, I observed what seemed to be a large plate hovering above the school buildings. There were 3 lights --- red, green and white ---but no noise that could indicate that it was an airplane. This object hovered above the school and seemed almost motionless. The lights shone in flashes. The object flew over the school twice then moved away. The television was scrambled during the observation. (21 h 45)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2192"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/25/1966",
"basic_date": "4/25/1966",
"date": "4/25/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) William Haydon Burns, Governor of Florida campaigning for re-election, departs from Orlando for Tallahassee \\(state capital\\). On board the Convair, co-pilot Herb Bates spots two bright yellow globes side by side. At 6000 feet near Ocala \\(north Florida\\), Burns leaves the cockpit and announces: \"We have a UFO next to us. I'm going to ask the pilot to head towards it.\" Frank Stockton, the Deputy Secretary, Captain Nathan Sharron of the State Highway Patrol, and all the journalists on board can then see the phenomenon to starboard. Some will describe two bright crescent-shaped lights, with a weaker section, like a column of light, between them. The yellow-orange lights vary in brightness, but remain very distinct. As the plane heads towards the UFO, it then quickly rises and disappears after accompanying the plane for 40 miles. Duane Bradford, director of the Capitol Bureau of the Tampa Tribune, will declare: \"I began to think that these UFO stories weren't so funny after all.\" Bill Mansfield, director of the Miami Herald's central bureau, will declare: \"There was something there. Something we all saw clearly. Something that still remains to be explained.\" The Governor \\(who had already seen a UFO according to a documentary broadcast on a Miami television in October of the previous year\\) confirmed the observation, but would not say any more. (April 25)",
"ref": [
"Bulletin of NICAP, May/June 1966",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2193"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/4/1966",
"basic_date": "5/4/1966",
"date": "5/4/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Two commercial airplanes \\(from Braniff and *American Airlines*\\) following each other at 32 km apart, as well as a ground radar, locate a target to the right of the Braniff above it and then at its height. The Braniff sees an intense light, alternately red, green and white. The following plane asks the first if it has turned on its landing lights and refuses to testify. The radar records the speed of the target at 1600 km/h. It makes a 180° turn in an area of 9 km, and there is no response to the transponder. (Wednesday, May 4th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2194"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1966",
"basic_date": "5/7/1966",
"date": "5/7/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Goodfellow \\(Texas\\). (Saturday, May 7th)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10535 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2195"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/8/1966",
"basic_date": "5/8/1966",
"date": "5/8/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) About fifteen kilometers north of Ipameri \\(Brazil\\), two men in a restaurant saw an object resembling a hot air balloon, making oscillations in stationary flight above the trees on the opposite banks of the Ipaméri River. As the object began to descend, one of the two men, James Pfeiffer, an American industrialist, photographed it. Then the object veered westward. (Sunday, May 8)",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2196"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/10/1966",
"basic_date": "5/10/1966",
"date": "5/10/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The famous American reporter Walter Cronkite does a report on the Michigan observations in *CBS Reports*, presenting the witnesses as not very credible. It shows [Donald Menzel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MenzelDonaldHoward.html) pouring benzene on an acetone-filled aquarium to demonstrate elementary facts of optics known since the 18th century. He tries to convince Americans that UFOs are only mirages. This is followed by an interview with a \"lunatic\" describing his encounters with the \"space brothers\". In contrast, an impressive interview with [Carl Sagan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SaganCarlEdward.html), who forcefully argues with mathematical arguments the improbability of an extraterrestrial visit. The documentary then contains a discussion with a military officer who claims that UFOs are never detected by radar, and with an astronomer who states that UFOs are never seen or photographed by satellite observation stations. (May 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2197"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/28/1966",
"basic_date": "5/28/1966",
"date": "5/28/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the 1st module [Apollo](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html) *SA-6*. (May 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2198"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/30/1966",
"basic_date": "5/30/1966",
"date": "5/30/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Surveyor 1* lands softly on the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html). (May 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2199"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/6/1966",
"basic_date": "6/6/1966",
"date": "6/6/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at Spooner \\(Wisconsin\\). (June 6)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10626 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2200"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/8/1966",
"basic_date": "6/8/1966",
"date": "6/8/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Kansas \\(Ohio\\). (June 8)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10629 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2201"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/15/1966",
"basic_date": "6/15/1966",
"date": "6/15/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Aveyron \\(France\\), on a calm night, a 76 year old woman living in an isolated farmhouse observes spherical \"flaming\" objects: \"I was at the window, just for a moment, because at my age you need to take the air wherever you are. But I had never seen lights like that, nor anything similar! It was not just lights, it was fires! The objects cross the fields. The old woman gets scared: All these fires, I'm too old, I don't want to see things like that. If things start moving like this, what are we all going to become? After that it moved again, in the corner of the vineyard, you remember , that's when I called you, that's when I was scared, but if it gets closer, it will go into the barn and everything will go up in smoke, the house and us with it. So I called him, I called him. The son-in-law, who ran the farm and had seen the same thing as the old woman, goes out to check on the spot: The objects were rounded on top and rather flattened underneath; they vanished on the spot as if they were controlled by a switch. At one point there were 6, less than 2 km away; they moved in line at the speed of a tractor, then merged into a large luminous object resembling a flaming tree, an illuminated shell. Everything disappeared. The witnesses returned, completely amazed. The whole phenomenon took place without a sound. Later she will go to bed dressed for fear of \"what could happen\". (June 15)",
"ref": [
"speaking to her son-in-law",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2202"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/15/1966",
"basic_date": "6/15/1966",
"date": "6/15/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Nha Trang \\(South Vietnam\\), in addition to the usual base activities, 8 bulldozers are at work, soldiers are watching a movie outdoors, and 2 Douglas A-IE Skyraider attack planes are preparing to take off on the nearby runway. In the bay, a Shell tanker is at anchor. The sky to the north suddenly lights up. The initial reactions are that it is an enemy flare, but the light starts to move, approaching the base. As it gets close to the observers, it slows down and then stops, remaining stationary over the base at an altitude between 90 and 150 m, illuminating the entire valley. At this point, all the machines and power systems of the base stop working, as do those of the tanker in the bay and some Diesels. After remaining in this position for about 4 minutes, the UFO shoots up and disappears from sight in less than 3 seconds. After the object's departure, all the base's power returns as quickly and inexplicably as it had disappeared. (9:45 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2203"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/18/1966",
"basic_date": "6/18/1966",
"date": "6/18/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Burnsville \\(North Carolina\\). (June 18)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10663 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2204"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/23/1966",
"basic_date": "6/23/1966",
"date": "6/23/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) From Coralles, New Mexico, Julian Sandoval, an Apollo engineer and pilot with 7000 hours of flight experience, observed through binoculars for 51 minutes from Route 85 a brilliant tetrahedron 10 meters long, 4 blue-green lights in the tail, 4000 meters above the Sandia Crest antenna tower. The incandescence increased with movement. He estimated its speed at 35 km/h. The object descended to 3000 m, then rose again to disappear at a dizzying speed, estimated at 6000 km/h. (June 23, 3:42 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2205"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/27/1966",
"basic_date": "6/27/1966",
"date": "6/27/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in the Pacific \\(19' North, 172\" East\\). (June 27)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10693 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2206"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1966",
"basic_date": "7/1966",
"date": "7/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Helva region, 6 Mystère IVs crashed together within minutes of flying from Palomares, several hours after an enormous unknown craft passed over Fréjus and the Var.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2207"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/11/1966",
"basic_date": "7/11/1966",
"date": "7/11/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Union \\(Pennsylvania\\). (July 11)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10739 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2208"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/22/1966",
"basic_date": "7/22/1966",
"date": "7/22/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An American naval officer is driving at night with his son John. An object is flying above the car: \"I lowered my head to look through the windshield, and I saw it all - it was right in front of me. I said to John: 'My God, it's a flying saucer.' It was almost like the [science fiction](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ScienceFiction.html) movies on television... It stayed suspended there, absolutely silent, like a church bell tower lit up at night. Or it looked like those Japanese suicide planes that threw themselves at night into the beams of the searchlights - it reminded me of them. It turned around for about 100 m - absolutely as if it was disheartened. 2 other cars arrive and the mysterious machine will turn off exactly like a thermostat in a household appliance, leaving only a shadow. The UFO disappears in a bluish wake. (July 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2209"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/25/1966",
"basic_date": "7/25/1966",
"date": "7/25/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Vanceboro \\(North Carolina\\). (July 25)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10781 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2210"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1966",
"basic_date": "7/30/1966",
"date": "7/30/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A D-21 drone is launched over Point Mugu, but returns to the A-12 \\(\\#135\\) destroying it. The two crew members eject, but one of them drowns before being recovered at sea. All D-21 launches from this day forward will be conducted by B-52s.. (July 30)",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2211"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1966",
"basic_date": "7/28/1966",
"date": "7/28/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mr. Lacoste, a photographer from Saumur, and his wife were walking around Montsoreau \\(Maine-et-Loire\\). Suddenly, they saw a red sphere crossing the sky. The light emitted by the sphere was so intense that it lit up the whole countryside. It seemed to touch the ground and then rise again, hovering at mid-height for some time. Lacoste and his wife, now convinced that it was a military remote-controlled device, approached to a distance of about 300 m from the object, and it left and was lost from sight behind the woods. The observation lasted 4 minutes. A check will be made to see if any military experiments have taken place in that area: there were none. (July 28th, in the evening)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2212"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1966",
"basic_date": "7/29/1966",
"date": "7/29/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Alain Rouillet, a farmer from Monstsoreau \\(Maine-et-Loire\\), reports that his wheat field has been flattened over an area of about 8 m2 and covered with an oily and yellowish substance. (July 29)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2213"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/31/1966",
"basic_date": "7/31/1966",
"date": "7/31/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Presque Isle National Park \\(Pennsylvania\\). (July 31)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10798 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2214"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/6/1966",
"basic_date": "8/6/1966",
"date": "8/6/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In a fairly isolated house in Texas, 3 young children \\(aged 6 to 9\\) noticed a dark object in the shape of an overturned bowl. Although it was afternoon, the children had not seen the object arrive. The object was dark, without color or light. Then a yellow glow appeared, as if a door was opening, and a small creature appeared in this square of light. The entity, 90 cm to 1.20 m tall, wore a black garment with yellow or golden reflections. The show lasted a few minutes, then the door closed. A low sound, like a buzzing, was heard, and the object left at an exceptional speed. The object never touched the ground: it hovered at a height of about 4.50 m, near a tree that was not damaged and which is about 10 m from the house. (August 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2215"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/17/1966",
"basic_date": "8/17/1966",
"date": "8/17/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Miguel José Viana and Manuel Pereira da Cruz descend from their jeep at the foot of Mooro do Vintem, accompanied by 2 other people. We see them climbing the hill. (17 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2216"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/17/1966",
"basic_date": "8/17/1966",
"date": "8/17/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Affair of Morro](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1966-08-17\\_Morro.html) \\(Brazil\\). (19 h 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2217"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1966",
"basic_date": "8/19/1966",
"date": "8/19/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Donnybrook \\(North Dakota\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10872 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2218"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1966",
"basic_date": "8/19/1966",
"date": "8/19/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the evening, a teenager living at the foot of Morro do Vintem hill goes to retrieve his kite and discovers 2 bodies about 300 m from the hill, hidden by thick vegetation. Lying side by side, their arms along their bodies, the corpses are wearing Sunday clothes protected by 2 identical new raincoats. Next to them are lead masks with visors, similar to those used by electronics technicians to protect their eyes when soldering. Despite the traces of blood near the bodies, there does not seem to have been a struggle.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2219"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1966",
"basic_date": "8/20/1966",
"date": "8/20/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The inhabitant living at the foot of Morro do Vintem Hill informs the police and firefighters of his discovery.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2220"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1966",
"basic_date": "8/20/1966",
"date": "8/20/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The police and fire department went to the slopes of Morro do Vintem. They discovered a handkerchief, a piece of crumpled blue and white aluminum foil, some Cellophane paper soaked in a chemical and some crumpled paper strips. On some of them, one can read mathematical or electrical formulas as well as on two others: At 4:30 in the afternoon, be at the designated point. At 6:30, swallow the capsules with an orange. Once their effect is in progress, protect half of the face with lead masks. Then wait for the agreed signal. and Sunday, one capsule before the meal; Monday, one capsule in the morning; Tuesday, one capsule before the meal; Wednesday, one capsule before bedtime. The investigation was entrusted to Inspector José Venancio Bittencourt of the Rio de Janeiro police. The two victims were Miguel José Viana, 34 years old, and Manuel Pereira da Cruz, 32 years old, both electronics technicians and specialists in television. Both married, they lived in the city of Campos where they were well known. The analyses will show that the blood found near the dead was not theirs, and the autopsy could not determine the cause of their death. Inspector Bittencourt is categorical on this subject: Our specialists have excluded the possibility of poisoning, an act of violence or death by asphyxiation. According to a forensic doctor, the death, which dated back to August 16 or 17, was natural \\(heart attack\\). Inspector Bittencourt did not make the link between this double death and the UFO, nor even with any scientific experiment that had gone wrong. It was for him a staging organized by the murderer or murderers in order to conceal a theft - it is said that the victims had left home with a very large sum of money in cash. A recidivist later declared to be the author of the crime, but he was ruled out.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2221"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/23/1966",
"basic_date": "8/23/1966",
"date": "8/23/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Columbus \\(Ohio\\). (August 23)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10888 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2222"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/25/1966",
"basic_date": "8/25/1966",
"date": "8/25/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the Apollo AS-202 development module.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2223"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/25/1966",
"basic_date": "8/25/1966",
"date": "8/25/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An UFO is doing low passes over the missile base of [Minot](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZonesMilitaires.html\\#Minot) and cutting off the transmissions from the anti-atomic radio room. President [Johnson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/JohnsonLyndonBaines.html) says he wants the truth at all costs. He will appoint the [Commission Condon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html\\#Condon) at the end of the year.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2224"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/26/1966",
"basic_date": "8/26/1966",
"date": "8/26/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Gaylesville \\(Alabama\\). (August 26)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10899 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2225"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1966",
"basic_date": "9/1/1966",
"date": "9/1/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Willsboro \\(New York\\). (September 1st)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10917 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2226"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/3/1966",
"basic_date": "9/3/1966",
"date": "9/3/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the same house where the [August 6](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1966.html\\#66-08-06) event took place, almost the entire family went out. Only the eldest daughter stayed with a friend. They were watching television in the afternoon when it suddenly went out. The house was lit up by a strange, red and yellow light, which seemed to spin around. The girls looked outside and saw an object hovering in the same place, near the same tree, as in the first event. Its shape was still that of an overturned bowl on a flat circle, like a saucer. It was bathed in light and took off shortly afterwards. There was no sign of life inside or outside the craft. (September 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2227"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/5/1966",
"basic_date": "9/5/1966",
"date": "9/5/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The father is sitting in his bed, and can see the dark doorway of his sons' bedroom. Suddenly, he sees a small being about 1 to 1.20 meters tall, dressed in white and tight-fitting clothing, entering the dark room. He thinks it is his little daughter who wants to talk to her mother, in the boys' room. About 10 minutes later, he sees a kind of \"light bar\" that seems to crumble. He then gets up and goes to the boys' room, who all saw the light bar. He does not see the creature in white. His wife will declare that their daughter had not set foot in the room. No evidence will be found to confirm the presence of the small person in the house. (September 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2228"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/6/1966",
"basic_date": "9/6/1966",
"date": "9/6/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Suffolk County \\(New York\\). (September 6)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10933 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2229"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/9/1966",
"basic_date": "9/9/1966",
"date": "9/9/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Franklin Springs \\(New York\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10942 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2230"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/9/1966",
"basic_date": "9/9/1966",
"date": "9/9/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An teletype message from the USAF base in Kelly arrives in Dayton through military channels. It has the header \"Miscellaneous Current Affairs\" and the title \"UFO Report Submitted in Accordance with AFR 200-2\". The report concerns two separate events that occurred on August 6th and September 3rd in a small Texas town. The author of the report is a father of four children. His house is located in a fairly isolated area and he has never spoken of these events to his neighbors. The carcass of Lady, a young filly, is discovered in Alamosa County \\(Colorado\\). Doctor John Atshuler will perform the autopsy.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2231"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/13/1966",
"basic_date": "9/13/1966",
"date": "9/13/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Gwinner \\(North Dakota\\). (September 13)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10944 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2232"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/18/1966",
"basic_date": "9/18/1966",
"date": "9/18/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) See December 18. (September 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2233"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/22/1966",
"basic_date": "9/22/1966",
"date": "9/22/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Deadwood \\(South Dakota\\), 4 police officers observe night lights for 1 hour. 2 pairs of police officers on patrol in 2 neighboring towns observe a large, round, white and shiny object at 50° above the horizon. Radio communications between the two groups allow for an approximate triangulation that locates the object in the sky about halfway between the two towns... They try to get closer: The object remained suspended, motionless, for about 15 minutes, extinguishing when we directed our spotlights on it. It was the size of a dollar coin held at arm's length. Shortly after, a smaller object - a light - streaked across the sky and also stopped next to the large light. Then the big light described a square trajectory, sending blue light beams to the ground from time to time. After maneuvering like this for about 1/2 hour, the lights shot off at full speed in the direction from which they came and disappeared in about 5 seconds. And all this absolutely silently. (September 22, 3 AM)",
"ref": [
"[Poher](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PoherClaude.html) 2003",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2234"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/28/1966",
"basic_date": "9/28/1966",
"date": "9/28/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Wilmington \\(Ohio\\). (September 28)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10973 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2235"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/28/1966",
"basic_date": "9/28/1966",
"date": "9/28/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Coleman von Keviczky, a Hungarian emigrant working at the [UN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgsCiviles.html\\#ONU), urges the Secretary-General of the organization to set up an international study commission on UFOs.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2236"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1966",
"basic_date": "10/1966",
"date": "10/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 13th \"Annual Spacecraft Convention\" in October at Giant Rock \\(California\\). See images/1966-10_GiantRock_AnnualSpacecraftConvention.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2237"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/5/1966",
"basic_date": "10/5/1966",
"date": "10/5/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at Osceola \\(Wisconsin\\). (October 5)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#10996 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2238"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/5/1966",
"basic_date": "10/5/1966",
"date": "10/5/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Following various pressures \\(public opinion, [Ford](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FordGeraldRudolf.html), [Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html), [von Keviczky](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VonKeviczkyColeman.html), [Mac Donald](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MacDonaldJamesE.html)\\), the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project is examined by a committee of scientists who propose to entrust the work of a thorough scientific study of UFOs to an American university whose impartiality could not be called into question. Congress approves the project and entrusts this task to the [Condon Commission](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html\\#Condon) at the University of Colorado.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2239"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/10/1966",
"basic_date": "10/10/1966",
"date": "10/10/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Intervention of Doctor [James Mac Donald](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MacDonaldJamesE.html), eminent physicist and member of the Academy of Sciences for an objective and public study of UFOs. (October 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2240"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/26/1966",
"basic_date": "10/26/1966",
"date": "10/26/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the first satellite *Intelsat 2.*",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2241"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/26/1966",
"basic_date": "10/26/1966",
"date": "10/26/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Cold Bay AFS \\(Alaska\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11092 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2242"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1966",
"basic_date": "10/27/1966",
"date": "10/27/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery of a body following a crash in the northwest of Arizona. (October 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2243"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/2/1966",
"basic_date": "11/2/1966",
"date": "11/2/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Virginia, [meeting with Woodraw Derenberger](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1966-11-02\\_Derenberger.html). (November 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2244"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/8/1966",
"basic_date": "11/8/1966",
"date": "11/8/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Saginaw \\(Minnesota\\).",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11135 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2245"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/8/1966",
"basic_date": "11/8/1966",
"date": "11/8/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 35 Brazilian astrophysicists gathered in Sao Paulo at the Congress of the Brazilian Institute of Astronautics affirm: UFOs exist.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2246"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/8/1966",
"basic_date": "11/8/1966",
"date": "11/8/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Promulgation of the [AFR 80-17A](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#AFR-80-17-A).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2247"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/8/1966",
"basic_date": "11/8/1966",
"date": "11/8/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mission [Gemini 12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/gemini.html\\#Gemini12).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2248"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/9/1966",
"basic_date": "11/9/1966",
"date": "11/9/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation shown above in Woonsocket \\(Rhode Island\\). See images/1966-11-09.jpg. (November 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2249"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/15/1966",
"basic_date": "11/15/1966",
"date": "11/15/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First observation of the [Mothman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Mothman.html) near [Point Pleasant](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PointPleasant.html) \\(West Virginia\\). (23 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2250"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/15/1966",
"basic_date": "11/15/1966",
"date": "11/15/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Another group sees the same creature 3 times",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2251"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/15/1966",
"basic_date": "11/15/1966",
"date": "11/15/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Another person reports that their dog attacked the creature and never returned home. A detail of the testimony of the two couples is that they saw the body of a dead dog next to the road and that later the dog was no longer there. It apparently was the same dog, its owner having followed its tracks, which suddenly stopped.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2252"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/22/1966",
"basic_date": "11/22/1966",
"date": "11/22/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Spain, Günther Wildemann observed for 15 minutes an object of lenticular shape rotating clockwise. He took a photo, which strongly resembled a lenticular cloud. (Tuesday, November 22nd, 5:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2253"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/25/1966",
"basic_date": "11/25/1966",
"date": "11/25/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Point Pleasant, Clarksburg, [Thomas Ury](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#UryThomas) encounters a flying creature. (Friday, November 25th, 7:15am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2254"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/9/1966",
"basic_date": "12/9/1966",
"date": "12/9/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Signing of the treaty between the Australian and American governments for the installation of a [JDSRF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#JDSRF) at [Pine Gap](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZonesMilitaires.html\\#PineGap) \\(Australia\\). (9 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2255"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/12/1966",
"basic_date": "12/12/1966",
"date": "12/12/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Facing an audience gathered at the Scribe Hotel in Nice, under the auspices of the Rationalist Union, the director of the Nice Observatory, Jean-Claude Pecker, states that it is likely that life exists outside of the terrestrial world. (12 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2256"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/12/1966",
"basic_date": "12/12/1966",
"date": "12/12/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation near Lake Tiopati \\(New York\\) on December 18. See images/1966-12-18_LacTiorati_NewYork.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2257"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/25/1966",
"basic_date": "12/25/1966",
"date": "12/25/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Monroe \\(Oregon\\). (25 December)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11239 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2258"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/30/1966",
"basic_date": "12/30/1966",
"date": "12/30/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The crew of a Canadian Pacific DC-8 flying from Lima to Mexico saw two white lights varying in intensity, approaching and moving away from each other and the plane. Two V-shaped beams came out. The lights approached up to the left wing. One stopped. A row of lights was between the two white lights. All this for 1 to 2 minutes, then everything disappeared behind the plane. (December 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2259"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/30/1966",
"basic_date": "12/30/1966",
"date": "12/30/1966",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Jacques Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html), during a conference on UFOs in the West at the World Union of Mathematicians Congress in Moscow, pulls ufologists out of their inertia and encourages some scientists to speak out.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1966.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2260"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/3/1967",
"basic_date": "1/3/1967",
"date": "1/3/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing by Dorothy Lewis of the object she observed on January 3. See images/1967-01-03_Lewis_Sarnia\\_Ont.jpg. (January 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2261"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/5/1967",
"basic_date": "1/5/1967",
"date": "1/5/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An A-12 \\(\\#125\\) runs out of fuel 70 miles from [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) and crashes. The pilot, Ray, ejects but fails to separate from his seat and is killed. (5 January)",
"ref": [
"McIninch",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2262"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/6/1967",
"basic_date": "1/6/1967",
"date": "1/6/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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 6th, 11 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2263"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/10/1967",
"basic_date": "1/10/1967",
"date": "1/10/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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. (January 10)",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2264"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/11/1967",
"basic_date": "1/11/1967",
"date": "1/11/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2265"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/11/1967",
"basic_date": "1/11/1967",
"date": "1/11/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of the same flying creature as 2 months ago by [Mrs. McDaniel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#McDaniel).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2266"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/12/1967",
"basic_date": "1/12/1967",
"date": "1/12/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in Baton Rouge on January 12. See images/1967-01-12_BatonRouge_Louisiane.jpg. (January 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2267"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/15/1967",
"basic_date": "1/15/1967",
"date": "1/15/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) American Airlines Flight 162 from San Francisco to Houston observed a bright UFO after taking off from El Paso. (January 15th, 10 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2268"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/15/1967",
"basic_date": "1/15/1967",
"date": "1/15/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2269"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/25/1967",
"basic_date": "1/25/1967",
"date": "1/25/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In South Ashburnham \\(Massachusetts\\), [Betty Andreasson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#AndreassonBetty) and her family are visited at home by lights, then by small creatures similar to [Gris](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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 25th, 7 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2270"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/27/1967",
"basic_date": "1/27/1967",
"date": "1/27/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Cape Kennedy, fire on board the cockpit of [Apollo 1](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/pilotes.html\\#WhiteEdward), and Roger Chaffee\\) are asphyxiated by carbon monoxide. (January 27th, 6:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2271"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/28/1967",
"basic_date": "1/28/1967",
"date": "1/28/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Blue Man, p. 115. (January 28th, 1:45 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2272"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/5/1967",
"basic_date": "2/5/1967",
"date": "2/5/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Sauvigny-le-Bois \\(Yonne\\), Mr. and Mrs. Monin and their granddaughter experience a [RR3](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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 5th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2273"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/9/1967",
"basic_date": "2/9/1967",
"date": "2/9/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Odessa \\(Delaware\\). (February 9)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11350 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2274"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/12/1967",
"basic_date": "2/12/1967",
"date": "2/12/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Grand Rapids \\(Michigan\\). (February 12)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11355 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2275"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/16/1967",
"basic_date": "2/16/1967",
"date": "2/16/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Stoughton \\(Wisconsin\\). (February 16)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11383 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2276"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/20/1967",
"basic_date": "2/20/1967",
"date": "2/20/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Oxford \\(Wisconsin\\). (February 20)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11394 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2277"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/26/1967",
"basic_date": "2/26/1967",
"date": "2/26/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo in Fargo \\(North Dakota\\). See images/1967-02-26.gif (February 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2278"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/27/1967",
"basic_date": "2/27/1967",
"date": "2/27/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Grand Haven \\(Michigan\\). (February 27)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11419 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2279"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1967",
"basic_date": "3/1967",
"date": "3/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Disks photographed in March by Augusto Arranda. See images/1967-03.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2280"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/5/1967",
"basic_date": "3/5/1967",
"date": "3/5/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2281"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/6/1967",
"basic_date": "3/6/1967",
"date": "3/6/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Bentor Harbor \\(Michigan\\). (March 6)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11454 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2282"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/11/1967",
"basic_date": "3/11/1967",
"date": "3/11/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Galesburg, Moline \\(Illinois\\). (6-11 March)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11460 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2283"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/8/1967",
"basic_date": "3/8/1967",
"date": "3/8/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (March 8, 1:05 AM)",
"ref": [
"Poher 2003",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2284"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/8/1967",
"basic_date": "3/8/1967",
"date": "3/8/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. 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. (March 8)",
"ref": [
"a passenger is in the car",
"*UFOs, Myth or Reality?* p.156",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2285"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/9/1967",
"basic_date": "3/9/1967",
"date": "3/9/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at Onawa \\(Iowa\\). (9 March)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11480 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2286"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/9/1967",
"basic_date": "3/9/1967",
"date": "3/9/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photograph taken on March 12th near Picacho Peak \\(New Mexico\\). See images/1967-03-12_14-00_PicachoPeak.jpg.",
"ref": [
"Bettman",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2287"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/9/1967",
"basic_date": "3/9/1967",
"date": "3/9/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2288"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/9/1967",
"basic_date": "3/9/1967",
"date": "3/9/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FriedmanStanton.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2289"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/9/1967",
"basic_date": "3/9/1967",
"date": "3/9/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2290"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/22/1967",
"basic_date": "3/22/1967",
"date": "3/22/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Wapello \\(Iowa\\). (March 22)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11541 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2291"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/24/1967",
"basic_date": "3/24/1967",
"date": "3/24/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at Belt \\(Montana\\). (March 24)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11551 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2292"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/26/1967",
"basic_date": "3/26/1967",
"date": "3/26/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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..",
"ref": [
"Les OVNI, mythe ou réalité ? op. cit. p.82",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2293"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/26/1967",
"basic_date": "3/26/1967",
"date": "3/26/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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.",
"ref": [
"Les OVNI, mythe ou réalité ? p. 92",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2294"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/26/1967",
"basic_date": "3/26/1967",
"date": "3/26/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in New Winchester \\(Ohio\\) = previous case?.",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11559 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2295"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1967",
"basic_date": "4/4/1967",
"date": "4/4/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PowerWilliamT.html), a member of Dr. [J. Allen Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosefAllen.html)'s team at Northwestern University, Evanston \\(Illinois\\), was in Grand Haven most of Friday investigating the Grand Haven sightings. Dr. [Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosefAllen.html) was commissioned by the Air Force to conduct an independent investigation of such sightings. (April 4)",
"ref": [
"Ray Varner \\< Michigan UFOs",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2296"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1967",
"basic_date": "4/17/1967",
"date": "4/17/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (April 17th, at night)",
"ref": [
"\\[Reported case to Blue Book\\] \\[Hendry 1979, p. 10\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2297"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/21/1967",
"basic_date": "4/21/1967",
"date": "4/21/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (April 21, 9 PM)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11677 unsolved \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2298"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/22/1967",
"basic_date": "4/22/1967",
"date": "4/22/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Statement from Dr. [MacDonald](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/scientifiques.html\\#MacDonaldJamesE) to the American Society of Newspaper Editors. (April 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2299"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/24/1967",
"basic_date": "4/24/1967",
"date": "4/24/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Cosmonaut Komarov disappears in the *Soyouz 1* accident. (April 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2300"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/26/1967",
"basic_date": "4/26/1967",
"date": "4/26/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (April 26, 9 PM)",
"ref": [
"SS&S Summer, 67 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 177",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2301"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1967",
"basic_date": "4/27/1967",
"date": "4/27/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st manned flight of *Soyouz 1*. Cosmonaut Kormarov perished upon landing.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2302"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1967",
"basic_date": "4/27/1967",
"date": "4/27/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (22 h)",
"ref": [
"[Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2303"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/5/1967",
"basic_date": "5/5/1967",
"date": "5/5/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In a letter to Yuzuke J. Matsumura, [Roesmin Nurjadin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2304"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/6/1967",
"basic_date": "5/6/1967",
"date": "5/6/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (May 6, 11am)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 65 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2305"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1967",
"basic_date": "5/7/1967",
"date": "5/7/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (May 7, 2:00)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969, 178",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2306"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/9/1967",
"basic_date": "5/9/1967",
"date": "5/9/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (May 9)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969, 179",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2307"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/11/1967",
"basic_date": "5/11/1967",
"date": "5/11/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (May 11, 2 AM)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969, 180",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2308"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/16/1967",
"basic_date": "5/16/1967",
"date": "5/16/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (May 16)",
"ref": [
"[LDLN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html) 89 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2309"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/17/1967",
"basic_date": "5/17/1967",
"date": "5/17/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Rural Hall \\(North Carolina\\). (May 17)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11744 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2310"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/20/1967",
"basic_date": "5/20/1967",
"date": "5/20/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting of [Stephen Michalak](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#MichalakStephen) at Falcon Lake \\(Canada\\). (May 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2311"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/22/1967",
"basic_date": "5/22/1967",
"date": "5/22/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The first A-12 departs [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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.",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2312"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/22/1967",
"basic_date": "5/22/1967",
"date": "5/22/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (Evening)",
"ref": [
"[LDLN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html) 94 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2313"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/24/1967",
"basic_date": "5/24/1967",
"date": "5/24/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (May 24th, 11 PM)",
"ref": [
"[GEPA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPA.html) Dec., 67 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2314"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/1/1967",
"basic_date": "6/1/1967",
"date": "6/1/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In San José de Valderas \\(Madrid\\), several witnesses reportedly observed and photographed \\(see below\\) a luminous disc \\(the [Ummo](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Ummo.html) case\\). (20 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2315"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/1/1967",
"basic_date": "6/1/1967",
"date": "6/1/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (23 h 30)",
"ref": [
"[NICAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html) May 67 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2316"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/1/1967",
"basic_date": "6/1/1967",
"date": "6/1/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Six-Day War.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2317"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/1/1967",
"basic_date": "6/1/1967",
"date": "6/1/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of June 10th in Woonsocket. See images/1967-06-10.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2318"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/10/1967",
"basic_date": "6/10/1967",
"date": "6/10/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation \\(see below\\) in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. (June 10, 12 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2319"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/11/1967",
"basic_date": "6/11/1967",
"date": "6/11/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (June 11, 8 PM)",
"ref": [
"[Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 181",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2320"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/11/1967",
"basic_date": "6/11/1967",
"date": "6/11/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of June 16th in Rhode Island. See images/1967-06-16.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2321"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/16/1967",
"basic_date": "6/16/1967",
"date": "6/16/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation \\(see below\\) in Rhode Island. (June 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2322"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/20/1967",
"basic_date": "6/20/1967",
"date": "6/20/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (June 20, 12 PM)",
"ref": [
"[FSR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) 68, 3 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2323"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/24/1967",
"basic_date": "6/24/1967",
"date": "6/24/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Austin \\(Texas\\). (June 24)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11815 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2324"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/27/1967",
"basic_date": "6/27/1967",
"date": "6/27/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of June 27th in Wichita. See images/1967-06-27.jpg. (June 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2325"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/29/1967",
"basic_date": "6/29/1967",
"date": "6/29/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at Scotch Plain \\(New Jersey\\). (June 29)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11831 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2326"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1967",
"basic_date": "7/1967",
"date": "7/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Robert Richardson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#RichardsonRobert) strikes an unknown object on the road one night.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2327"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1967",
"basic_date": "7/1967",
"date": "7/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [3 witnesses photograph an unknown object in Alberta](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1967-07-03\\_Alberta.html). (18 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2328"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1967",
"basic_date": "7/1967",
"date": "7/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 3 police officers see a circular object surrounded by an orange glow maneuvering above the New Forest in the south of England.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2329"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1967",
"basic_date": "7/7/1967",
"date": "7/7/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of July 7th at Cumberland. See images/1967-07-07.jpg. (July 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2330"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/5/1967",
"basic_date": "7/5/1967",
"date": "7/5/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Clifton \\(Great Britain\\), a hundred people reported seeing a silver, disc-shaped object, about 10 m long, land in the area. (July 5)",
"ref": [
"[FSR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) 67, 5 \\< [Valley](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2331"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1967",
"basic_date": "7/7/1967",
"date": "7/7/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (July 7th, 11:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"[LDLN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html) 91 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2332"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/10/1967",
"basic_date": "7/10/1967",
"date": "7/10/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Lizelia \\(Mississippi\\). (July 10)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#11869 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2333"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/11/1967",
"basic_date": "7/11/1967",
"date": "7/11/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (July 11, evening)",
"ref": [
"[Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 183",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2334"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1967",
"basic_date": "7/17/1967",
"date": "7/17/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Meeting of Arc-sous-Cicon \\(Doubs\\)](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1967-07-17\\_ArcSousCicon.html). (16 to 17 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2335"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1967",
"basic_date": "7/17/1967",
"date": "7/17/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (In the evening)",
"ref": [
"[FSR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) 67, 6 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2336"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1967",
"basic_date": "7/18/1967",
"date": "7/18/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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. (1:15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2337"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1967",
"basic_date": "7/18/1967",
"date": "7/18/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (1 h 30)",
"ref": [
"[Keel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KeelJohnA.html) \\< Magonia / [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2338"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/19/1967",
"basic_date": "7/19/1967",
"date": "7/19/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Le Soir* publishes an article about the observation of Arc-sous-Cicon on Monday [l'observation d'Arc-sous-Cicon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1967-07-17\\_ArcSousCicon.html). (Wednesday 19th July)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2339"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/21/1967",
"basic_date": "7/21/1967",
"date": "7/21/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (Friday, July 21st, 2:30 AM)",
"ref": [
"[APRO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/APRO.html) July 67 \\< [Valley](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2340"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/24/1967",
"basic_date": "7/24/1967",
"date": "7/24/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (Monday, July 24th, 10 PM)",
"ref": [
" \\[[GEPA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPA.html) Dec., 68 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2341"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/31/1967",
"basic_date": "7/31/1967",
"date": "7/31/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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.\" (July 31, 10:15 PM)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1969, 184",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2342"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/3/1967",
"basic_date": "8/3/1967",
"date": "8/3/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (20 h)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 17 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2343"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/3/1967",
"basic_date": "8/3/1967",
"date": "8/3/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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 (23:30)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 44 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2344"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1967",
"basic_date": "8/4/1967",
"date": "8/4/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (August 4th, early)",
"ref": [
"[NICAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html) March 68 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2345"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1967",
"basic_date": "8/5/1967",
"date": "8/5/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (August 5, 11:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"[NICAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html) October 67 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2346"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/6/1967",
"basic_date": "8/6/1967",
"date": "8/6/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Hidalgo \\(Mexico\\), Antonio Neri Perez and several other people see 3 shining red discs take off from a field near the house. (August 6)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 65 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2347"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/7/1967",
"basic_date": "8/7/1967",
"date": "8/7/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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\". (August 7th, 2am)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 74 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2348"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1967",
"basic_date": "8/8/1967",
"date": "8/8/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A large UFO flies over the Institute of Astrophysics of Kislovodsk \\(USSR\\) in front of a dozen members of the Academy of Sciences.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2349"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1967",
"basic_date": "8/8/1967",
"date": "8/8/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (Evening)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 55 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2350"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1967",
"basic_date": "8/8/1967",
"date": "8/8/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the USSR, a communication from the Academy of Sciences indicated that the [Tunguska disaster](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2351"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/12/1967",
"basic_date": "8/12/1967",
"date": "8/12/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (August 12, 2:30 AM)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 27 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2352"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1967",
"basic_date": "8/13/1967",
"date": "8/13/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting with [Inacio De Souza](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DeSouzaInacio.html) near Brasilia. (August 13th, 4 PM (8 PM?))",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2353"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1967",
"basic_date": "1967",
"date": "Early 1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (Early)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 32 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2354"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1967",
"basic_date": "1967",
"date": "Early 1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (20 h)",
"ref": [
"[APRO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/APRO.html) Sep., 67 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2355"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1967",
"basic_date": "8/24/1967",
"date": "8/24/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (August 24, 5 PM)",
"ref": [
"[FSR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) 68, 2 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2356"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/25/1967",
"basic_date": "8/25/1967",
"date": "8/25/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Catia la Mar \\(Venezuela\\), Ruben Norato saw in the sea a precipitous movement of the water, then 3 large discs emerged. (August 25, 5 PM)",
"ref": [
"[NICAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html) Mar., 68 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2357"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/26/1967",
"basic_date": "8/26/1967",
"date": "8/26/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (2 h)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 79 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2358"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/26/1967",
"basic_date": "8/26/1967",
"date": "8/26/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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.",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 78 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2359"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/29/1967",
"basic_date": "8/29/1967",
"date": "8/29/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Cussac Meeting](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1967-08-29\\_Cussac.html) \\(Cantal\\). (August 29, 10:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2360"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/2/1967",
"basic_date": "9/2/1967",
"date": "9/2/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (September 2)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 78, [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2361"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/3/1967",
"basic_date": "9/3/1967",
"date": "9/3/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (September 3)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 80, [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2362"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/4/1967",
"basic_date": "9/4/1967",
"date": "9/4/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (September 4th, 5:10am)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 82 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2363"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/8/1967",
"basic_date": "9/8/1967",
"date": "9/8/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st analysis of the [lunar](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Lune.html) soil by *Surveyor 5.*",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2364"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/8/1967",
"basic_date": "9/8/1967",
"date": "9/8/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (2:30)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 81 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2365"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1967",
"basic_date": "9/1967",
"date": "End of 9/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo of the observed being. See images/DESSINSANFELU.jpg. (End of September)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2366"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/14/1967",
"basic_date": "9/14/1967",
"date": "9/14/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (September 14th, 11am)",
"ref": [
"[FSR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) 68, 6 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2367"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/15/1967",
"basic_date": "9/15/1967",
"date": "9/15/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Alamosa \\(Colorado\\), the carcass of a horse named Snippy is discovered. Unusual radioactivity and strange traces were reportedly found at the site.",
"ref": [
"[Condon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Documents/Officiels/condon/case32.htm) 344; Magonia \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2368"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/15/1967",
"basic_date": "9/15/1967",
"date": "9/15/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (8:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 166; Condon 347 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2369"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/18/1967",
"basic_date": "9/18/1967",
"date": "9/18/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (September 18, 1 AM)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 34 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2370"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/22/1967",
"basic_date": "9/22/1967",
"date": "9/22/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (September 22, Night)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 84 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2371"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1967",
"basic_date": "9/1967",
"date": "Late 9/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (Late September, 9:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"[LDLN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html), readers contact n° 4, pp.15-16, November 1971",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2372"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/9/1967",
"basic_date": "10/9/1967",
"date": "10/9/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (October 9, 5:40 PM)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III 119 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2373"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1967",
"basic_date": "10/11/1967",
"date": "10/11/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (0 h 10)",
"ref": [
"[FSR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) 68, 4 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2374"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1967",
"basic_date": "10/11/1967",
"date": "10/11/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of [Inacio De Souza](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#DeSouzaInacio).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2375"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1967",
