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| [On This Day] |
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|  Encounters with Aliens on this Day |
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|  July 29 |
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| 1947 - Hamilton Air Base, California At 2:50 p.m. PDT the Assistant |
| Base Operations Officer, Capt. William Rhyerd, and Ward Steward, an |
| ex-B-29 pilot, watched for unknown length of time while two round, |
| shiny, white objects with estimated 15-25 foot diameters, flew 3-4 |
| times the apparent speed of a P-80, also in sight. One object flew |
| straight and level; the other weaved from side-to-side like an escort |
| fighter. (Source: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns). |
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| 1948 - James Toney and Robert Huggins, both employees of a rug |
| cleaning firm in Indianapolis, Indiana saw a shiny aluminum object, |
| shaped something like an airplane's propeller, with 10-12 small cups |
| protruding from either blade, at 9:38 a.m. Its estimated size was 6-8 |
| feet long and 1.5-2 feet wide. The object glided across the road a |
| few hundred feet in front of their vehicle and apparently came down |
| in a wooded area. The sighting lasted a few seconds. (Sources: |
| Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case no. 185; |
| Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns). |
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| 1952 - There are 39 unexplained UFO reports recorded in the UFOCAT |
| database for this day. Most are lacking any detail and so fall into |
| the category of "insufficient information." All but five come from |
| the United States. |
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| 1952 - At 1:30 a.m. radar operators on the ground in Osceola, |
| Wisconsin witnessed several clusters of up to 10 small radar targets |
| and one large target. The small targets moved from southwest to east |
| at 50-60 knots (60-70 mph), following each other. The large object |
| moved at 600 knots (700 mph). One hour total time. The pilot of a |
| F-51 Mustang in flight confirmed a visual sighting of one of the |
| targets. (Source: Condon Committee investigation files; Don Berliner, |
| Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns). |
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| 1952 - Sidney Eubank went to the Enid, Oklahoma police station and |
| told Sergeant Vern Bennell that an enormous disc had buzzed his car |
| as he drove between Bison and Waukonis on Highway 81. The rush of air |
| made the car leave the road while the object flew west very fast. |
| (Sources: NICAP investigation files, reported dated July 30, 1952; |
| Jacques Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 134; Jacques Vallee, |
| Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 199). |
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| 1952 - At 12:30 p.m. USAF personnel near Ennis, Montana were alerted |
| that UFOs were coming from the direction of Seattle, Washington and |
| headed toward their position. Twelve of them saw two to five flat |
| disc-shaped objects fly over. One hovered for 3-4 minutes, while the |
| others circled it. The sighting lasted 30 minutes. (Sources: Project |
| Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case no. 1747; Don |
| Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns). |
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| 1952 - Langley AFB, Virginia. At 2:30 p.m. USAF Captain D.G. Moore, |
| of military air traffic control, sighted a UFO coming toward the air |
| base that flew at an estimated speed of 2,600 mph below an altitude |
| of 5,000 feet. It was in sight for two minutes. Twenty minutes later |
| Captain Moore and electronics technician W. Y. Hope tracked a UFO on |
| radar moving away. The object stopped for two minutes, then moved |
| away again very, very fast. Total duration four minutes. (Sources: |
| Kevin Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol; p. 275; Don |
| Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns). |
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| 1952 - At 3:44 Herbert Mitchell and his employee in Merced, California |
| sighted a dark, discus-shaped object, trailed two lengths behind by a |
| silvery light. It tipped on its side, dove, hesitated, and then |
| circled very fast. They watched it for two minutes. (Sources: Project |
| Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case no. 1738; Don |
| Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns). |
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| 1952 - In Wichita, Kansas at 12:35 p.m. USAF shop employees Douglas |
| and Hess saw a bright white circular craft with a flat bottom at the |
| Municipal Airport. The object flew very fast, and then hovered 10-15 |
| seconds over the Cessna Aircraft Co. plant. Their sighting lasted |
| five minute sighting. (Sources: Project Blue Book files counted in |
| official statistics, case no. 1739; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook |
| UFO Unknowns). |
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| 1955 - In Columbus, Nebraska at 10:45 p.m.Morrice Raymond watched |
| four orange flashing lights and one whIte flashing light move up and |
| down like yo-yos for 5-6 minutes. (Source: Don Berliner, Project |
| Bluebook UFO Unknowns). |
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| 1957 - Flight CAL 841 over Cleveland, Ohio at 10:31 p.m. Capital |
| Airlines Captain R. L. Stimley and First Officer F. J. Downing |
| sighted a large, round, yellow-white object that dimmed once, and |
| then crossed the bow of their airliner. They gave chase but were |
| unable to catch it. Their sighting last eight minutes. (Sources: |
| Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case no. |
| 4847; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns). |
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| 1957 - In Oldsmar, Florida at 11:45 a.m. witness E. E. Henkins |
| observed a pale yellow fireball glide into the water and explode. It |
| was viewed for approximately one minute. (Sources: Project Blue Book |
| files counted in official statistics, case no. 4848; Don Berliner, |
| Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns). |
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| 1962 - Mr. and Mrs. M.O. Barton of Ocean Springs, Mississippi saw a |
| bright cherry-red, diamond-shaped object at 11:20 p.m. that flew |
| slowly, hovered, and then made fast half-loops for ten minutes. |
| (Source: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns). |
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| 1965 - At 4:20 a.m. a washtub-shaped object flew over North Weymouth, |
| Massachusetts performing irregular maneuvers. It was watched through |
