ufo_data/bin/rr0/tran1969.md

-   **January 1:** The [Condon Report](BlueBook.html#Condon),
    commissioned in 1966 by the [USAF](USAF.html), renders its conclusions.


-   **January 17:** Sighting at Crittenton (Virginia) [[case [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) #12607 unsolved]]{.source}.

- **March**


-   Image taken from the "KGB film". See images/1969-03.jpg
        
-   **March 2:** First flight of the Concorde.


-   **March 3:** Launch of [Apollo 9](Apollo.html#Apollo9) into Earth orbit.


-   **March 13:** Landing of [Apollo 9](Apollo.html#Apollo9).


-   **March 26:** Meteor 1, first Soviet weather satellite.


-   **April 27:** Resignation of General De Gaulle.


-   **May 4th, 3pm:** 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 9:** 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 18:** Launch of [Apollo 10](Apollo.html#Apollo10) which completes a lap around the Moon for a general rehearsal of the historic flight.


-   **May 22:** In their lunar module, Stafford and Cernan fly over the Moon at 15 km altitude before joining the [Apollo 10](Apollo.html#Apollo10) spacecraft.


-   **May 26:** Return of [Apollo 10](Apollo.html#Apollo10).


-   **June 24:** [Donald Crowhurst](CrowhurstDonaldC.html) leaves a long philosophical testament in his journal #2.

-   **June 15:** Pompidou elected President of the Republic.


-   **June 30:** The British steamer Maplebank spots a ship about twenty meters long floating keel up.


-   **July 3rd:** 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 4th:** The British cargo ship Cotopaxi crosses a 10m yacht, all sails out and running on autopilot. There is no one on board.


-   **July 5th, 8:30 PM:** 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 6th:** 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 7th:** 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 8:** The Helsona, a British tanker, crosses a yacht adrift, keel up in the sea.


-   **July 10:** The trimaran of [Donald Crowhurst](CrowhurstDonaldC.html) is found with all sails up, with no one on board.


- **July 12**


-   **23 h 45:** 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.


-   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.


-   **July 13:** Launch of the Luna 15 probe by a Proton rocket.
    It is to land on the [Moon](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 16:** [Apollo 11](Apollo11.html) is launched from the *Kennedy Space Center* (Florida).


-   **July 17:** Luna 15 enters lunar orbit. During the descent, it crashes to the ground. The Soviets have lost the race to the Moon.


-   **July 20/21:** Before the first moon landing, the crew of [Apollo 11](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](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](AldrinEdwinE.html) gently land the *Eagle* module in the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon while [Michael Collins](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](AldrinEdwinE.html). He spends 2 and a half hours on the lunar surface.


-   **July 21:** 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 [\[FX 95-2562\]]{.source}.


-   **July 24:** End of the [Apollo 11](Apollo11.html) mission, which lasted 8 days, 3 hours 18 minutes, and allowed to bring back 21 kg of samples.


-   **August 5:** Mariner 7 flies over the poles of Mars.


-   **August 19:** Weather officials at the Naval Air Base of Lann-Bihoué (Morbihan) spot an unidentified spherical object [\[FX 95-2562\]]{.source}.

- **October**


-   **October 1st:** Creation of NASDA, the Japanese space agency.


-   [Jimmy Carter](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).

-   A Cuban Mig 17 lands in Florida without being detected.

-   Foundation of [MUFON](MUFON.html).

-   **November 14:** Mission [Apollo 12](Apollo.html#Apollo12).


-   **November 19:** During the [Apollo 12](Apollo.html#Apollo12) mission, an inexplicable malfunction prevents Conrad and Bean's cameras from filming, while all onboard instruments are functioning perfectly.


-   **November 20:** Conrad blindly sets the [Apollo 12](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](Apollo.html#Apollo14) and [Apollo 15](Apollo.html#Apollo15).


-   **November 24:** End of the [Apollo 12](Apollo.html#Apollo12) mission, bringing back 34 kg of rocks and fragments of Surveyor 3 for analysis.


-   **December 17:** Following the recommendations of the [Condon Report](BlueBook.html#Condon), Robert C. Seamans Junior, Secretary of the [USAF](USAF.html), announces the end of the [Blue Book](BlueBook.html) project.


-   **December 26-27** : Symposium of the [AAAS](AAAS.html) on UFOs in Boston (Massachusetts). The association of scientists refuses to endorse the [Condon Report](BlueBook.html#Condon).