"basic_date": "10/11/1967",
"date": "10/11/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Feliks Ziegel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZiegelFelixY.html) passes to the Central Television of Moscow.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2376"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/18/1967",
"basic_date": "10/18/1967",
"date": "10/18/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2377"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/18/1967",
"basic_date": "10/18/1967",
"date": "10/18/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [Stolyarof Committee](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#Stolyarof) in the USSR.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2378"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/18/1967",
"basic_date": "10/18/1967",
"date": "10/18/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First *in situ* measurements of the atmosphere of [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html) by *Venera 4.*",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2379"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/19/1967",
"basic_date": "10/19/1967",
"date": "10/19/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Mariner 5* flies over [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html) at 4094 km. (October 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2380"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/21/1967",
"basic_date": "10/21/1967",
"date": "10/21/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (October 21, 10 PM)",
"ref": [
" \\[Lor. III 84 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2381"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/24/1967",
"basic_date": "10/24/1967",
"date": "10/24/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (October 24, 9:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"Lor. III, 180 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2382"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/25/1967",
"basic_date": "10/25/1967",
"date": "10/25/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (October 25th, 8:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"[FSR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) 68 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2383"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/26/1967",
"basic_date": "10/26/1967",
"date": "10/26/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (October 26, 4:30)",
"ref": [
"[FSR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) 67, 6 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 891",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2384"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1967",
"basic_date": "10/27/1967",
"date": "10/27/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (3 h)",
"ref": [
"[Poher](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PoherClaude.html) 2003",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2385"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1967",
"basic_date": "10/27/1967",
"date": "10/27/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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.",
"ref": [
"[LDLN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html) 92, [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 892",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2386"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/30/1967",
"basic_date": "10/30/1967",
"date": "10/30/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (October 30, 9 PM)",
"ref": [
"[FSR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) 68, 4 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 893",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2387"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/1/1967",
"basic_date": "11/1/1967",
"date": "11/1/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Doctor X](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#X). (November 1st, 4 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2388"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/2/1967",
"basic_date": "11/2/1967",
"date": "11/2/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (November 2, Night)",
"ref": [
"[FSR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) 68, 1 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 894",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2389"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/3/1967",
"basic_date": "11/3/1967",
"date": "11/3/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (November 3)",
"ref": [
"[Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 895",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2390"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1967",
"basic_date": "11/5/1967",
"date": "11/5/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (November 5, 11:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"FSR 67, 6; 68, 3 \\< Vallée 1969, 896",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2391"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/6/1967",
"basic_date": "11/6/1967",
"date": "11/6/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On the A338 road connecting the villages of Sopley and Avon, in Hampshire \\(England\\), [Carl Farlow](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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 6, 1 or 2 AM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2392"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/7/1967",
"basic_date": "11/7/1967",
"date": "11/7/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Farlow](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2393"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/9/1967",
"basic_date": "11/9/1967",
"date": "11/9/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the [Apollo 4](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo4) mission using a *Saturn V* rocket. (November 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2394"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/10/1967",
"basic_date": "11/10/1967",
"date": "11/10/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Felix Zigel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZiegelFelixY.html), Vice President of the [Stolyarof Committee](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2395"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/14/1967",
"basic_date": "11/14/1967",
"date": "11/14/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (November 14)",
"ref": [
"[APRO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/APRO.html) Nov., 67 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 897",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2396"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/16/1967",
"basic_date": "11/16/1967",
"date": "11/16/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (17 h)",
"ref": [
"[FSR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) 68, 2 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 898",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2397"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/16/1967",
"basic_date": "11/16/1967",
"date": "11/16/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (18:30)",
"ref": [
"[FSR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) 68, 1 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 899",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2398"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/24/1967",
"basic_date": "11/24/1967",
"date": "11/24/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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 (November 24, 2:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"[APRO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/APRO.html) Nov., 67 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 900",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2399"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1967",
"basic_date": "11/29/1967",
"date": "11/29/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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 (November 29, 2:00)",
"ref": [
"[APRO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/APRO.html) Jan., 68 \\< [Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) 1969, 901",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2400"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/3/1967",
"basic_date": "12/3/1967",
"date": "12/3/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Police officer and patrolman [Herbert Schirmer](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SchirmerHebert.html) encounters creatures outside of Ashland \\(Nebraska\\). (December 3rd, shortly after midnight)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2401"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/10/1967",
"basic_date": "12/10/1967",
"date": "12/10/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *New York Times* announces that the USSR establishes a government project to study UFOs \\(the [Stolyarov Committee](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Stolyarov.html)\\). (December 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2402"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/10/1967",
"basic_date": "12/10/1967",
"date": "12/10/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2403"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/10/1967",
"basic_date": "12/10/1967",
"date": "12/10/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [DIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DIA.html) obtains a MIG 21 which it supplies to [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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.",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2404"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/10/1967",
"basic_date": "12/10/1967",
"date": "12/10/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The magazine [*True*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TrueMagazine.html) publishes [*The True Report on Flying Saucers*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Documents/Articles/true/index.html) under the guidance of prominent figures in ufology, including [Donald Keyhoe](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KeyhoeDonaldEdward.html), and containing exclusive photos collected by the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project, after 17 years of study on the subject.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2405"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/10/1967",
"basic_date": "12/10/1967",
"date": "12/10/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [Ummites](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/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](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FarriolsRafael.html).",
"ref": [
"Petit 1991",
"Petit 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2406"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/10/1967",
"basic_date": "12/10/1967",
"date": "12/10/1967",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 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. (9:45 PM)",
"ref": [
"Report CNES/CT/[GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html) No. 140, June 1978 \\< [Poher](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PoherClaude.html) 2003",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1967.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2407"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1968",
"basic_date": "1/1968",
"date": "1/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The USSR announces the upcoming dissolution of the [Stolyarof Committee](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#Stolyarof).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2408"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/22/1968",
"basic_date": "1/22/1968",
"date": "1/22/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of [Apollo 5](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo5), first test of the lunar module in space. (January 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2409"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/25/1968",
"basic_date": "1/25/1968",
"date": "1/25/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Mediterranean, the Israeli submarine *Davar*, containing 69 sailors, and last seen north of Alexandria off the southwest coast of Cyprus, disappears.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2410"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/25/1968",
"basic_date": "1/25/1968",
"date": "1/25/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Mediterranean, the French submarine *Minerve* disappears with 52 men in the vicinity of Toulon. Searches are undertaken, and a metal mass is detected by sonar at a point however very far from the route that the *Minerve* should have followed. Only a sandy and hilly terrain is found, without any wreckage. A little later, an echo is detected more precisely south of Cape Cépet. It is again a metal mass, located at 134 m deep and measuring about 8 m wide and 60 m long. This could be a submarine. Moreover, the mass was on the route of the *Minerve*. But, despite the searches undertaken, including with Commander Cousteau's diving saucer, nothing more is found than the carcass of a cargo ship. A little later still, a new echo is received by sonar and located 1.8 km northwest of the first, without anything being discovered. The searches last in all 5 days and occupy half of the total means of the French Navy in the Mediterranean. Rear Admiral Storelli, commander of the submarine forces, confirms that the French Navy has no new element and that it is in absolute ignorance of what could have happened, given the quality of the men, beyond reproach, and of the material. On the other hand, the *Minerve* had been checked as is done at each change of commander and it was in perfect condition.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2411"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/9/1968",
"basic_date": "2/9/1968",
"date": "2/9/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Groveton \\(Missouri\\). (February 9)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#12235 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2412"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/24/1968",
"basic_date": "2/24/1968",
"date": "2/24/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Resignation of [Mary Louise Armstrong](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/officiels.html\\#ArmstrongMaryLouise) from the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project. (February 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2413"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/27/1968",
"basic_date": "2/27/1968",
"date": "2/27/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of Gagarin during a training flight. (February 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2414"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/27/1968",
"basic_date": "2/27/1968",
"date": "2/27/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the USSR, the Academy of Sciences declared ufology research to be anti-scientific: no credible witness had ever observed these flying saucers in the sky, which were part of imperialist propaganda.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2415"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/27/1968",
"basic_date": "2/27/1968",
"date": "2/27/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Statement from Professor [Ziegel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZiegelFelixY.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2416"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/12/1968",
"basic_date": "3/12/1968",
"date": "3/12/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Astronautics Symposium in Montreal: [Philip Klass](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KlassPhilipJulian.html) presents _UFOs, an Atmospheric Electrical Phenomenon_. (11-12 March)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2417"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/3/1968",
"basic_date": "4/3/1968",
"date": "4/3/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Cochrane \\(Wisconsin\\), 2 witnesses \\(including an air hostess\\) observe a UFO for 5 to 10 minutes. Excerpt from the air hostess's account: ...This thing came up from the bottom of the hill, very, very fast, and in a very uniform way, as if it was sliding, but it was lower than an airplane, and it came gliding to stop above this car \\[a car that had just passed the witness's\\]. Then its lights went out \\[those of the other car\\] and I stopped, thinking there was a young person driving. Since it had turned everything off, I didn't want to hit it. And meanwhile my headlights were dimming a bit, but I didn't pay attention until everything went out in my car: the engine, the headlights and the radio. That happened when it \\[the UFO\\] released that car to go back up the road... up above us. It had made a descent from the other car, and it was very low. When I wanted to look at it through the windshield I had to lean on the wheel and turn; I looked up and it was there, above us - and the car was completely stopped. I had opened the window of the door when the lights of the other car went out and it was still open, but I heard absolutely nothing. The object had a triangle shape, like those little triangles of dough that you roll to make croissants. It was orange-red, like the light on a beautiful St. Martin's summer, very colorful... When it was just above us, I tried to restart the car, I tried, I tried, but as long as that thing stayed above us I couldn't make it go, it wouldn't even turn 1/4 of a turn. I turned the key, and it went \"ouah\" and then nothing at all, it was like the battery was dead... When that thing was there, you heard absolutely nothing, not even the lively noise of nature, it was a strangely worrying calm. And then I remember that I had become light, airy, a bit like in an airplane when it goes down in an air pocket, I felt light as air, without gravity. Then it went down behind us, on my side, and it went to fly over a field near a farm that is there. It moved smoothly, without jerks. Finally, when it released the car, it left with a jolt. I turned the ignition key and the engine started, I was able to start the car, so I kept my foot on the accelerator and I arrived in Cochrane. I saw it passing over the railway and going away slowly. A good while after, my feet were still burning, when I got out of the car, it seemed to me that they were bathing in a source of dry heat. (April 3, 8:10 PM)",
"ref": [
"Poher 2003",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2418"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1968",
"basic_date": "4/4/1968",
"date": "4/4/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the first automated mission [Apollo 6](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo6). (April 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2419"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/9/1968",
"basic_date": "4/9/1968",
"date": "4/9/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st launch from the Kourou base \\(Guyana\\). A rocket *Véronique*. (April 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2420"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/9/1968",
"basic_date": "4/9/1968",
"date": "4/9/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) US intelligence services note UFO incursions in the People's Republic of China.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2421"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/3/1968",
"basic_date": "5/3/1968",
"date": "5/3/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mr. and Mrs. Vidal are driving on the road connecting Chacomus to Matfu, in the province of Buenos Aires. They are about 20 km from the capital of Argentina when they enter a kind of thick cloud, and immediately lose consciousness. (May 3rd)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2422"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/5/1968",
"basic_date": "5/5/1968",
"date": "5/5/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mr. Vidal regains his senses. It is day and, as he does not know the region, he asks a peasant for the route to Buenos Aires. The peasant, taken aback, gently suggests to him that perhaps he is looking for Mexico? Mr. Vidal must come to terms with the fact that he and his wife are in Mexico, and 48 hours after their disappearance. That is to say, about 7500 km away from the place where their car entered the cloud, their last memory. Mr. Vidal then takes a closer look at the 403: the black paint of the bodywork has disappeared, as if it had been removed with a blowtorch. It must have been subjected to a very high temperature. Mrs. Vidal regains her senses a little later and almost has a nervous breakdown: But, then, what have they done to us during these two days? In whose hands were we? When the couple returns to Argentina, their friends sigh with relief, having thought it was an accident. It is materially impossible for the couple to have made the Buenos Aires-Mexico journey in 48 hours: they would have had to cross all of South America, Central America, on roads, paths and tracks barely paved and, at an average speed of 160 km/h. (May 5th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2423"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/21/1968",
"basic_date": "5/21/1968",
"date": "5/21/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The American nuclear submarine *Scorpion* disappears in the Atlantic with 89 men on board. The last message from the submarine was from the day before. Despite planes, 8 submarines, 5 destroyers and 4 ships specialized in rescue operations for submarines, the searches yielded no results. Only an oil slick was spotted, as there are increasingly more in the Atlantic. 1300 km from the Azores, a little north of the oil slick, a mysterious orange object was observed which, despite the searches, remained untraceable afterwards. (May 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2424"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/8/1968",
"basic_date": "4/8/1968",
"date": "4/8/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [Club of Rome](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ClubDeRome.html). (April 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2425"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/13/1968",
"basic_date": "6/13/1968",
"date": "6/13/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Maria Eliada Pretzel \\(19 years old\\) wishes goodnight to her fiancé and some guests as they leave the family motel La Cuesta, in Villa Carlos La Paz, on Route 20, 800 km west of Buenos Aires \\(Argentina\\). Her father had gone out for the evening. She turns off the lights of the motel, then notices a glow in the hall. That's when she finds herself in the presence of a blond man, over 2 m tall, wearing a tight-fitting outfit made of shiny sky blue scales. He holds a sphere, also sky blue, in his left hand that keeps moving. Smiling continuously, he waves his right hand, adorned with a huge ring, in front of her. Light was coming out of the tips of his fingers and Maria feels lethargic, while feeling kindness and goodness emanating from the creature. At the same time, he mumbles in a language that makes her think of Chinese. Maria is petrified but, after a few minutes, the being slowly moves towards the side door and leaves. Maria faints. (0 h 40)",
"ref": [
"Factor X",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2426"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/13/1968",
"basic_date": "6/13/1968",
"date": "6/13/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Maria is discovered by her father. A few moments earlier, as he was returning home, he had seen an object, apparently 45 m further down the road, which was shooting 2 bright red beams of light towards the motel. The object and the lights disappeared a few minutes later. Señor Pretzel ran to the house where he just found Maria unconscious. It will take her a few days to recover from her heartbreaking experience. The police promised to investigate the event but never released their conclusions. (0 h 50)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2427"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/13/1968",
"basic_date": "6/13/1968",
"date": "6/13/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Assassination of [Robert Kennedy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/officiels.html\\#KennedyRobert).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2428"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/21/1968",
"basic_date": "6/21/1968",
"date": "6/21/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Last flight of an A-12, \\#131, from [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) to Palmdale and the entire fleet is placed in a secret storage location. (June 21)",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2429"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1968",
"basic_date": "8/13/1968",
"date": "8/13/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Inacio de Souza and his wife Louisa return to Pilar de Goias \\(Brazil\\) to the ranch where Ignacio, a 41 year old illiterate, works as a laborer, 240 km from Brasilia. The place is important enough to have a landing strip, and that is where de Souza sees 3 people --- wearing tight yellow clothes, according to the woman --- apparently playing. The 3 beings notice de Souza at the same time and start to approach. Then he notices a strange device --- like an upside down sink --- on the landing strip. Frightened, he grabs the 44 caliber rifle he is carrying and fires at the closest creature. The reply is a green light beam coming from the machine. It hits de Souza in the head and shoulders. The 3 beings then run to the machine and get inside; it takes off vertically, buzzing. De Souza develops symptoms ranging from nausea to tremors, and is taken to see a doctor in Goiâna, 290 km away. Leukemia is diagnosed and the doctor examining him believes his UFO and extraterrestrial story is a hallucination. De Souza, who had the reputation, before his encounter, of being very robust, will die on October 11th. (August 13th, 4 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2430"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/13/1968",
"basic_date": "8/13/1968",
"date": "8/13/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken by Emil Barnea. See images/cluj.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2431"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/21/1968",
"basic_date": "8/21/1968",
"date": "8/21/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Soviet intervention in Prague. (August 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2432"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/21/1968",
"basic_date": "8/21/1968",
"date": "8/21/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near the Bahamas Islands, south of Florida, American scientists are installing a submarine television camera and a hydrophone system designed to detect underwater noises.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2433"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/28/1968",
"basic_date": "8/28/1968",
"date": "8/28/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The US Geological Survey takes an aerial photo of the [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) complex as part of a routine high altitude survey. This photo, published on multiple occasions, is publicly released until 1994, when it is banned from publication by the government. (August 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2434"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/14/1968",
"basic_date": "9/14/1968",
"date": "9/14/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Soviet uncrewed probe, *Zand 5*, is placed in orbit around the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html). (September 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2435"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/15/1968",
"basic_date": "9/15/1968",
"date": "9/15/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Ocala \\(Florida\\). (September 15)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#12498 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2436"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1968",
"basic_date": "10/11/1968",
"date": "10/11/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the [Apollo 7](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo7) mission, first manned Apollo flight, with Schirra, Cunningham and Eisele. The Swiss Telephone Agency announces that when the [Apollo 7](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo7) capsule was flying over Australia, cosmonaut Cunningham reported that unidentified flying objects were passing close to the space capsule.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2437"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1968",
"basic_date": "10/11/1968",
"date": "10/11/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Ignacio De Souza, who had a reputation for being very tough, dies.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2438"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/22/1968",
"basic_date": "10/22/1968",
"date": "10/22/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Splashdown of the [Apollo 7](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo7) capsule. (October 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2439"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/25/1968",
"basic_date": "10/25/1968",
"date": "10/25/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Zond 5* probe skims the Moon at 1960 km and returns to Earth. (October 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2440"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/31/1968",
"basic_date": "10/31/1968",
"date": "10/31/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [Condon Report](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html\\#Condon) is submitted to the Secretary of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html). (October 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2441"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/2/1968",
"basic_date": "11/2/1968",
"date": "11/2/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [Doctor X](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#X) observes two objects merging in front of his house. He will be physically affected by it. (November 2, 04:00)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2442"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/2/1968",
"basic_date": "11/2/1968",
"date": "11/2/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Election of [Richard Nixon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/dirigeants.html\\#NixonRichardMilhous) to the presidency of the United States.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2443"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/23/1968",
"basic_date": "11/23/1968",
"date": "11/23/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting in Newton \\(Georgia\\). (November 23)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#12567 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2444"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/26/1968",
"basic_date": "11/26/1968",
"date": "11/26/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 3 operators of a North Dakota control tower observe suspicious movements: The two objects were only two bright white lights and could have been taken for satellites if it weren't for their sudden maneuvers, changes of direction and dizzying disappearance... One following a north course at 45° above the horizon, the other a south course at around 30°. The light heading south suddenly executed a 180° turn, rose, joined the other object, remained in what seemed to be a formation in flight and then left towards the northeast. (November 26)",
"ref": [
"Unidentified Flying Objects, Allen Hynek, Robert Laffont, 1978, p. 70",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2445"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/6/1968",
"basic_date": "12/6/1968",
"date": "12/6/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken on December 6th in Sicuani \\(Peru\\). See images/1968-12-06\\_SicuaniPeru.jpe. (December 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2446"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/15/1968",
"basic_date": "12/15/1968",
"date": "12/15/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Hawk Inlet \\(Alaska\\), 2 sailors from the cargo ship *Teel* spotted a white and round light heading towards them. (15 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2447"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/15/1968",
"basic_date": "12/15/1968",
"date": "12/15/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The object, which seemed to be floating on the water until then, suddenly takes off and disappears behind a crest of the coast. (19 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2448"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/16/1968",
"basic_date": "12/16/1968",
"date": "12/16/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A light identical to the one from the previous night reappears in the evening. It moves towards the cargo ship and stops about 20 m above the vessel, without emitting any sound. The crew immediately contacts the Elmendorf Air Base, as well as the coast guard. In the following minutes, the current is cut and the radio fails. The diesel backup generator fails to start. When the object moves away, it starts working normally. The object will remain visible for another 15 minutes. (December 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2449"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/17/1968",
"basic_date": "12/17/1968",
"date": "12/17/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Hynek declares to the *Saturday Evening Post* that the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) program has examined 10147 cases, the Condon Commission identified 9501, leaving 646 unidentified. (December 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2450"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1968",
"basic_date": "12/21/1968",
"date": "12/21/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The American manned flight [Apollo 8](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo8) is placed in lunar orbit. (December 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2451"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/25/1968",
"basic_date": "12/25/1968",
"date": "12/25/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As [Apollo 8](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo8) orbited around the lunar surface at a distance of 112 km, the capsule remained completely silent for 6 minutes, despite repeated calls from the Houston base. Then suddenly the voice of James Lovell was heard announcing: We have just been informed that Santa Claus does exist! The man had just experienced a violent surprise, as indicated by the telemetry controls. His pulse had reached 120 beats per minute, while during the previous 93 hours, his heart rate had been perfectly normal. Troubling coincidence, this silence, which Apollo 8 had inexplicably just shown, can be explained by the presence of an external magnetic field, disrupting the radio links with the ground. (December 25th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2452"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"date": "12/27/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Return to Earth of [Apollo 8](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo8). (December 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2453"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"date": "12/27/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Jean-Gabriel Greslé](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GresleJeanGabriel.html) at the controls of a Boeing 707, between Rio de Janeiro and Florianopolis.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2454"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"date": "12/27/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [NSA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NSA.html) publishes internally a document titled [*The UFO Hypothesis and Survival Questions*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Documents/Officiels/NSA/1968\\_UFOHypothesisAndSurvivalQuestion\\_NSA.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2455"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"date": "12/27/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(According to an extreme ufological thesis\\) A plan is put in place to reveal to the public the existence of extraterrestrials on Earth for the last 20 years, foreseeing the public availability of documents in the years 1985-1987.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2456"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"date": "12/27/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html) publishes a document detailing many curiosities observed since 1540 on the surface of the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Lune.html) by various astronomers, concentrated in the region of the Aristarchus crater and the Schoöter valley.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2457"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"date": "12/27/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Release of *2001: A Space Odyssey* by Stanley Kubrick.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2458"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"basic_date": "12/27/1968",
"date": "12/27/1968",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Erik von Dakinen](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VonDanikenErik.html) publishes his best-seller *Chariots of the Gods ?*",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1968.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2459"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/1/1969",
"basic_date": "1/1/1969",
"date": "1/1/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [Condon Report](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html\\#Condon), commissioned in 1966 by the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html), renders its conclusions. (January 1)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2460"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/17/1969",
"basic_date": "1/17/1969",
"date": "1/17/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sighting at Crittenton \\(Virginia\\). (January 17)",
"ref": [
"case [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) \\#12607 unsolved",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2461"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1969",
"basic_date": "3/1969",
"date": "3/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Image taken from the \"KGB film\". See images/1969-03.jpg",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2462"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/2/1969",
"basic_date": "3/2/1969",
"date": "3/2/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First flight of the Concorde. (March 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2463"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/3/1969",
"basic_date": "3/3/1969",
"date": "3/3/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of [Apollo 9](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo9) into Earth orbit. (March 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2464"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/13/1969",
"basic_date": "3/13/1969",
"date": "3/13/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Landing of [Apollo 9](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo9). (March 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2465"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/26/1969",
"basic_date": "3/26/1969",
"date": "3/26/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meteor 1, first Soviet weather satellite. (March 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2466"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1969",
"basic_date": "4/27/1969",
"date": "4/27/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Resignation of General De Gaulle. (April 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2467"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/4/1969",
"basic_date": "5/4/1969",
"date": "5/4/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) North of Belo Horizonte, José Antonio da Silva went fishing. He was suddenly paralyzed by a beam of light and transported to a cylindrical and vertical craft, with a saucer at the base and one at the top, by 2 creatures 1.20m tall, wearing silver-colored costumes and masks. Once inside, he was restrained and forced to wear a helmet. The machine took off and, after an interminable time, landed. Da Silva's eyes were blindfolded and he was taken to a brightly lit room, in which he saw the bodies of 4 other humans. He was then interrogated by 15 tiny creatures. They were hairy, with long red beards and hair of the same color, big noses, big ears and no teeth. They took his fishing gear, his ID card, and his banknotes. They asked him to be their guide among men. When he refused, he was brought back to Earth. (May 4th, 3pm)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2468"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/9/1969",
"basic_date": "5/9/1969",
"date": "5/9/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Da Silva wakes up near Victoria, Espirito Santo, 320 km away from where he was fishing, after 4 and a half days of disappearance. (May 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2469"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/18/1969",
"basic_date": "5/18/1969",
"date": "5/18/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of [Apollo 10](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo10) which completes a lap around the Moon for a general rehearsal of the historic flight. (May 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2470"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/22/1969",
"basic_date": "5/22/1969",
"date": "5/22/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In their lunar module, Stafford and Cernan fly over the Moon at 15 km altitude before joining the [Apollo 10](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo10) spacecraft. (May 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2471"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/26/1969",
"basic_date": "5/26/1969",
"date": "5/26/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Return of [Apollo 10](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo10). (May 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2472"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/24/1969",
"basic_date": "6/24/1969",
"date": "6/24/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Donald Crowhurst](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CrowhurstDonaldC.html) leaves a long philosophical testament in his journal \\#2. (June 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2473"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/15/1969",
"basic_date": "6/15/1969",
"date": "6/15/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Pompidou elected President of the Republic. (June 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2474"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1969",
"basic_date": "6/30/1969",
"date": "6/30/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The British steamer Maplebank spots a ship about twenty meters long floating keel up. (June 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2475"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/3/1969",
"basic_date": "7/3/1969",
"date": "7/3/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 2nd launch attempt of the N1-L3 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome \\(Kazakhstan\\). At 100 m altitude, an engine explodes, causing the other engines to shut down. The rocket falls back onto the launch pad where it disintegrates in a devastating explosion. The damage is considerable. It will take 3 years to rebuild the site. (July 3rd)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2476"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/4/1969",
"basic_date": "7/4/1969",
"date": "7/4/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The British cargo ship Cotopaxi crosses a 10m yacht, all sails out and running on autopilot. There is no one on board. (July 4th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2477"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/5/1969",
"basic_date": "7/5/1969",
"date": "7/5/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Arcesio Bermudez's two children spot a shining object about 300 m away from them. When they signal it with their flashlight, the UFO approaches to a distance of about 60 m. The children quickly alert their family. Arcesio Bermudez asks those accompanying him to wait: he will explore alone and with his flashlight the hill behind which the luminous object they are 12 like him to have seen has disappeared. When Arcesio returns, a few minutes later, he seems to be in an intense fear. Pressed with questions, he tells that he saw the object, now dark except for its transparent and luminous top, only 6 m away from him. He then directed the beam of his flashlight towards this illuminated part and glimpsed \"a small person\". At that precise moment, the UFO lit up and moved away at great speed. (July 5th, 8:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2478"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/6/1969",
"basic_date": "7/6/1969",
"date": "7/6/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Liberian-flagged Golar Frost discovers the Swedish Peter Wallin's yacht, The Vagabond, sailing solo. This fiberglass vessel is drifting with no one on board. The last entry in the log book, dated July 2nd, indicates excellent weather. (July 6th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2479"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1969",
"basic_date": "7/7/1969",
"date": "7/7/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At 54 years old, Arcesio Bermudez had always enjoyed good health. Yet, two days after the onset, he began to feel unwell: cold sensations, temperature drops, difficulty eating. Bluish spots appeared on his skin and blood in his stools. (July 7th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2480"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/8/1969",
"basic_date": "7/8/1969",
"date": "7/8/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Helsona, a British tanker, crosses a yacht adrift, keel up in the sea. (July 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2481"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/10/1969",
"basic_date": "7/10/1969",
"date": "7/10/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The trimaran of [Donald Crowhurst](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CrowhurstDonaldC.html) is found with all sails up, with no one on board. (July 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2482"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/12/1969",
"basic_date": "7/12/1969",
"date": "7/12/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Arcesio Bermudez dies in the hospital of Bogota where he had just been admitted. The doctors' diagnosis --- to whom the story of the UFO was not told --- is that he succumbed to gastroenteritis, a very common disease in the country. A report from Dr. Cesar Esmerald Barros, from Bogota, indicates: The victim's temperature had dropped to 35°C. The cardiovascular-pulmonary system presented: pericarditis, asphyxia, coughing, painful chest oppression, slow pulse. The digestive system was affected: bloody diarrhea, black vomiting, dry mouth, painful abdomen, particularly on the right side. Mental faculties and nervous system: normal. The skin was dry, pale, cold and dehydrated. One of the doctors who had examined the victim admitted that he would have considered this case differently if he had known what had happened. (23 h 45)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2483"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/12/1969",
"basic_date": "7/12/1969",
"date": "7/12/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A yacht, the Scotish Laird, has not been heard from and has vanished a few kilometers off the coast of Sagres, in the south of Portugal.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2484"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/13/1969",
"basic_date": "7/13/1969",
"date": "7/13/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the Luna 15 probe by a Proton rocket. It is to land on the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html), take samples and then return to Earth. This is the last Soviet attempt to beat the Americans, as Apollo 11 is about to take off. (July 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2485"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/16/1969",
"basic_date": "7/16/1969",
"date": "7/16/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Apollo 11](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo11.html) is launched from the *Kennedy Space Center* \\(Florida\\). (July 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2486"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1969",
"basic_date": "7/17/1969",
"date": "7/17/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Luna 15 enters lunar orbit. During the descent, it crashes to the ground. The Soviets have lost the race to the Moon. (July 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2487"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/20/1969",
"basic_date": "7/20/1969",
"date": "7/20/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Before the first moon landing, the crew of [Apollo 11](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo11.html) observe a large flying object heading in the same direction as the capsule. Seen through a small telescope, it looks like a hollow, dented cylinder at times, but when the telescope is focused properly, a distinct \"L\" shape is seen, like an open suitcase, according to [Neil Armstrong](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ArmstrongNeilA.html). The crew thinks it is the SIV-B launch rocket, now detached, but the ground base announces that the rocket is 10000 km away. One of the investigators suggests that the object might have been a piece of insulation material. Neil Armstrong and [Edwin Aldrin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AldrinEdwinE.html) gently land the *Eagle* module in the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon while [Michael Collins](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CollinsMichael.html) remains in low orbit \\(112 km\\) aboard *Columbia*, filming both the visible and hidden sides of our natural satellite. 6 hours later, he descends the ladder, soon joined by [Edwin Aldrin](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AldrinEdwinE.html). He spends 2 and a half hours on the lunar surface. (July 20/21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2488"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/21/1969",
"basic_date": "7/21/1969",
"date": "7/21/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Chevigny-Fénay \\(Côte d'or\\), José Campal observes near the military airbase of Dijon-Longvic, the evolution of a luminous ball passing from blue to red. (July 21)",
"ref": [
"FX 95-2562",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2489"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/24/1969",
"basic_date": "7/24/1969",
"date": "7/24/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the [Apollo 11](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo11.html) mission, which lasted 8 days, 3 hours 18 minutes, and allowed to bring back 21 kg of samples. (July 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2490"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1969",
"basic_date": "8/5/1969",
"date": "8/5/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mariner 7 flies over the poles of Mars. (August 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2491"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1969",
"basic_date": "8/19/1969",
"date": "8/19/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Weather officials at the Naval Air Base of Lann-Bihoué \\(Morbihan\\) spot an unidentified spherical object. (August 19)",
"ref": [
"FX 95-2562",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2492"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/1/1969",
"basic_date": "10/1/1969",
"date": "10/1/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of NASDA, the Japanese space agency. (October 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2493"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/1/1969",
"basic_date": "10/1/1969",
"date": "10/1/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Jimmy Carter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/dirigeants.html\\#CarterJamesEarl), then Governor, observed for about 10 minutes along with dozens of other witnesses an UFO as he was about to hold a meeting in Leary \\(Georgia\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2494"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/1/1969",
"basic_date": "10/1/1969",
"date": "10/1/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Cuban Mig 17 lands in Florida without being detected.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2495"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/1/1969",
"basic_date": "10/1/1969",
"date": "10/1/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Foundation of [MUFON](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MUFON.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2496"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/14/1969",
"basic_date": "11/14/1969",
"date": "11/14/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mission [Apollo 12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo12). (November 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2497"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/19/1969",
"basic_date": "11/19/1969",
"date": "11/19/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During the [Apollo 12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo12) mission, an inexplicable malfunction prevents Conrad and Bean's cameras from filming, while all onboard instruments are functioning perfectly. (November 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2498"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/20/1969",
"basic_date": "11/20/1969",
"date": "11/20/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Conrad blindly sets the [Apollo 12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo12) module *Intrepid* in the Ocean of Storms, 170 m from the Surveyor 3 probe, which had landed there 2 and a half years earlier. He and Bean spend more than 4 hours on the surface of the Moon. On board *Yankee Clipper*, Gordon is tasked with locating the landing sites of [Apollo 14](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo14) and [Apollo 15](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo15). (November 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2499"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/24/1969",
"basic_date": "11/24/1969",
"date": "11/24/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the [Apollo 12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo12) mission, bringing back 34 kg of rocks and fragments of Surveyor 3 for analysis. (November 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2500"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/17/1969",
"basic_date": "12/17/1969",
"date": "12/17/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Following the recommendations of the [Condon Report](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html\\#Condon), Robert C. Seamans Junior, Secretary of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html), announces the end of the [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html) project. (December 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2501"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/26/1969",
"basic_date": "12/26/1969",
"date": "12/26/1969",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Symposium of the [AAAS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AAAS.html) on UFOs in Boston \\(Massachusetts\\). The association of scientists refuses to endorse the [Condon Report](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html\\#Condon). (December 26-27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1969.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2502"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/7/1970",
"basic_date": "1/7/1970",
"date": "1/7/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Finnish competitive cross-country skiers, lumberjack Aarno Heinonen and farmer Esko Viljo, find themselves in the forest near Imjãrvi \\(Finland\\). They decide to rest in a clearing and watch the stars rise as twilight falls. The two men hear a buzzing sound and see in the sky a very bright light approaching from the north. It turns around at the clearing level and descends towards them from the south. It is surrounded by a red-gray luminous mist. When the cloud has descended to about 15 m from the ground, they see in its center a disc of about 3 m in diameter. The disc stays at this height, continuing to buzz. Then, according to Heinonen: The immense disc began to descend with the red-gray mist, which became thinner and transparent. It stopped at a height of 3 or 4 m, so close that I could touch it with my ski stick. We saw that its upper part was topped with a dome. Along the lower edge was a kind of raised part with 3 spheres with domes spaced at equal distances. From the center of its lower part protruded a tube about 25 cm in diameter, from which suddenly came an intense beam of light. I suddenly felt as if someone had pulled me back. At the same second, I saw the creature. It stood in the middle of the light beam, with a black box in its hands. It was about 90 cm tall, with very thin arms and legs. Its face was like pale wax. The nose looked more like a hook than a nose. The ears were very small and narrowed at the face. The creature wore a kind of suit in a light green material and a shiny conical helmet like metal. The being points the black box at Heinonen, and a blinding, flickering yellow light takes him as a target. A red mist begins to cover the area and red, green and purple sparks begin to rain around the skiers like candles about 10 cm long floating in long curves. The mist becomes thicker and thicker, until, according to Viljo, the beam suddenly began to decrease, rose like a flickering flame and was sucked into the opening of the craft. Then it was as if the veil of mist had dissolved. The air around us was empty! After a few minutes, Heinonen realizes that he can no longer use his left leg, the one that was most exposed to the strange light beam. Viljo supports his friend to his home, about 3 km further. In the months that followed, Heinonen suffered from severe memory loss, constant pain, exhaustion and headaches. For 2 months, his urine was like black coffee. Viljo suffered from facial swelling, headaches and eye problems. (January 7th, 4:45 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2503"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/11/1970",
"basic_date": "2/11/1970",
"date": "2/11/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st civilian launch of a Japanese rocket *Lambda 4*. (February 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2504"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/4/1970",
"basic_date": "3/4/1970",
"date": "3/4/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Disappearance of the French submarine *Eurydice* off the coast of Saint-Tropez, with 50 men on board. This vessel was designed for the fight against nuclear-powered submarines and did not make any call, although it was in perfect working order. (March 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2505"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/7/1970",
"basic_date": "3/7/1970",
"date": "3/7/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *ATS 3* satellite takes a photo of a total eclipse showing the shadow of the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html) over the [United States](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USA.html). This dark circle of 160 km in diameter moves from Southwest to North at a speed of 2400 km/h. (March 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2506"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/7/1970",
"basic_date": "3/7/1970",
"date": "3/7/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Air Force states: The BPE \\[Bureau Prospective et Etudes\\] ensures that none of the testimonies transmitted to it, either by the air or military regions, or by the national gendarmerie, contain information that could interest the Air Force or put it in question. Send these documents to Mr. [Claude Poher](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PoherClaude.html), engineer of the [Cnes](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CNES.html), authorized \"Secret Defense\", who was designated by this organization to officially follow this question. Receive from the [Groupement d'Etude des Phénomènes Aériens non inexpliqués \\(Gepa\\)](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPA.html) all information on UFOs in the world. Exploit the conclusions of the works that Mr. [Poher](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PoherClaude.html) periodically transmits to the BPE and which have allowed, among other things, to establish the file for the minister last year.",
"ref": [
" \\[Velasco 2004\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2507"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1970",
"basic_date": "4/1970",
"date": "4/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Off the coast of New Guinea, hundreds of people observe an unknown craft gliding on the surface of the water. According to the natives, these visits date back several centuries.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2508"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/10/1970",
"basic_date": "4/10/1970",
"date": "4/10/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The first *Diamant B* rocket launches from Kourou \\(Guyana\\). (April 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2509"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/11/1970",
"basic_date": "4/11/1970",
"date": "4/11/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Departure of the [Apollo 13](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo13) mission. After a series of failures during the flight preparations, the mission plans a Haise and Lovell landing in the *Fra Mauro* crater. (April 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2510"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/13/1970",
"basic_date": "4/13/1970",
"date": "4/13/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Explosion of one of the oxygen tanks of the [Apollo 13](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo13) service module, 322000 km from Earth. The [Apollo 13](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo13) mission is cancelled. (April 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2511"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1970",
"basic_date": "4/17/1970",
"date": "4/17/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Return of the [Apollo 13](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo13) mission. (April 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2512"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/24/1970",
"basic_date": "4/24/1970",
"date": "4/24/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First civil launch of the Chinese rocket *Long March 1.* (April 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2513"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1970",
"basic_date": "5/1970",
"date": "5/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An engineering student from [MIT](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MIT.html) attends a curious ballet: At that moment, the Great Bear was almost at its zenith. I suddenly noticed that 2 of the stars were moving... in a circle around a common center while maintaining their position around two opposite points of the diameter, as would for example two small paint strokes at the two opposite edges of a microcross turning on a turntable. They were making about 30 turns/min, in the opposite direction of the hands of a clock, at a constant speed; the brightness of the objects was lower than that of Acturus, a little lower than that of Alpha, Beta and Gamma in the Great Bear. They suddenly stopped. \\(...\\) They remained absolutely still, then they began to move away from each other and the one that was heading south suddenly stopped... \"The star\" that had started to move north continued its march. (May)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2514"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1970",
"basic_date": "5/1970",
"date": "5/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) And June. In its May/June issue, the [*Flying Saucer Review*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html) reports, with photos, the presence of rock figures very close, although a few millennia younger, to those of Southern France and Northern Spain. These drawings adorn the walls of a cave near the village of Varzelandia in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Here too, discoid forms topped with a kind of dome are found. (May)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2515"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/30/1970",
"basic_date": "8/30/1970",
"date": "8/30/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting of [De Freitas](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#DeFreitas) in Rio de Janeiro \\(Brazil\\). (August 30, 9:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2516"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1970",
"basic_date": "9/1970",
"date": "9/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Start of the operation [Aeneid](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#Aeneid).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2517"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/8/1970",
"basic_date": "9/8/1970",
"date": "9/8/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the night, a RAF [Lightning](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RAF.html) fighter jet, piloted by Captain William Schaffner, takes off from the British base in Binbrook to intercept conical UFOs detected by radar. Captain Schaffner communicates to the base that he has just discovered among these conical objects a kind of large glass football. At the moment of interception, the radar operators see on their screen the UFOs and the plane become one, then separate. A few moments later, the *Lightning* crashes into the North Sea. (September 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2518"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1970",
"basic_date": "10/7/1970",
"date": "10/7/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Charged with recovering the wreckage of the *Lightning* crashed on September 8th, the *HMS Kiddleston* of the Royal Navy is conducting searches, but it is impossible to find the body of Captain Schaffner. The wreckage is stored at the Binbrook base and not shipped to Farnborough where the expertise is usually done. Dispatched on site, the official investigators are surprised to have only limited access to the wreckage and to be watched by 5 civilians, including 2 Americans. They note that the cockpit and ejection seat are intact, but that in violation of regulations, most of the on-board instruments have been removed. A few hours later, they are asked to end their investigation. Summoned by their superiors upon their return to Farnborough, they are ordered to remain silent on the matter in the name of national security. As for the fighter wreckage, it is shipped to [Wright-Patterson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WrightPatterson.html) \\(Ohio\\). (October 7th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2519"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/17/1970",
"basic_date": "11/17/1970",
"date": "11/17/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The small robot *Lunakhod 1* traverses 10.5 km on the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html). (November 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2520"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/17/1970",
"basic_date": "11/17/1970",
"date": "11/17/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In *Astronautics and Aeronautics* appears [*UFO: An Appraisal of the Problem*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Documents/Articles/AIAA/1970-11\\_AeronauticsAndAstronautics\\_fr.html), an article from the UFO sub-committee of the [AIAA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AIAA.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2521"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1970",
"basic_date": "12/1970",
"date": "12/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In France, shortly before the catastrophe that would leave thousands of cars stranded in the snow, an enormous violet ball crossed the sky at low altitude and exploded.",
"ref": [
"Guy Tarade",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2522"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/15/1970",
"basic_date": "12/15/1970",
"date": "12/15/1970",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Venera 7* releases a capsule into the atmosphere of [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). It is the first capsule to reach the surface. (15 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1970.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2523"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1971",
"basic_date": "1/1971",
"date": "1/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Mahwah \\(USA\\). See images/1971-01.jpg. \\(13 h\\) (January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2524"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1971",
"basic_date": "1/1971",
"date": "1/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A thick layer of clouds hinders the navigation of an F-111 bomber hunter from the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) flying towards Mobile \\(Alabama\\). Above Louisiana, east of Grand Isle, the pilot indeed enters a cloud formation. He then asks the Houston \\(Texas\\) regional control for permission to gain altitude. After emerging from the clouds, everything looks good. The pilot declares that he will now fly by sight, visibility being perfect. Nothing more will ever be heard of it.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2525"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/31/1971",
"basic_date": "1/31/1971",
"date": "1/31/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Start of the [Apollo 14](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo14) mission. Astronauts of the *Antares* module, observe a huge object whose windows reflect a very bright light as they fly over the Landsberg A and C craters. They report a series of images of this experience \\([Robert Dean](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DeanRobertO.html)\\). (January 31st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2526"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/5/1971",
"basic_date": "2/5/1971",
"date": "2/5/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Astronauts from [Apollo 14](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo14) land near the Fra Mauro crater. (February 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2527"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/9/1971",
"basic_date": "2/9/1971",
"date": "2/9/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the [Apollo 14](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo14) mission. (February 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2528"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/9/1971",
"basic_date": "2/9/1971",
"date": "2/9/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the International Congress of Biurakan \\(Armenia\\) on the possibility of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations and methods to communicate with them, Soviet scientists proposed to detonate thermonuclear bombs in areas close to the Galaxy where intelligent life could have developed in order to signal the existence of the Earthlings.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2529"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/12/1971",
"basic_date": "2/12/1971",
"date": "2/12/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken. See images/1971-02-12.jpg. (February 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2530"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/20/1971",
"basic_date": "2/20/1971",
"date": "2/20/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Off the coast of Toulon, the submarine *Flore* The engine completely breaks down and it is impossible to restart it. (February 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2531"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1971",
"basic_date": "3/1971",
"date": "3/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the [Aeneid](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#Aeneid) operation. (Mars)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2532"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1971",
"basic_date": "4/1971",
"date": "4/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Earth and the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html) tremble together. Thanks to the seismographs placed by the [Apollo](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html) crews, whose Houston Space Center closely follows the reactions by telemetry, simultaneous earthquakes are recorded.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2533"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/19/1971",
"basic_date": "4/19/1971",
"date": "4/19/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the first orbital station. (April 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2534"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1971",
"basic_date": "5/1971",
"date": "5/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A mysterious celestial object of planetary size, not fitting into any known category, is discovered in the Swan Constellation by Japanese and American astronomers. It is dubbed \"Cygne XI\".",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2535"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/23/1971",
"basic_date": "5/23/1971",
"date": "5/23/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo in Austria. See images/1971-05-23.jpg. (May 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2536"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/13/1971",
"basic_date": "6/13/1971",
"date": "6/13/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near the bridge spanning the Del Oro canyon, near Tucson, in the Arizona desert, 2 hikers discover the body of [James McDonald](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MacDonaldJamesE.html). A .39 caliber revolver is found near him, as well as a note. (June 13th, 11am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2537"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1971",
"basic_date": "7/1971",
"date": "7/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Following the death of [James MacDonald](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MacDonaldJamesE.html), [an article](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Documents/Articles/AIAA/1971-07\\_AeronauticsAndAstronautics\\_fr.html) appears in *Astronautics and Aeronautics,* describing a detailed observation.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2538"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1971",
"basic_date": "7/26/1971",
"date": "7/26/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the [Apollo 15](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo15) mission. (July 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2539"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/30/1971",
"basic_date": "7/30/1971",
"date": "7/30/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Astronauts of the [Apollo 15](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo15) mission land in the Sea of Rains. (July 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2540"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/7/1971",
"basic_date": "8/7/1971",
"date": "8/7/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Return of the [Apollo 15](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo15) mission. (August 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2541"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/12/1971",
"basic_date": "8/12/1971",
"date": "8/12/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Finnish couple, Ben and Helen K., are driving through a foggy night on the winding road from Gladstone to Rockhampton \\(Queensland, Australia\\). They are about to run out of gas when, passing by a closed gas station, they notice a green light among the trees. Ben and Helen suddenly realize they have been driving in a straight line for a long time and realize they have been repeating the same words. They notice a circle of lights above them on the left just before passing a sign indicating Port Alma, 40 km from Calliope River. The last thing they remember is being at a railroad crossing just outside of Rockhampton. They stop at an open gas station and inquire: they have traveled about 130 km in 40 minutes, and have no recollection of that time passing. (August 12th, 11:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2542"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/4/1971",
"basic_date": "9/4/1971",
"date": "9/4/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Aerial Photography in Costa Rica](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1971-09-04\\_CostaRica.html) of a strange flying disk by an aircraft of the Geographical Institute flying at 3200 m altitude above the region of Lake Cote. In [1989](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1989.html), American scientist [Richard Haines](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HainesRichardF.html) and ufologist [Jacques Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) were able to carry out a series of [in-depth analyses and photometric studies](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.jse.com/ufo\\_reports/Haines\\_aerial/toc.html) on the original black and white negative to determine the nature of the UFO photographed. (September 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2543"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/4/1971",
"basic_date": "9/4/1971",
"date": "9/4/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Cambodia, several special forces groups would encounter non-human humanoids and sometimes their spacecraft. A certain \"[Joe](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Joe.html)\" would testify to his encounter.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2544"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/16/1971",
"basic_date": "9/16/1971",
"date": "9/16/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 4 Astronomers from the Saint-Michel-de-Provence Observatory \\(Alpes de Haute-Provence\\) follow the evolution of a small, bright, orange-yellow disk whose presence is confirmed by the Marignane radar station. (September 16)",
"ref": [
"FX 95-2562",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2545"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/20/1971",
"basic_date": "9/20/1971",
"date": "9/20/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Öjebyn \\(Northern Sweden\\), in the evening, a motorist suddenly finds himself surrounded by intense light radiation. The car headlights go out and the brakes stop working. The atmospheric pressure seems to increase. Then the rays disappear and the driver sees a dark object take off from a distant field 1 km away. The car restarts. The object follows it for about a minute, then disappears towards the south. (September 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2546"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/20/1971",
"basic_date": "9/20/1971",
"date": "9/20/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photograph of an Australian UFO. See images/1971\\_300.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2547"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1971",
"basic_date": "10/1971",
"date": "10/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Soviet-built Cuban plane lands in New Orleans without being detected. In 25 months, this is the second time American radars have seen nothing, as in October [1969](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1969.html). A report from an investigative commission of the House of Representatives will establish the existence of this 2500 km breach in the American air defense system between Florida and California, one of the regions where the most mysterious disappearances occur: the famous \"Death Triangle\". It would cost $125 million to remedy it. (October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2548"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/13/1971",
"basic_date": "11/13/1971",
"date": "11/13/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mariner 9 is the first probe to orbit around Mars. (November 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2549"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/14/1971",
"basic_date": "11/14/1971",
"date": "11/14/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Bordeaux \\(France\\), farmer Angelo Cellot is plowing one of his fields late at night under the headlights of his tractor, despite a dark sky and a light rain. Suddenly, Cellot thinks he sees a light coming from another tractor. He then realizes that the light is in the sky and is moving in his direction. He then assumes it is a helicopter and continues his work. This light, preceded by another red one, follows him along the field, hovering just above him. Then, 5 extremely powerful beams shoot out of it towards the ground. The witness is unable to guess the nature of the object that produces them. When the UFO starts to descend towards him, Cellot takes off, leaving the tractor with the headlights on and the engine running. Almost immediately, the UFO rises and slowly heads north. It is only then that Cellot realizes that it had made no noise. He returns to his home, deeply shaken. (November 14, 1:50 AM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2550"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/27/1971",
"basic_date": "11/27/1971",
"date": "11/27/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Soviet probe *Mars 2* in orbit around [Mars](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Mars.html). (November 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2551"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/27/1971",
"basic_date": "11/27/1971",
"date": "11/27/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) For many weeks, the satellite *Eole* stubbornly refuses to work on Sundays! No valid scientific explanation can be given for these silences. Radio astronomers from the [NRAO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NRAO.html) detect a transmitting source from [Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html) emitting ordered, perfectly rhythmic messages. This source had already been reported in [1961](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1961.html). Graham Smith, a world-renowned English radio astronomer, based on these musical modulation messages, unambiguously declares that it is an emission like he has never before captured elsewhere in space. The messages continue for a period of 9 hours and 56 minutes, the same as the rotation time of the planet [Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2552"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/27/1971",
"basic_date": "11/27/1971",
"date": "11/27/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A new code is established regarding the \"red phone\" which connects Washington to the Kremlin. This code should avoid any risk of atomic alert, any misunderstanding, in case UFOs cross their mutual airspace.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2553"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/27/1971",
"basic_date": "11/27/1971",
"date": "11/27/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Buryakan \\(Soviet Armenia\\), at a conference of the academies of sciences of the USSR and the USA, one of the speakers declared: It would be megalomania to believe that we are the only intelligences in the universe!",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2554"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/27/1971",
"basic_date": "11/27/1971",
"date": "11/27/1971",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Internal Review of the [National Gendarmerie](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Gendarmerie.html) publishes a long article in which the possibility of the intervention of gendarmes to collect and investigate UFO sightings is outlined.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1971.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2555"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/5/1972",
"basic_date": "1/5/1972",
"date": "1/5/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Nixon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/dirigeants.html\\#NixonRichardMilhous) chooses the shuttle to replace American civil launchers. (January 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2556"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/5/1972",
"basic_date": "1/5/1972",
"date": "1/5/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the project [Snowbird](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#Snowbird), whose mission is to perform experimental flights on recovered extraterrestrial aircraft.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2557"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/12/1972",
"basic_date": "2/12/1972",
"date": "2/12/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Saint-Pierreville \\(Ardèche\\), in the evening Bernard Vialle was witness with others: We had just crossed the pass and were beginning to descend towards Saint-Pierreville when we suddenly saw a brilliant light burst from the ravine, along the road, about 300 m ahead of us. Surprised, and a bit scared, I braked. It took me about 200 m to stop. We opened the doors, ready to flee, because during those few seconds, a luminous sphere had appeared, rising slowly from the ravine. It seemed to have a diameter of about thirty meters. It seemed to us that it was heading towards us. We ran away, leaving the car. But we quickly realized that the thing was not pursuing us. At very low altitude, it had started to fly over the side of the valley, very slowly, sometimes stopping. It lit up the ground over a radius of 300 m. A firework light. A bit unreal. It was something wonderful and terrifying at the same time. We were so captivated by the show that we didn't see the time pass. We suddenly realized that we had been there for more than 1 hour. \"We can't stay like this,\" said Jean-Claude. \"Tomorrow, when we tell this, we'll be called 'illuminates'. We need a witness.\" We got back in the car, but taking the road that follows the opposite slope to the one that is flown over by the \"thing\". When we arrived at the hamlet of Feouzet, we discovered the valley again. The huge luminous sphere was still there. Fascinated, we looked at it again for long minutes. Then we rushed to wake up the deputy mayor, Eugène Payot. He recounts: When Bernard and Jean-Claude came to wake me up, they were so excited that I had a hard time understanding what they were saying. Yet I got up and went out to look. It was more beautiful than I could imagine, this kind of disk hovering, motionless, above the valley. I have no words to describe it. We couldn't take our eyes off it and we fought against sleep to observe it as long as possible. (February 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2558"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/13/1972",
"basic_date": "2/13/1972",
"date": "2/13/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Eugene Payot: The craft moved away to the East. Its brightness gradually weakened, then it disappeared. We parted without daring to speak. Thus, for 5 hours, the UFO explored the valley, sometimes stationary, sometimes moving very slowly and scanning the ground with its spotlights. And during these 5 hours, Saint-Pierreville experienced an inexplicable power outage. The police and the mayor confirmed it to me. A curious outage, since, if the light bulbs refused to turn on, the electric radiators and the clock of the bell tower continued to work. A technician will say: It was an electromagnetic phenomenon, that is why only the devices in a closed circuit continued to work. (February 13th, 6am)",
"ref": [
"Charles Garreau, *Flying Saucers: 20 Years of Investigations*, Mame 1971, pp. 218-220 \\> [Godeleive Van Overmeire Catalogue](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://users.skynet.be/sky84985/chrono.html)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2559"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/27/1972",
"basic_date": "2/27/1972",
"date": "2/27/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the American probe [Pionner 10](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#Pionner10). (February 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2560"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/8/1972",
"basic_date": "3/8/1972",
"date": "3/8/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in Salt Lake City. See images/1972-03-08.jpg (March 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2561"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/2/1972",
"basic_date": "3/2/1972",
"date": "3/2/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the Pioneer 10 probe towards [Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html), then towards the stars. It carries an engraved plaque, an encoded message for any extraterrestrial civilizations. (March 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2562"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/16/1972",
"basic_date": "3/16/1972",
"date": "3/16/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The pilot and co-pilot of a plane from the small American private company Newstar make a distress call: Here, Fox-trot, Bravo, Yankee 17 of Newstar... Mayday!... Requesting emergency assistance... Lost north of the Bahamas archipelago. Compass malfunction, all navigation rendered impossible... Request position by gonio... The pilot entered a dense, yellowish fog, preventing any sighting. He could see nothing, while even with the naked eye, no one had knowledge of a disturbance in this area. Then, it seems that the pilot saw something and radio connections were definitively cut off. (March 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2563"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/27/1972",
"basic_date": "3/27/1972",
"date": "3/27/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Venera 8* towards [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). (March 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2564"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1972",
"basic_date": "4/1972",
"date": "4/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) We are talking again about \"Zoé\", a small celestial body less than 800 km in diameter orbiting between the Sun and Mercury, discovered some time ago by American astronomer Henry Courteen and its existence confirmed by the [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html) and the Smithsonian Observatory.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2565"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/16/1972",
"basic_date": "4/16/1972",
"date": "4/16/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the [Apollo 16](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo16) mission. (April 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2566"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/19/1972",
"basic_date": "4/19/1972",
"date": "4/19/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Some astronomers are the only ones not to have observed a luminous object in the shape of a flying cigar, moving from West to East and heading towards Mandres-les-Roses, in the Essone. Firefighters, C.R.S., police and gendarmes from the Essone and Val-de-Marne, as well as numerous eyewitnesses, saw the strange object. (April 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2567"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/21/1972",
"basic_date": "4/21/1972",
"date": "4/21/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Astronauts from [Apollo 16](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo16) land near the Descartes crater. (April 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2568"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1972",
"basic_date": "4/27/1972",
"date": "4/27/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Return of the [Apollo 16](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo16) mission. (April 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2569"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1972",
"basic_date": "4/27/1972",
"date": "4/27/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A UFO landed in Rosemead \\([South Africa](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZA.html)\\), leaving traces on the pavement \\(see picture\\). See images/1972\\_300.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2570"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1972",
"basic_date": "6/1972",
"date": "6/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The National Academy of Sciences of the United States declares in a report that distant radio waves carrying conversations of distant creatures may be propagating at this time, and that we could record them if we point a radio telescope in the right direction and the receiver is set to the appropriate frequency.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2571"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/26/1972",
"basic_date": "6/26/1972",
"date": "6/26/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Boer De Klerk](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#DeKlerkBoer) at Fort Beaufort \\([South Africa](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZA.html)\\). (June 26, 9am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2572"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1972",
"basic_date": "7/18/1972",
"date": "7/18/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Retrieval of 3 bodies following a crash in Morocco \\(Sahara Desert\\). (July 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2573"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1972",
"basic_date": "7/18/1972",
"date": "7/18/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Start of Skylab-3 mission.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2574"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/23/1972",
"basic_date": "7/23/1972",
"date": "7/23/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the first Landsat satellite for the observation of terrestrial resources. (July 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2575"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/11/1972",
"basic_date": "8/11/1972",
"date": "8/11/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Cluny \\(Saône-et-Loire\\) [observation by Miss Reanta and Mr. Tantot](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1972-08-12\\_Taize.html). (August 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2576"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/11/1972",
"basic_date": "8/11/1972",
"date": "8/11/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [SOBEPS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SOBEPS.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2577"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/11/1972",
"basic_date": "8/11/1972",
"date": "8/11/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Re-election of [Richard Nixon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/dirigeants.html\\#NixonRichardMilhous) to the presidency of the United States. He appoints [Henry Kissinger](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KissingerHenryAlfred.html) as National Security Advisor.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2578"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/11/1972",
"basic_date": "8/11/1972",
"date": "8/11/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Off the coast of the Azores, an experimental vessel from the Oil Institute allows for the creation of an underwater NATO [polygon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/OTAN.html), officially for the purpose of studying currents. In reality, it would be an underwater research laboratory for acoustic research exclusively for military use \\(communication with nuclear submarines?\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2579"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/11/1972",
"basic_date": "8/11/1972",
"date": "8/11/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In a mountain of the Andes Cordillera \\(Peru\\), in Uruguay, in Patagonia, in Tierra del Fuego, bands of flat or hillside terrain glow, if not possess 3 times the normal gravity, and generally in regions where populations frequently observe UFOs, reports Gérard Cambri.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2580"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1972",
"basic_date": "9/1972",
"date": "9/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The power source of the Swan constellation called \"X-3\" which normally emitted T. S. F. waves begins to multiply its power by 200.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2581"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1972",
"basic_date": "9/1972",
"date": "9/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the Skylab-3 mission.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2582"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/16/1972",
"basic_date": "9/16/1972",
"date": "9/16/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken. See images/1972-09-16.jpg. (September 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2583"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/24/1972",
"basic_date": "9/24/1972",
"date": "9/24/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken by [Paul Villa](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VillaApolinarA.html) in New Mexico. See images/1972-09-24.jpg. (September 24:)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2584"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1972",
"basic_date": "10/1972",
"date": "10/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Vienna, the International Astronautical Congress supports the idea of the existence of other intelligences in the universe. (October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2585"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1972",
"basic_date": "11/1972",
"date": "11/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A mysterious object is spotted in the waters of a Norwegian fjord. It stays for about two weeks in a branch of the Sognefjord, the Sogndal, north of Bergen. The Norwegian authorities declare that the mysterious submerged object detected by a frigate was not a submarine. Then, the unidentified object vanishes.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2586"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1972",
"basic_date": "11/1972",
"date": "11/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Boston, experts in science, sociology, theology and communications gather under the auspices of [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html) and the University's Department of Astronomy. They are all in agreement that humans are almost certainly not the only ones in the galaxy, and certainly not in the universe. On this occasion, anthropologist Ashely Montagu states that other forms of life are likely more intelligent than ours, which may explain why they have not made contact with us. They may view us the same way we view rabbits or cholera. We should prepare to meet extraterrestrials and not wait until contact has been established to decide what to do.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2587"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/7/1972",
"basic_date": "12/7/1972",
"date": "12/7/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the [Apollo 17](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo17) mission. (December 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2588"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/11/1972",
"basic_date": "12/11/1972",
"date": "12/11/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Apollo 17](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo17) lands near the crater *Littrow*. Astronaut-geologist [Harrison Schmitt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/pilotes.html\\#SchmittHarrison) sees a flash on the surface of the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Lune.html). (December 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2589"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/19/1972",
"basic_date": "12/19/1972",
"date": "12/19/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Return of the [Apollo 17](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Apollo.html\\#Apollo17) mission. End of the manned lunar program. (December 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2590"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/25/1972",
"basic_date": "12/25/1972",
"date": "12/25/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [The Méchinaud family disappears](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://perso.wanadoo.fr/philippe.dumas/actua.htm) while driving to Boutiers \\(Charente\\) after a New Year's Eve spent with friends in Cognac, 4 km away. (December 25th, 1am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2591"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/26/1972",
"basic_date": "12/26/1972",
"date": "12/26/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of [Harry Truman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TrumanHarryS.html). (26 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2592"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/26/1972",
"basic_date": "12/26/1972",
"date": "12/26/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In France, 2 astronomers open the UFO file in an article in *Sciences & Avenir* that makes a big splash.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2593"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/26/1972",
"basic_date": "12/26/1972",
"date": "12/26/1972",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the USA, a young couple near a flying saucer heard what seemed to be the playback of a cow's painful mooing, the cry of a bird being killed, and the howling of a dog.",
"ref": [
"Lecomte",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1972.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2594"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1973",
"basic_date": "1973",
"date": "1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The UFO photographed during an accident in Japan. See images/1973.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2595"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1973",
"basic_date": "1973",
"date": "1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The United States would discover that extraterrestrials are carrying out more abductions than what is indicated in the lists provided to them.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2596"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1973",
"basic_date": "1/1973",
"date": "1/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the January/February issue of the [_FSR_](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FSR.html), [Gordon Creighton](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CreightonGordon.html) publishes the results of research undertaken personally since February 1968 on the account of extraterrestrials arriving in -10000 in China/Tibet. (January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2597"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1973",
"basic_date": "3/1973",
"date": "Early 3/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During the night, 60 tons of scrap metal, composed of railway tracks, and 7 switches disappear from a construction site near Piennes \\(Meurthe-et-Moselle\\). (Early March)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2598"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/1/1973",
"basic_date": "3/1/1973",
"date": "3/1/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A group of approximately 12 people observed for 2 h 40 brightly lit circular objects above Saylor's Lake \\(Pennsylvania\\). (March 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2599"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/1/1973",
"basic_date": "3/1/1973",
"date": "3/1/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A caravel is ready to land at Madeira Airport when the passengers waiting for it suddenly see it turn in the sky, while the pilot established his last contact with the control tower. Then, nothing. 2 towboats sent to the scene --- yet well established --- will find no trace.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2600"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/7/1973",
"basic_date": "3/7/1973",
"date": "3/7/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of March 7th in South Carolina. See images/1973-03-07.jpg. (March 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2601"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1973",
"basic_date": "4/5/1973",
"date": "4/5/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of Pioneer 11 to [Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html) and then Saturn. (April 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2602"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1973",
"basic_date": "4/5/1973",
"date": "4/5/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Disappearance in Haute-Loire of a crane of several tonnes, 8 m high and equipped with a 3 m arrow.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2603"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/14/1973",
"basic_date": "5/14/1973",
"date": "5/14/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the American station *Skylab*. (May 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2604"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/14/1973",
"basic_date": "5/14/1973",
"date": "5/14/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Judy Doraty](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DoratyJudy.html) in Houston, Texas.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2605"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/22/1973",
"basic_date": "5/22/1973",
"date": "5/22/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the exit of Catanduva \\(Saõ Paulo, Brazil\\), [meeting of Onilson Papero](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1973-05-22\\_Catanduva.html). (May 22, 3 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2606"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/22/1973",
"basic_date": "5/22/1973",
"date": "5/22/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mike Shea is driving his car when suddenly, a beam of light illuminates a barn located about 50 m from the road. Silent and surrounded by flashing lights, a large UFO appears. Anxiety begins for Mike Shea once the beam turns off as he believes he can feel something approaching behind him. As the UFO flies over him, he feels an electric shock along his spine. He eventually reaches Olney, his destination, but discovers with astonishment that he took 2 hours more than expected. After a decade of nightmares and diffuse malaise, Mike Shea decides to call [Budd Hopkins](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HopkinsBudd.html), the famous specialist in abduction cases. Hypnotic regression sessions allow him to remember the abduction he suffered after being flown over by the UFO. He suddenly saw on the side of the road 4 strange entities: 3 of large size \\(about 1.80 m\\) and one smaller. They looked like large elongated insects, as if wrapped in a dark plastic armor, and stood upright on their rather arched hind legs. Their two pairs of front legs were used to grasp. Their head was rounded and their eyes globular. He was taken inside the UFO where he underwent various more or less traumatic examinations. (On a Friday, 7 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2607"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/22/1973",
"basic_date": "5/22/1973",
"date": "5/22/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken \\(\"June Sightseeing in Canada\"\\). See images/1973-06.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2608"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/10/1973",
"basic_date": "7/10/1973",
"date": "7/10/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery of 5 bodies following a crash in the northwest of Arizona. (July 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2609"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/10/1973",
"basic_date": "7/10/1973",
"date": "7/10/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(May 22?\\) Observation of [Masaaki Kudou](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KudouMasaaki.html) in Tomakomai, on the island of Hokaido \\(Japan\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2610"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/18/1973",
"basic_date": "9/18/1973",
"date": "9/18/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Jimmy Carter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CarterJamesEarl.html) submits to the [NICAP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NICAP.html) his testimony of an UFO sighting in October 1969. (September 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2611"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/18/1973",
"basic_date": "9/18/1973",
"date": "9/18/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The UFO photographed in Tokyo on September 19. See images/1973-09-19.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2612"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1973",
"basic_date": "10/1973",
"date": "10/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the October issue of *Pursuit*, Hubert Malthaner, after a long investigation into the metal cube discovered in 1885, indicates that the famous \"cube\" had never actually disappeared from the Salzburg museum \\(as was believed in 1910\\), since it had in fact always been in the Vöcklabrück regional museum \\(Austria\\). He supports his claims with a photograph of the cube, showing that it is far from being as artificially-appearing as it had been proclaimed. He finally indicates that an analysis carried out in 1986 \\(1886?\\) at the Vienna Natural History Museum had established that the object was simply a mass of cast iron. Finally, it also seems that the cube was not found in a mine but by a worker from a foundry who was breaking coal blocks",
"ref": [
"Nolane 1998, pages 15-16",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2613"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/6/1973",
"basic_date": "10/6/1973",
"date": "10/6/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Start of the Yom Kippur War. (October 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2614"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1973",
"basic_date": "10/7/1973",
"date": "10/7/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mississippi police officer Charles Deck chases a UFO with his car. (October 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2615"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1973",
"basic_date": "10/7/1973",
"date": "10/7/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Noël Jean](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jean.html) and his brother-in-law on the beach of Carteret \\(Normandy\\). (7 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2616"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1973",
"basic_date": "10/11/1973",
"date": "10/11/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Larry Booth reported seeing a UFO in Pascagoula \\(Mississippi\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2617"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1973",
"basic_date": "10/11/1973",
"date": "10/11/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the evening, many viewers in the Pascagoula area call to report interference on their television sets.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2618"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1973",
"basic_date": "10/11/1973",
"date": "10/11/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Abduction of Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker in Pascagoula](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1973-10-11\\_Pascagoula.html) \\(Mississippi\\). (21 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2619"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1973",
"basic_date": "10/11/1973",
"date": "10/11/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 700 km away from Pascagoula \\(Mississippi\\), in Hartwell \\(Georgia\\), an ex-Methodist pastor is driving on a highway when he suddenly sees a UFO landing in front of him. He sees occupants, dressed in silver grey.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2620"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/11/1973",
"basic_date": "10/11/1973",
"date": "10/11/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The photo taken by the Sheriff of Falkville. See images/1973-10-11\\_150.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2621"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/16/1973",
"basic_date": "10/16/1973",
"date": "10/16/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) General [George S. Brown](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BrownGeorgeScratchley.html) recounts an incident from early summer [1968](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1968.html) at a press conference in Illinois. (October 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2622"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/17/1973",
"basic_date": "10/17/1973",
"date": "10/17/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Falkville \\(Alabama\\), investigating a UFO report, Sheriff Jeff Greeshaw managed to photograph an object on the road. The object fled, outdistancing the car. (October 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2623"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/18/1973",
"basic_date": "10/18/1973",
"date": "10/18/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Mansfield \\(Ohio\\), [near-collision of Lawrence Coyne's helicopter with a UFO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1973-10-18\\_Coyne.html). An official report is written. (October 18, 11:05 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2624"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/19/1973",
"basic_date": "10/19/1973",
"date": "10/19/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) G.D. and his friend ride a motorcycle to the place called Le Malmont north of Draguignan \\(Var\\). When they reach the top, they see an orange light in the sky moving slowly. The young girl gets scared and the couple goes back down to the city. The young man meets a friend who is interested in the UFO phenomenon. He talks to him about it and a small group of 4 enthusiasts go to the place in two cars. When they reach the top, they see a white light in the vegetation 100 m away and then the orientation table starts to overheat. The sound of broken branches attracts them and they see a red light approaching. It comes from a large reddish silhouette going down the path. A modulated whistle is heard. One of the cars is then violently shaken. Panic ensues. Everyone rushes into the vehicles and starts the engines, they then see 3 large helmeted silhouettes before going down the path at full speed. They will see red legs crossing the road before reaching the city below. (October 19, 1973, 8:40 PM)",
"ref": [
"\\[*OVNI: the 1st complete dossier of close encounters in France* by Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon, Alain Lefeuvre 1979, pp. 417 to 421\\] \\[*OVNI. Other Dimension* by Lob and Gigi, Dargaud 1975\\] \\[Investigation summary by M.J.Chasseigne of October 29, 1973, LDLN n° 132 - February 1974 - cover and pp. 15 to 20\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2625"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/22/1973",
"basic_date": "10/22/1973",
"date": "10/22/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Blackford County Meeting](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1973-10-22\\_BlackfordCounty.html). (October 22, 9:45 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2626"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/22/1973",
"basic_date": "10/22/1973",
"date": "10/22/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Foundation of the [Trilateral Commission](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/TrilateraleCommission.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2627"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/24/1973",
"basic_date": "10/24/1973",
"date": "10/24/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the Yom Kippur War. (October 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2628"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/25/1973",
"basic_date": "10/25/1973",
"date": "10/25/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Greenburg \\(Pennsylvania\\), Stephen Polaski is one of 15 witnesses to see a UFO land in a field. Polaski and two boys run to see and find a creature resembling some kind of large 2m tall thing smelling of burnt rubber. (October 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2629"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/25/1973",
"basic_date": "10/25/1973",
"date": "10/25/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Foundation of [CUFOS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CUFOS.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2630"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/3/1973",
"basic_date": "11/3/1973",
"date": "11/3/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Observation of Cocoyoc](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1973-11-03\\_Cocoyoc.html) \\(Mexico\\). (18 h 45)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2631"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/3/1973",
"basic_date": "11/3/1973",
"date": "11/3/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In New Hampshire, the witness's neighbor calls him to look through his telescope at a silver, saucer-shaped craft with 4 glowing red windows at one end, which he thinks is hovering over a radio tower 1 mile away. The witness eventually goes back home and goes to bed. Shortly after 0 h, the witness's dog seems agitated and he gets up to let it out. Going into the kitchen, he distinguishes 1 light coming from outside. He looks out the door and sees that the light is a diffuse glow coming from 2 silver-clad creatures with large pointed ears, big noses, and dark egg-shaped eyes that look like holes. Their boots are heel-less, with the ends curved up. They are picking things up from the ground and gathering them in a bag. The witness goes to his room to alert his wife, who doesn't want anything to do with it, takes a 0.38 caliber automatic pistol and returns to the kitchen, inserting more cartridges. On his master's order, the raging German shepherd jumps into attack. Approaching the intruders, he stops in his tracks and returns whimpering into the house. The humanoids continue their collection. At this moment the witness trembles and can no longer hold his weapon, let alone use it effectively, but he shouts that he will shoot if the beings come any closer. At the same time, the man was telling his wife what was happening. She didn't want to answer until she heard that the creatures were leaving. She then reached the kitchen, only seeing their glow disappear into the woods. At 0 h 30, the police called arrive. No trace is found on the hard ground, covered with pine cones. (7:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"*UFO Investigator*, January 1974 \\< [Hill](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HillPaulR.html) 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2632"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/3/1973",
"basic_date": "11/3/1973",
"date": "11/3/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Mariner 10* towards Mercury.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2633"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/30/1973",
"basic_date": "11/30/1973",
"date": "11/30/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Two pilots and a technician spot an unknown glowing ball above Turin airport. The commander of a *piper* attempts to pursue it. He describes: \"I saw in front of me an object that looked like a sphere of intense and very white brightness. This light decreased and increased: it never went out. Only its intensity varied. The object was a bit higher than my plane and so I started to climb to its height to approach it. While climbing, I had the clear impression \\(my control devices confirmed it\\) that the object was going up or down in front of me. Taking advantage of a moment when the object was below, I went down, I accelerated to exceed 400 km/h. But I did not manage to reach the object, because it moved away from my plane more and more, increasing its speed compared to mine. The craft moved away towards the south \\(...\\) The UFO was spotted by the airport's radars. Several people will testify to having seen, that evening, a very large light above the city of Turin. The case has a great media impact. (November 30th, 7 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2634"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1973",
"basic_date": "12/1973",
"date": "12/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Wave of observations in [France](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FR.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2635"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/2/1973",
"basic_date": "12/2/1973",
"date": "12/2/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [M. G. Jean](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jean.html) and his son on the beach of Carteret \\(Normandy\\). (Sunday 2nd December, 5:30am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2636"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/7/1973",
"basic_date": "12/7/1973",
"date": "12/7/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) People find on a beach near Carteret a complete diving equipment, with a radiation detector, sound signals, pants and jackets with English labels. (Friday 7 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2637"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1973",
"basic_date": "12/31/1973",
"date": "12/31/1973",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Jean Liefoogue sees a 30 m tall cigar shaped object 5 m wide land on the side of Nationale 347 near the Lens aerodrome \\(Pas-de-Calais\\). With a noise, the object tips over and disappears in a few seconds (31 December)",
"ref": [
"Facteur X 95-2562",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1973.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2638"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/7/1974",
"basic_date": "1/7/1974",
"date": "1/7/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Belgian businessman is driving near the French-Belgian border. His headlights suddenly go out. His engine stops abruptly. His radio goes silent. The driver pulls the handbrake and stops on the side of the road. He then sees in a field, 150 m away, an object that looks like a British helmet \\(the famous \"flat cap\"\\) and sees two small beings come out of it. The smallest one, who looks like the Michelin Man, wears a round helmet. He has strange eyes and a slit for a mouth. The bigger one wears a uniform, with a cubic helmet and a belt. When the bigger one seems to open his mouth, the businessman feels a shock at the base of his skull and hears a kind of modulated sound. At that moment, a car appears on the horizon. The two humanoids quickly move away, walking with abrupt and identical gestures, without seeming bothered by the mud covering the field. According to the businessman, their legs were only partially visible. (January 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2639"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/5/1974",
"basic_date": "2/5/1974",
"date": "2/5/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Mariner 10* flies over [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). (February 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2640"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/12/1974",
"basic_date": "2/12/1974",
"date": "2/12/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Mars 5* probe arrives in orbit around Mars. (February 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2641"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/21/1974",
"basic_date": "2/21/1974",
"date": "2/21/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On *France Inter*, [Jean-Claude Bourret](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BourretJeanClaude.html) interviews the Minister of the Armies, [Robert Galley](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GalleyRobert.html), on the subject of UFOs. He admits the scientific interest of the problem and indicates the procedure to send observation reports to [Claude Poher](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PoherClaude.html) of the [CNES](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CNES.html). (Friday, February 21st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2642"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/3/1974",
"basic_date": "3/3/1974",
"date": "3/3/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Montmorency \\(Val d'Oise\\), an ovoid much larger than an airplane remained stationary for 2 hours. (Sunday 3rd March, 5:40am)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16th July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2643"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/8/1974",
"basic_date": "3/8/1974",
"date": "3/8/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mr. D. was driving his 2CV between 12:30 and 1:00 in the Tarbes region. He was surprised by a red light: I saw on my right \\(...\\) about 400 or 500 m away a red-orange ball the size of the sun. I think this ball was quite high above the ground, without being able to specify. It was moving north towards Rabasten while getting closer to my car. \\(...\\) This ball was for a moment facing my vehicle. \\(...\\) At that moment, it took on a more oval shape, like a rugby ball. This ball was so bright, in front and around me, that I could see as if it were broad daylight. While it was at the height of my car, it no longer pulled, it had misfires, it did not move despite my acceleration - and this over a distance of at least fifty meters. When this ball so to speak turned in front of me on the national 21 \\(N 21\\), it had lost some altitude while still keeping the same color, but this ball was becoming bigger and bigger, that is to say it must have reached 2 m in diameter. I did not hear any noise \\(...\\). I was very scared. \\(...\\) I add that \\(...\\) I saw a second one, smaller, of a bright red. It was roughly at the same height as the first one. From these balls came a very powerful light and rays that blinded me. Mr. D.'s eyes will be red and tearful for 2 days. Several witnesses saw that night in the region powerful lights or luminous balls. (0 h 45)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2644"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/8/1974",
"basic_date": "3/8/1974",
"date": "3/8/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On *France Inter*, [Jean-Claude Bourret](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BourretJeanClaude.html) interviews [Jean-Claude Ribes](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RibesJeanClaude.html), then a radio astronomer and research associate at CNRS.",
"ref": [
"Bourret 1976",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2645"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/8/1974",
"basic_date": "3/8/1974",
"date": "3/8/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the United States, a meeting of scientists and academics interested in the UFO phenomenon is taking place. [Poher](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PoherClaude.html) is in the United States at this time.",
"ref": [
"Bourret 1976",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2646"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/22/1974",
"basic_date": "3/22/1974",
"date": "3/22/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On *France Inter*, [Jean-Claude Bourret](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BourretJeanClaude.html) formulates a conclusion to his series of interviews on UFOs, alongside Claude Villers. [Michel Monnerie](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MonnerieMichel.html) announces that [LDLN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html) is organizing a national sky-watching evening for the following day. (Friday, March 22nd)",
"ref": [
"Bourret 1976",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2647"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/22/1974",
"basic_date": "3/22/1974",
"date": "3/22/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photograph taken. See images/albiosc.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2648"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/23/1974",
"basic_date": "3/23/1974",
"date": "3/23/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Start of the national skywatching evening, organized by [LDLN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LDLN.html). Despite the publicity around the operation, no photos are sent to the show. (21 h)",
"ref": [
"Bourret 1976",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2649"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/23/1974",
"basic_date": "3/23/1974",
"date": "3/23/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The picture below was taken in Albiosc \\(Var\\). It will later be placed on the windshield of a journalist, with a note indicating the date and location of the picture.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2650"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/25/1974",
"basic_date": "3/25/1974",
"date": "3/25/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Saliout 3.* It will re-enter the following year. (Monday 25th March)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2651"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/29/1974",
"basic_date": "3/29/1974",
"date": "3/29/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Mariner 10* flys over Mercury. (Friday 29 March)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2652"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/2/1974",
"basic_date": "4/2/1974",
"date": "4/2/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of Georges Pompidou. (April 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2653"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/13/1974",
"basic_date": "4/13/1974",
"date": "4/13/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Alleged appearance of the Holy Virgin in Bayside \\(New York\\), who reportedly declared: God the Father finds it necessary that you inform men of science that the vehicles known as UFOs are sent by Hell to deceive and disconcert humanity by making them search for another world, that of these \"extraterrestrials\", which does not exist. (April 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2654"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/20/1974",
"basic_date": "4/20/1974",
"date": "4/20/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At night, in the Charleroi region \\(Belgium\\), a sometimes unbearable modulated sound was heard in about twenty different places for an hour. Several people also noticed an unusual light, while others mostly described an object in the shape of a disk, advancing regularly at tree height. Physiological sensations \\(headaches, tingling, etc.\\), a television breakdown, and an effect on vegetation were also noted. (April 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2655"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/25/1974",
"basic_date": "4/25/1974",
"date": "4/25/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation by Tsutomu Nakayama at Kapiolani Park \\(Hawaii\\). See images/1974-04-25_Hawai_par\\_TsutomuNakayama.jpg. (April 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2656"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1974",
"basic_date": "5/1974",
"date": "5/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Alan Sandler](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ufologues.html\\#SandlerAlan) and [Robert Emenneger](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/EmeneggerRobert.html) contact the doctor [Joseph Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html) to help them make documentaries commissioned by the [DoD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DoD.html), dealing with his relations with UFOs.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2657"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/17/1974",
"basic_date": "5/17/1974",
"date": "5/17/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A team from the Air Force recovers the wreckage of an 18 m diameter metal circular object and transports it to the Kirtland Air Force Base [Kirtland](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KirtlandAFB.html) near Albuquerque. (May 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2658"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/31/1974",
"basic_date": "5/31/1974",
"date": "5/31/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Peter* \\(24 years old\\) and his wife *Frances* \\(21 years old\\) --- these are pseudonyms --- are driving in a Peugeot 404, heading from what is then called Salisbury to Durban \\([South Africa](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZA.html)\\). The route takes them across the South African border \\(with Zimbabwe\\) at Beit Bridge, at the Limpopo River. About 32 km south of Umvuma in Rhodesia \\(now Harare in Zimbabwe\\), Frances notices a light on the left following their car. The headlights dim, the couple suddenly feels very cold and has to wrap themselves in blankets. Realizing he is driving well beyond the speed limit, Peter lets off the accelerator --- but nothing happens. The headlights go out completely, and Peter loses all control of the vehicle, which speeds down the road at 145 km/h. When Fort Victoria comes into view, the UFO veers off and moves away; the car then starts functioning normally again. The couple stops at Fort Victoria to get gas and astonishes the attendant by making remarks about the cold. Just outside of Fort Victoria, the UFO reappears and Peter once again loses control of his vehicle. Even stranger, the road becomes totally straight and without traffic, crossing lush tropical vegetation \\(when it is known to be winding and heavily trafficked at night, crossing arid landscapes\\). Arriving at the border near Beit Bridge, 290 km from Fort Victoria, the couple's watches indicate 7:30, an hour late, and they have only spent 22 cents on gas. Hypnosis regression will reveal that the car had been under the control of a humanoid beam-shipped from the UFO to the back seat of the car, from a distant galaxy. The humanoid claimed to be able to take any form, from a duck to a normal human being... (May 31, 2:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2659"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1974",
"basic_date": "6/1974",
"date": "6/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Lieutenant Colonel Toshio Nakamura and Commander Shiro Kubuta take off in a Phantom F-4EJ for what they believe to be an interception mission of a Soviet bomber. After takeoff, they are informed that they are actually being sent to investigate a brightly colored UFO that had been seen and picked up on radar. At 9000 meters altitude, they encounter a red disk-shaped object which Commander Kubuta says appears to be piloted by intelligent beings. The object maneuvers around the aircraft, forcing Nakamura to dive and turn. Finally, the object touches the aircraft. Kubuta and Nakamura manage to eject, but Nakamura's parachute catches fire and he crashes to the ground.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2660"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/19/1974",
"basic_date": "6/19/1974",
"date": "6/19/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Valéry Giscard d'Estaing elected President of the Republic. (June 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2661"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/3/1974",
"basic_date": "7/3/1974",
"date": "7/3/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 2 cosmonauts begin a stay aboard the military-use *Saliout 3* station. (3 July)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2662"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1974",
"basic_date": "7/17/1974",
"date": "7/17/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the 14-day stay of 2 cosmonauts aboard the military-use *Saliout 3* station.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2663"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1974",
"basic_date": "7/17/1974",
"date": "7/17/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Belotie \\(Yugoslavia\\). See images/1974-07-17.gif, images/1974-07-17\\_2.gif. (July 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2664"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/19/1974",
"basic_date": "7/19/1974",
"date": "7/19/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation \\(see below\\) in Balcarce \\(Argentina\\), Mr. Antonio Le Pere. See images/1974-07-19_Balcarce_Argentine.jpg. (July 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2665"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/9/1974",
"basic_date": "8/9/1974",
"date": "8/9/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Resignation of [Richard Nixon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/dirigeants.html\\#NixonRichardMilhous). (August 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2666"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1974",
"basic_date": "9/1/1974",
"date": "9/1/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Langenburg \\(Saskatchewan, Canada\\), [near-landing with traces](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1974-09-01\\_Saskatchewan.html). (September 1st, 11am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2667"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/25/1974",
"basic_date": "10/25/1974",
"date": "10/25/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Carl Higdon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1974-10-25\\_HigdonCarl.html) is found in an obvious state of mental confusion near the Medicine Bow National Forest \\(Wyoming\\). He recounts being abducted in a cubic object by an extraterrestrial named Ausso. (October 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2668"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/28/1974",
"basic_date": "10/28/1974",
"date": "10/28/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Luna 23*. (October 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2669"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/9/1974",
"basic_date": "11/9/1974",
"date": "11/9/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Carbondale \\(New Jersey?\\), 3 teenagers see an object of light fall into a small lake outside of town. They observe a yellow-white glow under the water that moves up to 25 feet from the shore. The boys are questioned by the police for 3 hours while various vehicles equipped with spotlights and cranes remove a disc-shaped object and put it into a truck. (Saturday, November 9th, 7:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2670"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/11/1974",
"basic_date": "11/11/1974",
"date": "11/11/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A railway lantern and a battery are found in the lake and officials describe it all as a hoax. (Monday 11th November)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2671"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/17/1974",
"basic_date": "11/17/1974",
"date": "11/17/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in Denmark. Similar to [Case No. 50](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Documents/Officiels/condon/case50.htm) of the Condon Report. See images/1974-11-17.jpg. (November 17)",
"ref": [
"*UFOs: The Secret History*, Michael Hesemann",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2672"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/19/1974",
"basic_date": "12/19/1974",
"date": "12/19/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the first Symphonie satellite. (19 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2673"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1974",
"basic_date": "12/21/1974",
"date": "12/21/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Tracks in cultures \\(pictured\\) similar to those in Tully near Forbes \\(Australia\\). See images/1974-12-21.gif. (December 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2674"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/26/1974",
"basic_date": "12/26/1974",
"date": "12/26/1974",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Saliout 4*. (26 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1974.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2675"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/3/1975",
"basic_date": "1/3/1975",
"date": "1/3/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation by Commander [Michel Asseline](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AsselineMichel.html) on the Air France New York-Paris flight, south of Jersey Island. (3 January, 10 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2676"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/4/1975",
"basic_date": "1/4/1975",
"date": "1/4/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Michel Asseline](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AsselineMichel.html) discovers a news article about the landing of a UFO which could be the one from his observation. (4 January)",
"ref": [
" \\[VSD 9808 H, p. 31\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2677"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/5/1975",
"basic_date": "1/5/1975",
"date": "1/5/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Browstone \\(Illinois\\). See images/1975-01-05.jpg. (January 5th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2678"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/20/1975",
"basic_date": "1/20/1975",
"date": "1/20/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Annual AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Claude Poher and Jacques Vallée present *Basic patterns in UFO observations*, a publication on the fundamental characteristics of the UFO phenomenon, which represents the culmination of the scientific and [statistical](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Statistiques.html) approach to the UFO phenomenon. (January 20-22)",
"ref": [
"Poher-Vallee 1975",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2679"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/25/1975",
"basic_date": "1/25/1975",
"date": "1/25/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A small group of people --- including ufologists --- observe various phenomena multiple times in a wooded area near Der-Chantecoq lake \\(near Eclaron, in Haute-Marne\\). Light balls on the water, motionless then dancing a ballet and seeming to react to the reactions of the witnesses; light balls on the ground or at high altitude; shape appearing from afar like a military target \\(circle on rectangle\\) but up close like a solid in slow rotation. (January 25th to February 5th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2680"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/8/1975",
"basic_date": "3/8/1975",
"date": "3/8/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Billy Meier](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MeierEduardAlbert.html) takes this photograph in Ober-Sadelegg Switzerland. (March 8th, 5:40 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2681"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/11/1975",
"basic_date": "3/11/1975",
"date": "3/11/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Val d'Oise and the entire Paris region, a series of unexplained aerial explosions were heard. (11 March, 10 PM)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2682"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/18/1975",
"basic_date": "3/18/1975",
"date": "3/18/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Billy Meier](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MeierEduardAlbert.html) takes this photograph of the supposed \"Semjase\" device at Winkelriet Switzerland. (9 h 06)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2683"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/18/1975",
"basic_date": "3/18/1975",
"date": "3/18/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in Hamilton \\(Ontario, Canada\\). See images/1975-04-18.gif. (March 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2684"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/11/1975",
"basic_date": "5/11/1975",
"date": "5/11/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in Chiba \\(Japan\\). See images/1975-05-11.jpg. (May 11th, 09:00)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2685"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/25/1975",
"basic_date": "4/25/1975",
"date": "4/25/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Roissy \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a round object in transit between the South and the North, until Orly. (April 25th, 8:51 PM)",
"ref": [
" \\[*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16th 1997\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2686"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/31/1975",
"basic_date": "5/31/1975",
"date": "5/31/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [ESA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgsScientifiques.html\\#ESA). (May 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2687"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/8/1975",
"basic_date": "6/8/1975",
"date": "6/8/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Departure of the *Venera 9*, which will take photographs of the surface of [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). (June 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2688"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/10/1975",
"basic_date": "6/10/1975",
"date": "6/10/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Publication of the Report [Rockfeller](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RockefellerDavid.html). (June 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2689"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/12/1975",
"basic_date": "7/12/1975",
"date": "7/12/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Billy Meier](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MeierEduardAlbert.html) takes these photographs of the alleged \"Semjase\" device at Berg-Rumilkon Switzerland. (July 12, 10:30am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2690"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1975",
"basic_date": "7/17/1975",
"date": "7/17/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st docking between a Soviet vessel and an American vessel, on the occasion of the *Soyouz-Apollo* mission. (July 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2691"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/31/1975",
"basic_date": "7/31/1975",
"date": "7/31/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Loxton \\(South Africa\\)\\[ZA.html\\], Danie Van Graan approaches what he first believes to be a caravan in his field, but it has no wheels. He hears a buzzing and sees 4 strange occupants in the object. A beam of light strikes him, he is disoriented. The intensity of the sound increases, and the object takes off quickly. Tracks are discovered on the ground, as well as a grey powder; the vegetation is affected. (July 31st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2692"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/31/1975",
"basic_date": "7/31/1975",
"date": "7/31/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in Switzerland. See images/1975.gif.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2693"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1975",
"basic_date": "8/1975",
"date": "8/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beginning of a series of observations, where all the American bases in the North and some nearby Canadian bases will be visited by flying objects. Documents from [NORAD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NORAD.html), declassified in the 1980s in accordance with the [FOIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#FOIA), attest to this activity. Civilian observations confirm and complete a surprising picture.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2694"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/18/1975",
"basic_date": "8/18/1975",
"date": "8/18/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting in Fort Morgan \\(Colorado\\) at the Civil Defense offices regarding cattle mutilations. (August 18th, 10am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2695"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1975",
"basic_date": "8/20/1975",
"date": "8/20/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Departure of *Vicking 1* to Mars. (August 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2696"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/29/1975",
"basic_date": "8/29/1975",
"date": "8/29/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In France, a French gamekeeper spotted a green cigar: At 6:25 AM, it was normally daylight and the weather was slightly foggy, I was parking my moped against a slope and my gaze was automatically directed towards the farm \\(...\\). Suddenly I saw a strange craft hovering vertically above this house and about 50 m in altitude. This craft was coming in my direction. It had the shape of a shell, its color was very light green, when it passed in front of me the craft dazzled me as if looking directly at the sun. On its passage it left a trail that could be a kind of condensation and not smoke. It emitted absolutely no sound, its passage probably lasted only half a second. Its speed seemed slightly higher than the majority of meteors that can be commonly observed in space \\(...\\). It seemed to me that the cylindrical craft at the back measured 2 m in diameter and about 3 m in length. It apparently had no windows or other visible openings. There were also no fins or other superstructure on this craft. The back was flat and light green in color as well as the entire body in the shape of a shell. (August 29, 6:25 AM)",
"ref": [
"J.-C. Bourret, Le Nouveau Défi des OVNI, ed. France Empire, 1977, p. 196",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2697"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1975",
"basic_date": "8/27/1975",
"date": "8/27/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the 2nd Symphonie satellite. (August 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2698"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/9/1975",
"basic_date": "9/9/1975",
"date": "9/9/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Departure of *Vicking 2* to Mars. (9 September)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2699"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/23/1975",
"basic_date": "9/23/1975",
"date": "9/23/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of Colonel [Jack Krine](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KrineJack.html) during a night training mission in the Cambrai region. (September 23rd, 11 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2700"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1975",
"basic_date": "10/1975",
"date": "10/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting of [David Stephens](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#StephensDavid) in Norway \\(Maine\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2701"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1975",
"basic_date": "10/7/1975",
"date": "10/7/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Eric Gairy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GairyEric.html) speaks at the 30th session of the [UN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/UN.html) General Assembly. (October 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2702"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/9/1975",
"basic_date": "10/9/1975",
"date": "10/9/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the 1st N-1 rocket by Japan. (9 October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2703"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/16/1975",
"basic_date": "10/16/1975",
"date": "10/16/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Nine sightings are reported to [NORAD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NORAD.html) in the night at Great Falls \\(Montana\\). (October 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2704"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/22/1975",
"basic_date": "10/22/1975",
"date": "10/22/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st photo of the surface of [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html) by *Venera 9*. (October 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2705"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1975",
"basic_date": "10/27/1975",
"date": "10/27/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A buzzing UFO, emitting a white stroboscopic light and orange and reddish lights, approaches within 300 m of a nuclear weapons warehouse of the Loring Air Force Base \\(Maine\\). During the 90 minutes that the UFO is visiting, it is tracked by radar. (October 27th, 8 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2706"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/29/1975",
"basic_date": "10/29/1975",
"date": "10/29/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The radar at Loring Base \\(Maine\\) detects an unknown heading once again towards the weapons depot. A helicopter fails in its attempt to make visual contact with the UFO. (October 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2707"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/30/1975",
"basic_date": "10/30/1975",
"date": "10/30/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A UFO is spotted on 3 different occasions but a helicopter sent to intercept it cannot make contact with it. (October 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2708"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/31/1975",
"basic_date": "10/31/1975",
"date": "10/31/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As the day before, UFOs fly in formation above a weapons warehouse of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Wirtsmith \\(Michigan\\). An aircraft takes off to intercept them but also fails to make contact. (October 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2709"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1975",
"basic_date": "11/5/1975",
"date": "11/5/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Abduction of [Travis Walton](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#WaltonTravis). (November 5th, 6 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2710"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/7/1975",
"basic_date": "11/7/1975",
"date": "11/7/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A large number of UFOs conduct reconnaissance at the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Malmstrom \\(Montana\\), the [ICBM](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ICBM.html) launch sites in the same state, and also visit the Air Force base in Minot \\(North Dakota\\). (November 7-10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2711"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/8/1975",
"basic_date": "11/8/1975",
"date": "11/8/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 2 F-106 jets from the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in Great Falls \\(Montana\\) take off in pursuit of 7 UFOs flying at an altitude between 2850 and 4650 m. But the UFOs accelerate and decelerate quickly, able to go from 5.6 km/h to 275 km/h and, in doing so, become invisible. (November 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2712"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/8/1975",
"basic_date": "11/8/1975",
"date": "11/8/1975",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) It is formally the responsibility of the gendarmerie to systematically collect reports of UFO sightings.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1975.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2713"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/6/1976",
"basic_date": "1/6/1976",
"date": "1/6/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mona Stafford, Louise Smith, and Elaine Thomas left for Lancaster to celebrate Mona's birthday. They were near Stanford \\(Kentucky\\), returning to Liberty on the narrow and winding Route 78. A red UFO, possibly 30 m in diameter, appears in the sky to the East. It is topped with a bluish-white dome with a blinding light. The UFO sends out blue beams of light and one of them illuminates the car. Louise, the driver, stops the vehicle. Mona tries to get out but is paralyzed. Louise restarts the car and, as the two protagonists approach a tunnel carved into the rock, the car loses control, speeding at 140 km/h on a straight, long, and traffic-free road that has nothing to do with the real Route 78. The trio feels an intense heat. (11:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2714"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/6/1976",
"basic_date": "1/6/1976",
"date": "1/6/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Things return to normal and they arrive at the caravan which serves as Louise's home, 90 minutes later than expected. The following days, all three of them will suffer from burning sensations and weight loss. The three friends will go through a lie detector test. During a hypnosis regression, Mona Stafford will give a detailed description of an abduction in which her body was covered with a painful liquid and a tube inserted into her stomach. (1:25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2715"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/21/1976",
"basic_date": "1/21/1976",
"date": "1/21/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First commercial flight of the Concorde. (21 January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2716"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/3/1976",
"basic_date": "3/3/1976",
"date": "3/3/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Colonel [Claude Bosc](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BoscClaude.html) makes an observation in the Poitiers region aboard a Lockheed T-33SF. (March 3, 11 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2717"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/22/1976",
"basic_date": "3/22/1976",
"date": "3/22/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A couple driving towards Murrundi \\(New South Wales\\) stops to consult the map. It is at this moment that a small white car approaches them, and they get out of their car in the hope of asking for directions. A bright yellow-green light suddenly descends from the sky, hiding the approaching car, then disappears. The vehicle veers off the wrong side of the road and is then enveloped in a white mist. The car stops, lights off. A woman gets out and wipes the windshield with a garment. Then she throws the garment to the ground, and it catches fire. She was gone before the stunned couple could react. As the car passes them, they notice it is covered in a thick white substance that was not unlike white paint. There is it everywhere except for the windshield where it had been wiped off. (March 22, 5:45)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2718"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/27/1976",
"basic_date": "3/27/1976",
"date": "3/27/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the intersection formed by Lacaussade Boulevard and Sainte-Marie and des Molières Streets, to the west of the Saint-Denis agglomeration \\(Réunion\\), Gendarme M. G. is parked on the right sidewalk of the boulevard when he sees a fog patch about 15 or 20 m above the grassy median at the center of the intersection, on the side of La Rivière. The small cloud rises and disappears quickly, in a South-Southwest direction (March 27, 6:50-6:55)",
"ref": [
"\\[Bourret, L'armée parle\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2719"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/28/1976",
"basic_date": "3/28/1976",
"date": "3/28/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photographs of [Billy Meier](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MeierEduardAlbert.html) \\(see below\\) at Bachtel-Unterbachte, presented as showing \"Pleiadian craft\". (9 h 38)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2720"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/28/1976",
"basic_date": "3/28/1976",
"date": "3/28/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Another similar observation to [Bachtelhornli-Unterbachtels](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.bachtelhornli-unterbachtels.ch/). (16 h 50)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2721"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1976",
"basic_date": "3/30/1976",
"date": "3/30/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Saint-Denis \\(Reunion\\), on the instructions of the Lieutenant Colonel commanding the Gendarmerie group, the [Gendarmerie](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Gendarmerie.html) is carrying out a reconstruction of the observation of Gendarme M. on March 27 (March 30, 7:30)",
"ref": [
"\\[Bourret, L'armée parle\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2722"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/12/1976",
"basic_date": "5/12/1976",
"date": "5/12/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Retrieval of 4 bodies by the United States following a crash in the Australian desert.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2723"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/12/1976",
"basic_date": "5/12/1976",
"date": "5/12/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photograph taken on May 12 near Paso Fondo \\(Brazil\\). See images/1976-05-12\\_1.gif.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2724"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1976",
"basic_date": "1976",
"date": "Spring 1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Numerous UFO sightings around USAF bases in the northern United States. (Spring)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2725"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/22/1976",
"basic_date": "6/22/1976",
"date": "6/22/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Saliout 5*. It will re-enter the following year. (June 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2726"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/27/1976",
"basic_date": "6/27/1976",
"date": "6/27/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) General [Carlos Castro Cavero](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/militaires.html\\#CaveroCarlosCastro) declares in an interview that he believes UFOs are extraterrestrial craft and that data is exchanged globally about them. (June 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2727"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/20/1976",
"basic_date": "7/20/1976",
"date": "7/20/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The \"lander\" of *Vicking 1* lands on Mars at *Chryse Planitia*. (July 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2728"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1976",
"basic_date": "1976",
"date": "Summer 1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As I was walking with a friend. At the time, a member of my family was the victim of a serious accident that inflicted severe burns all over his body. He lay in a critical state between life and death, enduring terrible suffering. The father and mother of this person were at my parents' house that evening, expressing their faith in God as to the outcome of this misfortune. This pitiful scene, of this father and this mother, confronted with this terrible accident, had truly moved me. The atmosphere becoming unbearable, I decided to take my friend home. All along the way, an inner tearing weighed on me more and more. Was reality only the result of random events, without order or purpose, where human existence would be fortuitous and without finality? Faced with this existential anguish, from the depths of my being, while looking at the starry sky, a question arose: if there is an order, a purpose, something that guides creation, making us something other than miserable beasts, give me a sign? \\(In short, the kind of question we all ask ourselves at least once in our lives\\). As incredible as it may seem, as soon as I finished my request, a luminous disc, or a globe, of a size larger than the full [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html), crossed a good portion of the sky \\(about 60° on an arc of 180°\\), in just 2 to 3 s. The disc seemed to be at about the same altitude as that taken by commercial transport airliners, about 10,000 m. These details give the object a considerable size and speed. I quickly alerted my friend so that she could look at this disc, of pale phosphorescent green color, crossing the zenith at a phenomenal speed. She had just enough time to see it disappear, leaving behind a trail of multicolored particles. This myriad of particles persisted for about a minute after the disappearance of the object, giving us the opportunity to observe attentively the trail of multicolored points slowly fading. We were both stunned, as you can imagine. The surprise was even greater for me, since the manifestation answered the expression of a sincere desire! (Summer evening)",
"ref": [
"Testimony sent to the site by a known ufologist wishing to remain anonymous, November 2004",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2729"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/9/1976",
"basic_date": "8/9/1976",
"date": "8/9/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Suddenly a light appears in the sky near Jaboticatubas, north of Belo Horizonte \\(Brazil\\). It stops above a group of 3 people: 2 old women, Anita and Geralda, and an illiterate farmer of 30 years old, Cicilio Higinio Pereira. Terrorized, the trio flees. One of the farmer's sandals tears, so he kneels down to try to repair it because the stones of the path hurt his foot. Suddenly \\(he will later tell the ufologist Hulvio Alexio\\) the object is above him. It looks like a huge open umbrella. The light it emits becomes so intense that the smallest detail of the ground becomes visible. The UFO descends and the farmer has the impression that he would just have to raise his arm to touch it. Imploring God and his saints, Cicilio rolls on the ground in the hope of escaping the luminous apparition. But it follows him and he feels momentarily lifted off the ground. A cold wind accompanied by a buzzing and a smell of sulfur envelops him. The UFO still hovers for a moment, enough time for Cicilio to glimpse inside - through a \"door\" that briefly opens - 2 or 3 silhouettes of a little more than 1 m tall. Then, in a few seconds, the UFO disappears. Getting up as best he can, Cicilio goes home, dazed and shaken by nausea. He spends the rest of the night vomiting. From that day on, the illness never leaves him. Unable to do anything, he mostly stays in bed, prey to extreme weakness and deep apathy. A little more than 2 months after his encounter with the UFO - which he nicknamed, for an obscure reason, \"the train\" - and despite a brief remission of the illness, he dies. His family immediately burns the body, as no doctor practices in the area. In the absence of an autopsy, it is therefore impossible to determine the cause of death. However, exhaustion and vomiting suggest the action of a fatal radiation for the man. (August 9th, 8 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2730"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/3/1976",
"basic_date": "9/3/1976",
"date": "9/3/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The \"lander\" of *Vicking 2* lands on Mars at *Utopia Planitia*. (3 September)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2731"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/9/1976",
"basic_date": "9/9/1976",
"date": "9/9/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of Mao. (9 September)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2732"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/10/1976",
"basic_date": "9/10/1976",
"date": "9/10/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Colusa \\(California\\), [Bill Pecha](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#PechaWilliam) observes discs at a short distance from his home. (September 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2733"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/11/1976",
"basic_date": "9/11/1976",
"date": "9/11/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Maine \\(United States\\), [Herbert Hopkins](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#HopkinsHerbert) receives a visit from a [MIB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MIB.html) while investigating a UFO sighting in Maine. His daughter-in-law and son will also receive a visit. (September 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2734"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/11/1976",
"basic_date": "9/11/1976",
"date": "9/11/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A UFO was photographed in Morocco in the early hours of September 19. See images/1976-09-19.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2735"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/11/1976",
"basic_date": "9/11/1976",
"date": "9/11/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Observation of Tehran](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1976-09-19\\_Teheran.html). (0 h 30 à 1 h 40)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2736"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/11/1976",
"basic_date": "9/11/1976",
"date": "9/11/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A UFO \\(the one from Tehran?\\) is seen flying, roughly parallel to the Atlantic coast, above Morocco \\(North Africa\\). For 1 hour, since around 1 AM local time, a bright UFO leaving sparks in its wake is slowly flying at an estimated altitude of 1000 m, flying over Morocco from south to north. Reports come from Agadir, Kalaa Sraghna, Essaouira, Casablanca, Rabat and Fez. The UFO seen from afar looked like a disc and up close like a cylinder. (4 or 5 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2737"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/11/1976",
"basic_date": "9/11/1976",
"date": "9/11/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) November photograph in Indonesia. See images/1976-11.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2738"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/11/1976",
"basic_date": "9/11/1976",
"date": "9/11/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Viking Probe on Mars.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2739"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1976",
"basic_date": "10/7/1976",
"date": "10/7/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Eric Gairy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GairyEric.html) speaks at the 31st session of the [UN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ONU.html) General Assembly. (October 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2740"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/20/1976",
"basic_date": "10/20/1976",
"date": "10/20/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Spanish researcher Juan José Benitez receives from his government a 78-page dossier concerning the 12 best authenticated UFO cases. This documentation contains photos and a film taken by a military pilot. (October 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2741"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1976",
"basic_date": "11/5/1976",
"date": "11/5/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Rives \\(Isère\\), a physicist observed a white luminous disc surrounded by a greenish halo, silent, moving in the sky, then stopping and moving away at great speed in another direction. 2 other people independently saw the UFO. (November 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2742"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1976",
"basic_date": "11/1976",
"date": "11/1976",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation \\(see below\\) at South Herwang \\(Indonesia\\). (November, 2 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1976.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2743"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/7/1977",
"basic_date": "3/7/1977",
"date": "3/7/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Chaumont region, during a night navigation and bombing exercise mission, encounter of Colonel [René Giraud](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/pilotes.html\\#GiraudRene) and his navigator. (March 7th, 8:34 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2744"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/9/1977",
"basic_date": "5/9/1977",
"date": "5/9/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in New Mexico. See images/1977-05.jpg. (May 9th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2745"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1977",
"basic_date": "4/5/1977",
"date": "4/5/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery of 11 bodies following a crash in the southwest of Ohio. (April 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2746"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/25/1977",
"basic_date": "4/25/1977",
"date": "4/25/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Pampa Lluscuma \\(Peru-Chile border\\), 5 km from Putre inside Arica, a military patrol of 8 soldiers observe a strange light. Corporal Armando Valdes Garrido states: The light stayed there all night. Nobody knew what it was. Until it started to descend... But finally, when it descended from the mountain, slowly, it appeared to us as 2 lights. One after the other. Very close... The corporal approaches the light asking it to identify itself. He advances and gradually disappears entering a kind of mist. 15 minutes later he reappears asking for help. When he is found, his beard has grown several mm and his watch shows the date of April 30th. (April 25th, 4am)",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H, Interview of the corporal on television",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2747"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1977",
"basic_date": "1977",
"date": "Spring 1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Numerous UFO sightings around USAF bases in the northern United States. (Spring)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2748"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/16/1977",
"basic_date": "6/16/1977",
"date": "6/16/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of [Werhner von Braun](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VonBraunWernher.html). (June 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2749"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/21/1977",
"basic_date": "6/21/1977",
"date": "6/21/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Centeno \\(Argentina\\), an object was photographed \\(see below\\) by an anonymous source. A similar object was observed 2 years earlier in Ontario \\(Canada\\). See images/1977-06-21_1.gif, images/1977-06-21_2.gif, images/1977-06-21_3.gif, images/1977-06-21_3.gif. (June 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2750"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/22/1977",
"basic_date": "6/22/1977",
"date": "6/22/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery of 5 bodies following a crash in the Northwest of Arizona. (June 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2751"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1977",
"basic_date": "7/1977",
"date": "7/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Gonesse \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of an upside-down saucer for 20 minutes. (20 h)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2752"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1977",
"basic_date": "7/7/1977",
"date": "7/7/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Zhang Po \\(Fujian, China\\), 3000 people are gathered to attend an outdoor screening of the Romanian film, *Alert on the Danube Delta*. 2 immense orange UFOs suddenly descend from the sky and hover above the heads of the spectators, buzzing and so close that they can feel the heat. A few seconds later, they rise and disappear into the night. (July 7th, 8:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2753"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1977",
"basic_date": "7/7/1977",
"date": "7/7/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beginning of a wave of attacks around the village of Corales \\(50 km north of Belem\\) which will end in November 1978. Bob Pratt will be able to collect, in July 1993, the testimony of Doctor [Wellaide Cecim](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CarvalhoWellaideCecim.html) Carvalho who witnessed the injuries inflicted by mysterious UFO attacks.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2754"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/11/1977",
"basic_date": "7/11/1977",
"date": "7/11/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Floradad \\(Uruguay\\), a reporter on assignment from one of the largest Uruguayan cities photographs \\(see below\\) a strange object as it circles around him multiple times. See images/1977-07-11_Floradad_Uruguay.jpg. (11 July)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2755"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/21/1977",
"basic_date": "7/21/1977",
"date": "7/21/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Frank Press, scientific advisor to President [Carter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CarterJamesEarl.html), sends a letter to Robert Frosch, administrator of [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html), recommending that a small investigative committee \\(...\\) be set up to see if any new significant evidence has been found since the [Condon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CondonEdwardUlher.html) report. (July 21)",
"ref": [
"Sturrock 2001",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2756"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/1977",
"basic_date": "7/26/1977",
"date": "7/26/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in Maldonada \\(Uruguay\\). See images/1977-07-26.gif. (July 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2757"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/12/1977",
"basic_date": "8/12/1977",
"date": "8/12/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First atmospheric flight of the American shuttle *Enterprise* from a Boeing 747. (August 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2758"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/12/1977",
"basic_date": "8/12/1977",
"date": "8/12/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recording the \"WOW\" signal. See images/WOW\\_450.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2759"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1977",
"basic_date": "8/20/1977",
"date": "8/20/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the American probe *Voyager 2*, heading to the 4 giant planets. (August 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2760"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/5/1977",
"basic_date": "9/5/1977",
"date": "9/5/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Voyager 1.* It will fly over [Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html) and Saturn then plunge into interplanetary space. (September 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2761"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/10/1977",
"basic_date": "9/10/1977",
"date": "9/10/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Colusa \\(California\\), [Bill Pecha](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#PechaWilliam) observes discs at a short distance from his home. (September 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2762"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/11/1977",
"basic_date": "9/11/1977",
"date": "9/11/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Maine \\(United States\\), [Herbert Hopkins](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#HopkinsHerbert) receives a visit from a [MIB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MIB.html) while investigating a UFO sighting in Maine. His daughter-in-law and son will also receive a visit. (September 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2763"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/18/1977",
"basic_date": "9/18/1977",
"date": "9/18/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Tehran \\(Iran\\), alerted by several calls from civilians reporting a large, very bright star, and two airport controllers detecting an unidentified object, the US army dispatched an [F-4](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/appareils.html\\#F4) Phantom to meet it. The pilot confirmed the existence of the UFO, round in shape. When he approached, it accelerated several times the speed of sound, then, making a sudden turn, it began to pursue his fighter for a few minutes. When the pilot wanted to fire, the controls did not respond: all instruments, including the radio, refused to work within a radius of 5 km around the object. He had to return to base. A second F-4 was sent on reconnaissance. Upon arriving in view of the target, an object resembling a missile dived on the plane. The pilot had to dive to escape the fire. The object stopped abruptly and immediately returned to \"merge\" into the UFO. (September 18/19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2764"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/18/1977",
"basic_date": "9/18/1977",
"date": "9/18/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photography of the Petrozavodsk observation on September 20. See images/1977-09-20\\_250.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2765"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"date": "9/30/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Yonne, gendarmes observe the ballet of several luminous devices. Their report describes: We observe from our observation point that luminous sets are evolving in the terrestrial atmosphere at vertiginous speeds... The investigators count 7 of them. These unidentified flying objects \\(UFOs\\) are, for some, in the shape of diamonds whose angles are lit by several lights emitting a whitish incandescent light. Some of them have a strong orange-red light in the middle, clearly visible, sending out flashes. Others, circular, give the impression of being adorned on their periphery with a concentric ramp with a good number of lights: these are white or yellowish. They get lost in the infinite. None of them change shape or color. These UFOs move making very disordered movements, ascending or descending, rotary or spiroid, at lightning speeds. They stabilize, restart abruptly... They disappear or reappear suddenly during their evolutions. During the entire observation made by the military of the [gendarmerie](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Gendarmerie.html), no sound of engine or reactor is heard from these UFOs and we do not notice any trace of their passage. These UFOs do not come from any particular direction, in the same way that they disappear towards any point. (9 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2766"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"date": "9/30/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A UFO approaches the observers: A large glowing reddish ball appears. It stops, then moves again at a reduced speed and horizontally over a distance of about 600 m. At this moment, its altitude is estimated at 60 m. A witness observes it with binoculars. He only notices an orange-red sphere, surrounded by a bright and narrow halo, without noticing any activity on or around it. The mysterious craft stops at the horn of a poplar grove and fades into the darkness... Its slow maneuver lasted a few minutes. (9:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2767"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"date": "9/30/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) UFO activity gradually subsides and the last one is seen at 21 h 45, after which the sky regained its tranquility. (21 h 45)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2768"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"date": "9/30/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During his campaign for the presidential elections, [Jimmy Carter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/dirigeants.html\\#CarterJamesEarl) promised to make public all documents concerning UFOs held by the American administration.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2769"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"date": "9/30/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Under hypnosis, [Betty Andreasson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#AndreassonBetty) remembers the event she experienced on January 25th [1967](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1967.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2770"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"date": "9/30/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Viking Probe on [Mars](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Mars.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2771"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"basic_date": "9/30/1977",
"date": "9/30/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Bruce Maccabee](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MaccabeeBruceSargent.html) obtains a copy of the FBI's [memo](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FBI.html) from March 22nd [1950](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1950.html) under the [FOIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#FOIA).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2772"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/20/1977",
"basic_date": "10/20/1977",
"date": "10/20/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Spanish researcher Juan José Benitez receives from his government a 78-page dossier concerning the 12 best authenticated UFO cases. This documentation contains photos and a film taken by a military pilot. (October 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2773"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1977",
"basic_date": "11/5/1977",
"date": "11/5/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Rives \\(Isère\\), a physicist observed a white luminous disc surrounded by a greenish halo, silent, moving in the sky, then stopping and moving away at high speed in another direction. 2 other people have seen the UFO independently. (November 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2774"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/16/1977",
"basic_date": "11/16/1977",
"date": "11/16/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Have Blue \\(\\#1001\\), the prototype of the stealth fighter [F-117A](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/F117.html), arrives at [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) for test flights. (November 16)",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2775"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/1/1977",
"basic_date": "12/1/1977",
"date": "12/1/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First flight of the [F-117A](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/F117.html) Have Blue prototype at [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html). (December 1st)",
"ref": [
"Peter Merlin, *Dreamland - the Air Force's Remote Test Site*, article for *Aerotech News and Review* April 1st, 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2776"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1977",
"basic_date": "12/21/1977",
"date": "12/21/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In his response to Frank Press's letter of July 21, Robert Frosch, administrator of [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html), refuses to mount a research effort or convene a symposium, considering the absence of physical evidence that can be analyzed in the laboratory. However, he adds, if, in the future, some material evidence is brought to our attention, it would be fully justified for the [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html) laboratory to study any unexplained organic or inorganic sample and publish the results; we are ready to bona fide examine physical evidence from credible sources. We leave the door wide open to such a possibility. (December 21)",
"ref": [
"Sturrock 2001",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2777"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1977",
"basic_date": "12/21/1977",
"date": "12/21/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In *The High Frontier*, American physicist Gerard O'Neill explores the concept of orbital cities.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2778"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1977",
"basic_date": "12/21/1977",
"date": "12/21/1977",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Release of the movie *Close Encounters of the Third Kind* by [Steven Spielberg](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SpielbergSteven.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1977.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2779"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/4/1978",
"basic_date": "1/4/1978",
"date": "1/4/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Kawaga, Miki-Cho \\(Japan\\), Hirobumi Matsushita takes pictures with a (4 January (February ?), 3 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2780"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/4/1978",
"basic_date": "1/4/1978",
"date": "1/4/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Friends notice a shiny golden and colored object flying high above them in the blue sky. There are no clouds and a light breeze is blowing, but not enough to carry debris so high in the air. The object seems to be moving on its own, apparently under intelligent control. Matsushita adjusts his device and takes some photos of the strange object before it disappears. See images/1978-01-04.jpg, images/1978-02-04.gif, images/1978-02-04\\_1.gif",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2781"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/16/1978",
"basic_date": "1/16/1978",
"date": "1/16/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the air explosions wave. 200 explosions have been recorded since November 1977. (January 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2782"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/18/1978",
"basic_date": "1/18/1978",
"date": "1/18/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As an [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) security officer was on a routine patrol around the American base of McGuire \\(New Jersey\\), several witnesses saw a UFO flying over the base. A member of the Military Police pursued the craft that had flown over his car. Shortly after, the military police member saw a 1m tall being which he described as brown-gray, thin, with a large head and long arms. The policeman fired 5 times at the creature and once at the UFO above him. It shot vertically to join 11 other stationary objects far in the sky. The creature's body was found near the airstrip by the security officer and a patrol who noticed the nauseating smell coming from it, like ammonia. Later in the day, a team from the USAF base of Wright-Patterson arrived on the spot, sprayed the body with chemicals, put it in a box, loaded it in a C-141 troop transport and left. (January 18)",
"ref": [
"Report of an Air Force Security Officer",
"FX 95-2654",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2783"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/20/1978",
"basic_date": "1/20/1978",
"date": "1/20/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the first Soviet cargo ship *Progress.* (January 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2784"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/26/1978",
"basic_date": "1/26/1978",
"date": "1/26/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the IUE ultraviolet satellite \\(ESA-[NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html)\\). (January 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2785"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/15/1978",
"basic_date": "2/15/1978",
"date": "2/15/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Unidentified aerial explosion. (February 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2786"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/22/1978",
"basic_date": "2/22/1978",
"date": "2/22/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the first Navstar satellite of the American GPS network. (February 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2787"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1978",
"basic_date": "3/1978",
"date": "3/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beginning of a wave of observation of long cylindrical objects above Lake Michigan.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2788"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/17/1978",
"basic_date": "3/17/1978",
"date": "3/17/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting with [Ken Edward](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#EdwardKen) \\(England\\). (March 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2789"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/25/1978",
"basic_date": "3/25/1978",
"date": "3/25/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Y. S., 23 years old, living with his parents in the village of Saint-Armel \\(Ile-et-Vilaine\\) sees, on the communal road No. 202, between the village of Saint-Armel and the place called \"les Apprix\", an enormous disc of orange color a few meters from the ground and which causes the stop of his automobile vehicle. The disc disappears and the vehicle restarts after a few seconds (0 h 30)",
"ref": [
"Bourret, L'armée parle",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2790"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/25/1978",
"basic_date": "3/25/1978",
"date": "3/25/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Y. S. and his fiancée C. R., 18 years old, see at the same place as the day before beams of light coming from different places and directed towards their vehicle (23 h 30)",
"ref": [
"Bourret, L'armée parle",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2791"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/26/1978",
"basic_date": "3/26/1978",
"date": "3/26/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) C. S., Town Secretary of Saint-Armel \\(Saint-Erblon\\), calls the Vitré Gendarmerie Company of Ile-et-Vilaine to report the observation of her brother-in-law on March 25th. The gendarmes ask Mrs. S. to invite Y. S. and his fiancée to testify at the local gendarmerie (13 h 30)",
"ref": [
"Bourret, L'armée parle",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2792"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/26/1978",
"basic_date": "3/26/1978",
"date": "3/26/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Y. S. and his fiancée present themselves at the local [gendarmerie](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Gendarmerie.html) (14 h 15)",
"ref": [
"Bourret, L'armée parle",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2793"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/29/1978",
"basic_date": "3/29/1978",
"date": "3/29/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Indianapolis \\(Indiana\\), 3 truckers driving in convoy are chatting on their CB when a bright blue light envelops the 3 trucks for about 5 seconds. None of the 3 men can see beyond the hood of their truck. All outside noise ceases. The CBs stop working and the truck engines start to fail. Then, the blue light - described by a nearby car driver as a kind of bright blue lampshade above the 3 trucks - disappears and everything suddenly returns to normal. The last trucker in line yells into his CB: Hey, UFO, if you hear me, I want to go with you! The blue light returns, for about 15 seconds, and causes the same effects as before; the speed of the trucks drops to 8 km/h. When the light disappears again, everything returns to normal. (March 29, 9:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2794"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/2/1978",
"basic_date": "4/2/1978",
"date": "4/2/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Newfoundland, on Bell Island, facing the coastal town of Anglee, 3 violent explosions are heard above Jim Bickford's house. The phone is ripped off the wall, the television implodes, strong surges manifest and three 50 centimeter holes appear in the snow. (April 2nd)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2795"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1978",
"basic_date": "4/17/1978",
"date": "4/17/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo of April 17th in Hot Springs. See images/1978-04-17.gif. (April 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2796"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1978",
"basic_date": "4/17/1978",
"date": "4/17/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation photographed in Hot Springs \\(Arkansas\\). See http://membres.tripod.fr/rr0/images/1978-04-17.gif. (April 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2797"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1978",
"basic_date": "4/17/1978",
"date": "4/17/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), beginning of the stealth aircraft program *Tacit Blue*.",
"ref": [
"USAF Press Release of January 4, 1996",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2798"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/19/1978",
"basic_date": "4/19/1978",
"date": "4/19/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Colfax \\(Wisconsin\\), Mark Coltrone photographs a \"flying saucer\". (April 19, 1:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2799"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/4/1978",
"basic_date": "5/4/1978",
"date": "5/4/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Have Blue*, the first F117 prototype crashes at [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) after its landing gear was damaged and it was unable to land. (May 4)",
"ref": [
"Peter Merlin, *Dreamland - the Air Force's Remote Test Site*, article for *Aerotech News and Review* April 1, 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2800"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/6/1978",
"basic_date": "5/6/1978",
"date": "5/6/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A large luminous object crashes on a 4000 m mountain near the village of Padcaya \\(Bolivia\\), on the border with Argentina. An expedition composed of soldiers and scientists is sent to the site but, slowed down by bad weather, finds nothing. (May 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2801"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/9/1978",
"basic_date": "5/9/1978",
"date": "5/9/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Eragny \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of an object shaped like a large truck with portholes at 100m in the process of rising. (May 9, 8am)",
"ref": [
"\\*Val d'Oise Gazette, July 16, 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2802"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/20/1978",
"basic_date": "5/20/1978",
"date": "5/20/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Departure of *Pioneer Venus 1*. (May 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2803"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1978",
"basic_date": "6/1978",
"date": "6/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photograph in Spain. See images/1978-06.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2804"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1978",
"basic_date": "6/1978",
"date": "6/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the [GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html) report of June to the Scientific Committee, [Claude Poher](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PoherClaude.html) indicates that the observed objects are generally physical and of an unknown technology.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2805"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/20/1978",
"basic_date": "6/20/1978",
"date": "6/20/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in Rio de Janeiro. See images/1978-06-20_RioJaneiro_Bresil.jpg. (June 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2806"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1978",
"basic_date": "7/1978",
"date": "7/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the cigar observation wave over Lake Michigan.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2807"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/13/1978",
"basic_date": "7/13/1978",
"date": "7/13/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Las Vegas \\(Nevada\\). See images/1978-07-13.gif. (July 13th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2808"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/14/1978",
"basic_date": "7/14/1978",
"date": "7/14/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting at the headquarters of the [United Nations](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ONU.html) to discuss UN support for the study of UFOs. (14 July)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2809"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/20/1978",
"basic_date": "7/20/1978",
"date": "7/20/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), first flight of the 2nd F117 prototype *Have Blue* \\(\\#1002\\). (July 20)",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2810"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1978",
"basic_date": "9/1978",
"date": "9/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) French ufologists receive, individually, an invitation to a bi-party meeting [GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html)/private groups. If the official goal is to present [GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html) to ufologists, it is unofficially announced that it was a kind of test, to determine with whom [GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html) would be most likely to collaborate.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2811"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/10/1978",
"basic_date": "9/10/1978",
"date": "9/10/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the suburbs of San Miguel de Tucuman \\(Argentina\\), in an empty multipurpose store \\(and also large warehouse\\), Miguel Angel Carbajal, the manager's son, his friend Ledesma and another disabled friend follow a television program in the dining room of the house. A few months earlier, a house near the store had been inexplicably bombarded with stones. Gradually, the image shrinks until it becomes unreadable. They turn off the television and plug in a record player but it runs slow for no reason. Convinced that the electrical network is suffering from a voltage drop, they turn on a small portable radio: the broadcasts are inaudible. They hear noises of objects falling in the store. Thinking of thieves, Carbajal and Ledesma put their disabled friend in safety outside the house, then open the door of the store. Jars of mayonnaise and a bottle of wine are broken on the floor. A scale has also fallen, glass broken. 6 m away from them are 2 beings of human appearance but of small size, dressed in tight-fitting suits, observing them with a threatening attitude. One of the two takes a box filled with cigarette cartridges from a counter and throws it towards the witnesses. Then one of the beings raises a hand to his face: when his index finger comes into contact with his nose, the two entities vanish into the air. (Sunday, September 10)",
"ref": [
"Lecomte",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2812"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/16/1978",
"basic_date": "9/16/1978",
"date": "9/16/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Purugia, Italy, see images/1978-09-16.gif. (September 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2813"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/16/1978",
"basic_date": "9/16/1978",
"date": "9/16/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Installed on the roof of a farm he is restoring in the Loire \\(France\\), a 23 year old man watches with his wife the passage of an unusual light source in the sky and has the impression that the soft purring that accompanied this light is a false engine noise.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2814"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/3/1978",
"basic_date": "10/3/1978",
"date": "10/3/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Hideichi Amano](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AmanoHideichi.html) in Sayama \\(Japan\\). (October 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2815"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/21/1978",
"basic_date": "10/21/1978",
"date": "10/21/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Frederik Valentich](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#ValentichFrederik) takes off from Moorabbin \\(Melbourne, Australia\\) for King Island \\(Bass Strait, Australia\\). (6:19 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2816"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/21/1978",
"basic_date": "10/21/1978",
"date": "10/21/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Frederik Valentich](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#ValentichFrederik) calls Melbourne ground control to report an unidentified aircraft flying around him. The communication is interrupted. (19:06)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2817"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/21/1978",
"basic_date": "10/21/1978",
"date": "10/21/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The search to find [Frederik Valentich's](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#ValentichFrederik) aircraft begins and will last a week, without success. (7:28 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2818"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1978",
"basic_date": "10/27/1978",
"date": "10/27/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Falcone \\(Principality of Piombino, Italy\\), 2 fishermen see a luminous bell-shaped object emerge from the sea with a metallic sound and fly away 50 m from them. (October 27th, 6:40 PM)",
"ref": [
"Cappa and Winter 1979 \\> Haines and Vallée 1989",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2819"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/10/1978",
"basic_date": "11/10/1978",
"date": "11/10/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 7 technicians, including 1 expatriate American citizen, working at Kuwaiti Oil Company's Pumping Station No. 24 in Umm Al-Aish, observe a cylindrical UFO, with a dome and flashing red lights, silently landing not far from them. The oil pumps stop functioning and only resume their normal activity when the UFO departs 7 minutes later. The witnesses estimate its volume to be larger than that of a jumbo jet, but the craft leaves no trace at the landing site. For the entire duration of the sighting, Kuwait's international telecommunications networks will have ceased to function. (November 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2820"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/10/1978",
"basic_date": "11/10/1978",
"date": "11/10/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of November 15. See images/1978-11-15.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2821"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/27/1978",
"basic_date": "11/27/1978",
"date": "11/27/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [J. Allen Hynek](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HynekJosephAllen.html) speaks to the [UN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ONU.html). (November 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2822"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/1/1978",
"basic_date": "12/1/1978",
"date": "12/1/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Eragny \\(Val d'Oise\\), Mrs. B., a mother returning from work, saw from the train, above the Val d'Argenteuil, an elongated shape of an extremely bright orange. The illuminated edges were sharp. See images/1978-12-01_Eragny_1.jpg.",
"ref": [
"[Deforge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DeforgeGegard.html) \\> \\[Gazette du Val d'Oise, 16 July 1997\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2823"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/1/1978",
"basic_date": "12/1/1978",
"date": "12/1/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mr. B.'s husband, a parent of a student at the school, in his garden far from the road heard a violent and increasingly loud noise coming from behind him. He added: \"I was scared for a brief moment that something would hit me from behind. The sound was like a huge screeching of brakes mixed with a kind of scream.",
"ref": [
"[Deforge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DeforgeGegard.html) \\> \\[Gazette du Val d'Oise,\\* 16 Juillet 1997\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2824"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/1/1978",
"basic_date": "12/1/1978",
"date": "12/1/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Conflans-Sainte-Honorine \\(Val d'Oise\\), Mrs. B. again sees an object similar to the one at 6:50 PM. When the possibility of an airplane is mentioned, she responds that no airplane would have appeared so large and could not have had such a large illuminated surface. (7:50 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2825"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/2/1978",
"basic_date": "12/2/1978",
"date": "12/2/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Eragny \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of an elongated cigar with a small lateral light: It advanced, it stopped. At a stop, the white light in the center decreased, then increased like heartbeats \\(it was always visible\\). See images/1978-12-02_Eragny_1.jpg. (7 h 55)",
"ref": [
"Laurent L., 11 years old, CM2 \\> [Deforge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DeforgeGegard.html)",
"Gazette du Val d'Oise,\\* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2826"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/2/1978",
"basic_date": "12/2/1978",
"date": "12/2/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Eragny \\(Val d'Oise\\), Joanna B., 10 years old, CM2, observed an object in the shape of a three-branched star with two feet See images/1978-12-02_Eragny_2.jpg.",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"Joanna B., 10 years old, CM2 \\> [Deforge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DeforgeGegard.html) \\>",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2827"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/2/1978",
"basic_date": "12/2/1978",
"date": "12/2/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Eragny \\(Val d'Oise\\), 100m observation of a stationary black mass with headlights pointed towards the ground See images/1978-12-02_Eragny_3.jpg. Above the Oise, seen on Rue Cl. Bénard... 4 large orange flashing lights, the whole was grey, it moved forward, and it stopped \\(300m from the ground\\)",
"ref": [
"Mr. T., parent of student \\> [Deforge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DeforgeGegard.html) \\> \\[*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2828"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/2/1978",
"basic_date": "12/2/1978",
"date": "12/2/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Eragny \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a large oval mass (8:15)",
"ref": [
"\\[*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16th 1997\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2829"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/4/1978",
"basic_date": "12/4/1978",
"date": "12/4/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Pioneer Venus 1* is the first to be satellized around [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). (4 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2830"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/8/1978",
"basic_date": "12/8/1978",
"date": "12/8/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Following the UFO lobbying efforts led by [Eric Gairy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GairyEric.html), the [UN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ONU.html) finally adopts a resolution \\(in fact a statement of principle\\) in which it commits to keeping informed about the UFO dossier and in which it encourages member states to coordinate, at the national level, scientific research and investigations into extraterrestrial life, including unidentified flying objects, and to inform the Secretary-General of observed cases, research and evaluation of these activities. (December 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2831"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/9/1978",
"basic_date": "12/9/1978",
"date": "12/9/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Pioneer Venus 2* releases a probe towards [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). (9 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2832"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1978",
"basic_date": "12/21/1978",
"date": "12/21/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At dawn, the crew of a Safe Air Argosy cargo plane from Blenheim \\(south of Wellington, South Island\\) to Dunedin/Christchurch \\(New Zealand\\) is asked to divert to try to spot some very unusual objects followed by Wellington airport's radar. According to John Cordy, an air traffic controller, it looks like nothing known. Commander \\(captain?\\) Vern Powell and Captain John Randall thus direct their Argosy towards the area and then see a strange light following the plane for 19 km along the coast, before disappearing. The observations are recorded by the plane's radar.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2833"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1978",
"basic_date": "12/21/1978",
"date": "12/21/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Venera 12* released a probe towards [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2834"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/25/1978",
"basic_date": "12/25/1978",
"date": "12/25/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Venera 11* releases a probe towards [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). (25 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2835"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/25/1978",
"basic_date": "12/25/1978",
"date": "12/25/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The UFO photographed in I-Petry in Crimea. See images/1978.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2836"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"date": "12/31/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The observations from the previous days \\([December 21](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1978.html\\#12-21) and others\\) prompt an Australian television channel to contact one of its reporters, [Quentin Fogarty](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FogartyQuentin.html), and ask him to investigate the case. He then boards the same flight that night. (23 h 46)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2837"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"date": "12/31/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The captain and the co-pilot see lights off the Kaikoura Peninsula, which is also picked up by Wellington's radar, as intermittent spots. (0 h 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2838"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"date": "12/31/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Another radar-visual contact takes place and the UFO is filmed. (0 h 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2839"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"date": "12/31/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) After further brief contacts, the Argosy landed in Christchurch. (1 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2840"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"date": "12/31/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The plane takes off again to return to Blenheim. As the engine comes above the clouds, a bright UFO appears in front of it, on the right. Christchurch's radar detects a huge object with the same position, about 30 km away from the plane. The footage taken at this moment shows an oval object with rings of light. During the flight, the UFO approaches within 16 km of the plane: one of them, a flashing UFO, is filmed while it changes color, from yellow-white to dull orange-red. (2:16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2841"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"date": "12/31/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The plane lands. Other witnesses will manifest in the region. The film will generate huge media interest, as indicated by the following press release: The world's attention turned to the sky above Kaikoura after a film of the sightings was broadcast by American, British and Australian television. This sparked an international debate about the possible explanations of the large bright white ball captured on film. Captain Verne Powell, one of the first to see the UFO, said he watched, amazed, as the object crossed 24 km of sky in 5 seconds. He was annoyed that it was suggested he might have mistaken [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html) for a UFO. A pilot since 1944, Powell declared: \"I can still recognize [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html).\" Stanton Friedman [met](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FriedmanStanton.html) with the director of a television station in Louisiana who suggests to him during their discussion to get in touch with a certain [Jesse Marcel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MarcelJesseA.html), who had in his possession, while in the army, pieces of a flying saucer that interest him.\" (3:10 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2842"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"basic_date": "12/31/1978",
"date": "12/31/1978",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Swedish researcher Anders Liljegren discovered that the Swedish Air Force had created an investigation bureau during the 1933 aircraft sightings.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1978.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2843"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/14/1979",
"basic_date": "1/14/1979",
"date": "1/14/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Following a FOIA pursuit by the [GSW](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GSW.html), the *New York Times* reported the event, indicating that the US government, through the [CIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIA.html), has been investigating the presence of UFOs since [1949](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1949.html), and questioning director [William Spaulding](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SpauldingWilliamH.html), director of the [GSW](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GSW.html). He declared: UFOs exist. They are real. The government has completely lied and the cover-up is massive. (January 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2844"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/14/1979",
"basic_date": "1/14/1979",
"date": "1/14/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Artistic view established according to the stories and sketches of Robert Taylor. See images/1979.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2845"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/14/1979",
"basic_date": "1/14/1979",
"date": "1/14/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A law on meeting with extraterrestrials is added to American laws. It forbids anyone from having any contact with UFOs or extraterrestrials, under penalty of a $5000 fine and a one-year prison sentence. An employee of the [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html) is entitled to decide, after hearing the witness or not, if he has truly been exposed to an extraterrestrial entity or not, and to place him under quarantine for any period of time. Such a decision cannot be subject to any appeal, even by a competent court, so that this law is in total disagreement with the American Constitution. This law also equates to a criminal any person having close contact with extraterrestrials. This law is described in Section 1211, Title 14 of the Federal Regulations Code.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2846"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/14/1979",
"basic_date": "1/14/1979",
"date": "1/14/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the United States, a young college student observes two objects with a pulsing violet projector emitting a diffuse light. Later, the young man, troubled, consults a doctor. The doctor notes the presence of a strange red diamond-shaped mark on his chest. This mark will take months to disappear.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2847"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/14/1979",
"basic_date": "1/14/1979",
"date": "1/14/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the [Rendlesham](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Bentwaters.html) forest \\(UK\\), the attention of 3 people was drawn to unusual lights near an American military base. Many other witnesses swear they saw a spacecraft above the area. The investigation, which is not made any easier by contradictory testimonies, is stopped by the application of the law protecting state secrets in Great Britain. An American senator then takes a close interest in the case but suddenly interrupts his research. He has since always refused to communicate the content of his discoveries to ufologists.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2848"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/14/1979",
"basic_date": "1/14/1979",
"date": "1/14/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Cosmic Studies Institute and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR publish a [statistical](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Statistiques.html) analysis of 256 observations of anomalous atmospheric phenomena, of which 13 were in flight and 1 at sea. Of these observations, 12 were made at less than 100 m distance, 1 with a telescope, 2 with radar, one of which coupled with optical observation, all accompanied by 50 drawings and 3 photographs. In 64% of the cases, several witnesses were present and 15% were mass observations. Finally, 11% of these were made by observation stations and 5% by military personnel on operations. All categories of witnesses are represented, including 33% scientists. Among these are 10 astronomers, 6 meteorologists, 6 geophysicists but also 23 engineers and 14 aviators. In this survey, astronomers \\(7.5%\\) see 7500 times more UFOs than the general population. Of the 256 cases, 194 were observed in 1967. All the classic shapes were seen, however with a predominance of crescent shapes. In 94 cases there were more than one object, and in the majority they were silent. In 101 cases the luminosity was intense, even blinding in 9 cases. The most frequently observed color is orange. The estimated speed ranges from 18 to 187000 km/h, at an altitude ranging from 35 m to 100 km.",
"ref": [
"Guindilis, Menkov, Pétroskaïa, Observations of anomalous atmospheric phenomena in the USSR",
"[GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html), Information Note No. 1, 50, 2:1980",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2849"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/5/1979",
"basic_date": "3/5/1979",
"date": "3/5/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Voyager 1* probe flies over [Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html) and discovers the rings of the giant planet. (March 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2850"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1979",
"basic_date": "3/1979",
"date": "Early 3/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Eric Gairy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GairyEric.html) returns to the United Nations for a new round of debate on UFOs. A few days later, he is deposed in favor of Maurice Bishop. The coup d'état he suffers will put a stop to the debate on UFOs at the [UN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ONU.html), at least for many years. (Early March)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2851"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1979",
"basic_date": "5/1979",
"date": "5/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Victor Marchetti](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MarchettiVictor.html) writes an article in the American quarterly *Second Look,* where he states that UFOs were not a common topic of conversation at the time he was a member of the [CIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIA.html). Everyone knew that this kind of information was considered extremely sensitive. At the highest levels of the hierarchy, he had sometimes heard discreet allusions regarding the recovery of crashed disks and bodies of small men.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2852"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/9/1979",
"basic_date": "5/9/1979",
"date": "5/9/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Marie Paule P. \\(10 years old, 4th grade\\) Descended to 1m from the ground. It was about to land then immediately rose again. It disappeared into the clouds. (Wednesday 9th May, 8:30am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2853"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/9/1979",
"basic_date": "5/9/1979",
"date": "5/9/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken. See images/1979-05-09\\_Eragny.jpg",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2854"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/11/1979",
"basic_date": "7/11/1979",
"date": "7/11/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The 2nd prototype of F117 *Have Blue* crashes 35 miles Northwest of [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), due to an engine fire. (July 11)",
"ref": [
"Rich 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2855"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/1/1979",
"basic_date": "9/1/1979",
"date": "9/1/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Pioneer 11* is the first probe to flyby Saturn. (September 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2856"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/12/1979",
"basic_date": "9/12/1979",
"date": "9/12/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A power generation failure strikes the cities of Xuginglong and Haihua in the province of Hunan, China. A bright flying object, emitting sheets of light rays is observed by many witnesses. It moves away silently leaving behind two luminous clouds and 100 m in diameter. (September 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2857"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/22/1979",
"basic_date": "9/22/1979",
"date": "9/22/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The military satellite *Vela,* specially designed to detect atomic explosions, detects a large intensity flash in [South Africa](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZA.html). The characteristics of a nuclear bomb \\(gamma rays, neutron flux, radioactive cloud\\) are not present. A document from the [NSA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NSA.html) reveals that thousands of analogous untimely detections \\(*zoo events*\\) have occurred in the past. (September 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2858"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/13/1979",
"basic_date": "10/13/1979",
"date": "10/13/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Lanxi \\(Zhejiang, China\\), truck driver Wang Jian Min encounters a parked car. Its driver claims to have seen a UFO land on the road in front of him. He is too disturbed to dare approach it. Wang restarts, followed by the car and its driver, and they arrive in front of a dome-shaped UFO, stopped at the top of a hill. Next to the strange craft are two beings wearing silver suits and helmets with a lamp attached. Wang jumps out of his truck, grabs a crowbar and approaches the creatures. As he gets close to them, the UFO and the creatures disappear. (October 13th, 4am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2859"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/26/1979",
"basic_date": "11/26/1979",
"date": "11/26/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Removal of Frank Fontaine](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CergyPontoise.html). (November 26, 4 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2860"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/3/1979",
"basic_date": "12/3/1979",
"date": "12/3/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Frank Fontaine](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CergyPontoise.html) reappears. (December 3rd, 4:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2861"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/18/1979",
"basic_date": "12/18/1979",
"date": "12/18/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) International treaty governing the activities of states on the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html). (December 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2862"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/24/1979",
"basic_date": "12/24/1979",
"date": "12/24/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st launch of the *Ariane 1* rocket. (24 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2863"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/24/1979",
"basic_date": "12/24/1979",
"date": "12/24/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Release of *Alien* by Ridley Scott.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2864"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/24/1979",
"basic_date": "12/24/1979",
"date": "12/24/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Foundation of [FUFOR](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FUFOR.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2865"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/24/1979",
"basic_date": "12/24/1979",
"date": "12/24/1979",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) According to pessimistic theories, an altercation occurs between the extraterrestrials and the government, informed of their violations of the treaties made. Many scientists are held hostage by the extraterrestrials in the [Dulce](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZonesMilitaires.html\\#Dulce) laboratory. A special armed forces unit \\([Delta Force](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgsMilitaires.html\\#Delta)\\) is called in order to free the scientific personnel held in the complex. 44 high-level scientists and 66 soldiers were killed and the personnel was not freed. The treaty between the extraterrestrials and the United States is broken.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1979.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2866"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1980",
"basic_date": "1980",
"date": "1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) According to some theses, collaboration between the United States and extraterrestrials is resuming, with the latter agreeing to provide more technology to the United States.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2867"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1980",
"basic_date": "1980",
"date": "1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Jaime Shandera](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ShanderaJaime.html) conducts research for a film on UFOs, and establishes contacts in American military circles.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2868"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1980",
"basic_date": "1/1980",
"date": "1/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the night, a resident of Trowbridge is awoken by a giant luminous being, claiming to come from a warring planet. (January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2869"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/14/1980",
"basic_date": "2/14/1980",
"date": "2/14/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of SMM \\(Solar Maximum Mission\\) for the study of solar eruptions. (February 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2870"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/26/1980",
"basic_date": "3/26/1980",
"date": "3/26/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the European consortium Arianespace. (March 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2871"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1980",
"basic_date": "4/4/1980",
"date": "4/4/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in Charleston. See images/1980-04-04_17-30_Charleston.jpg (April 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2872"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/11/1980",
"basic_date": "4/11/1980",
"date": "4/11/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Ronald Reagan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ReaganRonaldWilson.html) is elected President of the United States. (April 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2873"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/11/1980",
"basic_date": "4/11/1980",
"date": "4/11/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Wave of observations in China. 98 reports reach the [CURO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CURO.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2874"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/13/1980",
"basic_date": "6/13/1980",
"date": "6/13/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An UFO is spotted near Toula \\(USSR\\). (June 13th, 10 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2875"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/14/1980",
"basic_date": "6/14/1980",
"date": "6/14/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The headquarters of the [KGB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/KGB.html) is alerted by its president himself, Iouri Andropov, who has just seen the UFO spotted at 10 PM the night before. The object is heading towards Moscow, where the sighting is confirmed by the astronomer Gindilis on duty that night at the observatory. The air defense radars have not detected anything, but the military think of a surprise attack by the Americans and trigger the alert. The UFO flies over the main airport of Moscow where it causes panic. Hundreds of witnesses see it emit a luminous crown and transform into a giant jellyfish: it moves away and expels 3 small UFOs which the Migs will vainly chase. Andropov orders the Institute of Studies of Magnetism and Earth Radioactivity to seriously study these UFOs still called anomalous atmospheric phenomena. (June 14, 4 AM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2876"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/18/1980",
"basic_date": "7/18/1980",
"date": "7/18/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) India launches its _Rohini_ satellite and becomes the 7th space power. (July 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2877"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1980",
"basic_date": "8/1980",
"date": "8/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In China, hundreds of thousands of people observe UFOs in the sky of Tianjin and the Zhili Gulf.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2878"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/7/1980",
"basic_date": "8/7/1980",
"date": "8/7/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Montmorency \\(Val d'Oise\\), an orange object descended into the forest then rose again according to. (August 7, 9:40 PM)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16, 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2879"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/15/1980",
"basic_date": "8/15/1980",
"date": "8/15/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Many people are waiting for the arrival of a UFO in Cergy-Pontoise, announced by [Frank Fontaine](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#FontaineFrank), in vain.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2880"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/15/1980",
"basic_date": "8/15/1980",
"date": "8/15/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At 1:50, in Cergy-Pontoise \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a kind of spinning top with lower white, yellow and red lights.",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2881"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/16/1980",
"basic_date": "8/16/1980",
"date": "8/16/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Cergy-Pontoise \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a large star with a blue halo in slight sway. (August 16, from 4:30 to 6:45)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16, 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2882"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1980",
"basic_date": "9/1980",
"date": "9/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [William Moore](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MooreWilliamLeonard.html) meets his informant [Falcon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ufologues.html\\#Falcon). He and [Stanton Friedman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FriedmanStanton.html) managed to interview 62 people related to the Roswell incident, such as [Bill Brazel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#BrazelWilliam), [Loretta Proctor](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ProctorLoretta.html) and [Jesse Marcel Junior](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#MarcelJesseJunior).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2883"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1980",
"basic_date": "9/1980",
"date": "9/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A trace left by a UFO in Australia. See images/1980-09-30\\_300.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2884"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/16/1980",
"basic_date": "10/16/1980",
"date": "10/16/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Air traffic controllers at Tien Tsin Airport \\(China\\) confuse the radar echo of a UFO with that of Flight 402 from Beijing for a few minutes. (October 16, 9:53 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2885"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/4/1980",
"basic_date": "11/4/1980",
"date": "11/4/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Ronald Reagan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ReaganRonaldWilson.html) succeeds [Jimmy Carter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/dirigeants.html\\#CarterJamesEarl). (November 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2886"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/12/1980",
"basic_date": "11/12/1980",
"date": "11/12/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Voyager 1* flies over Saturn and analyzes its rings. (November 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2887"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/14/1980",
"basic_date": "11/14/1980",
"date": "11/14/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A collaborator of [Jacques Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) meets [M. D.](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/officiels.html\\#MD) in Paris. (November 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2888"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/28/1980",
"basic_date": "11/28/1980",
"date": "11/28/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Meeting of British policeman [Alan Godfrey](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#GodfreyAlan). (November 28, 5:15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2889"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1980",
"basic_date": "12/1980",
"date": "12/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Hessdalen, Norway, the beginning of a long wave of observations of curious phenomena, mainly yellow balls, powerful white-blue lights and groups of multicolored lights, and even non-luminous objects visible only during the day. The trajectories can be varied; the phenomena are recorded on various devices, sometimes on radar.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2890"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/15/1980",
"basic_date": "12/15/1980",
"date": "12/15/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Numerous witnesses, including [Timothy Good](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GoodTimothy.html), observe a luminous flying object of conical shape in the South-East of London and in Kent. The front is red, the center silver and the back a sparkling blue. (December 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2891"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/17/1980",
"basic_date": "12/17/1980",
"date": "12/17/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An English television channel broadcasts a short excerpt of a 30-minute film shot near Sevenoaks \\(Kent\\) showing the unknown object of the day before. The film is authenticated by 15 witnesses. (December 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2892"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1980",
"basic_date": "12/27/1980",
"date": "12/27/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The radars at the [RAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RAF.html) Watton \\(Norfolk\\) base detect an unknown flying over the North Sea towards the coast. It disappears from the screens around the Rendlesham Forest. At roughly the same time, near the forest, the security guards at the gate of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) [RAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RAF.html) Woodbridge base see lights descending from the sky towards the trees. They are given permission to investigate and they leave the base in a Jeep. (3 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2893"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1980",
"basic_date": "12/27/1980",
"date": "12/27/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Rendlesham](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Bentwaters.html) Incident: While serving as base commander at Bentwaters Air Base in southern England, [Colonel Halt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HaltCharlesI.html) observes and investigates various anomalous objects appearing in the sky over Rendlesham Forest. The observations occur over two distinct nights during the week following Christmas. (5:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2894"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1980",
"basic_date": "12/29/1980",
"date": "12/29/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Cash/Landrum Incident](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#LandrumVickie). (December 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2895"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1980",
"basic_date": "12/29/1980",
"date": "12/29/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Puerto Rico, observation of creatures with pointed ears and webbed feet.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2896"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/29/1980",
"basic_date": "12/29/1980",
"date": "12/29/1980",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The word \"extraterrestrial\" enters the _Petit Larousse Illustré_, with the following definition: Outside of the Earth's atmosphere and as a noun, an inhabitant supposed to be from another planet than Earth.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1980.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2897"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1981",
"basic_date": "1981",
"date": "1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Bill Moore](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MooreWilliamLeonard.html) meets the main victim of his disinformation campaign, [Paul Bennewitz](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BennewitzPaul.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2898"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1981",
"basic_date": "1/1981",
"date": "1/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Interview with the Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy Moscow Aviation Institute [Felix Zigel](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZiegelFelixY.html) for an Italian newspaper. He will claim to hold more than 50,000 cases of which he has only published \\(in Samizdat\\) a tiny part in order not to panic the population. (January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2899"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/8/1981",
"basic_date": "1/8/1981",
"date": "1/8/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Rénato Nicolaï](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#NicolaiRenato) in Trans-en-Provence. The ovoid object has the appearance of two overturned metal bowls, the upper part of which is transparent and forms a cabin. (January 8th (February?), 5 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2900"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/13/1981",
"basic_date": "1/13/1981",
"date": "1/13/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An official report from Lieutenant Colonel [Charles Halt](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HaltCharlesI.html), Deputy Base Commander of Bentwaters, describing the events of December 27 and 29, is sent to the British Ministry of Defence. (January 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2901"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/26/1981",
"basic_date": "1/26/1981",
"date": "1/26/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Toulouse region, a motorist is flown very close by an object cylindrical of a few meters of length, which disappears after having made a turn. The vehicle breaks down and a mechanic must intervene. Case not elucidated by the [GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html), which will emit the hypothesis of a cruise missile. (January 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2902"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1981",
"basic_date": "2/1981",
"date": "2/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Chico Gama, a farm worker, is on a small beach on the Atlantic coast, not far from Fortaleza. Having come with his fishing net in the hope of improving his daily fare, he was taking advantage of the moonlight. Suddenly, a beam of red light falling from the sky hits him and makes him shiver. Looking up, he discovers that it comes from a round and violet object floating in the air. Terrified, Chico Gama runs to hide in the nearest thicket. The object follows him, touching him intermittently with its red beam. This game of cat and mouse lasts 3 hours. Unable to escape the red beam and the buzzing emitted by his pursuer, Chico Gama spends a night of terror, convinced that, tired of playing, the object will eventually kill him with its beam. 5 AM: At dawn, the object suddenly stops its pursuit and evaporates into the sky, leaving the man exhausted and close to fainting. He nevertheless manages to get home and hides for hours under his bed before telling his family what happened to him. Two days later, he falls ill. The skin on his arms and back peels off like after a sunburn, he suffers from migraines and sweats continuously for a good month. Bop Pratt, who would meet Chico Gama in 1986, five years later, will tell of having seen a nervous and fearful man, who still sometimes hides under his bed. His daughters will tell him that he no longer goes out at night and that sometimes he is afraid to stay alone in broad daylight. (2 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2903"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1981",
"basic_date": "3/30/1981",
"date": "3/30/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Reagan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ReaganRonaldWilson.html) wounded by a bullet in the left lung. (March 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2904"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/12/1981",
"basic_date": "4/12/1981",
"date": "4/12/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st flight of the American Space Shuttle Columbia. (April 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2905"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/12/1981",
"basic_date": "4/12/1981",
"date": "4/12/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Beijing \\(China\\), observation similar to that of December 15th, 1980.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2906"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1981",
"basic_date": "5/1981",
"date": "5/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The first production F-117A is airlifted to Groom Lake for testing.",
"ref": [
"Rich 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2907"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/10/1981",
"basic_date": "5/10/1981",
"date": "5/10/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) François Mitterand elected President of the Republic. (May 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2908"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/18/1981",
"basic_date": "6/18/1981",
"date": "6/18/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First flight of production F-117A Stealth Fighter \\(\\#780\\) to Groom Lake. (June 18)",
"ref": [
"Rich 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2909"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/14/1981",
"basic_date": "7/14/1981",
"date": "7/14/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Cormeille-en-Parisis \\(Val d'Oise\\), during the fireworks of the national holiday, observation of an orange cone at 300 m from the ground. (14th July)",
"ref": [
" \\[*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16th July 1997\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2910"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/6/1981",
"basic_date": "10/6/1981",
"date": "10/6/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Solar Mesosphere Explorer* to study the effect of radiation on the atmosphere. (October 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2911"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/8/1981",
"basic_date": "10/8/1981",
"date": "10/8/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In British Columbia, [photography on Vancouver Island](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1981-10-08\\_Vancouver.html). (October 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2912"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/17/1981",
"basic_date": "10/17/1981",
"date": "10/17/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Abel Boro, a deer hunter from the Parnarama region, is attacked by an object that looks like a giant truck tire rimmed with lights spinning around him. Suddenly enveloped by a sparkling light, he dies before help arrives \\(Jacques Vallée, Confrontations\\). (October 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2913"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/19/1981",
"basic_date": "10/19/1981",
"date": "10/19/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Raimondo Souza and Anastasio Barbosa go hunting in the Parnarama region. An object descends upon them in the night and directs a beam of light towards Raimondo. Terrified, Souza hides under the trees. In the morning, he is found dead. He has a broken arm and numerous purple marks, except on his face. (October 19)",
"ref": [
"Vallée, Confrontations",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2914"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/19/1981",
"basic_date": "10/19/1981",
"date": "10/19/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) José Vitoria, deer hunter from the Parnarama region , dies. His body bears circular purple marks.",
"ref": [
"Vallée, Confrontations",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2915"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/19/1981",
"basic_date": "10/19/1981",
"date": "10/19/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Dionizio General, a deer hunter from the Parnarama region, suddenly sees an object hovering above him and shooting a big beam of fire in his direction. He then falls to the ground. After being in an abominable terror for 3 days, he suddenly dies \\(Jacques Vallée, [Confrontations](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.jacquesvallee.net/books/confrontations.html)\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2916"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/30/1981",
"basic_date": "10/30/1981",
"date": "10/30/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Departure of *Venera 13*, which will perform the first drillings of the [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html) soil. (October 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2917"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/4/1981",
"basic_date": "11/4/1981",
"date": "11/4/1981",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Departure of *Venera 14*, which continues drilling on [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). (November 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1981.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2918"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/1/1982",
"basic_date": "1/1/1982",
"date": "1/1/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First observation of a triangular-shaped craft moving very slowly at low altitude in complete silence \\(Hudson Valley, north of New York, and in part of Connecticut\\). This first wave ended on July 10th, 1986. A second one occurred from 1989 to 1991 in Belgium. (January 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2919"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1982",
"basic_date": "2/1982",
"date": "2/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), 1st flight of *Tacit Blue* \\(stealth technology demonstrator\\). (February)",
"ref": [
"Air Force Press Release of April 1st, 1996",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2920"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/5/1982",
"basic_date": "3/5/1982",
"date": "3/5/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Venera* 13 and 14 perform the first drillings of the soil of [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). (March 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2921"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1982",
"basic_date": "1982",
"date": "Spring 1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Sturrock](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SturrockPeterAndrew.html) announces the founding of the [SSE](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SSE.html). (Spring)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2922"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1982",
"basic_date": "4/1982",
"date": "4/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The existence of the [A-12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/A12.html) is officially made public. (April)",
"ref": [
"Sweetman 1993",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2923"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/19/1982",
"basic_date": "4/19/1982",
"date": "4/19/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Saliout* 7. It will be used until 1991. (April 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2924"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/20/1982",
"basic_date": "4/20/1982",
"date": "4/20/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The first production model of the [F-117A](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/F117.html) crashes at [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) during validation tests of the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html). (April 20)",
"ref": [
"Rich 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2925"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/1/1982",
"basic_date": "6/1/1982",
"date": "6/1/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 2 UFOs parked above the Baikonur Cosmodrome \\(Kazakhstan, USSR\\). One of them descended towards launch platform No. 1 while the other stayed near the housing of the space center. The gantries of the launch platform will suffer from split welds and rivets will seem to have been sucked. In the housing complex, thousands of windows are broken or pierced. The base is closed for 2 weeks for repairs. (June 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2926"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/11/1982",
"basic_date": "6/11/1982",
"date": "6/11/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Release of the movie *E.T.* by [Steven Spielberg](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SpielbergSteven.html). (June 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2927"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/24/1982",
"basic_date": "6/24/1982",
"date": "6/24/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st flight of a French spacenaut: Jean-Loup Chrétien. (June 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2928"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/29/1982",
"basic_date": "7/29/1982",
"date": "7/29/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Saliout 6 station re-enters the atmosphere. (July 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2929"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/26/1982",
"basic_date": "8/26/1982",
"date": "8/26/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the night, a strange light flew over the tree where José Batista Lima, 40 years old, nicknamed José do Ramao, was hiding, waiting for game in the Parnarama region. (August 26)",
"ref": [
"Vallée 1990",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2930"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/27/1982",
"basic_date": "8/27/1982",
"date": "8/27/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the morning, José Batista Lima is found on the ground, dazed and dying. His neck bears circular purple marks. (August 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2931"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/12/1982",
"basic_date": "10/12/1982",
"date": "10/12/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Soviets launch the first series of Glonass satellites, a system equivalent to GPS. (October 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2932"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/15/1982",
"basic_date": "10/15/1982",
"date": "10/15/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), beginning of Air Force validation tests on the 2nd production model of the [F-117A](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/F117.html). (October 15)",
"ref": [
"Rich 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2933"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/21/1982",
"basic_date": "10/21/1982",
"date": "10/21/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the suburbs of Nancy \\(Meurthe-et-Moselle\\), [Amarante Affair](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1982-10-21\\_Amarantes.html). (October 21, 12:35 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2934"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/21/1982",
"basic_date": "10/21/1982",
"date": "10/21/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The 1st squadron of stealth fighters departs from [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) to the new facilities of the Tonopah Test Range. (End of the Year)",
"ref": [
"Rich 1994",
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2935"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/31/1982",
"basic_date": "12/31/1982",
"date": "12/31/1982",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sightings in Kent, Carmel and Lake Carmel \\(Putnam County\\), marking the beginning of the Hudson Valley wave. (December 31)",
"ref": [
"Hynek-Imbrogno-Pratt 1998",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1982.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2936"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1983",
"basic_date": "1983",
"date": "1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Bill Moore](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MooreWilliamLeonard.html) transmits the \\(false\\) [document Aquarius](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Aquarius.html) to [Paul Bennewitz](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BennewitzPaul.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2937"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1983",
"basic_date": "1983",
"date": "1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Reorganization of the [GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2938"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1983",
"basic_date": "1983",
"date": "1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photograph of a UFO above a church in Jaroslavl, near Moscow. See images/1983\\_2.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2939"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/26/1983",
"basic_date": "1/26/1983",
"date": "1/26/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the infrared astronomy satellite Iras. (January 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2940"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/23/1983",
"basic_date": "3/23/1983",
"date": "3/23/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The American President [Reagan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ReaganRonaldWilson.html) implements the program [IDS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/projets.html\\#IDS), or Star Wars. (March 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2941"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/4/1983",
"basic_date": "4/4/1983",
"date": "4/4/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st flight of the *Challenger* shuttle. (April 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2942"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/18/1983",
"basic_date": "4/18/1983",
"date": "4/18/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 4 activists from *Greenpeace* crossed the South boundaries of [Zone 51](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) during a 5-day expedition to enter the [Nevada Test Site](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NTS.html). (April 18)",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2943"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/4/1983",
"basic_date": "5/4/1983",
"date": "5/4/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Conversation between Jean-Pierre Deloux, journalist, a military radar operator and his supervisor: *Question* : Have you ever seen a UFO? *Operator* : Of course, and very often. *Question* : On average, how many monthly observations? *Operator*: Personally, around a good ten, or even a bit more. *Question* : Is it huge? *Operator*: Incredible! And rest assured that we check what's happening in the sky before concluding to an unidentified object. *Question*: What do you mean by that? *Operator*: The same as you: an Unidentified Flying Object, UFO for short. Just like any plane, the UFO is visible on the radar. *Question* **:** What happens then? *Operator*: Nothing, I'm looking at the type next to me. He looks back at me and glances at my screen. He looks back at me again. We look at the supervisor... *Supervisor*: And I'm watching my two operators. I'm looking at the screen, and I'm not saying anything. I'm waiting for the hypothetical target to disappear. Sometimes, it seems to stay indefinitely. *Question* **:** What does that mean...? *Supervisor*: Several hours. Up to ten hours. It's long, very long, like when you're waiting for a shell to explode. I know it's definitely a UFO. No mistake possible. But I'm not saying anything. *Operator*: He says nothing. Nobody says anything. We all know it's a UFO, but officially, it doesn't exist. *Supervisor*: We don't talk about these things. It's pointless. *Question* **:** But are you talking to a journalist?*Supervisor* : Even if we don't know what it is, it needs to be known. *Question* : If the UFO intrudes, how long before you alert your superior? *Supervisor* : If it is stationary, near the base. After 3 minutes. *Question* : Should we send out the hunt, a patrol? *Supervisor* : Sometimes 2 reconnaissance planes: one to film it, the second to film its friend and the UFO. *Question* : What becomes of these films? *Supervisor* : Nothing. They are classified as top secret. So they don't exist... (May 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2944"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/4/1983",
"basic_date": "5/4/1983",
"date": "5/4/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Analysis of Tony Dodd's Picture. See images/1983\\_GSW.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2945"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/2/1983",
"basic_date": "6/2/1983",
"date": "6/2/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Venera 15*. (June 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2946"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/7/1983",
"basic_date": "6/7/1983",
"date": "6/7/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Venera 16*. (June 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2947"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/13/1983",
"basic_date": "6/13/1983",
"date": "6/13/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Pioneer 10,* the farthest man-made object ever, reaches Pluto's orbit. (June 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2948"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/13/1983",
"basic_date": "6/13/1983",
"date": "6/13/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st flight of HALSOL at [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html). HALSOL is a high altitude UAV powered by solar energy. The test program lasts 2 months.",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2949"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/20/1983",
"basic_date": "6/20/1983",
"date": "6/20/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Submission of the report [*The UFO Enigma*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Documents/Officiels/SmithMarcia/index.html). (June 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2950"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/18/1983",
"basic_date": "6/18/1983",
"date": "6/18/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Sally Ride, first American in space, aboard *Challenger*. (June 18-24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2951"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/12/1983",
"basic_date": "8/12/1983",
"date": "8/12/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing by Alfred Burtoo of the apparatus in which he was taken aboard. See images/1983-08_Aldershot_Hampshire.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2952"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/12/1983",
"basic_date": "8/12/1983",
"date": "8/12/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) When he returns to his fishing rod, his dog behaves normally, but his tea is cold. Soon after, he sees the light of the UFO rising in the sky and then flying away at a dizzying speed. (2 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2953"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/15/1983",
"basic_date": "8/15/1983",
"date": "8/15/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Just like 3 years earlier, many people are waiting for the arrival of a UFO in Cergy-Pontoise, announced by [Frank Fontaine](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#FontaineFrank). Again, in vain. (August 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2954"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/12/1983",
"basic_date": "9/12/1983",
"date": "9/12/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Saint-Gratien \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of 8 parallel beams on the ground and 150 m above the city (12 September, 2 h)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July, 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2955"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/10/1983",
"basic_date": "10/10/1983",
"date": "10/10/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Venera 15* orbits around [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html), which it will map. (October 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2956"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/16/1983",
"basic_date": "10/16/1983",
"date": "10/16/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Venera 16* orbits around [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html), which it will map. (October 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2957"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1983",
"basic_date": "11/1983",
"date": "11/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) After much research to find Doctor [Robert Irving Sarbacher](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/scientifiques.html\\#SarbacherRobertIrving), investigator [William Steinman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SteinmanWilliamS.html) managed to locate him and obtain from him a quite astonishing letter, containing the following passage: There were reports indicating that the instruments or persons piloting these machines were also of a very light weight, light enough to escape the terrible effects created by their propulsion system. I remember that while chatting with some people in my office, I was struck by the feeling that these strangers were built like some insects of our Earth \\(...\\)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2958"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/28/1983",
"basic_date": "11/28/1983",
"date": "11/28/1983",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Columbia* shuttle carries the first European laboratory *Spacelab*. (November 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1983.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2959"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1984",
"basic_date": "1984",
"date": "1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Thousands of witnesses report the presence of huge, silent objects hovering above Westchester Wing, in the Hudson Valley \\(New York State\\), with rotating lights. Among these witnesses are meteorologists, journalists and even police officers. Yet the authorities claim that the phenomenon observed is limited to a few planes in formation. The video footage shot that day by local residents challenge the official version of events.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2960"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1984",
"basic_date": "1984",
"date": "1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The UFO observed above Sao Paulo. See images/SaoPaulo2.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2961"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1984",
"basic_date": "1984",
"date": "1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of [Gordon Gray](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GrayGordonL.html), last living member of the first class of [MJ-12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJ-12.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2962"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1984",
"basic_date": "1984",
"date": "1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) According to some theses, [MJ-12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJ-12.html) realizes its mistake in trusting the extraterrestrials.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2963"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/29/1984",
"basic_date": "1/29/1984",
"date": "1/29/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st test of the Chinese rocket *Long March 3.* (January 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2964"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/3/1984",
"basic_date": "2/3/1984",
"date": "2/3/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) **:** 2 astronauts from *Challenger* go out into space with an autonomous space chair*.* (February 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2965"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1984",
"basic_date": "3/1984",
"date": "3/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Air Force posts armed guards along the access points to the 89000 acres of public land to the East and North of [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), thus extending its borders. The guards ask the public not to enter the zone, effectively \\(and apparently illegally\\) closing the land to public use. (March)",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2966"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/24/1984",
"basic_date": "4/24/1984",
"date": "4/24/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The communications of President [Reagan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ReaganRonaldWilson.html)'s plane are cut off for several hours. (April 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2967"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/26/1984",
"basic_date": "4/26/1984",
"date": "4/26/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) General Robert Bond is killed when the MIG 23 he is piloting beyond [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) crashes into Little Skull Mountain in the [NTS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NTS.html). (April 26)",
"ref": [
"Peebles 1995",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2968"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1984",
"basic_date": "7/17/1984",
"date": "7/17/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First space outing of a woman, cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya. (July 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2969"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1984",
"basic_date": "7/27/1984",
"date": "7/27/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Commander [Jean-Gabriel Greslé](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GresleJeanGabriel.html) is piloting a Boeing 747 at 11,500 meters above Detroit, connecting Los Angeles and Montreal. He observes a luminous trail created by 3 metallic-looking balls, shining like polished steel but without their own luminosity.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2970"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1984",
"basic_date": "7/27/1984",
"date": "7/27/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On the same frequency as the Detroit control tower, 2 other crews, one from Lufthansa and the other from Olympic Airways, witness the same phenomenon and alert the ground technicians. It was estimated that the 3 spherical objects were 10 km away from the Boeing 747, flying at 3300 km/h \\(compared to 900 km/h for the plane\\) and had a diameter of around 40 to 50 m.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2971"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1984",
"basic_date": "8/4/1984",
"date": "8/4/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Ariane 3* launches *Télécom 1A*, first satellite of the French telecom network. (August 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2972"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1984",
"basic_date": "8/4/1984",
"date": "8/4/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Kondair Trislander cargo flight from London to Amsterdam is violently struck by an unknown object. The impact is so strong that one of the engines detaches. Fortunately, the plane manages to reach Schipol \\(Netherlands\\), where it makes a successful forced landing. The aircraft has a large hole in the tail and has clearly been pierced by something. Only metal fragments will be found at the impact site, ruling out the hypothesis of a collision with a bird.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2973"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1984",
"basic_date": "8/4/1984",
"date": "8/4/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During Congressional hearings on land seizure, the USAF representative \\(John Rittenhouse\\) states that although the USAF had no legal authority to seize the land around [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) \\(as far as he knows\\), the decision was made at a higher level than his own. He provides more details during a closed session \\[*Los Angeles Times*, November 19th 1955\\].",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2974"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/4/1984",
"basic_date": "8/4/1984",
"date": "8/4/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing representing the object observed by V. Gotsiridsé on September 7th. See images/1984-09-07.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2975"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/3/1984",
"basic_date": "11/3/1984",
"date": "11/3/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Ermont \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a rotating light, stopping for 3 hours, and having no projector. (November 3, 6:40 PM)",
"ref": [
" \\[*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16, 1997\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2976"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/9/1984",
"basic_date": "12/9/1984",
"date": "12/9/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Ermont \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of 2 rotating luminous balls without a projector. \\[ (December 9, 1986)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16, 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2977"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/11/1984",
"basic_date": "12/11/1984",
"date": "12/11/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A 35mm film containing the [MJ document](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJDocs.html) briefing President Eisenhower is left on the doorstep of [Jaime Shandera](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ShanderaJaime.html). (December 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2978"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/15/1984",
"basic_date": "12/15/1984",
"date": "12/15/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the *Véga 1* probe towards [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). It will flyby the Halley's Comet. (December 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2979"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1984",
"basic_date": "12/21/1984",
"date": "12/21/1984",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the *Véga 2* probe towards [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). It will flyby the Halley's Comet. (December 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1984.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2980"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1985",
"basic_date": "1985",
"date": "1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of an Iraqi Plane Passing. See images/1985.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2981"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1985",
"basic_date": "1985",
"date": "1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Paul Bennewitz](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BennewitzPaul.html) is in a psychiatric hospital.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2982"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1985",
"basic_date": "1985",
"date": "1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Demonstration of SRI's \"psychic seers\" \\(project [Aquarius](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Aquarius.html)\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2983"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/7/1985",
"basic_date": "1/7/1985",
"date": "1/7/1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Japan launches its first probe, Sakigake, towards Halley's Comet. (January 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2984"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/12/1985",
"basic_date": "4/12/1985",
"date": "4/12/1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) American Senator Garn is the 1st non-professional astronaut in history. (April 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2985"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/29/1985",
"basic_date": "4/29/1985",
"date": "4/29/1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Challenger* completes its 7th flight. (April 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2986"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/11/1985",
"basic_date": "6/11/1985",
"date": "6/11/1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above the province of Gansu \\(China\\), the captain of a Boeing 747 en route from Beijing to Paris sees a UFO crossing its trajectory, prompting him to consider a crash landing. The width of the object is estimated to be 10 km. (June 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2987"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/2/1985",
"basic_date": "7/2/1985",
"date": "7/2/1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The European probe *Giotto*, launched by *Ariane 1*, begins its journey to Halley's Comet. (July 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2988"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/22/1985",
"basic_date": "7/22/1985",
"date": "7/22/1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Residents of 6 nearby towns report seeing an UFO above Boulawayo \\(Matabeleland, Zimbabwe\\). 2 *Hawk* interceptor planes from the [ZAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgsMilitaires.html\\#ZAF) take off from Thornhill airbase to investigate. Boulawayo airport picks up the UFO on its radar, which is observed by spectators on the ground. Round in shape, topped with a small cone, it is so brightly lit in the afternoon light that other details are indistinct. The [ZAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgsMilitaires.html\\#ZAF) *Hawk* planes approach the UFO as it hovers at an altitude of 2000 m, but it then rises to 21000 m in less than 1 minute. The *Hawks* pursue it up to 9500 m before abandoning the chase as the UFO levels off. It then follows the jets back to their return to Thornhill before finally speeding off. (July 22, 5:45 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2989"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/22/1985",
"basic_date": "7/22/1985",
"date": "7/22/1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the observation wave starting in December 1981 in Hessdalen \\(Scandinavia\\).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2990"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/22/1985",
"basic_date": "7/22/1985",
"date": "7/22/1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), end of the *Tacit Blue* stealth aircraft program.",
"ref": [
"USAF Press Release, January 4th 1996",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2991"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/24/1985",
"basic_date": "10/24/1985",
"date": "10/24/1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the satellite *Nimbus 7*, which detects the \"hole\" in the ozone layer. (October 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2992"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/4/1985",
"basic_date": "12/4/1985",
"date": "12/4/1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Declaration of [Ronald Reagan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ReaganRonaldWilson.html). (4 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2993"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/27/1985",
"basic_date": "12/27/1985",
"date": "12/27/1985",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Abduction of [Whitley Strieber](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/StrieberWhitley.html). (December 27th, early morning hours)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1985.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2994"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1986",
"basic_date": "1986",
"date": "1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The USSSC spots a UFO on its radar.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2995"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1986",
"basic_date": "1986",
"date": "1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [William Moore](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MooreWilliamLeonard.html) and [Stanton Friedman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FriedmanStanton.html) managed to interview 92 people related to the [Roswell incident](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1947-07-02\\_Roswell.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2996"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/24/1986",
"basic_date": "1/24/1986",
"date": "1/24/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Flyby of Uranus by the *Voyager 2* probe. (January 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2997"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/28/1986",
"basic_date": "1/28/1986",
"date": "1/28/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Explosion of the *Challenger* shuttle during its 10th flight. (January 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2998"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/9/1986",
"basic_date": "2/9/1986",
"date": "2/9/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Passage at perihelion of Halley's Comet. (February 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_2999"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/19/1986",
"basic_date": "2/19/1986",
"date": "2/19/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the *Mir* space station. (February 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3000"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/22/1986",
"basic_date": "2/22/1986",
"date": "2/22/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch by Ariane of the French Earth observation satellite, *Spot 1*. (February 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3001"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/13/1986",
"basic_date": "3/13/1986",
"date": "3/13/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Giotto* photographs the nucleus of Halley's Comet. (March 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3002"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/28/1986",
"basic_date": "4/28/1986",
"date": "4/28/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Explosion of the Chernobyl power plant. (April 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3003"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/19/1986",
"basic_date": "5/19/1986",
"date": "5/19/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Civil and military radars detect numerous UFOs in the vicinity of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro - 300 km further down the coast - as well as in the state of Goiás, in the center of Brazil. Pilots taking off or landing from airports in these places report having seen UFOs or having detected them on their on-board radar. (9 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3004"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/19/1986",
"basic_date": "5/19/1986",
"date": "5/19/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Ospires Silva, president of the government-owned oil company Petrobas, is about to land his plane in Sao José dos Campos \\(Brazil\\) when he and his companion see orange-red lights chasing them. The lights stop and then reappear, each time in a new place. (10 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3005"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/19/1986",
"basic_date": "5/19/1986",
"date": "5/19/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Silva gives up the pursuit. (21 h 40)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3006"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/19/1986",
"basic_date": "5/19/1986",
"date": "5/19/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 3 Northrop *F-5E Tiger* fighters take off from Santa Cruz Air Force Base, near Sao Paulo. One of them approaches within 20 km of an UFO that changes color, from white to green, and rushes towards the sea. Another *Tiger* also pursues an UFO that changes color, from red to white and from green to red, but loses speed due to lack of fuel before being able to approach it. Both UFOs are seen from the ground and picked up by the on-board radars. (22:23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3007"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/19/1986",
"basic_date": "5/19/1986",
"date": "5/19/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Dassault *Mirage 3* fighter jet is surrounded by a dozen of invisible UFOs, except on radar, before they rise above the fighter jet at speeds that conventional aircrafts are unable to reach. (22 h 50)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3008"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/12/1986",
"basic_date": "8/12/1986",
"date": "8/12/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First launch of the Japanese rocket H1. (August 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3009"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/25/1986",
"basic_date": "10/25/1986",
"date": "10/25/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On a clear day, Lago de Cote \\(Costa Rica\\) is peaceful and smooth like a mirror. Joaquin U. A., a 40 year old farm owner, and Ronaldo-Alerto L. A., a 23 year old farmer, then see from about 600 meters away a row of 3 or 4 cylinders, similar to posts rising less than 1 meter \\(3 feet\\) above the lake. They seem to be attached to a structure that remains submerged. See images/1986-10-25\\_LagoDeCote.jpg. Approaching the lake with their tractor, they see another series of objects rising out of the water, still 3 feet high and 3 feet apart. They can clearly and leisurely observe the cylinders, dark in color \\(gray or brown coffee\\). After 5 or 10 minutes, the objects disappear together causing ripples and waves, always as if the emerging parts belonged to an invisible single structure. 2 weeks later, they give Carlos Vilchez a detailed account and hand him a drawing of the event. (October 25th, 9am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3010"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/17/1986",
"basic_date": "11/17/1986",
"date": "11/17/1986",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above Fort Yukon \\(Alaska\\), [observation of a Japan Air Lines flight](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1986-11-17\\_TerauchiKenju.html). (November 17, 5:10 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1986.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3011"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1987",
"basic_date": "1987",
"date": "1987",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Release of the alleged [pre-briefing](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJDocs.html) of President [Eisenhower](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/EisenhowerDwightDavid.html) elected in November 1953, lifting the veil on the mystery of [MJ-12](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MJ-12.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1987.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3012"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/5/1987",
"basic_date": "2/5/1987",
"date": "2/5/1987",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Japan launches *Astro C*, a satellite for studying X-ray and gamma radiation. (February 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1987.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3013"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1987",
"basic_date": "3/31/1987",
"date": "3/31/1987",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Kvant* module \\(X and ultraviolet astronomy\\) docks to the *Mir* station. (March 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1987.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3014"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/15/1987",
"basic_date": "5/15/1987",
"date": "5/15/1987",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st test of the Soviet rocket *Energya.* (May 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1987.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3015"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/21/1987",
"basic_date": "9/21/1987",
"date": "9/21/1987",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Declaration by [Ronald Reagan](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ReaganRonaldWilson.html) to the 42nd General Assembly of the [UN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ONU.html). (September 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1987.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3016"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/29/1987",
"basic_date": "9/29/1987",
"date": "9/29/1987",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 2 monkeys, 10 rats, flies, grasshoppers, various microorganisms and plants fly aboard Cosmos 1887 \\(Bion\\) for international biological experiments. (September 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1987.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3017"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1987",
"basic_date": "11/1987",
"date": "11/1987",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Report from the [NSA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NSA.html): The [SETI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SETI.html) teams report receiving regular signals.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1987.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3018"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/11/1987",
"basic_date": "11/11/1987",
"date": "11/11/1987",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At [Gulf Breeze](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Breeze.html) \\(Pensacola, Florida\\), [Ed Walters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WaltersEdwardDaniel.html) is alone with his son in the family home. They are not in the same room. From the window of his office, [Walters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WaltersEdwardDaniel.html) sees a UFO moving behind the pines across the street. [Walters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WaltersEdwardDaniel.html) grabs a Polaroid and takes several snapshots. Rushing into the street to take more, he is \"struck\" by a beam of blue light and immobilized. There is a strong smell of cinnamon and his feet begin to leave the ground. He hears a voice in his head saying: We will not harm you. When [Walters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WaltersEdwardDaniel.html) persists in resisting, his mind is filled with images of dogs. The light is no longer there and he falls back to the ground. The UFO, which measured about 3.50 m in diameter and 2.70 m in height, with a brightly lit propulsion ring underneath, has disappeared. (November 11th, 5 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1987.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3019"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/30/1987",
"basic_date": "11/30/1987",
"date": "11/30/1987",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Ilkey Moor \\(Yorkshire\\), [Philip Spencer](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#SpencerPhilip) observes and photographs an entity surrounded by a green light at dawn. He will receive a visit from [MIB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MIB.html) a week later. (November 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1987.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3020"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/2/1987",
"basic_date": "12/2/1987",
"date": "12/2/1987",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Ed Walters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WaltersEdwardDaniel.html) encounters an entity in his backyard and makes it flee. (2 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1987.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3021"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/2/1987",
"basic_date": "12/2/1987",
"date": "12/2/1987",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The US Congress finally authorized the arbitrary and hitherto illegal seizure of lands around [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) by the USAF.",
"ref": [
"Peter Merlin, *Dreamland - the Air Force's Remote Test Site*, article for *Aerotech News and Review* of April 1st, 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1987.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3022"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/12/1988",
"basic_date": "1/12/1988",
"date": "1/12/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Ed Walters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WaltersEdwardDaniel.html) is in his pickup truck and by chance encounters a stationary UFO above the road. He photographs it. This time, a beam of white light paralyzes [Waters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WaltersEdwardDaniel.html) as he hides under his truck. Beings emerge from the UFO and head towards the vehicle, but [Waters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WaltersEdwardDaniel.html) manages to get back in and flee. (January 12)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3023"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/21/1988",
"basic_date": "1/21/1988",
"date": "1/21/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Fay Knowles and her 3 sons, accompanied by their 2 dogs, have just come from East Perth and are heading towards Mundrabilla, crossing the Nullarbor Plain \\(Western Australia\\). Suddenly, their car radio starts to malfunction. See images/Knowles\\_300.jpg. (1h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3024"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/21/1988",
"basic_date": "1/21/1988",
"date": "1/21/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The quartet sees lights in the distance. As the car --- a Ford --- approaches, it turns out that there is only one light. It is parked on the side of the highway. Sean Knowles, the driver, does not realize until the last moment that this light is illuminating another vehicle. He swerves violently to avoid the accident and then turns around to see what is happening. The light moves above the road, pursued by Knowles' vehicle. Then it starts to back up towards the car. Sean turns around again, but the UFO catches up with them. Something lands on the roof of the car with a dull thud and the vehicle seems to leave the ground. Fay Knowles lowers the window and sticks her hand out to touch the object above. She claims it was hot and spongy, and compares it to a rubber plunger used to unclog sinks. Meanwhile, chaos reigns in the car. A shrill sound is heard. One of the sons will later say he thought his brain was going to come out of his head. Sean, the driver, faints briefly. The dogs become wildly furious. Dust, entering through the lowered window, swirls inside and there is a smell of decomposing corpses. Then the UFO releases the car. It falls violently to the ground and one of the tires bursts. Sean takes control of it, stops it, and the whole family gets out to hide on the side of the road until the UFO moves away. The UFO is about the same size as the car, white with a yellow center. It emits a kind of electric buzz. When it is gone, one of the strangest consequences of the experience occurs: for about 15 minutes, everyone's voice becomes very high-pitched, as if they had breathed helium. In this state, the family changes the wheel and then sets off towards Mundrabilla. The car is covered with a deposit similar to soot. The suitcases loaded on the gallery have disappeared. At the Manor Hotel in Mundrabilla, where the family takes refuge about 40 km away, a truck driver named Graham Henley tells them he saw a light in the distance and saw it hovering above their Ford. He can see that a smell of Bakelite permeates the car and that its roof is strangely bulged in 4 places. A little later, the Knowleses present themselves at the Ceduna police station. This is what Sergeant Fred Longlet will say about them: These people had really seen something. What exactly ... well, I don't know. They were in a frightening state, even 5 hours after the incident. Returned ... you can even say pale .. and trembling. The woman thanked heaven for being alive. These people were in a state 1000 times worse than all those who had reported UFO sightings to me so far. Something had happened. Their car, after all those miles traveled, was still covered with black ash or dust. There was even some inside. Where could it come from? Out there, there is nothing but sand. (1 h 45)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3025"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/7/1988",
"basic_date": "2/7/1988",
"date": "2/7/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The UFO again visits the home of the [Waters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WaltersEdwardDaniel.html) and Frances Walters, Ed's wife, narrowly missing being \"struck\" by a blue beam --- an event that [Waters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WaltersEdwardDaniel.html) managed to capture on film. (February 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3026"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/18/1988",
"basic_date": "2/18/1988",
"date": "2/18/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Montélimar region, during the Lialog liaison flight, Lieutenant de Vaisseau Christophe Clachant: We were returning from a liaison flight to Hyères on board the twin-turboprop Nord 262 \"Fregate\" of Squadron 11 S, a flight with passengers as every Thursday, heading to the Dugny-Le Bourget naval air base. As an ensign, I was the captain and occupied the right seat. The copilot, on the left, was driving the machine. We were flying at nearly 400 km/h. There was a sea of clouds below but the sky was beautiful, a superb twilight with blue and orange towards the West. And suddenly, between Montélimar and Moulins, we saw a big, bright, golden white light facing North, like a powerful torch that seemed suspended, stationary. I then said to my copilot: \"Hey, did you see that?\" \"Yeah! What is it? An airplane?\" I was certain: \"It's shining so much, it's not possible!\" and I decided to call the control: \"There's a point, something that's shining very brightly... Do you see anything in our North sector?\" The controller told me he didn't see anything. Then an Air Inter captain announced on the radio, in a very sure voice: \"No, it's an airplane!\" I replied: \"No, it's not possible, that's not it...\" Nobody answered. And then suddenly, after a minute, it seemed to go down and the phenomenon disappeared. On our return, the \"pacha\" of our squadron didn't want to hear anything. We weren't taken seriously at all. I was extremely troubled by this observation.... (February 18th, 7:15 PM)",
"ref": [
"VSD 9808 H, p. 31",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3027"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/1/1988",
"basic_date": "5/1/1988",
"date": "5/1/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Waters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WaltersEdwardDaniel.html) takes his 39th UFO photo when he is surrounded by a white light and faints. (1 h 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3028"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/1/1988",
"basic_date": "5/1/1988",
"date": "5/1/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Waters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WaltersEdwardDaniel.html) regains consciousness. He wonders if he has been abducted during this time and if the implant that warned him of an approaching UFO has been removed. (2 h 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3029"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/1/1988",
"basic_date": "6/1/1988",
"date": "6/1/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Puerto Montt zone \\(southern tip of South America\\), on a clear and cloudless night, the ACC \\(air traffic control center\\) heard the crew of the Chilean civil flight 045 asking them: Puerto Montt! Is there any traffic in front of us currently? The controller of the permanent tower leans out the window that looks north of the operational building and then notices something curious. He recounts: I saw a white light moving from the north to the airport. I was on the 3rd floor, where the ACC is located. At first, I confused it with the lights of the LAN 737, but when I checked the position of the aircraft, I realized that this light could not correspond to the Boeing 737 and that it was something else. I estimate that I started to see the light above Osorno, as it approached the airport. About 10 km from the runway, I was able to distinguish the object in question a little better. There were several white lights in the upper part and 4 red lights in the lower part. This object then approached about 1500 m from my position, always to the north. It never got closer... The object stopped for a few seconds and I could observe that, from the lower part, bright flashes of light were coming out, giving me the impression that this lower part was flat and of a metallic appearance. I estimate that its shape was circular and of a diameter of about 60 m. I could see the base of the object because of the flashes, but I could not see the upper part, except for these white lights mentioned previously. The flashes were quite different from the 4 lower red lights and did not twinkle. Then, after about 2 minutes, this strange object moved away to the north, in the same direction it had come from. I did not see it turn. Shortly afterwards, I lost sight of it towards the north, after following it with my eyes until the Osorno sector. The northward movement of the mysterious intruder in the direction from which flight 045 was approaching will first cause an anxious call from the captain and then, secondly, an \"air miss\" maneuver. The controller of the permanent tower then hears cries from the floor below, from where the phenomenon can be followed even more easily. At 0 h 10 UTC, while we were in radio communication with LAN flight 045 in the approach phase, concerning the existence of an unknown traffic that was in front of him, I could see from the tower a light similar to a star, but very large and without a specific shape, approximately aligned on the axis of the runway, about 16 km north and 40° above the horizon line, of great intensity and with changes of colors, passing successively from red to green and yellow. To try to see details of the object, I took the binoculars of the tower to better look at the UFO, but I could not see anything more, except a slow movement towards the south, that is to say towards the airport. This lasted 3 to 4 minutes, then the mysterious object seemed to be instantly \"sucked\" in the direction of the north, in the same way and as quickly as when one acts on the wheel of a zoom of a pair of binoculars to appreciate something from a greater distance. Having lost the visual contact of this object in the field of vision of my binoculars, I then looked for it with the naked eye at the same time as I heard the pilot of the LAN flight 045, on the ACC frequency, reporting that he had to make a left turn to avoid collision with the UFO... Looking north, on the horizon, I could only see a glow similar to a landing light reflecting in a nebula before disappearing. 5 minutes later, the Boeing of the LAN flight 045 made itself known on the tower frequency, about 25 km north of the runway, beginning its approach procedure, then it lit its landing lights which appeared very small on the horizon. Then everything went normally. The magnetic tape containing the conversations between the plane and the services of the air traffic control of Puerto Montt allowed to reconstitute with exactitude, and in real time this affair. The voice of the pilot at the controls of the Boeing was very stressed when he warned of the danger located right on his flight trajectory. This tape is the only report. He did not want to testify or establish an official report. (Wednesday, June 1st)",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3030"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/25/1988",
"basic_date": "6/25/1988",
"date": "6/25/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Chris Davis, a 17 year old American, is driving home. After passing Scape Ore Marsh, near Bishopville \\(South Carolina\\), he realizes he has a flat tire. He stops and quickly changes the tire. He is about to get back in the car when he notices a solitary figure running across a nearby field in his direction. Surprised to see someone at this late hour, Davis carefully observes the silhouette and, as the stranger approaches him, he is horrified to find out that he is not dealing with a human being. In fact, it is something the teenager has never seen before. The being is 2 meters tall, looks like a giant green and scaly lizard with red and shiny almond-shaped eyes. Apparently, it has only 3 fingers and 3 toes, each ending with a 10 cm black claw. Paralyzed, Davis eventually jumps into his car. In the meantime, the creature has reached the vehicle and started to fight with the outside rearview mirror as if it wanted to open the driver's door. The lizard-man is so excited that when Davis accelerates to escape its grip, it jumps onto the car roof and clings to it, while the terrified teenager drives at almost 120 km/h through the marshlands. The creature eventually lets go, falls off the roof and finally disappears in the distance \\[*Houston Chronicle* July-August\\]. Davis returns home to his parents terrified that night. He is hysterical, crying and trembling. When he calms down, he tells them what happened. The county sheriff, Liston Truesdale, also believes Davis' story and says He's a good, honest boy. He even agreed to take a lie detector test and be interrogated under hypnosis. No doubt: he is telling the truth. Several similar testimonies are reported to the police in the following weeks, attracting the attention of the media. The Scape Ore Marsh is invaded by television teams fighting for the best shooting locations; a local radio station even offers a $1 million reward for the capture of the famous \"lizard-man\". Several 3-fingered 35 cm long footprints are later discovered in the marsh. Plaster casts are made of them. (June 25th, 2am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3031"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/28/1988",
"basic_date": "6/28/1988",
"date": "6/28/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At a military base near the experimental nuclear facilities of Kapoustine Yar, on the banks of the Volga River, at the edge of the Caspian Lowlands, 4 people see a UFO maneuvering above the base for more than 2 hours. When the UFO flies over the weapons storage area, it sends a beam into the missile depot. (June 28)",
"ref": [
"FX 95-2653",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3032"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1988",
"basic_date": "7/17/1988",
"date": "7/17/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Soviet spy satellite takes a photo of the [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) area to be published in many publications, including *Popular Science* and the *Lazar Poster*. (July 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3033"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/29/1988",
"basic_date": "9/29/1988",
"date": "9/29/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Agreement between USA, Europe, Canada and Japan for the construction of a manned space station.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3034"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/29/1988",
"basic_date": "9/29/1988",
"date": "9/29/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Resumption of shuttle flights with *Discovery*.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3035"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/29/1988",
"basic_date": "9/29/1988",
"date": "9/29/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The naked and horribly mutilated body of a man of about 40 years old was found near the artificial lake of Guarapiranga. He was identified, but his family asked for his anonymity to be preserved. The case was not made public and added to the pile of unsolved crimes of the Brazilian police. In 1994, the ufologist Encarnacion Garcia, who had been investigating cattle mutilations in Brazil for a long time, learned by chance that Doctor Rubens Goes, one of his friends, was in possession of 7 strange photographs that he had received from Rubens Sergio, his cousin, a technician of the police services. The similarities between the wounds inflicted on the man of the Guarapiranga lake and those of the cattle dismembered by the ghost mutilators jumped to the eyes of the ufologist. Doctor Cuenca, who had conducted the examinations at the time, agreed to give him his file. In addition to the autopsy report, this file contained the police report which specified that the victim seemed to have not struggled nor been tied up. Although found between 48 and 72 hours after death, the body showed no signs of putrefaction or attacks by predators and did not emit any smell - a surprising detail in a hot climate like that of Brazil. The cheeks and lips had been precisely cut, the tongue sectioned, the eyes and ears - including the inner part - removed. The absence of any trace of blood seemed to indicate that an instrument cauterizing by heat, such as a laser, had been used. Circular perforations made with a punch, with a diameter varying between 3 and 4.5 cm, were visible under the arms, shoulders and legs. A neat hole of 4.5 cm was visible at the navel and the scrotum had been cut following an elliptical incision of 3.5 cm by 1.5. The testicles had been extracted with the same surgical precision. On the other hand, the penis was still in place but strangely distended. As for the anus, it had been excised following a large ellipse of 8.5 cm by 17 cm. It was also noted that almost all the internal organs had been removed, probably extracted through the perforations. Everything seemed to suggest that the victim had undergone a monstrous surgical operation for which he had been prepared, as suggested by the neatly shaved pubis. The similarities with cattle mutilations are striking: same precise technique, same organs cut and extracted with the same skill and same contempt for the corpse, thrown away after the operation like a mere debris.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3036"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/-1/1988",
"basic_date": "11/1988",
"date": "11/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery by the United States of 7 bodies following a crash in Afghanistan.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3037"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/15/1988",
"basic_date": "11/15/1988",
"date": "11/15/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Russian shuttle *Bourane* performs an unpiloted flight. (November 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3038"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/16/1988",
"basic_date": "11/16/1988",
"date": "11/16/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 2 jet fighters are \"abducted\" by a UFO over the island of Puerto Rico. A similar - but distinct - event will be observed on December 28. (November 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3039"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/26/1988",
"basic_date": "11/26/1988",
"date": "11/26/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First space outing of a European \\(Jean-Loup Chrétien\\). (November 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3040"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/-1/1988",
"basic_date": "12/1988",
"date": "12/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Robert Lazar](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LazarRobertScott.html) begins a 5 month job on the propulsion system of an extraterrestrial craft for the US military.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3041"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/10/1988",
"basic_date": "12/10/1988",
"date": "12/10/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First commercial flight of Ariane 4. (December 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3042"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1988",
"basic_date": "12/21/1988",
"date": "12/21/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Titov and Manarov return to Earth, after 365d and 22h spent aboard *Mir* \\(duration record\\). (December 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3043"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/28/1988",
"basic_date": "12/28/1988",
"date": "12/28/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above the area between the small towns of Lajas and Cabo Rojo \\(Southwest of the island of Puerto Rico, between Santo Domingo and the Virgin Islands\\), a large triangular UFO appears. Wilson Rosa, a ufologist living in the municipality of Betances, testifies, as well as his wife and children: From 6 pm, we saw fighter jets flying over the region. At 19:45, we heard other planes belonging either to the Puerto Rico National Guard or to the US Navy. They flew very high, but we could clearly hear their engines. I followed their flight with attention because, about a week earlier, another one of these jets, an F-14 or an F-15, had pursued a UFO --- of small size --- above the Sierra Bermeja and the Laguna Cartagena. So I went out to observe them, and that's when I discovered a large UFO flying over the Sierra Bermeja.<br/><br/>It was huge! It blinked and had many colored lights. I ran to get my binoculars and I could clearly see that it had the shape of a triangle and was slightly rounded towards the back. It turned, returned to a lower altitude and seemed even bigger.<br/><br/>That's when we noticed 2 jet fighters flying just behind it. As the UFO moved away \\(towards the West\\), one of the planes tried to intercept it by passing in front of it. The UFO turned to the left and made a U-turn, reducing its speed. For 3 times, the planes tried to intercept it: the UFO slowed down even more and almost stopped. It was incredible!<br/><br/>That something so big could remain almost motionless was inconceivable. According to its size, it must have been extremely heavy. The second fighter stayed to the right of the UFO and the other one placed itself to its left towards the back. That's when.. I'm unable to say what exactly happened.<br/><br/>I don't know if the plane entered the UFO from the back or from the top. We all started to shout, fearing a collision, or even an explosion. The fighter placed in the back had disappeared inside the UFO because, in my binoculars, I didn't see it reappear neither towards the back, nor towards the top nor towards any other point.<br/><br/>The second plane stayed on the right of the UFO, very close. It seemed tiny compared to this huge machine. When the UFO took the direction of the West, the plane disappeared, as well as the sound of its engine. That's exactly what had happened when the first one had seemed to disappear inside the UFO. After having \"swallowed\" the planes, the UFO lost altitude and approached very close to the ground \\(above the small lake of Samàn\\). It stayed in the air for a moment, then its angles deformed and a big luminous flash jallited from the central yellow light ball. Then, it split in two triangular parts in the middle. It was incredible! The right triangle was now illuminated in yellow and the other one in red. The 2 triangles started to fly at full speed, one towards the southeast and the other one towards the northeast, towards Monte del Estado. When the UFO split, we could see some kind of red sparks coming off it. \\(See *US Jets Abducted at Puerto Rico*, The UFO Report, under the direction of Timothy Good.\\) <br/><br/>Another witness, Ivan Coté, added that it had seemed to him to see small red machines surrounding the UFO and trying to move away the planes. He specified that a 3rd fighter had turned back when it had seen what was happening to the others and that the red triangle had pursued it for a moment. The ufologist Jorge Martin didn't stop at collecting Wilson Rosa's testimony. He found in the region numerous witnesses whose stories overlap even in the details. In order to know more, Jorge Martin hastened to contact the competent authorities.<br/><br/>The [FAA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FAA.html) office for Puerto Rico replied to him that it had had no knowledge of any incident with a UFO, but that it knew that forces coming from the naval base of Roosevelt Roads, on the other side of the island, had accomplished military maneuvers in the zone in question --- which the said base denied afterwards. As for the air bases of the Puerto Rico National Guard of Muniz and Salinas, they were even less explicit and affirmed that none of their planes had flown over the region that evening. However, this beautiful unanimity cracked when Jorge Martin set out to interrogate the responsible units of the police specialized in the chase of drug traffickers and their planes, the *Fast Action United Force* \\(FURA\\), of which a radar unit was based in San German, very close to Cabo Rojo, as well as the *Criminal Investigation Corps*. He then learned that an intense activity of combat planes had been registered at the said hour above the region. Recontacted, the [FAA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FAA.html) said not to understand why Roosevelt Roads had denied the evidence and Mirabal, the officer interrogated by Jorge Martin, made him this surprising confidence: I know nothing about this incident, but even if it was the case, as soon as there is a report concerning UFOs, we are not allowed to investigate because these investigations are reserved to a special department of the [FAA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FAA.html) based in Washington, DC.. There was thus a special department at the [FAA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FAA.html) to study a phenomenon which officially didn't exist. (18 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3044"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/28/1988",
"basic_date": "12/28/1988",
"date": "12/28/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Sierra Bermeja and Laguna Cartagena, flown over by the UFO, were surveyed at very low altitude until midnight by unmarked black helicopters with no distinctive markings and extinguished position lights. (20:20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3045"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/28/1988",
"basic_date": "12/28/1988",
"date": "12/28/1988",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) According to Carlos Racfort, the supervisor of air operations at the Mayagüez airport, near Cabo Rojo, a Cessna from the army lands with 4 men on board to investigate an event that has just occurred in the region. (20 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1988.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3046"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1989",
"basic_date": "1989",
"date": "1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The UFO photographed in Dalbegorsk \\(USSR\\). See images/1989\\_200.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3047"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1989",
"basic_date": "4/1989",
"date": "4/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Linda Cortile](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CortileLinda.html) begins a regression under hypnosis with researcher [Budd Hopkins](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HopkinsBudd.html). She believes she was abducted by extraterrestrials when she was between 20 and 30 years old. (April)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3048"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/4/1989",
"basic_date": "5/4/1989",
"date": "5/4/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the *Magellan* probe to [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html). (May 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3049"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1989",
"basic_date": "5/7/1989",
"date": "5/7/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [South Africa Case](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SouthAfricaCase.html): NORAD installations detect an unidentified object upon its entry into African airspace. The [SAAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgsMilitaires.html\\#SAAF) also detects the craft on its radar. 2 armed fighters are sent to meet it and fire upon it, causing it to crash. The craft is recovered, along with 2 occupants, alive. (May 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3050"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1989",
"basic_date": "5/7/1989",
"date": "5/7/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Robert Lazar](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LazarRobertScott.html) is interviewed for the first time on KLAS-TV \\(Las Vegas\\) and claims to have been hired to do reverse engineering of the propulsion system of an extraterrestrial craft at Papoose Lake in the Southwest of [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), on behalf of the US military for 5 months starting in December 1988. His intervention draws a large public interest in the [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) area.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3051"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/7/1989",
"basic_date": "5/7/1989",
"date": "5/7/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the USSR, censorship on the UFO subject is lifted. The policy of *glasnost* advocated by Gorbachev takes the USSR out of its isolation. Previously, Soviet ufologists could not access any information, which did not prevent the West from welcoming rumors and follies of all kinds provided they came from the cold: crispy stories of UFOs losing their passengers in Uzbekistan and recovering corpses of extraterrestrials.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3052"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/23/1989",
"basic_date": "6/23/1989",
"date": "6/23/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Continuation of the [South Africa Case](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SouthAfricaCase.html): arrival of the object and its occupants at [Wright-Patterson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/WrightPatterson.html) base, which reportedly went to Red Alert on this date. (June 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3053"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/-1/1989",
"basic_date": "7/1989",
"date": "7/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Recovery by the United States of 9 occupants of a crashed aircraft in Siberia.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3054"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1989",
"basic_date": "7/28/1989",
"date": "7/28/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Corporal-Chief M. Klentchouk observed something flying along the horizon like an airplane: I thought it was an airplane because there is an aerodrome in that direction. But I didn't hear any noise like that of an airplane. That intrigued me. This is what I saw. An object that looked like a slightly crushed egg flew without making any noise. It shone very brightly, with green and red lights. This object gained a great speed. It accelerated and stopped abruptly, jumped up or down. Then a second one appeared, then a third. One of these objects stopped at a low altitude and remained motionless during my observation. The second object was lost. Only one remained. It moved along the horizon. I had the impression that sometimes it descended to the ground. Then it went up again and flew again. After that, an airplane appeared. It could be identified by its noise. It approached the object. But the object detached itself from it so quickly that one could have thought that the airplane was still in the same place. The airplane passed by and left. The object resumed its flight along the horizon. (July 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3055"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1989",
"basic_date": "8/8/1989",
"date": "8/8/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The European satellite *Hipparcos* \\(star catalogue\\) is launched by *Ariane 4*. (8 August)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3056"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/25/1989",
"basic_date": "8/25/1989",
"date": "8/25/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Flyby of Neptune by *Voyager 2.* (August 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3057"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1989",
"basic_date": "1989",
"date": "Autumn 1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beginnings of testimonies in Belgium evoking overflights of a triangular platform equipped with various light sources and capable of silently and slowly moving at very low altitude. (Autumn)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3058"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1989",
"basic_date": "1989",
"date": "Autumn 1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Stanton Friedman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FriedmanStanton.html) meets [Glenn Dennis](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DennisGlenn.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3059"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1989",
"basic_date": "9/1989",
"date": "9/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The show prepared by [Stanton Friedman](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FriedmanStanton.html) on the Roswell crash mobilized nearly 28 million Americans on NBC.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3060"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1989",
"basic_date": "9/1989",
"date": "9/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Nashville \\(Tennessee\\), a U.S. Navy serviceman observed an UFO with a very structured disc shape with beams and a series of bright portholes.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3061"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/6/1989",
"basic_date": "9/6/1989",
"date": "9/6/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Docking of the *Kvant 2* module to *Mir*. (September 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3062"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/27/1989",
"basic_date": "9/27/1989",
"date": "9/27/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Schoolchildren from Voronej \\(a city south of Moscow\\) and adults witness the landing of a 16m long, 6m high disc-shaped UFO with a door and windows. The craft, bearing the symbol of the Ummites, lands on four legs in the middle of the park. Two creatures emerge. A giant \\(3-4m tall\\) with three eyes, and a headless dwarf \\(the children thought it was a robot\\). The large entity stares at a screaming child, makes him disappear by pointing a tube at him, and re-boards the craft. The UFO takes off. Immediately, the child \"re-materializes\". This event makes even more noise as the children claim to have witnessed multiple UFO landings with strange visitors. According to rumors that spread around the world, a high level of radioactivity is detected at the site, along with a \"extraterrestrial\" rock fragment; experts estimated the traces of the landing to the pressure of an object of more than 10 tons. Voronej becomes a hot spot for ufology tourism. The head of the geophysics laboratory travels with an investigation commission \\(scientists including nuclear physicist S. Kadmenski, criminologists, doctors, meteorologists and ufologists\\) created by the local Party committee. The commission concludes that there is no proof of a landing: After radiometric and spectrochemical analyses, examinations of the soil and microorganisms, we found no anomalies in the soil or vegetation. The trace of the UFO existed before the alleged landing date. It can still be visited. (September 27th, 6:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3063"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/18/1989",
"basic_date": "10/18/1989",
"date": "10/18/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The space shuttle launches *Galileo* towards [Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html). (October 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3064"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/20/1989",
"basic_date": "10/20/1989",
"date": "10/20/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Eragny \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a cloud shaped like an ice cream cone with a single scoop (October 20th, 8:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16th 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3065"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1989",
"basic_date": "10/27/1989",
"date": "10/27/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Cergy-Pontoise \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a luminous ball heading from Northwest to Southeast. (12:10)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16th, 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3066"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1989",
"basic_date": "10/27/1989",
"date": "10/27/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Domont \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation for 15 minutes of a large silver mass apparently distant by several km.",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3067"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1989",
"basic_date": "10/27/1989",
"date": "10/27/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Jouy-le-Moutier \\(Val d'Oise\\), an observation of a dark mass of metallic appearance, elongated and motionless. At 18:57, it blinked.",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3068"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/28/1989",
"basic_date": "10/28/1989",
"date": "10/28/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Pierrelaye \\(Val d'Oise\\), along the A15, 2 silver-colored balls were visible for 10 minutes. (October 28th, 7:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16th 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3069"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/2/1989",
"basic_date": "11/2/1989",
"date": "11/2/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On November 2nd, during the night, Oleg Kirsanov was driving a truck from the Arkhangelsk region to Moscow with Nicolaï. Near Emtza, they were diverted by construction and encountered a massive metal object on a secondary road. The object seemed to be asking for fire through a glowing screen. After lighting a fire, Kirsanov was invited aboard the object. Inside, he communicated with beings through a red screen and learned that they were studying Earth. Before leaving, he attempted to offer them a watch, but they refused. The object then quickly disappeared. The incident lasted 20 minutes and left Kirsanov shaken. \\[\\[resembling somewhat the one from [Amarantes](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1982-10-21\\_Amarantes.html)\\]\\] (November 2nd, the Night)",
"ref": [
"[Lecomte](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://perso.club-internet.fr/cendrars/enigma2/ovni4.htm)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3070"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/3/1989",
"basic_date": "11/3/1989",
"date": "11/3/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near the German-Belgian border, in Raeren, M. G., with very important technical responsibilities for the city of Eupen, observed a strange flying object with abnormally powerful headlights, flying very slowly at the height of the tree tops. (November 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3071"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/9/1989",
"basic_date": "11/9/1989",
"date": "11/9/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Fall of the Berlin Wall. (November 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3072"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/18/1989",
"basic_date": "11/18/1989",
"date": "11/18/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Cobe*, for the measurement of the 3° K fossil radiation. (November 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3073"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Sun sets to reveal a Moonless night. There is practically no wind, and in the East of the country, the temperature is close to 0° C. (4:45 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3074"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Gendarme J. from the Eynatten brigade checks passports at the E40 highway border post in Lichtenbush. Through the windows of the aubette he sees an object flying at a very low altitude, with 2 or 3 excessively bright headlights. This flying object comes from Germany and passes about 500 m from the gendarme. The exceptional power of the headlights draws his attention. He first thinks of a helicopter, like those that circulate between the hospitals of Eupen and Aachen, but immediately wonders why this aircraft is flying so low, with such powerful headlights and at an abnormally slow speed. It is only 60 or 70 km/h. The craft moves away, flying parallel to the E40 highway, on the east side of it. (Between 5 pm and 5:30 pm)",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3075"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An official witness for the city of Euphen leaves from a point inside the city to go to Eynatten. A colleague is sitting next to him. A little beyond Kettenis, they see a flying object, with very powerful headlights. It moves slowly towards Eupen, to the right of the N68 road and quite close to it. The driver thinks it must be a helicopter, but is surprised by the slow flight, the very low altitude, and especially the excessively bright headlights. Crossing the object, he clearly perceives 3 beams that illuminate the ground and a dark triangular shape. It is a low triangle with a wide base, moving point forward. In addition to its 3 large round headlights, emitting a constant white light, there is a smaller red flashing light somewhere on the symmetry axis. This lamp flashes at a constant frequency, between 1 and 2 times/s. The surprise of the witness is such that, when he is forced to stop at the red light in Merois, he lowers the car window to check if he can hear a helicopter noise. He hears nothing and continues to observe this object from time to time in his rearview mirror. He sees that it remains on the East side of the N68 road. (5:13 PM)",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3076"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Schönefeld, a bit southeast of Nispert, Mr. D., a school director, parks his car at home when he sees in the sky an object moving slowly, with powerful headlights. It moves at 100 or 150 m from the ground, but at a distance of about 800 m. The shape of the object is unclear. However, Mr. G. discerns 3 or 4 powerful white headlights near the periphery and a yellow-orange flashing light in the middle. He is surprised that he does not hear any noise. Thinking that it must still be an airplane, he goes back home. (17 h 15-17 h 17)",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3077"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Gendarmes H. v. M. and N. of the Euphen brigade are driving in their service van from Eupen to Eynatten, following the N68. They reach the height of Grosse Weide, between Kettenis and Merols. The driver of the car, v. M., is surprised by the presence of a very intense light spot to the right of the road. There is only a meadow and no reason to find such a powerful lighting as that of a football stadium. The light spot covers an area whose center is located about 50 m from the road and extends up to 20 m from it. One could read the gazette. Gendarme v. M. slows down and indicates this unexpected light spot to his colleague, saying: Look, why is this meadow so lit up? Gendarme N. is sitting on the side of the light. He lowers the window and sees a large platform, motionless in the sky. They are now driving very slowly and both observe the phenomenon. The other cars pass them, as if nothing was wrong. The underside of the platform is equipped with 3 huge headlights, pointing downwards. The contours of the headlights are circular and one can clearly distinguish the limits of the 3 white light cones that emerge from them and extend to the ground. The air is not humid. H. v. M. will evaluate the altitude of the object at about 120 m, by comparison with the telecommunications tower of the Eupen gendarmerie \\(74 m\\) and based on the angle of vision \\(68 °\\) and the position of the spot in the meadow. It is the silence of the engine that surprises the two gendarmes the most. They do not hear anything that exceeds the noise of the car and the road traffic, the window being lowered on the side of the engine, to the east of the road. So it is not a helicopter. Looking more closely, they clearly see the outlines of a large dark mass against the twilight sky. The headlights are dazzling, but the base seems to be perfectly flat. It is horizontal and forms an isosceles triangle, with a wide base. The adjacent corners to the base are cut. The gendarmes paid attention to the overall structure and not to any possible rounding of the angles. The tip of the triangle is oriented towards Eynatten. M. v. M. will specify dimensions of 6 m for the length of the nearest side, 30 to 35 m for the length of the base, 25 m for the height of the triangle and about 2 m for the thickness of the platform. The diameter of the white headlights is at least 1 m, but there is also a kind of red beacon in the center of the underside. The white headlights light up constantly and are located relatively close to the corners of the object. The flashing red light is less intense, but clearly visible. The frequency of the flashing is 1 to 2 times / s but this light does not go out completely. It looks like that of a beacon. The gendarmes continue to drive slowly, observing the engine with amazement and great attention. At this moment, the object starts to move, pointing forward. It moves parallel to the road, at about 50 km / h, in the same direction as the gendarmes. Mr. N. then says: Let's get on the small road a little further on, to look at it well. This is the path from Merols to Raeren. The object should fly over them at this point. (5:20 PM)",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3078"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The gendarmes drive faster towards Merols, calling the dispatch at the Eupen barracks to report the presence of this unusual object and ask if there are any maneuvers with special equipment at the Elsenborn military camp. The gendarmes take up position to await the approaching object, but suddenly it stops, turns around and heads back towards Eupen. Even more intrigued by this behavior that could suggest a response to their attempted interception, the gendarmes immediately take the ridge road \\(Hochstrasse\\) that goes around Kettenis and the city of Eupen, along the N68. (17 h 24)",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3079"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) From Nispert, to the North-East of Eupen, Mr. G. \\(who had already made an observation on November 3rd\\) saw an object flying with 3 bright headlights arranged in a triangle passing silently at 200 or 300 m from him. (17:30)",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3080"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The witness of 17:13 having fulfilled his mission in Eynatten, returns to Eupen and sees the same object again. It flies slowly, at a small distance from the N68 road, on the East side of it. The headlights are still as bright and directed downwards, but at one point the object takes a turn towards the West. The witness loses sight of the object and attends to his mission. The unloading in Eupen is finished around 17:45.",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3081"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) when they are almost blinded by 3 lights grazing their vehicle. These lights seem to be attached to a huge dark triangle. They follow the object they see hovering above the Gileppe Dam. Several other witnesses will confirm their story.",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3082"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Rocourt, Mr. K., a power plant technician, looks by chance in the direction of Ans and Bierset. He then notices the presence of a huge triangle with a wide base and rounded corners. It has 3 very bright white lights near the corners and a red flashing light in the center. It is perfectly still. For the witness, it cannot be an AWACS. He knows them well since he lives near the Bierset base.",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3083"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The doctor M. and his wife also observe in the sky 3 stationary bright points. The witness is at this moment in Alleur, near the Loncin interchange. He parks his vehicle on the side of the road, in a clear area. Having lowered the window, he only hears a faint, low and continuous sound coming from the object. The witnesses do not see the body of the object, but 3 large headlights, almost on the same horizontal line, about 150 m from the ground. The object moved away towards the North-East. Mrs. L. is also in Alleur.",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3084"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mrs. L. discovers successively 4 objects adorned with enormous white lights. They come from the East, following the E40 highway. Their slowness and the intensity of the headlights are quite abnormal. (18 h 10)",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3085"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mr. H., an aeronautical engineer and CEO of a company, is approaching Liège on the E42 highway. He is driving fast on the overtaking lane, near the Bierset airfield. Suddenly, a very bright flying object appears in front of him, about 200 m from the ground. Because of the proximity of the Bierset military base, he immediately thinks it is an airplane, with landing lights and on the wrong track. The object is descending straight towards him. The witness then focuses his attention on 4 large rectangular, symmetrical and horizontal surfaces, emitting a bright, whitish-yellow light. The whole is wider than the highway and covers the entire width of the Jaguar's air intake \\(180 cm\\). The witness cannot make out the exact shape of the craft due to the dazzling headlights. When the flying object passes over the car, it makes no airplane noise. It does not reappear in the rearview mirror either. A little before arriving at the Loncin interchange, the witness makes a 2nd encounter, identical to the 1st. When he arrived home, he called the Bierset base to ask if a landing had taken place at that time. The answer was negative. (18:40)",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3086"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Ans and the Loncin interchange, Mrs. B. hears a soft humming sound like that of an electric motor while she is walking her dog in an open area. Looking up to the sky, she discovers an indescribable thing flying so low that she thinks it is going to hit the roof of a house, which is 25-30 m high. The speed is only about 20 km/h. The object is very large. At the time of the passage, it is probably only 70 m away from the witness. It is equipped with 4 large white headlights arranged at the top of a diamond and pointing downwards. A red flashing light is in the middle of the quadrilateral and, around this light, there seems to be a structure with the appearance of very matte aluminum, but the external contours of the craft are not clearly discernible. The ground is strongly lit by the headlights. When the dog is caught in this light, it does not have a special reaction. The object followed a straight trajectory, from West to East. Hardly disappeared, a 2nd object - an exact copy of the 1st - appeared and made the same journey in the same way. (18:50)",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3087"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The S. family is driving from the center of Liège to the Loncin interchange, to join the E40. Mrs. S. is in the front seat, next to her husband, who is a teacher. The two children are sitting on the back seat. At 1 km from the motorway junction, heavily lit, Mrs. S. notices on her right a still more lit up, relatively flat machine. It is slowly approaching, at such a low altitude that she first thinks of a vehicle on the bridge. Having signaled it to the others, they see that there is no bridge. It is a flying object. It crosses their path, almost vertically above their car. The shape is that of a rectangle with rounded corners, with 4 yellowish white lights pointing downwards. The contours are clearly visible against the sky background and the yellow light of the sodium vapor lamps of the motorway illuminates the underside. Taking the street lamps as reference points, the witnesses estimate that the flying object was 40 m from the ground and that its length was close to 15 m. It is heading towards the South-East, at about 120 km/h. This is too slow for an airplane and the witnesses do not hear the noise of a helicopter. The children \\(8 and 11 years old\\) see through the rear window that it continues its movement in the same way. Mrs. S. was able to observe more continuously than her husband and thinks that there was a dome above the rectangular plate.",
"ref": [
"SOBEPS 91",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3088"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) M. D., a secondary school science teacher, is driving on the E41 highway from Namur to Liège and reaches the area of Saint Georges. She then notices in the sky 3 pairs of 2 very bright arrows, forming signs \\< \\<. They are motionless and oriented in the same direction.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3089"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"basic_date": "11/29/1989",
"date": "11/29/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As part of the Belgian [observation wave](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BE.html), [SOBEPS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SOBEPS.html) will record a record of 143 observations for this day.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3090"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/30/1989",
"basic_date": "11/30/1989",
"date": "11/30/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Linda Cortile](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CortileLinda.html) goes to bed. Her husband is already asleep. She almost immediately begins to feel a paralyzing numbness that starts from her feet and spreads throughout her body. Due to her past experience, she knows it is the prelude to an abduction. She tries to wake her husband, but to no avail. (3am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3091"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/30/1989",
"basic_date": "11/30/1989",
"date": "11/30/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Linda Cortile](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CortileLinda.html) notices a gray being appearing in the room and throwing a pillow in her direction. Then she is totally paralyzed and feels her head empty, although she vaguely remembers someone touching her spine. (3:15)",
"ref": [
"Testimony of [Cortile](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CortileLinda.html) to [Budd Hopkins](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HopkinsBudd.html), conscious but fragmentary memories of what happened. All she remembers afterwards is returning to her bed",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3092"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/2/1989",
"basic_date": "12/2/1989",
"date": "12/2/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Trooz \\(Belgium\\), 6 people saw a stationary object for 10 minutes",
"ref": [
"\\[VOB II, p. 141 \\< Méheust 2000\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3093"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/2/1989",
"basic_date": "12/2/1989",
"date": "12/2/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Jemeppe-sur-Sambre \\(Belgium\\), 2 witnesses see an object the size of a football field that remains stationary for 5 minutes",
"ref": [
"\\[Méheust 2000\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3094"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1989",
"basic_date": "12/21/1989",
"date": "12/21/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Basècles \\(Belgium\\), 5 people observe an object that remains still for 7 to 8 minutes. (21 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3095"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1989",
"basic_date": "12/21/1989",
"date": "12/21/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Dissolution of the [GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html) and creation of the [SEPRA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SEPRA.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3096"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/21/1989",
"basic_date": "12/21/1989",
"date": "12/21/1989",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The American scientist [Richard Haines](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/HainesRichardF.html) and the ufologist [Jacques Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) proceed to a series of [in-depth analyses and photometric studies](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.scientificexploration.org/jse/articles/ufo\\_reports/haines\\_aerial/toc.html) on the original black and white negative of [the Costa Rica photo taken on September 4th, 1971](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1971-09-04\\_CostaRica.html), in order to determine the nature of the photographed UFO. The results of their research could only authenticate the phenomenon without explaining it. One of the founding members of the [GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html), the French researcher [Christian Perrin de Brichambaut](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PerrinDeBrichambautChristian.html), examines the photograph in November [1993](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1993.html) and determines that the light zones of the UFO cannot be explained by the reflections of the Sun. The light zones of the object could thus be due to a strong ionization of the air calling for an unknown type of propulsion. The engineer thus defines not only the general shape of the object, but also its dimensions.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1989.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3097"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1990",
"basic_date": "1990",
"date": "1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Testimonies in Belgium similar to those of [1989](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1989.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3098"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1990",
"basic_date": "1990",
"date": "1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A witness in the middle of the crop circle appeared in Saint-François-Xavier. See images/1990.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3099"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/7/1990",
"basic_date": "2/7/1990",
"date": "2/7/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Saive \\(Belgium\\), 2 motorists are driving on a small forest road when they are silently overflown by a structure of about 25 m by 15 m. The object is very close, so close that the witnesses will tell that if 3 people had climbed on the roof of the car and made a human ladder, they could have touched the object. It moves so slowly that the driver has to brake and put it in neutral to not overtake it \\(less than 10 km/h\\) (February 7)",
"ref": [
"VOB II, p. 136 \\< Méheust 2000",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3100"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"date": "3/30/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The responsible controller \\(MC\\) of the [CRC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#CRC) Glons receives a telephone call from Mr. Renkin, MDL of the Belgian gendarmerie, who certifies to see, from his home in Ramillies, 3 unusual lights in the direction of Thorembaies-Gembloux. These lights are clearly brighter than the stars and planets, they do not move and are arranged in an equilateral triangle. Their color is changing: red, green and yellow. (11 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3101"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"date": "3/30/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Wavre gendarmerie is asked by the [CRC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#CRC) Glons to send a patrol on site to confirm this observation. (23 h 05)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3102"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"date": "3/30/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mr. Renkin's new call concerns a new phenomenon: 3 other lights are heading towards the first triangle. One of these lights is much brighter than the others. The [CRC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#CRC) Glons meanwhile observes an unidentified contact on radar 5 km north of Beauchevain. The contact is moving at a speed of approximately 45 km/h \\(25 knots\\) towards the West. (23:15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3103"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"date": "3/30/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A patrol of the gendarmerie, including Captain Pinson, is on site and confirms Mr. Renkin's observation. Captain Pinson describes the phenomenon observed as follows: The light points have the dimension of a large star; they continuously change color. The dominant one is red, then it changes to blue, green, yellow and white, but not in the same order each time \\(...\\) The lights are very clear, as if they were signals: this allows them to be distinguished from the stars. (23 h 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3104"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"date": "3/30/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Objects photographed near a commercial airliner, in an aerodrome near Moscow. See images/1990_2_400.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3105"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"date": "3/30/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [TCC/RP](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#TCC/RP) Semmerzake confirms in turn to have a clear radar contact at the same position as that reported by the CRC Glons. (23 h 49)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3106"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"date": "3/30/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The CRC Glons gives the scramble order to the JW. (23 h 56)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3107"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"date": "3/30/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The light points continue to be clearly observed from the ground. The whole formation seems to be moving slowly relative to the stars. Ground-based visual witnesses notice that the UFOs occasionally send out brief and more intense light signals. Meanwhile, two weaker light points are noticed in the direction of Eghezée. These, like the others, also make brief and erratic movements. (23 h 45 - 0 h 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3108"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"basic_date": "3/30/1990",
"date": "3/30/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An airliner \\(pictured below\\) is on an airfield near Moscow when several UFOs, leaving trails behind them, are observed. It was witness Nikolaï Nilov who took this picture.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3109"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 2 single-seat F-16s, AL 17 and AL 23, take off. Between 0 h 07 and 0 h 54, under the control of the [CRC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#CRC), a total of 9 attempts to intercept these UFOs were made by the fighters. The planes had several brief radar contacts on the targets designated by the [CRC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#CRC). In 3 cases, the pilots managed to lock on to the target for a few seconds, which each time brought about a change in the UFOs. In no case did the pilots have a visual contact with the UFOs. (0 h 05)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3110"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First lock on the target designated by the [CRC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#CRC). Position: On the nose 6 [NM](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#NM), 2,750 km \\(9000 feet\\), heading: 250. The target's speed changes in a minimum time from 280 to 1800 km/h \\(150 to 970 knots\\), the altitude going from 2,750 km to 1,530 km \\(9000 to 5000 feet\\), then back to 3,350 km \\(11000 feet\\) to, afterwards, suddenly descend to ground level. This results in a \"*break lock*\" after a few seconds, the pilots losing the radar contact. The [CRC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#CRC) Glons informs, at the moment of the \"*break lock*\", that the fighters are flying over the target's position. (0 h 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3111"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Both the [TCC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#TCC/RP) Semmerzake and the [CRC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#CRC) Glons have lost contact with the target. Occasionally a contact appears in the area, but there are too few to have a clear trail. Meanwhile, the pilots make contact with the civil air traffic radio on VHF to coordinate their movements in the Brussels TMA. Radio contact on UHF is maintained with the CRC Glons. (0 h 19 - 0 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3112"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Belgian F-16 Radar Recording. See images/1990-03-30.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3113"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Glons and Semmerzake radars have a contact 205 km \\(110.6 NM\\) away from Beauchevain, heading towards Bierset at 2,135 km \\(7000 feet\\) and at high speed. Speeds recorded range from 885 km/h to 1277 km/h \\(478 to 690 knots\\). The contact is lost above Bierset. The Maastricht radar control center had no contact with this UFO. (0 h 32)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3114"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [CRC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#CRC) Glons mentions a possible contact at 19 km \\(10 NM\\) from the aircraft, altitude of 3050 km \\(10000 feet\\). The pilots have a radar contact from 13 km \\(7 NM\\). An acceleration of the target from 185 km/h to 1110 km/h \\(100 to 600 knots\\) is again noted. The \"*lock on*\" only lasts a few seconds, and both the aircraft and the [CRC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#CRC) lose contact. (0 h 39 - 00 h 41)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3115"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beauchevain RAPCON mentions a contact on their radar at an altitude of 1980 km \\(6500 feet\\), position from Beauchevain: 160/9 km \\(5 NM\\). Glons CRC also has a contact at the same position. This is observed until 00h56. (0 h 47)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3116"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Some attempts are made again to intercept the UFOs. The planes only record a few very short radar contacts. Witnesses on the ground see the last remaining UFO disappear in the direction of Louvain-la-Neuve. Around 1 o'clock, the UFO has completely disappeared from view. (0 h 45 - 01 h 00)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3117"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The two F-16s, AL 17 and AL 23, leave the frequency of the [CRC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#CRC) Glons and return to their base. (1 h 02)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3118"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [Gendarmerie](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Gendarmerie.html) of Jodoigne mentions to the [CRC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#CRC) Glons that a similar phenomenon to the one reported by Mr. Renkin at 23h15 has just been observed. (1 h 06)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3119"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Landing of F-16 AL 17. (1 h 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3120"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Landing of F-16 AL 23. (1 h 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3121"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Captain Pinson, who went to the Jodoigne brigade, describes his observation as follows: 4 white light points form a square with Jodoigne as the central point. The UFO seen in the direction of Orp-Jauche is brighter and has a yellow-red color. The light points move with jerky and short movements. (1:18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3122"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The 4 UFOs lose their brightness and seem to disappear in 4 different directions. (1 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3123"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"basic_date": "3/31/1990",
"date": "3/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Laptev, an aeronautical engineer, observed on the left, towards Moscow, above an obscure and dense forest, suddenly appear 2 powerful headlights, one red and one white, one above the other: The UFO flew slowly over the treetops parallel to the highway, towards the lights of the city. At less than half the distance separating the forest from our reference point - the radio tower -it lost altitude as if it wanted to land in the forest and disappeared from our field of view. About 20 minutes later, not far from the place where it had disappeared, we distinguished 2 headlights that resumed the trajectory in the opposite direction. We can only speak of this object as a triangular pattern, since the 2 blinding ones did not allow us to discern the details. The powerful lights at the front of the aircraft could have passed for the lights of an aircraft preparing to land. But... they were turning in different directions, one horizontally illuminating, the other obliquely at an acute angle to the left forming a cone of light at a great distance. It seemed to be inspecting the surrounding clouds. (11 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3124"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1990",
"basic_date": "4/5/1990",
"date": "4/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 1st flight of the American small launcher *Pegasus*, weighing 18 t. (April 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3125"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1990",
"basic_date": "4/5/1990",
"date": "4/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation and photography at [Petit-Rechain](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1990-04\\_PetitRechain.html), near Liège \\(Belgium\\). (4 or 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3126"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1990",
"basic_date": "4/5/1990",
"date": "4/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The magazine *Science et vie* makes its first page with the submarine [MHD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MHD.html). This is followed by an article that evokes the recent breakthroughs in this field: surface ships and submarines are soon to experience a real revolution, thanks to electromagnetic propulsion, resulting from recent advances in superconductivity. The article includes a photo of a launch built by the Japanese, ready for testing, equipped with 2 [MHD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MHD.html) propellers, identical to the one that [Jean-Pierre Petit](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PetitJeanPierre.html) had sailed 10 years earlier in a small saltwater basin on the set of TF1's *Temps X* show. An illustration describes the parietal accelerator that [Petit](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PetitJeanPierre.html) experimented with in 1975, without mentioning [Petit](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PetitJeanPierre.html).",
"ref": [
"Petit 1991",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3127"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1990",
"basic_date": "4/5/1990",
"date": "4/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Tagsek UFO. See images/tagsek.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3128"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/25/1990",
"basic_date": "4/25/1990",
"date": "4/25/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the *Hubble* space telescope. (April 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3129"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/25/1990",
"basic_date": "5/25/1990",
"date": "5/25/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A gigantic disc, estimated to have a diameter of approximately 300 m, is seen in broad daylight above the town of Mary, in the south of the Republic of Turkmenistan, not far from the Iranian border. At this moment, the Mary area is under the control of the 12th Air Defense Army and Colonel Anatoli Kurkchy is in command of the local division. As soon as the red-orange flying disc, with a circumference pierced with sort of portholes, appears, Colonel Krukchy triggers an armed response: 3 surface-to-air missiles are fired, but the UFO quickly maneuvers and destroys each of the projectiles with a light beam. The military then decides to take off 2 two-seater interceptors. At about 1 km from the UFO, an unknown force seems to project the 2 planes towards the ground. The aircrafts are destroyed and their pilots killed. Colonel Kurkchy would have been relieved of his command and brought to justice. But, curiously, the proceedings would have been abandoned and he would have been transferred to New Zemble \\(archipelago located in the Barents Sea Polar, northeast of Murmansk\\) --- nuclear experimentation military zone forbidden to civilians --- to take command of the local Air Defense division. The documents related to this incident would have been classified secret and the squadron disbanded \\(article by Nicolaï Lebedev in November 1991 in a Leningrad newspaper\\). (May 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3130"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/31/1990",
"basic_date": "5/31/1990",
"date": "5/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Docking of the *Kristall* module to *Mir*. (May 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3131"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1990",
"basic_date": "6/1990",
"date": "6/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Le Point* devotes an article to the activity of the [CNES](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CNES.html) commission on UFOs, but without bringing any revelations.",
"ref": [
"Roussel 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3132"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1990",
"basic_date": "6/1990",
"date": "6/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) One of the photographs taken on June 15th in Wallonia \\(Belgium\\) by J. S. Henrardi. See Drawing representing the observation of Blandine Mariotte on November 5th at 7:15 PM, images/1990-06-15_Wallonie_HenrardiJS.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3133"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/24/1990",
"basic_date": "6/24/1990",
"date": "6/24/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Hakui City \\(Japan\\), in a letter to Major Shiotani regarding an upcoming symposium on Space and UFOs, Japanese Prime Minister [Toshiki Kaifu](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/officiels.html\\#KaifuToshiki) states that UFOs must be considered a real phenomenon and that it is time to study them seriously. (June 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3134"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/9/1990",
"basic_date": "7/9/1990",
"date": "7/9/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 6 intelligence specialists from the US Army, later known as \"[the 6 of Gulf Breeze](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Breeze.html\\#Six)\" abandon their post in Augsburg \\(Germany\\). (July 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3135"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/14/1990",
"basic_date": "7/14/1990",
"date": "7/14/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [The Six of Gulf Breeze](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Breeze.html\\#Six) are arrested in Gulf Breeze \\(Florida\\). (July 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3136"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/16/1990",
"basic_date": "7/16/1990",
"date": "7/16/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The first Pakistani satellite is launched by a Chinese rocket. (July 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3137"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/25/1990",
"basic_date": "7/25/1990",
"date": "7/25/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Florida media outlets receive an odd dispatch on their teleprinters demanding the release of the [Six of Gulf Breeze](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Breeze.html\\#Six). (July 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3138"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/25/1990",
"basic_date": "7/25/1990",
"date": "7/25/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [*crop circle*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CropCircles.html) appeared in July. See images/1990-07.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3139"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/2/1990",
"basic_date": "8/2/1990",
"date": "8/2/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Invasion of Kuwait. (2 August)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3140"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1990",
"basic_date": "8/8/1990",
"date": "8/8/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The press abruptly stops talking about the [Gulf Breeze Six](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Breeze.html\\#Six) affair. (August 8th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3141"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/31/1990",
"basic_date": "8/31/1990",
"date": "8/31/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Cabo Rojo, Route 101 \\(Puerto Rico\\), Miguel Figueroa, who was driving by, saw 5 small gray creatures with extremely thin bodies, big heads, pointed ears, a slit for a mouth, a tiny nose and immense white almond-shaped eyes. Figueroa observed blinding light beams coming out of the eyes that made him stop. These entities jumped from a bridge to follow a river that led to a lagoon. They left footprints with 3 toes. No UFO was seen. The entities were regularly seen in the same area. (August 31)",
"ref": [
"[Good](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GoodTimothy.html) 1992, p.107\\] \\[[Greslé](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GresleJeanGabriel.html) 1993, \\(drawing\\) pp.203-204\\] \\[[Good](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GoodTimothy.html) 1994, pp. 248 to 253",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3142"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/13/1990",
"basic_date": "9/13/1990",
"date": "9/13/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A radar station in the Privoljsko-Ouralsky military region \\(USSR\\) detects a craft and activates the automatic identification system which, upon receiving the response pulse, is immediately disabled. The triangle from which 3 beams of light are emitted towards the ground passes 10 m above the station. Illuminated by the spotlights, it destroys an antenna made of steel with a flash from the middle of the edge, burning like wood, and lands in a vegetable garden \\(which will be overturned\\) 140 m from the station and remains there for 1 h 30. During this period, 2 sentinels disappear. They will be found completely amnesic, convinced that they had not left their post. Their watches are delayed by the duration of their disappearance. (September 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3143"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/19/1990",
"basic_date": "9/19/1990",
"date": "9/19/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A phenomenon was photographed in Vilar-Alfena \\(Portugal\\). Despite a very long investigation by Portuguese investigators, specialists and scientists have not been able to satisfactorily characterize this object, whose shape resembles that of a large insect. (September 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3144"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/6/1990",
"basic_date": "10/6/1990",
"date": "10/6/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the European probe *Ulysse* \\(Sun\\). (October 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3145"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"date": "11/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The UFO of November 5th observed in Gennevilliers, see images/1990-11-05-1.jpg",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3146"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"date": "11/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Philippe Ughetto, a photographer from the Magnum agency, and his assistant capture the phenomenon on film \\(photos to the right\\). This light phenomenon will be seen simultaneously by hundreds of witnesses across the country, from southwest to northeast. No less than 233 official reports will reach the office of [Jean-Jacques Vélasco](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VelascoJeanJacques.html), as well as 614 testimonies from individuals and 5 reports from civilian and military pilots. After an investigation, the [SEPRA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SEPRA.html) will indicate 4 days later that it was the atmospheric reentry of the third stage of a Soviet Proton launcher, which had been used 2 days before to put a satellite into orbit. This cylindrical object would have reentered at an altitude of about 110 km over France and dispersed at an altitude of 83 km above the region of Frankfurt \\(Germany\\). (6:44 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3147"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"date": "11/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Argenteuil \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a large square shape. (18 h 55)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3148"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"date": "11/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The phenomenon shown here was filmed in the sky of France.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3149"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"date": "11/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At A Commeny \\(Val d'Oise\\), at the intersection of D 43 and N 14, observation of a triangle shape of 50 m by 30 m, estimated at 1 km maximum distance and 400 m from the ground.",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3150"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"date": "11/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At L'Isle-Adam \\(Val d'Oise\\), a triangular shape flew over the city center, made two successive turns, and quickly disappeared.",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3151"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"date": "11/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Cergy \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a triangular shape in slow flight, with 2 beams pointed towards the ground. (19 h 01)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3152"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"date": "11/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing of Blandine Mariotte's observation on November 5th at 7:15 PM. See Drawing representing Blandine Mariotte's observation on November 5th at 7:15 PM, images/1990-11-05.jpg",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3153"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"date": "11/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Thousands of people, all across France, observe dozens of similar lights, heading roughly west to east. Hundreds of testimonies report of \"triangles\" flying at very low altitude, sometimes changing direction or disappearing behind hills.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3154"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"date": "11/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Much larger craft are also observed, measuring several hundred meters long, as in Gretz-Armainvilliers, where several witnesses saw a triangular cross-section beam, marked with huge lights and headlights, descend to less than 400 m from the ground, stabilize in a hover and change direction twice, in an impressive silence.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3155"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"date": "11/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [SEPRA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SEPRA.html) quickly announced that it was the atmospheric reentry of debris from the third stage of a Proton rocket, launched on October 3rd. Verification was made, and there was indeed a reentry that night, but from a rocket that had left on November 3rd! Hundreds of investigators contested the official version, and many witnesses observed similar phenomena during the month. Despite the denials of the Air Force, it was demonstrated that the Air Force had taken off that night to verify what had happened. The crew of an Embraer-120 \"Brasilia\" in flight over the Massif Central saw a group of 10 to 12 lights followed by bright trails crossing their path while their plane was in level flight at 7600 m.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3156"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"date": "11/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Jean-Gabriel Greslé](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GresleJeanGabriel.html) observed a very large object in the evening in Seine-et-Marne.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3157"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"basic_date": "11/5/1990",
"date": "11/5/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Night light observed in Montreal on November 7. See Night light observed in Montreal on November 7, images/1990-11-07.jpg and images/1990-11-07.jpg, and [this photo](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://membres.tripod.fr/rr0/images/1990-12-13.jpg).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3158"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/9/1990",
"basic_date": "12/9/1990",
"date": "12/9/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An AFP dispatch indicates that the UFO rain as titled by *Le Figaro* was not a spacecraft followed by its cohort of saucers but the third stage of a Soviet rocket \\(the Proton rocket which had been used to put the Gorizon 21 communications satellite into orbit\\) bouncing off the upper layers of the atmosphere. The media are informed of the identification of the celestial bolide that had intrigued all of Europe by the [SEPRA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SEPRA.html). (December 9)",
"ref": [
"Roussel 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3159"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/13/1990",
"basic_date": "12/13/1990",
"date": "12/13/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The long-range radar controllers of the Kuybyshev monitoring station \\(now Samara, Russia\\) see a spot appear on their screens, estimated to be about 100 km away. They will later describe the spot as being comparable to that of a strategic bomber. The automatic and electronic system for identifying friends or foes \\(Identify Fried or Foe or IFF\\) stops working, preventing the controllers from knowing whether the vehicle is hostile or not. About 2 minutes and 30 seconds after its first appearance, the large spot disperses into a multitude of small returns. They are now less than 40 km from the station and the largest one has begun to take the shape of a triangular object, and is now heading straight for the radar post. As it approaches, a team of soldiers wants to go out to see what it is: the thing passes in a flash over their heads, less than 9 m away, as they put their foot outside. Drawings representing the manifestation of December 13th in Samara. See drawings representing the manifestation of December 13th in Samara, images/1990-12-13\\_1000.jpg, and this [photo](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://membres.tripod.fr/rr0/images/1990-12-13.jpg). (December 13th, 0:07)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3160"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/14/1990",
"basic_date": "12/14/1990",
"date": "12/14/1990",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) *Le Monde* reports that 2 UFO cases defy all interpretation. These \"real UFOs\" as the journalist calls them, observed in the early 1980s by 2 credible witnesses according to the report of the [CNES](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CNES.html), left a strong imprint on the ground and caused deep trauma to the surrounding vegetation, as noted by scientists. (December 14)",
"ref": [
"Roussel 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1990.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3161"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/17/1991",
"basic_date": "1/17/1991",
"date": "1/17/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Gulf War. (January 17-February 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3162"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1991",
"basic_date": "3/31/1991",
"date": "3/31/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Dissolution of the Warsaw Pact. (March 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3163"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1991",
"basic_date": "3/31/1991",
"date": "3/31/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Following the intervention of [SOBEPS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SOBEPS.html) and Belgian European deputies after observations in Belgium, the European Energy Commission decides to investigate the case and comes to the conclusion that a European study of UFOs could be considered with some interest. [Jean-Jacques Velasco](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VelascoJeanJacques.html) rides the wave and takes the lead, so it is naturally an expansion of the competencies of [SEPRA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SEPRA.html) that the European deputies in charge of the case propose.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3164"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/1991",
"basic_date": "4/5/1991",
"date": "4/5/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of GRO-Compton to study the gamma rays of the Universe. (April 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3165"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/17/1991",
"basic_date": "4/17/1991",
"date": "4/17/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Ariane puts the European observation satellite *ERS 1* into orbit. (April 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3166"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/20/1991",
"basic_date": "4/20/1991",
"date": "4/20/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken around Sao Paulo. See images/foret.jpg (April 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3167"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1991",
"basic_date": "1991",
"date": "Spring 1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Last testimonies in Belgium starting in 1989. (Spring)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3168"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/-1/1991",
"basic_date": "6/1991",
"date": "6/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Deep See*, a well-equipped submersible, searches for traces of Spanish galleons sunk off the coast of Miami. In their place, it discovers 5 bombers from World War II, lined up on the ocean floor. One of the planes bore the same serial number and call sign as the leader of Flight 19, which had left its base on December 5 [1945](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1945.html) and had never returned. The most skeptical then cite this example as a classic case of a pseudomystery invented from scratch by clumsy and sensationalist investigators. The fate of Flight 19 seems then partly explained. But why did two compasses, which had just been subjected to conformity tests, simultaneously fail? In fact, despite the discovery of the *Deep See*, the exact position of the 5 bombers remains a mystery, because finally, the 5 planes spotted by the treasure hunters were not the Avengers of Flight 19. The site turned out to be an old exercise area, where planes had been regularly sunk between 1943 and 1945. The US Navy revealed that Lieutenant Taylor's aircraft bore the same serial number as an aircraft that had sunk in the waters of the Bermuda Triangle well before he undertook this mission. (June)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3169"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1991",
"basic_date": "7/1/1991",
"date": "7/1/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Nr. Troy \\(Ohio\\), a father and his 12 year old daughter observe a large silver object, at 15 or 20° above the horizon. The object has a pen or cigar shape, and is estimated to be between 1/2 and 1 mile away. The witnesses are used to airplanes, living 12 miles Northeast of the Dayton Cox airport. The object has 4 times the length and 2 times the width of a commercial aircraft, without tail, wings or windows, nor any sound emitted. There are 2 other dark or grayish areas on the shiny surface. When the father goes to get his video camera, the object disappears in a green flash. (July 1st, 12 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3170"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/2/1991",
"basic_date": "7/2/1991",
"date": "7/2/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A flight of 5 green military helicopters is observed above the area where the object was seen, then directly above the witnesses' house. (July 2, morning)",
"ref": [
"Franklin Reams, [MUFON](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MUFON.html) UFO Journal, No. 291, July 1992",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3171"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/7/1991",
"basic_date": "7/7/1991",
"date": "7/7/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During a raid against drug traffickers in Atlixo, near Puebla \\(Mexico\\), a policeman photographs an object passing in the sky \\(see below\\). Similar objects are filmed or photographed in the same region. The authorities are unable to explain the appearance and origin of these phenomena. (July 7th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3172"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/8/1991",
"basic_date": "7/8/1991",
"date": "7/8/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near Nr. Selkirk, Borders \\(UK\\), truck driver Steve Hallett is driving along the A7 road, with the region's TV transmission tower in view, when he suddenly sees in the air a large, luminous, disc-shaped craft, about 40 feet in diameter. The object has colored lights and appears to have a dome on top. The truck's instruments go haywire. He stops, mesmerized, and watches the UFO for about 15 seconds before seeing it disappear into the night sky at an impressive speed. (July 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3173"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/9/1991",
"basic_date": "7/9/1991",
"date": "7/9/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Steve Hallett is interviewed by Jill McPherson on Radio Borders. (July 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3174"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/9/1991",
"basic_date": "7/9/1991",
"date": "7/9/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of July 11th in Mexico. See images/1991-07-11.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3175"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/25/1991",
"basic_date": "7/25/1991",
"date": "7/25/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A group of campers observe a white spherical light above a nearby field. At several moments, a smaller red light emerges from the white object and descends to the ground, where it must move for a short moment to join and re-fuse with the white globe. The observation lasts an hour. (July 25th, 4am)",
"ref": [
"Christian Page / François Bourbeau, Ufology Research of Manitoba associates",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3176"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1991",
"basic_date": "8/20/1991",
"date": "8/20/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Igor Yadigin, a mechanic from the Naval Air Force, boards flight 2523 leaving Voronej for Saint Petersburg. (13 h 35)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3177"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/20/1991",
"basic_date": "8/20/1991",
"date": "8/20/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Yadigin is invited to join the crew in the cockpit. The crew points out an immense luminescent white milky hemisphere just below and to the right of the Big Dipper constellation, which is visible from the starboard side of the plane. In the center of the sphere is an emerald-colored object that none of the crew members can identify. From this object a beam of light is directed towards the ground. Witnesses see the lights of another plane as it clearly tries to alter its trajectory to avoid the unidentified object. The object disappears 15 minutes later. (14 h 05)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3178"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/30/1991",
"basic_date": "8/30/1991",
"date": "8/30/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the Japanese solar observation satellite *Yohkoh*. (August 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3179"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/10/1991",
"basic_date": "9/10/1991",
"date": "9/10/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) One week after the release in France of his book *Investigations on Extraterrestrials Who Are Already Among Us*, [Jean-Pierre Petit](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/PetitJeanPierre.html) receives a summons from the [CNRS](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CNRS.html) Directorate. (September 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3180"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/15/1991",
"basic_date": "9/15/1991",
"date": "9/15/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Cameras on the space shuttle *Discovery* \\(flight [STS-48](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1991-09-15\\_STS48.html)\\) film, above Western Australia, the movements of mysterious bright objects. The most spectacular of these objects appears near the top of the image, near the Earth's horizon. The enlarged image shows the object moving to the left before the screen is lit up by a burst of light. Then the object changes direction and accelerates. A few seconds later, another object passes in front of the camera and heads into space. Professor Jack Kasher of the University of Nebraska and a collaborator of [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html) studied these sequences and produced a 105-page report. Conclusions: According to [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html), they were ice crystals, which is physically impossible because ice crystals could not change direction in such a way. Our calculations show that if the objects were 16 km from the shuttle, the largest one accelerated from 0 to 4023 km/h in one second. (September 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3181"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/15/1991",
"basic_date": "9/15/1991",
"date": "9/15/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Bower and Chorley working on a new crop circle design. See images/BowerChorley.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3182"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/16/1991",
"basic_date": "9/16/1991",
"date": "9/16/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As part of the celebrations for Mexican National Day, a parade of fighter jets is organized over the capital, Mexico. A mysterious object then emerges from the clouds, in the background of the air parade, stealing the show from the pilots. The event will repeat the following year at the same time, and then again in 1993 during a helicopter parade. (September 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3183"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/29/1991",
"basic_date": "10/29/1991",
"date": "10/29/1991",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First close-up image of an asteroid, *Gaspra,* by *Galileo.* (October 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1991.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3184"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/1/1992",
"basic_date": "2/1/1992",
"date": "2/1/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Creation of the [RKA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgs.html\\#RKA). (February 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3185"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/5/1992",
"basic_date": "2/5/1992",
"date": "2/5/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Dozens of witnesses report a gigantic triangle flying along the Susquehanna Valley \\(Pennsylvania, USA\\) at a pace no faster than walking. The UFO, which has white lights, is observed as it moves approximately from North to South, taking a trajectory from Sunbury to Williamsport. (6 PM - 7 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3186"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/5/1992",
"basic_date": "2/5/1992",
"date": "2/5/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The UFO is reported again 2 times. Red and green lights seem to move irregularly around it. Its size is estimated between 30 and 180 m in diameter. The estimates of its altitude also vary widely according to witnesses: from 15 to 150 m in height. While the UFO is in the atmosphere, a loud rumble, similar to that of Niagara Falls is heard. Then the UFO disappears above Bald Mountain, south of Williamsport. No commercial or military aircraft was supposed to be flying in this area at that time. (20 h-21 h 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3187"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/7/1992",
"basic_date": "2/7/1992",
"date": "2/7/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Signing of the Maastricht Treaty. (7 February)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3188"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/25/1992",
"basic_date": "3/25/1992",
"date": "3/25/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Krikalev, departed from USSR, returns to Russia after 10 months aboard *Mir.* (March 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3189"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1992",
"basic_date": "4/1992",
"date": "4/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) During a television show, the director of the [SEPRA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SEPRA.html) \"forgets\" to mention the presence in his files of two unsolvable cases of UFOs. (April)",
"ref": [
"Roussel 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3190"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/16/1992",
"basic_date": "6/16/1992",
"date": "6/16/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Agreement between Boris Yeltsin and George Bush on the reduction of the nuclear arsenal. (June 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3191"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/27/1992",
"basic_date": "7/27/1992",
"date": "7/27/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) French astronaut Michel Tognini begins the Antares mission \\(14 days\\) aboard *Mir*. (July 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3192"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/10/1992",
"basic_date": "8/10/1992",
"date": "8/10/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the Franco-American satellite Topex-Poséidon \\(ocean study\\). (August 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3193"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/10/1992",
"basic_date": "8/10/1992",
"date": "8/10/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of [Villa Boas](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/VillaBoasAntonio.html). Rumors then indicate that he had gone to the United States in the early 1960s after being invited to study the remains of a flying saucer held by the military. The Brazilian Society for the Study of Flying Saucers produces the invitation letter. Villa Boas' son confirms that his father had indeed gone to the United States at that time, but that he had always refused to tell his family what he had done there.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3194"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/10/1992",
"basic_date": "8/10/1992",
"date": "8/10/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [MIT](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MIT.html) is hosting a conference on the topic of alien abductions.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3195"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/16/1992",
"basic_date": "9/16/1992",
"date": "9/16/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As part of the celebrations for Mexican National Day, a parade of fighter jets is organized over the capital, Mexico. A mysterious object then emerges from the clouds, in the background of the air parade, stealing the show from the pilots. The event, which had already taken place the previous year, would repeat itself the following year, during a parade of helicopters. (September 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3196"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/12/1992",
"basic_date": "10/12/1992",
"date": "10/12/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the [Mega-SETI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SETI.html\\#MegaSETI) operation: the large Arecibo parabolic antenna in Puerto Rico connects its circuits to the MCSA \\(*Multi Channel Spectrum Analyser*\\), an ultra-performing spectral scanner allowing it to decipher 10 million channels simultaneously. The event receives a lot of media coverage. (October 12)",
"ref": [
"Roussel 1994",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3197"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/25/1992",
"basic_date": "9/25/1992",
"date": "9/25/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the American probe *Mars Observer.* It explodes upon entering orbit. (September 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3198"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/8/1992",
"basic_date": "12/8/1992",
"date": "12/8/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photo taken in Mexico. See images/1992-12-08.jpg and http://membres.tripod.fr/rr0/images/92-12-08.jpg (December 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3199"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/8/1992",
"basic_date": "12/8/1992",
"date": "12/8/1992",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation \\(see below\\) in Puebla \\(Mexico\\). (8 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1992.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3200"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/16/1993",
"basic_date": "1/16/1993",
"date": "1/16/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Captain Adolfo Morales is piloting a Boeing 727 above Tenerife when he and his crew see a UFO following them for 22 minutes. Here is his account: It followed our movements, rising and falling with us. Then, without warning, it shot off to the right at an incredible speed and stopped above the city of Santa Cruz on the island of Tenerife. It covered this distance of about 160 km in less than a second and a half. It hovered for a moment, shining with a purple-red light, then began its descent. Finally, it disappeared behind the island. The UFO was seen by all the members of my crew, as well as by the stewardess who joined us in the cabin. An amazing experience. (January 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3201"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/28/1993",
"basic_date": "2/28/1993",
"date": "2/28/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Between Parmain and L'Isle-Adam \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of 3 cabins in the shape of a triangle, with each having 2 projectors and 1 red light, for at least 2 hours at 200 m from the ground. (February 28, 9:30 PM)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16, 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3202"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/2/1993",
"basic_date": "3/2/1993",
"date": "3/2/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Qujing \\(Yunnan, Southwest China\\) Pilots of a Chinese Air Force unit sight an orange-colored object, seemingly suspended at an altitude of 7000 m. Engaging pursuit, the aircrafts follow the phenomenon for about 15 s at a speed of 900 km/h, before it disappears. (March 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3203"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/5/1993",
"basic_date": "3/5/1993",
"date": "3/5/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the same place and time as 3 days prior, other crews from the same unit observed an object located at 6000 m altitude, which changed color, going from red-orange to white intermittently. Again, the chase is ordered and engaged for 8 minutes, after which the phenomenon makes a rotating movement, gaining speed to disappear towards the North. (March 5th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3204"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/8/1993",
"basic_date": "3/8/1993",
"date": "3/8/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photograph of March 8th in Germany. See images/1993-03-08_Braunschweig_Germany.jpg. (March 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3205"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/13/1993",
"basic_date": "3/13/1993",
"date": "3/13/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A bright light hovers over Bispham \\(Great Britain\\), 26 km from the nearest airport. The object, filmed with a camcorder by Stephen Woolhouse, emits no sound or blinking. After research, it is confirmed that no identified craft had flown over the area that day. Frame-by-frame analysis of the film did not provide a rational explanation for the phenomenon. (March 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3206"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1993",
"basic_date": "3/31/1993",
"date": "3/31/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the middle of the night, last observations of the wave of \"flying triangles\" in the sky of Great Britain, by police officers on duty or military personnel on duty. The descriptions resemble the Belgian observations: 3 lights moving in perfect formation where, on the occasion of more precise testimonies, an immense triangular UFO illuminated at each of its angles. Many observers frequently report an additional characteristic: a low buzzing seems to emanate from the device.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3207"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1993",
"basic_date": "3/31/1993",
"date": "3/31/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Cosford \\(Shropshire\\) base, an entire guard platoon sees the UFO pass exactly above the base. Quickly, a verification of aircraft movements is requested from the air traffic controllers: no plane, both civil and military, to report in the concerned area.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3208"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1993",
"basic_date": "3/31/1993",
"date": "3/31/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The weather officer at another [RAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RAF.html) base located in Shawbury, just a few kilometers away from Cosford base, having heard that an UFO had been reported above the nearby base, stepped out of the building to see it for himself. To his astonishment, he then saw a triangular shaped craft heading directly towards the base, accompanied by a low humming sound. According to his estimation, the craft was almost the size of a Boeing 747. The craft projected a light beam towards the ground, sweeping the ground from right to left as if it was looking for something. Then the beam went off and the craft continued its route, flying over the base at a low altitude.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3209"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1993",
"basic_date": "3/31/1993",
"date": "3/31/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Fishermen from the West and South of Wales observe above Bridgewater \\(Somerset\\) a \"very large object in the shape of a catamaran\" flying in their direction and passing silently over them at a height of about 240 m. They see 2 very bright white lights at the back and 2 orange lights in the middle. (1 h 10-2 h 40)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3210"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1993",
"basic_date": "3/31/1993",
"date": "3/31/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) April Observation in Mexico. See images/1993-04.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3211"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/15/1993",
"basic_date": "6/15/1993",
"date": "6/15/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Many witnesses, located throughout Central Italy, report the observation of what could be likened to flying humanoids. One of the most spectacular observations is made from a helicopter, by a crew of 5 men, all belonging to the Pescara fire brigade. About 7 km from the airport, while at an altitude of 500 m \\(feet?\\), the men observe something that seems to be on a collision course with their aircraft. The object measures 1 m in diameter, with 2 legs and a trapezoidal antenna on what could resemble a head. Panicked, the pilot veers to the right to avoid the object and makes contact with the control tower. The controllers have nothing on the screen, but ask the helicopter to take the intruder in pursuit. The chase begins. After 3 minutes, the humanoid turns towards the aircraft which it seems to be looking at with its 2 large black eyes, then makes 2 complete turns around the helicopter before diving towards the ground and disappearing (June 15th, during the day)",
"ref": [
"\\[London UFO Studies, Skylink \\# 6 and 7 Type: E \\< HC addition \\# 1706\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3212"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/30/1993",
"basic_date": "6/30/1993",
"date": "6/30/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Boris Yeltsin definitively stops the Russian space shuttle project *Buran.* (June 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3213"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/1/1993",
"basic_date": "7/1/1993",
"date": "7/1/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) French astronaut Jean-Pierre Haigneré begins the Altaïr mission aboard *Mir.* (July 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3214"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1993",
"basic_date": "8/8/1993",
"date": "8/8/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Eummemering Creek \\(Australia\\), Kelly Cahill observes a UFO in the shape of a disk, of impressive size and equipped with circular portholes. It emits some sort of large vertical beam. (August 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3215"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/8/1993",
"basic_date": "8/8/1993",
"date": "8/8/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The UFO filmed in Sebastopol. See images/sebastop.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3216"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/28/1993",
"basic_date": "8/28/1993",
"date": "8/28/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Galileo* probe discovers the satellite of the asteroid *Ida*. It is named *Dactyl.* (August 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3217"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/16/1993",
"basic_date": "9/16/1993",
"date": "9/16/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As part of the celebrations for Mexican National Day, a helicopter parade is organized over the capital, Mexico. A mysterious object then emerges from the clouds, in the background of the air parade, stealing the show from the pilots \\(photo below\\). The event had already taken place the previous two years. (September 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3218"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/26/1993",
"basic_date": "9/26/1993",
"date": "9/26/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Spot 3* by *Ariane.*",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3219"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/26/1993",
"basic_date": "9/26/1993",
"date": "9/26/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Drawing of the UFO observed on September 26th at 9:30 PM. See images/1993-09-26.jpg (September 26, 9:30 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3220"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/18/1993",
"basic_date": "10/18/1993",
"date": "10/18/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) records a note in the Federal Register seeking to reclaim the use of 3972 new acres of public land for observing the [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) base from Freedom Ridge and Whitesides Peak. (October 18)",
"ref": [
"Glenn Campbell, *Groom Lake Desert Rat*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3221"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/1/1993",
"basic_date": "12/1/1993",
"date": "12/1/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Global Positioning System satellite positioning system is made available to civilian users free of charge until 2005. (December 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3222"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/4/1993",
"basic_date": "12/4/1993",
"date": "12/4/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Astronauts from the *Endeavour* shuttle repair the *Hubble* space telescope in orbit. (December 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3223"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/4/1993",
"basic_date": "12/4/1993",
"date": "12/4/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An alarming and unusual announcement is broadcasted on the police radio frequency, around Warrington, in Cheshire \\(UK\\). It announces that a huge UFO has crashed in a field. Do not approach; it might be radioactive, says the message. In fact, this information is broadcasted by the local police in order to trap a group of radio pirates who were illegally tuning in to its frequency. Unwanted listeners are arrested when they arrive at the alleged landing field.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3224"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/4/1993",
"basic_date": "12/4/1993",
"date": "12/4/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Faced with the hostility of British European parliamentarians, the [CEE](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgs.html\\#CEE) backs down and withdraws from the action initiated in [1991](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1991.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3225"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/4/1993",
"basic_date": "12/4/1993",
"date": "12/4/1993",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An anonymous American invents a tachyon generator which not only could produce free energy, but is said to also allow for space and time travel. The patent is denied.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1993.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3226"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/14/1994",
"basic_date": "1/14/1994",
"date": "1/14/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Article from the *Washington Post* announcing Steven Schiff's intention to ask the [GAO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GAO.html) to shed light on the [Roswell affair](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1947-07-02\\_Roswell.html) and the \"cover-up\" that followed. (January 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3227"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/25/1994",
"basic_date": "1/25/1994",
"date": "1/25/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the Clementine probe \\(mapping of the [Moon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Moon.html)\\). (January 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3228"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/25/1994",
"basic_date": "1/25/1994",
"date": "1/25/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Appearance of a [crop circle](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CropCircles.html) near the village of Avebury \\(Wiltshire\\). See images/1994.jpg",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3229"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/25/1994",
"basic_date": "1/25/1994",
"date": "1/25/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Appearance of a [crop circle](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CropCircles.html) \\(to the right\\) in England. See images/1994\\_2.jpg",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3230"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/28/1994",
"basic_date": "1/28/1994",
"date": "1/28/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) (January 28th, 1:12 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3231"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/28/1994",
"basic_date": "1/28/1994",
"date": "1/28/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Coulommiers region \\(Seine-et-Marne\\), Commander [Jean-Charles Duboc](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DubocJeanCharles.html) piloting flight AF 3532 on the Nice-London route, observed a UFO estimated to be 1000 m in diameter.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3232"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/28/1994",
"basic_date": "1/28/1994",
"date": "1/28/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A [Taverny](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Taverny.html) \\(Val d'Oise\\) the radars detect intruders in the sky near the French nuclear power plant \\(air base\\).",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3233"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/3/1994",
"basic_date": "2/3/1994",
"date": "2/3/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First flight of a Russian, Krikalev, on board the American space shuttle. (February 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3234"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/15/1994",
"basic_date": "2/15/1994",
"date": "2/15/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As part of its investigation into the [Roswell incident](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1947-07-02\\_Roswell.html), the [GAO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GAO.html) officially warns Secretary of Defense William J. Perry that it is initiating an audit of the methods and procedures used by the [DoD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DoD.html) to acquire, classify, retain, and dispose of official government documents related to balloon, aircraft, and similar crash incidents. (February 15)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3235"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/19/1994",
"basic_date": "2/19/1994",
"date": "2/19/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The witness, an amateur painter, left his home in Rosyth to go to Craiglusar \\(near Dunfermline, Scotland\\) with the intention of taking some photos of the site to help him paint a picture of the place later. Going around retention ponds, the witness heard a strange noise, like a buzzing at the foot of the high-voltage lines, then suddenly felt uncomfortable. Turning around, he observed an aircraft made of a metallic material and estimated its diameter to be 15 m. The witness says he felt, at that moment, immobilized, as if drained of his energy. He could not take any photos of the object at its closest point even though he had his camera in hand. It was only when the object was far away that he took 2 shots showing, for one, a classic saucer shape \\(right\\) and, for the other, a tiny point on the horizon. The phenomenon disappeared in a flash. See images/1994-02-19\\_300.jpg. (February 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3236"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/-1/1994",
"basic_date": "4/1994",
"date": "4/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The magazine *Popular Science* is published, with a satellite photo of [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) on its cover and containing a long article on the base and its history, thus initiating a considerable interest of the media in these installations. (April)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3237"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/5/1994",
"basic_date": "5/5/1994",
"date": "5/5/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Juarez Chilhuahua district, Rosi Uribe films an engine emitting light pulses slowly crossing the night sky. The observation is shared by the Uribe family members and also filmed by a neighbor, Francisco Javier \\(see below\\). (May 5th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3238"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/14/1994",
"basic_date": "5/14/1994",
"date": "5/14/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The UFO pictured here is filmed near Avranches \\(Northwest France\\). The phenomenon remains visible for several tens of minutes and seems to change shape before disappearing. See images/avranche.jpg. (May 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3239"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/5/1994",
"basic_date": "6/5/1994",
"date": "6/5/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Kanchanaburi \\(Thailand\\), someone photographed, without observing it, a strange object suspended above the Kwai River bridge. After investigation, the military authorities claim to have been unable to identify the object, which, according to them, was not a promotional balloon. See images/1994-06-05.jpg and images/1994-06-05.jpg. (June 5th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3240"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/28/1994",
"basic_date": "7/28/1994",
"date": "7/28/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) As Flight 129 was completing its approach to Mexico City Airport, the plane was struck by an unidentified object, forcing the pilot to take emergency measures before landing, fortunately without damage. Upon examination of the aircraft on the ground, mechanics and crew noticed that a landing gear shock absorber had been torn off. The pilot, Raymond Cervantes Ruana, went to the control tower to get information about the collision: They told me that at the moment I was making my last turn, 2 UFOs appeared on the control screen. We must have crossed their paths, the pilot will specify. Air traffic controllers will also confirm that no other civil or military aircraft was in the area at the time of landing. The pilot will later declare that he had never felt such a violent impact. (July 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3241"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1994",
"basic_date": "8/1/1994",
"date": "8/1/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Vétheuil \\(on the border of the Eure and Val d'Oise departments\\), observation of a diamond illuminated at the back of multiple spots.",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3242"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1994",
"basic_date": "8/1/1994",
"date": "8/1/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Roche-Guyon \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of an illuminated diamond with multiple spots in the back.",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3243"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/5/1994",
"basic_date": "8/5/1994",
"date": "8/5/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation of [Bernard V.](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#VBernard). (August 5, 10:26 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3244"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/18/1994",
"basic_date": "8/18/1994",
"date": "8/18/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In an article titled \"Ask the Minister of Defense: George Keleti, Do You Fear an UFO Invasion?\", [Keleti](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/officiels.html\\#KeletiGeorge) states that the ministry receives many reports on the subject, that UFOs seem to know very well what they are doing, and that newspapers are very hesitant about these reports. (August 18)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3245"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/-1/1994",
"basic_date": "8/1994",
"date": "Late 8/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) One month after the incident of [July 28th](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1994.html\\#91-07-28), a similar disaster is narrowly avoided, again at Mexico City airport. Flight 304 from Acapulco is in its landing phase when the crew sees a large, silver, metallic, circular object emerge from a cloud. The captain recounts: We saw the object very clearly. It passed under the plane and we had to perform a very delicate maneuver to avoid collision. On the ground, the furious pilots demand that the air traffic controllers explain why they weren't warned. The latter admit to being taken by surprise by the speed of the UFO. (Late August)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3246"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/7/1994",
"basic_date": "9/7/1994",
"date": "9/7/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At La Roche-Guyon \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a bright static light above the Porcheville power plant. Slow ascent to 45°. (7 September, 11 PM)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3247"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/15/1994",
"basic_date": "9/15/1994",
"date": "9/15/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation at Hessdalen Norway. See images/1994-09-15.jpg and images/1994-09-15.jpg. (September 15, 12:35)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3248"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/15/1994",
"basic_date": "9/15/1994",
"date": "9/15/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [SETI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SETI.html) project is excluded from the [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html) budget, and continues with the help of private donations at a slower pace.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3249"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/13/1994",
"basic_date": "10/13/1994",
"date": "10/13/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) End of the *Magellan* mission. (October 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3250"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/1/1994",
"basic_date": "11/1/1994",
"date": "11/1/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the *Wind* satellite \\(study of Sun-Earth interactions\\). (November 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3251"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/3/1994",
"basic_date": "12/3/1994",
"date": "12/3/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the Sutton-in-Ashfield \\(Notts\\) region, Andy Emmerson observed a triangular UFO for about 30 minutes. See images/1994-12-03.jpg. (December 3, 5 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3252"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/3/1994",
"basic_date": "12/3/1994",
"date": "12/3/1994",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Alexandre Rempel, a researcher from Vladivostok who investigated the [Tunguska affair](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1908-06-30\\_Tunguska.html), UFOs and the various cults proliferating in Russia, disappears. No one knows what happened to his archives and all his files.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1994.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3253"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/6/1995",
"basic_date": "1/6/1995",
"date": "1/6/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the dark night, a British Airways flight from Milan \\(Italy\\) piloted by Roger Wills and [Mark Stuart](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/temoins.html\\#StuartMark) begins its descent towards Manchester Airport \\(England\\) and narrowly misses a bright object. (January 6th, 6:48 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3254"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/22/1995",
"basic_date": "3/22/1995",
"date": "3/22/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Return to Earth of Russian _Poliakov_, after 438 days spent aboard *Mir.* (March 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3255"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/10/1995",
"basic_date": "4/10/1995",
"date": "4/10/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Freedom Ridge and Whitesides Peak are officially closed to all public access, no longer allowing observation of the [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html) base. (April 10)",
"ref": [
"Glenn Campbell, *Groom Lake Desert Rat*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3256"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/2/1995",
"basic_date": "6/2/1995",
"date": "6/2/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Spektr* module docks to *Mir.* (June 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3257"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/21/1995",
"basic_date": "6/21/1995",
"date": "6/21/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Excerpts from the autopsy film of [Roswell](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1947-07-02\\_Roswell.html) broadcast on French channel TF1. (June 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3258"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/27/1995",
"basic_date": "6/27/1995",
"date": "6/27/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An American shuttle docks for the first time to *Mir*. (June 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3259"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/31/1995",
"basic_date": "7/31/1995",
"date": "7/31/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Boeing 737 of Aerolinas Argentinas regular lines, with 102 people on board, is approaching San-Carlos-de-Bariloche airport \\(Argentina\\). About 70 km from the airport, as it is about to align on the runway axis, the commander Jorge Polanco is dazzled by a very strong light that seems to pulse and that moves at great speed above the Andes Cordillera. The pilot performs an avoidance maneuver by turning on the left wing, to regain altitude and then get back on the runway axis. During this maneuver, the UFO is placed on the left of the aircraft and flies in parallel at about 100 m distance. It approaches at 2000 km/h says the mechanic Jorge Allende who adds: its speed and movements are impossible to describe. The object, which strongly disturbs the airport instrumentation, is observed by a military crew of the gendarmerie, on board a helicopter flying over the area. It disappears at very high speed as soon as the plane lands, without having been detected by the radars. (July 31, 8:15 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3260"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/1/1995",
"basic_date": "8/1/1995",
"date": "8/1/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In the night, above the San Carlos de Bariloche airport \\(Argentina\\), a winter sports station located at the foot of the Andes mountain range, Jorge Polanco, pilot of Aerolinas Argentinas, begins his landing maneuvers when he suddenly sees a white light coming directly towards the plane, at full speed, and stopping suddenly at a hundred meters. An inexplicable breakdown occurs: As I was starting my last approach, the lights of the airport runway went out and I had to climb 3 [miles](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/unites.html\\#mile), still accompanied by the UFO. When the light returned to the ground, the UFO moved away at great speed. Witnesses see the UFO from the ground. (August 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3261"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/24/1995",
"basic_date": "8/24/1995",
"date": "8/24/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Patrick, a young man living in the suburbs of a large city in Belgium, sets off for a bike ride. At 10:40 PM, after getting a flat tire, he decides to go home pushing his vehicle and takes a winding and steep path that should get him home faster. Suddenly, he feels something brush past him. Turning around, he barely sees a bright white shape passing gradually to green starting from the top. Patrick can now better distinguish a humanoid shape surrounded by a halo, about 2 meters, with a head proportionally large compared to the trunk and just two lines at the height of his eyes. Terrified, Patrick runs away and goes home. His mother will tell the investigators of [SOS OVNI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SOS-OVNI.html) Belgium: When I saw him come in, it was no longer my son at all. It was really someone else. The witness will however find the courage to return to the scene with a friend. Both will be able to observe, in the small wood bordering the road, the evolutions of strange red lights, a greenish silhouette and a breath effect that moves the vegetation. The police, urged by Patrick's mother, arrive very late and do not believe the witnesses' story, yet obviously very disturbed by their observation. (20:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3262"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/26/1995",
"basic_date": "8/26/1995",
"date": "8/26/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Public broadcast of the autopsy film of [Roswell](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1947-07-02\\_Roswell.html) on TF1. (August 26)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3263"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/-1/1995",
"basic_date": "9/1995",
"date": "9/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A French family on vacation in Greece photographs a UFO. (September)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3264"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/4/1995",
"basic_date": "9/4/1995",
"date": "9/4/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A professional cameraman scouting in the province of Kapyong \\(South Korea\\) sees, then films a bright point. It splits into about ten pieces which disappear in the distance after more than 5 minutes. See images/kapyong.jpg. (September 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3265"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/6/1995",
"basic_date": "10/6/1995",
"date": "10/6/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Discovery of the first exoplanet. (6 October)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3266"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1995",
"basic_date": "10/7/1995",
"date": "10/7/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) UFO landing on Cerro San Cristobal in the middle of Santiago \\(Chile\\).",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3267"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/7/1995",
"basic_date": "10/7/1995",
"date": "10/7/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Various sightings in the towns of Santiago \\(Chile\\), particularly in Rancagua, 100 km to the south. One of the witnesses sees an object rising and emitting a light so strong that they can no longer look at it.",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3268"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/8/1995",
"basic_date": "10/8/1995",
"date": "10/8/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Italy, a Vatican priest, Monsignor [Corrada Balducci](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BalducciCorrado.html), declares on national television that extraterrestrials exist. (October 8)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3269"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/8/1995",
"basic_date": "10/8/1995",
"date": "10/8/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On a television show on TF1, presenter Jacques Pradel interviewed Valery Pavlovitch Bourdakov, a Russian scientist who is a member of both the Space Agency and the Academy of Sciences of his country. When Bourdakov was one of the assistants of engineer Sergueï Korolev, the head of the former USSR's rocket programs, he made some astonishing confidences: one day in 1948, Joseph Stalin had asked Korolev to come to the Kremlin to study UFO sighting reports collected by spies. After 3 days spent examining all this documentation, Korolev told Stalin that the problem was serious but that it did not threaten the security of the USSR. However, he recommended to closely follow the evolution of the situation. Among the reports, according to Bourdakov, some were related to the Roswell incident on the recovery of an unknown device and others reported dead extraterrestrial bodies that had been discovered on that occasion.",
"ref": [
"Pradel",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3270"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/8/1995",
"basic_date": "10/8/1995",
"date": "10/8/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A. Zolotov \\(scientist and ufologist\\) is murdered in Tver.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3271"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/8/1995",
"basic_date": "10/8/1995",
"date": "10/8/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Robert Durand begins an edifying statistical study of extraterrestrial abductions. His report indicates that 5 million Americans claim to have been abducted in the last 50 years... which means 274 abductions per day, involving a team of 1644 extraterrestrials: indeed, 6 extraterrestrials on average participate in the kidnapping described by the \"abductees\".",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3272"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/8/1995",
"basic_date": "10/8/1995",
"date": "10/8/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html) video showing UFOs from the Space Shuttle of the STS80 mission. See images/STS80cre.jpg and images/STS80.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3273"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/8/1995",
"basic_date": "10/8/1995",
"date": "10/8/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A video clip from a security camera at the [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html) base in [Nellis](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NellisAFB.html) is clandestinely released to UFOlogists. On the video, a metallic craft is seen rising into the sky. These images will be authenticated by several military analysts, defense experts, including Bill Sweetman, an expert in stealth aircraft technology.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3274"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/2/1995",
"basic_date": "11/2/1995",
"date": "11/2/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Ennery \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a light blue oblong object. (November 2, 1:40)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16, 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3275"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/2/1995",
"basic_date": "11/2/1995",
"date": "11/2/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Associated Press* publishes an article indicating that some 120 \"dwarves\" were discovered living in the province of Sichuan \\(Central China\\). The tallest of them is no more than 3 feet tall, and the smallest 2 feet and 1 inch. Chinese ethnologists will attempt to explain this in January 1997.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3276"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/30/1995",
"basic_date": "11/30/1995",
"date": "11/30/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Seine-et-Marne, Commander Jean-Marie Gilman pilots flight Air Inter IT 426: We are coming from Marseille on board an Airbus A300 B2-1C and beginning our descent into Orly. It's what they call a 'blue sky storm', the weather is clear with no clouds! We are descending and at 4900 meters altitude. Control has forbidden us to pass through the military testing zone of Melun-Villaroche, and we know an AWACS plane is flying in the area. Suddenly, from the far reaches of our field of vision, we see a strange craft flying straight towards us, about twice as fast as a commercial airliner. The object looks like a flat rectangular panel, about 12 meters long and 3 meters wide, painted with a red and white 'V' running along its length. It has no wings, no tail, no rudder, no cockpit, no air intake, nothing at all. At one point, it seems to tilt 10-20° to avoid us, but it's possible we were deceived by the perspective. As it passes a little below and to our left, I can make out what looks like 5 or 6 nozzles, all positioned at the back. Then 3 seconds pass before it disappears less than 330 meters below our Airbus. Fortunately, because I don't think we could have avoided it. I say to my copilot and my navigator mechanic: \"Guys... Did we just see the same thing?\" We confer, I contact Paris Control and ask them: \"Do you have anything on radar that could have crossed us?\" They answer: \"No, nothing at all for us...\". (November 30, 9:04)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3277"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/2/1995",
"basic_date": "12/2/1995",
"date": "12/2/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the European satellite *Soho*, intended for the study of the [Sun](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sun.html). (2 December)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3278"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/5/1995",
"basic_date": "12/5/1995",
"date": "12/5/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A few days after the observation of November 30, Jean-Marie Gilman filed an \"Airprox\" report with the National Air Traffic Safety Commission due to the danger of collision they encountered. It remains without follow-up. (December 5)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3279"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/5/1995",
"basic_date": "12/5/1995",
"date": "12/5/1995",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [DRM](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DRM.html) receives [Boudier](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BoudierAlain.html) and [Gabriel Greslé](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GresleJeanGabriel.html), then drafts a report examining the implications of the UFO phenomenon in terms of Defense: after a brief history of UFO phenomenology since the end of the 2nd World War, these two specialists addressed the UFO research effort in the USA, in particular: the role, origin, interest and conclusions of the different US government agencies \\([CIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CIA.html), [NSA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NSA.html), [DIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DIA.html), [USAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USAF.html), [Navy](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/USNavy.html), [AMC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AMC.html) - the first to officially take an interest in the subject\\) and the different investigative commissions constituted \\([Sign](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sign.html), [Grudge](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html), [Twinkle](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Grudge.html\\#Twinkle), [Robertson](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Robertson.html), [Blue Book](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html), [Condon](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BlueBook.html\\#Condon)\\). Initially motivated by the fear that the strange phenomena observed during the war \\(\"[foo fighters](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FooFighters.html)\", [ghost rockets](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GhostRockets.html) of the Nordic countries, etc.\\) were the result of Russian technological breakthroughs in the field of aeronautics, these agencies quickly came to the conclusion that this was not the case and have since minimized their involvement in the UFO field as well as any element supporting the [ETH](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ETH.html) of UFOs. [Boudier](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BoudierAlain.html) then recalls the French case of [GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html) and then [SEPRA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SEPRA.html). After a point on the means available to [GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html) and on the failure of prospective approaches to various embassies for the deployment of the [SPOC](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SPOC.html) project, he noted that the opinion of the scientific council of [GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html) in [1978](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1978.html): some of the testimonies studied relate to objects belonging to flying machines whose origin, mode of sustentation and propulsion are foreign was relativized by studies of psychology of perception and processes of influence. He questioned the \"paradoxical regression\" [GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html) to [SEPRA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SEPRA.html) of [1988](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1988.html) since the work of the latter is limited to the drafting of synthesis notes from the data gleaned by [GEPAN](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/GEPAN.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1995.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3280"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1996",
"basic_date": "1996",
"date": "1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The journalists of the television show *Sightings* compare the craft filmed by the security camera of the Nellis base \\(discovered in 1995\\) with one of the objects filmed in Mexico during the 1991 eclipse. Considering the two objects as identical, they conclude that the UFOs seen over Mexico could be part of a secret military program of the United States Army.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3281"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1996",
"basic_date": "1996",
"date": "1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Guillermo Osorio films bands of light \\(pictured below\\) passing silently over the city of Puebla \\(Mexico\\), in the eyes of many witnesses. At first, astronomers think they are comets, but quickly change their minds when they notice that these objects move very slowly and at a very low altitude. Computer analysis conducted in the United States indicates that it cannot be a natural phenomenon.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3282"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "-1/-1/1996",
"basic_date": "1996",
"date": "1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Eurico de Freitas and his wife are awoken by an abnormal commotion from the animals on their farm. They then see, through the window of their bedroom, a greyish object, emitting some kind of smoke, silently traverse the fields at about 5 m from the ground, before disappearing into the night.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3283"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1996",
"basic_date": "1/1996",
"date": "1/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A [Groom Lake](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Area51.html), Bechtel Corp. begins work to extend the second runway \\(14L-32R\\) to 5000 feet.",
"ref": [
"Glenn Campbell, *Groom Lake Desert Rat*",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3284"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/19/1996",
"basic_date": "1/19/1996",
"date": "1/19/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An object 10 m wide is observed in the swamps of Tully \\(Australia\\). A large trace is discovered \\(photo below\\), as will be several others a few days later. (January 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3285"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/20/1996",
"basic_date": "1/20/1996",
"date": "1/20/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Varginha Encounter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1996-01-20\\_Varginha.html). (January 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3286"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/-1/1996",
"basic_date": "2/1996",
"date": "2/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) \\(Brazil?\\) Coming out of a bend, a motorist takes in his headlights a strange being about 50 m from his truck. He brakes abruptly and sees the creature shielding its face before disappearing into the night. According to the motorist, it had large eyes, eyes the color of blood. (February)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3287"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/-1/1996",
"basic_date": "3/1996",
"date": "3/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Start of filming of the movie \"[MIB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MIB.html)\", produced by [Steven Spielberg](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SpielbergSteven.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3288"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/22/1996",
"basic_date": "3/22/1996",
"date": "3/22/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) American Shannon Lucid settles for 6 months on *Mir* \\(female duration record\\). (Friday, March 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3289"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/24/1996",
"basic_date": "3/24/1996",
"date": "3/24/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A man claiming to be a friend of a military officer assigned to collect debris from the 1947 Roswell crash arrives at the Roswell UFO Museum and asks Max Little, the museum curator, if he would like to see a piece of the crashed craft. Upon Max's approval, the man calls the former military officer in question who arrives 20 minutes later with the debris in question. They call a photographer, to whom they ask to take a series of shots of the fragment. Local television and newspaper chains are summoned for a press conference. The event was covered by television channels 7, ABC Albertkurky, and the Roswell newspaper. The military officer possessing the fragment wished to remain anonymous, declared to have had the object for almost 49 years, and keeps it in a safe place, awaiting an analysis that will determine its authenticity. (Sunday, March 24th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3290"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/21/1996",
"basic_date": "4/21/1996",
"date": "4/21/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mrs. Terezinha Gallo Clepf, 67, who was dining with friends at the restaurant of the Varginha Zoo \\(Brazil\\), left the table to smoke a cigarette under the veranda. She then almost had a heart attack when she found herself face to face with a creature matching the description of the two creatures captured on [January 20](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1996.html\\#01-20). (April 21, 9 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3291"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/27/1996",
"basic_date": "4/27/1996",
"date": "4/27/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Priroda* module docks to *Mir.* (April 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3292"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/4/1996",
"basic_date": "6/4/1996",
"date": "6/4/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The first *Ariane 5* explodes on takeoff, with the *Cluster* satellites. (June 4)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3293"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/17/1996",
"basic_date": "7/17/1996",
"date": "7/17/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Boeing 747 of TWA Flight 800 crashes with its 230 passengers. Three official hypotheses will be evoked: a failure of the aircraft, a bomb, and a missile from the army. A fourth unofficial hypothesis is the voluntary or involuntary collision with a UFO: according to an international official, we could be dealing with a collision with an unknown type of engine to this day. This would explain the embarrassment of the US administration and the blocking of the investigation. (July 17th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3294"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/11/1996",
"basic_date": "8/11/1996",
"date": "8/11/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) John Weyleigh films [the Oliver Castle video](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/video/OliverCastle.mpg) showing the formation of [crop circles](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CropCircles.html) by flying lights. (Sunday, August 11th, 5am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3295"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/17/1996",
"basic_date": "8/17/1996",
"date": "8/17/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Claudie André-Deshays, first French woman in space, stays 15 days aboard *Mir.* (August 17)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3296"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/28/1996",
"basic_date": "8/28/1996",
"date": "8/28/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A police patrol, stationed in Centurion, a few km from Pretoria \\([South Africa](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ZA.html)\\), observed a strong light surrounded by small red lights arranged in a circle. They pursued the object for a hundred kilometers. (4 h)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3297"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/28/1996",
"basic_date": "8/28/1996",
"date": "8/28/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The patrol is relieved by a police helicopter which begins its pursuit above the Mamelodi suburb. The phenomenon, which had been moving slowly until then, quickly gains altitude before disappearing without being disturbed. (5:30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3298"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/7/1996",
"basic_date": "9/7/1996",
"date": "9/7/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An anomalous signal is detected by amateur researchers of the [SETI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SETI.html). (September 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3299"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/16/1996",
"basic_date": "9/16/1996",
"date": "9/16/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A resident of Nazareth \\(Israel\\) who went to post a letter claims to have been grabbed by the hair and dragged into an egg-shaped object where he sees beings with a head like a bulb and thin limbs. The man recounts having been sprinkled with some kind of powder. When he wakes up, he is lying on his back, on a sports field 500 m from his home. In the hospital, doctors find the presence of a powder which, when analyzed, turns out to be 60% aluminum. (September 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3300"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/21/1996",
"basic_date": "9/21/1996",
"date": "9/21/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At La Roche-Guyon \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a light moving to the Northwest, towards the town of Marines. (September 21, 0 h)",
"ref": [
"*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16, 1997",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3301"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/27/1996",
"basic_date": "9/27/1996",
"date": "9/27/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At La Roche-Guyon \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of aerial luminous points for 10 minutes. (September 27th, 11:30 PM)",
"ref": [
" \\[*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16th 1997\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3302"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/23/1996",
"basic_date": "10/23/1996",
"date": "10/23/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Chérence \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation for 4 minutes of a static luminous ball. (23 October, 7:45 PM)",
"ref": [
" \\[*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* 16 July 1997\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3303"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/25/1996",
"basic_date": "10/25/1996",
"date": "10/25/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Near the N 14 in Magny-en-Véxin \\(Val d'Oise\\), observation of a triangular shape with spots, stationary for 3 minutes, then it flew away and stopped again, before leaving definitively. (October 25, 10:30 PM)",
"ref": [
" \\[*Gazette du Val d'Oise,* July 16, 1997\\]",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3304"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/26/1996",
"basic_date": "10/26/1996",
"date": "10/26/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Not far from the Isle of Lewis, in the north of Scotland, a bright light, then a trail of fire and smoke is observed in the sky from Port of Ness. Witnesses report seeing 2 large debris spiraling down towards the ocean, leaving a trail of smoke behind them. These pieces fall into the water, causing further explosions; the surface of the ocean is seen to be flaming in places for several minutes. Not far away, in Stornoway, coast guards are alerted; rescue boats are dispatched to the scene. The authorities think that an airplane has crashed --- several transatlantic lines pass over Lewis. A RAF [RAF](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/RAF.html) Nimrod plane joins the rescue teams. But, at this stage of the search, it is already known that no airplane --- civilian or military --- is missing. (October 26th, 4:10 PM)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3305"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/27/1996",
"basic_date": "10/27/1996",
"date": "10/27/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The search is called off, and a RAF spokesperson declares: We have conducted extensive searches, without result. We remain puzzled as to the cause of this incident. However, as even civilian vessels are staying away from the Lewis area, a large manoeuvre involving planes, boats and military submarines starts in the same place. Officially, it is only a coincidence, but according to a source from the Scottish National Party, fishermen reported having seen a frigate from the navy retrieving a wreck from the ocean floor. The army seems to have found something. 4 months later, in April 1997, an unidentified substance is washed up on the beach of Tangusdale, in Barra \\(Scotland\\). Regional experts confirmed that the prevailing currents and winds could have brought this substance - possibly a residue of an unknown fuel - from the Lewis area. (October 27th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3306"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/7/1996",
"basic_date": "11/7/1996",
"date": "11/7/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Mars Pathfinder* and *Mars Global Surveyor.* (November 7)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3307"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/21/1996",
"basic_date": "11/21/1996",
"date": "11/21/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A violent explosion shakes the Parmelan massif, above the town of Dingy-Saint-Clair \\(Haute-Savoie\\). The few witnesses speak of a flash, which will lead to the thought that an airplane could have crashed. The rescuers are immediately called and Dingy becomes a rear base for the search teams \\(more than 200 men\\). Journalists, ufologists and curious people flock to the small town. It is then that several witnesses notice the presence of two men dressed in black, who keep asking questions. When Jean-Pierre Troadec, journalist and head of the Rhônes-Alpes branch of the [SOS OVNI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SOS-OVNI.html) association, questions them about the reasons for their curiosity, they cut off any discussion, turn on their heels and leave the place. Were they [MIB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MIB.html)? (November 21, 5am)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3308"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/11/1996",
"basic_date": "12/11/1996",
"date": "12/11/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) More than 30 inhabitants of the Yukon Territories \\(Canada\\) observe a huge flying object moving slowly and silently above the countryside, at 100 m altitude. Alone or in small groups, the eye witnesses of the object's passage all give similar descriptions of its shape, size and lighting. One witness is on a mountain at the same level as the object while it flies only a few hundred meters away. To see the ship in its entirety, he must turn his head from side to side. Triangulation and background references such as mountains or constellations, allow to estimate the size of the object \\(approved by the witnesses\\) between 1 and 2 km. (December 11)",
"ref": [
"Compiled report by Martin Jasek, 2000",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3309"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/11/1996",
"basic_date": "12/11/1996",
"date": "12/11/1996",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Gallup poll indicates that 71% of Americans think the US government knows more about UFOs than it is willing to say \\(45% think UFOs have actually visited Earth, and 12% claim to have seen a UFO\\). On the same subject, after the US military offered an elaborate explanation of what really happened at [Roswell](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1947-07-02\\_Roswell.html) \\(New Mexico\\) 50 years ago, the public remains unconvinced. Only 25% of Americans think the government is telling the truth about it, despite the fact that a majority of them don't believe there were UFOs at [Roswell](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1947-07-02\\_Roswell.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1996.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3310"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/1997",
"basic_date": "1/1997",
"date": "1/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Chinese ethnologists attempt to explain the discovery of the \"dwarves\" of November 1995 by the high mercury content in the soil of their region: these would have very likely absorbed the mercury in the water they drank over many generations. Doctor Norbert Felgenhauer, from the Toxic Chirgurchie Institute of Munich, contests this explanation: mercury is a deadly poison dangerous to any human body organ, and these \"dwarves\" would not have survived it. Furthermore, he declares, mercury cannot modify human DNA nor cause hereditary disease. (January)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3311"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/1/1997",
"basic_date": "2/1/1997",
"date": "2/1/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) An anomalous signal is detected by amateur researchers from [SETI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SETI.html). (February 1st)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3312"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/11/1997",
"basic_date": "2/11/1997",
"date": "2/11/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 2nd maintenance operation for *Hubble*. (February 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3313"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/11/1997",
"basic_date": "2/11/1997",
"date": "2/11/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At Tever \\(Russia\\), a meeting took place between Italian ufologist Giorgio Bongiovanni and several representatives of the Russian military authorities. The head of the Russian delegation, General Gennadi Reschetnikov of the Air Force Academy, is reported to have said: \"UFOs are interested in all of humanity, but I believe they are especially closely following the Americans and us, the Russians; that is, those who have the most powerful nuclear arsenals. I think this is what worries the extraterrestrials. He also explains that he believes the extraterrestrials are interested in the state of mind and behavior of the superpowers. I even believe they are influencing us and expecting something in return from us..",
"ref": [
"FX 95-2655",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3314"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/11/1997",
"basic_date": "2/11/1997",
"date": "2/11/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The UFO Above Phoenix. See images/1997-03-13\\_2.jpg",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3315"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1997",
"basic_date": "3/31/1997",
"date": "3/31/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html) cuts off contact with *Pioneer 10*. (March 31)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3316"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/31/1997",
"basic_date": "3/31/1997",
"date": "3/31/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The director and all the staff of Chacalluta Airport \\(Chile\\) observe, to the West, above the ocean, a very bright object that remains still for a long time. The observation is the subject of an official statement from the authorities and will be the starting point for the creation of an official commission to study unidentified aerial objects in Chile.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3317"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/9/1997",
"basic_date": "4/9/1997",
"date": "4/9/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [CSETI](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CSE.html) declares to have contacted extraterrestrials. (April 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3318"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/16/1997",
"basic_date": "4/16/1997",
"date": "4/16/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation by the GEOS-9 satellite of several very large black square objects flying over North America. Some say that [NORAD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NORAD.html) went to [DEFCON](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/glossair.html\\#DEFCON) 4, while the official explanation invokes an error in the image processing software. See images/goes9_1.jpg and images/goes9_1.jpg. (April 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3319"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1997",
"basic_date": "5/1997",
"date": "5/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Appearance of a [crop circle](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CropCircles.html) \\(right\\) in a Canola field at Burderop Down \\(Wiltshire\\). See images/1990-05. and images/1990-05.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3320"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/1997",
"basic_date": "5/1997",
"date": "5/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Belgian Defense Minister Jean-Pol Poncelet officially announces the closure of the file opened following the 1989-1993 wave of observations. Reason: the signature captured by the F-16 radars would finally be that of a natural phenomenon related to temperature differences. Consequently, the hundreds of testimonies must \"probably\" refer to the observation of the prototype [*LoFlyte*](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/LoFlyte.html). Statement from the American officials of the LoFlyte project: the prototype has never left US territory. (May-mi)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3321"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "6/25/1997",
"basic_date": "6/25/1997",
"date": "6/25/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The Russian spacecraft *Progress M34* collides with *Mir's* *Spektr* module. (June 25)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3322"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/4/1997",
"basic_date": "7/4/1997",
"date": "7/4/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Release of the movie \"[MIB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MIB.html)\" \\(*Men In Black*\\) in the United States, produced by [Steven Spielberg](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/SpielbergSteven.html).",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3323"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/4/1997",
"basic_date": "7/4/1997",
"date": "7/4/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Mars Pathfinder* probe lands on the red planet with the robot *Sojourner.*",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3324"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/4/1997",
"basic_date": "7/4/1997",
"date": "7/4/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Appearance of a [crop circle](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CropCircles.html) \\(see above\\). See images/1997-07_Crop.jpg and images/1997-07_Crop.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3325"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/14/1997",
"basic_date": "7/14/1997",
"date": "7/14/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Appearance of a [crop circle](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CropCircles.html) \\(right\\) measuring nearly 800m in diameter at Cley Hill. See images/1997-07-14\\_300.jpg and http://membres.tripod.fr/rr0/images/1997-07-14.jpg. (July 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3326"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/6/1997",
"basic_date": "8/6/1997",
"date": "8/6/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) One of the most extraordinary UFO videos is made in Mexico. 20 witnesses have come forward. See images/1997-08-06.jpg. (August 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3327"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/9/1997",
"basic_date": "8/9/1997",
"date": "8/9/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A Swissair plane, while at 7500 m altitude and connecting Philadelphia to Boston, was passed within 100 m by a rather elongated object without wings. The investigation, opened by the civil aviation, does not allow to identify the intruder who, moreover, was not detected by radar. (August 9)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3328"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/19/1997",
"basic_date": "8/19/1997",
"date": "8/19/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Norfolk County \\(England\\), David Spoor has no particular interest in the UFO phenomenon. That day, he is tinkering quietly in his garden behind his house when he notices a strange object crossing the sky. It was a bright white cylindrical vessel remembers Spoor. It was moving silently from West to East at high altitude. It seemed surrounded by powerful stroboscopic lights, which blinked randomly from time to time. But they did not seem to be attached to the fuselage of the ship. Spoor has a camcorder at hand \\(he had recently borrowed it from a friend to record a family event\\); he can thus film the ship as it crosses the sky. The video tape is of exceptional quality, but this film is only the first of a series that will panic the entire UFO community. (August 19)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3329"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/27/1997",
"basic_date": "9/27/1997",
"date": "9/27/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Photograph \\(right\\) near Bethal \\(New York\\). See images/1997-09-27.jpg. (September 27)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3330"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/27/1997",
"basic_date": "9/27/1997",
"date": "9/27/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A few days after this first appearance, strange phenomena began to occur in the Spoor family. Lights turn on and off without explanation. Keys warp in locks. At night, lights seem to float above the garden, illuminating the rooms. Spoor then buys his own camcorder and systematically films the sky whenever he sees a strange phenomenon.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3331"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/27/1997",
"basic_date": "9/27/1997",
"date": "9/27/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Over the next 3 months, Spoor shot over 2 and a half hours of film showing aerial activity above his house. Spoor enquired to see if any neighbours had observed the same lights in the Norfolk sky. The local newspaper did some reports, but none reported activity on the scale he had seen.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3332"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/-1/1997",
"basic_date": "10/1997",
"date": "10/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Chile, the DGAC created the CEFAA to centralize information related to unexplained aerial phenomena in the national airspace.",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3333"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/13/1997",
"basic_date": "10/13/1997",
"date": "10/13/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn. (October 13)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3334"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/3/1997",
"basic_date": "11/3/1997",
"date": "11/3/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Following a series of observations, the Chilean army creates the [CIFAE](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgsRenseignement.html\\#CIFAE). (November 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3335"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/14/1997",
"basic_date": "11/14/1997",
"date": "11/14/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Numerous reports signal two linear formations of UFOs above the Northwest America in general and particularly above Seattle. The city's television channels make it their headline. See images/1997-11-14.jpg. (November 14)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3336"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/7/1997",
"basic_date": "12/7/1997",
"date": "12/7/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) David Spoor is in his garden behind his house when a UFO appears. Spoor has his camera with him and is able to take several clear shots \\(see right\\). The object hovers for a moment before disappearing behind some bushes. It then reappears and disappears again behind some houses. Spoor estimates it to be between 12 and 15 m wide, but can't be sure. Shortly after, the object is seen to the Northeast; it then flies over the sea. According to Spoor, it stays stationary for a moment, then moves at a speed of 70 to 80 km/h. The light appears to come from inside the UFO. Spoor rules out the possibility that the craft is actually the planet [Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html); he states that the planet was visible that day, but on the other side of the sky. See images/1997-12-07.jpg and images/1997-12-07.jpg. (December 7th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3337"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "12/23/1997",
"basic_date": "12/23/1997",
"date": "12/23/1997",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Hundreds of Chinese workers in the province of Guangdong \\(suburbs of Canton, China\\) observe an oval-shaped phenomenon with a series of portholes surrounded by a halo of light flying over an industrial area with many factories. The phenomenon, visible for several minutes, emits a light beam towards the ground. It then disappears at a dizzying speed. (December 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1997.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3338"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/6/1998",
"basic_date": "1/6/1998",
"date": "1/6/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Lunar Prospector.* (January 6)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3339"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/9/1998",
"basic_date": "1/9/1998",
"date": "1/9/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Suffolk border, David Spoor and Peter Wrigglesworth filmed powerful blue lights shone on them. See images/1998-01-09.jpg. (January 9th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3340"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/10/1998",
"basic_date": "1/10/1998",
"date": "1/10/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Harravilier \\(Val d'Oise\\), [witnesses are flown over by a circular UFO](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1998-01-10\\_Haravilliers.html). (January 10)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3341"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/18/1998",
"basic_date": "1/18/1998",
"date": "1/18/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) David Spoor films a UFO \\(pictured\\) from a window on the first floor of his house. At first, the UFO remains still, then makes a small movement to the left before quickly leaving the frame in less than a second. See images/1998-01-18.jpg anjd images/1998-01-18.jpg. (January 18th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3342"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/20/1998",
"basic_date": "1/20/1998",
"date": "1/20/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) At the Suffolk border, David Spoor and Peter Wrigglesworth filmed powerful blue lights shone on them. See images/1998-01-20.jpg and http://membres.tripod.fr/rr0/images/1998-01-20.jpg. (January 20th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3343"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/27/1998",
"basic_date": "1/27/1998",
"date": "1/27/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) David Spoor filmed this from the flat roof at the back of his house. His camera was mounted on a tripod. The UFO remained stationary before flying over the house at high speed. Due to the limitations imposed by the use of the tripod, Spoor was unable to follow the trajectory of the UFO. It seemed to be flying at low altitude, but it was difficult to assess as its size was unknown. The lights seen at the bottom of the shot are street lamps. The UFO was completely silent and had a shape very similar to some objects that have been filmed over Mexico since 1992. See images/1998-01-27_2.jpg, images/1998-01-27_2.jpg, images/1998-01-27_1.jpg, images/1998-01-27_1.jpg. (January 27th)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3344"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/31/1998",
"basic_date": "1/31/1998",
"date": "1/31/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Above the rooftops of Maipu \\(Chile\\), parachutists without parachutes are filmed. A witness driving on the highway sees them heading Northwest into the clouds. (January 31)",
"ref": [
"VSD 2007 H",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3345"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/2/1998",
"basic_date": "2/2/1998",
"date": "2/2/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) David Spoor films an object with a telephoto camcorder. No other object appears in the shot, so the scale and distance are difficult to assess. The UFO moves very slowly from left to right across the sky. It seems to change shape from time to time, but Spoor admits that this impression may be the effect of sudden changes of trajectory. He hypothesizes that the UFO is part of a larger device, as the lights seem to be mounted on something. For Spoor, these lights do not belong to a conventional aircraft. See images/1998-02-02.jpg, images/1998-02-02.jpg, etc. (February 2)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3346"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/2/1998",
"basic_date": "2/2/1998",
"date": "2/2/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) On the occasion of the 1st National Symposium on the subject of UFOs, held in the capital of the province of Coquimbo \\(Chile\\), an important group of ufologists sent a letter to the President of the Chilean Republic, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, in which they presented \"a request\" for the information related to unidentified flying objects to be made public. It was replied to them that the CEFAA had been created with the purpose of studying these phenomena.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3347"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/2/1998",
"basic_date": "2/2/1998",
"date": "2/2/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Observation in Brazil. See images/1998.jpg.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3348"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/20/1998",
"basic_date": "4/20/1998",
"date": "4/20/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The North Yorkshire radar network intercepts the echo of an unusual aircraft flying in a zigzag course at 27000 km/h above the North Sea. A squadron of the Royal Air Force was sent to intercept the object, while Dutch air forces also pursue the UFO, but the 2 F-16 fighters sent are not able to keep contact with it. The object distances the Dutch F-16s by increasing its speed up to 38400 km/h, before disappearing towards the North-East towards the Atlantic Ocean. (Week of April 20th)",
"ref": [
"Daily Mail",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3349"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/22/1998",
"basic_date": "7/22/1998",
"date": "7/22/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Death of Alan Shepard, first American in space. (July 22)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3350"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/6/1998",
"basic_date": "8/6/1998",
"date": "8/6/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The military grounds of Gravelotte near Metz \\(Moselle\\) is overflown by a UFO detected by the military radar of the Detection and Control Center of Dachenbrönn. (August 6)",
"ref": [
"FX 95-2562",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3351"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/24/1998",
"basic_date": "10/24/1998",
"date": "10/24/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Deep Space 1* towards the asteroid 1992 KD. (October 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3352"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/29/1998",
"basic_date": "10/29/1998",
"date": "10/29/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The space shuttle takes off with, on board, the veteran John Glenn, 77 years old. (October 29)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3353"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/20/1998",
"basic_date": "11/20/1998",
"date": "11/20/1998",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of the first element of the International Space Station, the Russian module *Zarya.* (November 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1998.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3354"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/3/1999",
"basic_date": "1/3/1999",
"date": "1/3/1999",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Launch of *Mars Polar Lander*. (January 3)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1999.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3355"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/15/1999",
"basic_date": "2/15/1999",
"date": "2/15/1999",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Scotland, an air traffic controller detects on his radar screen the echo of a very large object moving at 3000 miles/h above the Scottish coast towards South-West Belfast. The size of the echo indicates that the object is 10 miles long and 2 miles wide. 2 minutes later, the object disappears from the radar screen. (February 15)",
"ref": [
"The Observer, 04-06-2000",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1999.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3356"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "2/20/1999",
"basic_date": "2/20/1999",
"date": "2/20/1999",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) French astronaut Jean-Pierre Haigneré launches for *Mir*. (February 20)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1999.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3357"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/24/1999",
"basic_date": "3/24/1999",
"date": "3/24/1999",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Beginning of NATO airstrikes against Serbia. (March 24)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1999.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3358"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/28/1999",
"basic_date": "3/28/1999",
"date": "3/28/1999",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) First launch of a *Zénith* rocket in open sea from the *Odyssey* base of the Sea-Launch firm. (March 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1999.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3359"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/30/1999",
"basic_date": "3/30/1999",
"date": "3/30/1999",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The [ESA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/orgsScientifiques.html\\#ESA) signs a contract with Matra Marconi Space for the construction of *Mars Express*. (March 30)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1999.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3360"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/16/1999",
"basic_date": "7/16/1999",
"date": "7/16/1999",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A report from [COMETA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/COMETA.html) is published through a special issue of VSD titled OVNI and Defense: What Should We Prepare For? (July 16)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1999.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3361"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "8/11/1999",
"basic_date": "8/11/1999",
"date": "8/11/1999",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Solar Eclipse. (August 11)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1999.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3362"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/23/1999",
"basic_date": "9/23/1999",
"date": "9/23/1999",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The *Mars Orbiter* probe crashes into the surface of the red planet it was supposed to observe. The [NASA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/NASA.html) indicates a navigation error. (September 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/1999.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3363"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "1/-1/2000",
"basic_date": "1/2000",
"date": "1/2000",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) The missing plane is found in the Andes on August 2nd, [1947](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1947.html) in the Tupungato volcano, a very remote area from the plane's usual route at the time. (January)",
"ref": [
"_All About Canoes_, February 23rd, 2000",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/2000.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3364"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/-1/2000",
"basic_date": "5/2000",
"date": "5/2000",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Alignment of the planets of the solar system, the [Earth](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Earth.html) and Pluto located on one side of the [Sun](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Sun.html), and the other large planets \\([Venus](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Venus.html), [Mars](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Mars.html), Saturn, [Jupiter](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Jupiter.html), Uranus, Neptune\\) arranged in a straight line on the other side. (May)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/2000.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3365"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "5/20/2001",
"basic_date": "5/20/2001",
"date": "5/20/2001",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) [Jacques Vallée](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/ValleeJacques.html) is interviewed on Europe 1 by Marc Menant. (May 20th)",
"ref": [
"Vallée-Europe 1, May 20th 2001",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/2001.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3366"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/5/2001",
"basic_date": "4/5/2001",
"date": "4/5/2001",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Mr. A.J.A. steps out of his house to have a cigarette when suddenly he notices a figure approaching from his right. At first he thinks it's a large owl, but as it flies directly in front of him he realizes it's a strange creature. As the creature flies near a nearby street lamp, the witness notices it's a humanoid shape with a very large head, no wings, and flying at a constant altitude, without making any noise. The body is about 1.4 m long. It seems to be covered in a dark green \"braided\" fur. It has a pear-shaped head, but the witness can't see its eyes. It has long thin arms. As the creature flies in front of the witness for about 10 m, he feels a cold sweat and an illogical panic. The creature flies next to the street lamp and makes a 90° turn, quickly disappearing from view. The street lights go out as the creature flies by and then turn back on later. (April 5th, 12:20 PM)",
"ref": [
"Calama UFO Center, Chile",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/2001.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3367"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/8/2001",
"basic_date": "4/8/2001",
"date": "4/8/2001",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Two boys, aged 13 and 14, returning to the village of San Rafael reported seeing in a wooded area two large, luminous, almond-shaped green eyes. Suddenly, a large form jumped into the air, about 6 m, and flew over them, pushing them back with a powerful cold air current. One of the boys had a cell phone and noticed that it had turned on by itself and had dialed the number 1 several times. They also noticed that the light from the street lamp had dimmed. A few minutes later, a larger form, about 15 m away, also took off and landed on the roof of a nearby truck, while the other dark form landed on the roof of a house and was lost from sight. (April 8)",
"ref": [
"Calama UFO Center, Chile",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/2001.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3368"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "4/23/2001",
"basic_date": "4/23/2001",
"date": "4/23/2001",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Dennis Plunket, 71, announces the closure of the [BFSB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/BFSB.html) after more than half a century of activity: for him, the extraterrestrials have completed their exploration of our planet, which began after the first atomic bomb explosions. (April 23)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/2001.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3369"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "3/4/2002",
"basic_date": "3/4/2002",
"date": "3/4/2002",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) After an online auction on E-bay, Samuel M. Sherman, president of Independent-International Pictures Corp., announces that his company has won the bid for the oldest UFO photograph from [1870](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1870.html) for 385$. Sherman declares that the photograph will not be placed in a private collection but made available to scientists for analysis whose results will be made public. (March 4)",
"ref": [
"[UFO Updates](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2002/mar/m06-023.shtml)",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/2002.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3370"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "7/26/2002",
"basic_date": "7/26/2002",
"date": "7/26/2002",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) A local radio station in Washington receives [several calls from witnesses](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://wtop.com/news/newsdetail.cfm?newsid=584517) of unusual activity in the sky of Maryland. Residents near the [Andrews AFB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AndrewsAFB.html) are woken up in the morning by unusual activity. Many witnesses saw a spherical UFO shining blue or orange being chased by two fighter jets not far from the Washington Capitol. These two [F-16](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/F16.html) are part of the 113th squadron of the [Andrews AFB](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/AndrewsAFB.html) armed with air-to-air missiles. According to witnesses, the UFO was silent, without smoke or flashing lights. The army states that the two [F-16](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/F16.html) saw nothing. This event occurs exactly 50 years after [a wave of UFOs flew over the Washington Capitol](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/1952-07.html), with radar recording and pursuit by fighter jets (Friday, July 26)",
"ref": [
"[Washington Post, July 26, 2002](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8131-2002Jul26.html)\\] \\[[AFP \\< Yahoo, July 27, 2002](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://fr.news.yahoo.com/020727/202/2owyi.html)\\].",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/2002.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3371"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/25/2002",
"basic_date": "9/25/2002",
"date": "9/25/2002",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) Satellites from the [DoD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/DoD.html) are tracking an object passing through the atmosphere between 62 and 30 km in altitude, above Eastern Siberia.",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/2002.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3372"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "9/25/2002",
"basic_date": "9/25/2002",
"date": "9/25/2002",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In Vitimsky \\(30 km from the big town of Mama, Eastern Siberia\\), the villagers are woken up abruptly. Shards of glass, broken dishes, then a dull rumble. For a moment, many believe it to be a major earthquake. But the dazzling flash that lit up the sky erases all doubts. The event was not terrestrial but celestial. Something had fallen from the sky. Immediately, all possibilities are considered. Journalist Evguénii Pouchkarev, from the local newspaper No. 1, quotes an anonymous military man who believes it may be the fall of a missile that has deviated from its nominal trajectory. The thesis of space debris is quickly discarded: Indeed, surveillance satellites detect and track on several orbits all objects resulting from the disintegration of a space vehicle, explains Fernand Alby, from [CNES](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/CNES.html). To validate the thesis of a meteorite, a fragment of meteorite must be found. The Americans, on the other hand, have determined with their satellites the point of impact and its energy, estimated at 0.2 kilotons of TNT.. (1 h 50)",
"ref": [
"Ciel et Espace",
"[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/2002.html)"
],
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3373"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "10/21/2002",
"basic_date": "10/21/2002",
"date": "10/21/2002",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) 4 scientists commissioned by the Irkutsk Institute attempt to reach the site of the September 25 explosion, unsuccessfully \\(snow, river flooding\\). (October 21)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/2002.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3374"
},
{
"alt_basic_date": "11/28/2002",
"basic_date": "11/28/2002",
"date": "11/28/2002",
"desc": "\\(Translated from French\\) In accordance with its new [FOIA](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/FOIA.html) policy, the [MoD](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/MoD.html) publishes on its website documents related to UFOs, including those related to the [Rendelsham](https://web.archive.org/web/2005/http://rr0.org/Bentwaters.html) case. (November 28)",
"ref": "[rr0 - Beau](https://web.archive.org/web/20040704025950/http://www.rr0.org/2002.html)",
"source": "rr0",
"source_id": "rr0_3375"
}
]
}
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