| binoculars and glowed orange, red and silver. At one point during the |
| sighting two smaller silver objects criss-crossed over top of it. |
| (Source: Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, p. 333). |
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| North Weymouth, Massachusetts - 1965 |
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| 1965 - Alain Bressol of Grouzies, France observed a large, |
| disc-shaped object in a field near Monsempron-Libos. It flew away at |
| high speed toward the south. (Sources: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue |
| no. 78; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, |
| p. 311 case 663). |
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| 1968 - Four people driving in La Atalaya, Argentina at 3:15 at night |
| saw an object that looked like an upside down washbasin. It was 30-40 |
| feet wide and glowing on the underside. As it flew low over the road, |
| the headlights and engine of the witnesses' car failed. After the |
| object had landed about 250 meters from the car, the headlights came |
| back on. The object remained on the ground for 45 minutes while the |
| motorists watched. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving |
| Vehicle Interference, case 244, citing FSR Case Histories, Supplement |
| No. 13) |
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| 1968 - Two witnesses at 1:30 a.m. saw a snow-white glowing object |
| apparently land near a deserted grass airport in Barnstable, |
| Massachusetts on Cape Cod. When they drove past the area, a sound |
| like a large swarm of locusts was heard emanating from the field. The |
| airfield had closed at sunset. (Source: Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: |
| Interplanetary Visitors, p. 354). |
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| Barnstable Airport, Massachusetts - 1968 |
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| 1970 - At 3:00 a.m. an unknown craft emerged from the ocean along the |
| coast of Alcocebre, Spain and loses itself in the sky. A cylinder |
| that had been discovered on the ocean bottom the previous day had |
| gone. (Source: FSR Case Histories, August 1971, p. 6). |
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| 1970 - In Old Forge, New York several people noticed an ovoid, |
| metallic, and fairly large object which began following their car at |
| 10:25 p.m. While it followed, the car radio was inoperative due to |
| heavy static. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle |
| Interference, case 292, citing UFOLOG, No. 83, 1971) |
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| 1971 - A green metallic object, self-luminous but also apparently |
| reflecting sunlight, was seen in the sky over Nedlands near Perth, |
| Western Australia at 9:50 a.m.. It left behind a trail. (Source: |
| Data-Net Report, January 1972). |
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| 1972 - A silent disc-shaped object rose from behind some trees at |
| night in Tyler, Texas. It had red, green, and blue lights on the |
| underside. It maneuvered at a low altitude. (Source: Glenn McWane, |
| The New UFO Sightings, p 46). |
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| 1973 - Two witnesses were driving near Ottawa, Ontario at around 9 |
| p.m. when they noticed a bright globe of light descend and pass near |
| them. They could see three humanoid figures through three oblong |
| shaped portholes. The object then flew over the car and left. |
| (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1973, case # |
| 14, citing John Brent Musgrave, UFO Occupants and Critters). |
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| 1978 - At 12:25 a.m. the Green Bay, Wisconsin lighthouse keeper |
| reported that he had seen a UFO heading westbound at high rate of |
| speed. It had an irregularly flashing white light and red lights. At |
| 2:40 a.m. a U.S. Coast Guard craft near Apostle Island, Wisconsin on |
| Lake Superior saw a large, yellow-white oblong object. There were |
| five separate sightings reported of the object. Witnesses also |
| reportedly saw the Aurora Borealis and several meteors. (Source: |
| Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, August 1979, p. 14) |
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| 1978 - On this day in 1978 a 15-year-old boy and his grandfather spied an |
| eight-foot tall hairy creature by the river in Little River, Texas. |
| They were working in a nearby field when they saw the Bigfoot-like |
| creature. It left footprints 14" long and 9" wide. A Sheriff measured |
| the footprints left behind. (Source: UFO Newsclipping Service, |
| September 1978, p. 17). |
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| 1986 - At 11:50 p.m. a very bright nocturnal light was reported over |
| the lake at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. A larger object was seen |
| hovering over the light, and a cloud. (Source: Robert Gribble, |
| National UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, case 1179). |
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| 1990 - At two o'clock in the morning a man woke up in his bedroom in |
| Columbus, Ohio to find a small humanoid standing in the bedroom. He |
| could only recall having his tooth drilled and an "implant" possibly |
| having been inserted. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact |
| Database 1990, case # 1851, citing Francis J. Ridge, Regional |
| Encounters: The Filter Center Files). |
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| 1990 - At 4:30 a.m. in Ottawa, Ontario a woman--whose roommate had |
| witnessed a large light maneuvering over the area on July 1--woke up |
| in her 16th floor apartment to see a 4-foot tall being in the |
| bedroom. A dim light illuminated the being, which the witness |
| described as small in stature and dark gray in color. His head was |
| bend down as if adjusting something on his chest. He had a child-like |
| body. Behind his head was a fog-like mist. The being wore a smooth |
| suit with a square buckle on the front of a larger belt-buckle. Shiny |
| neon like light shone from the buckle, which changed color to blue, |
| the inside to the buckle was black. The witness was not afraid and |
| went back to sleep. Ten minutes later she saw the being again |
| standing about 10 feet away from her. She then fell back to sleep |
| again and did not see the being depart. (Source: Peter Davenport, |
| National UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, July 1990 webpage). |
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| 2001 - At three a.m. an object larger than 10 meters in diameter was |
| seen on the grounds of the local football field in Quedas do Iguacu, |
| Parana, Brazil. The two witnesses including Rubem Bastos de Brito |
| reported seeing several short bizarre creaturesmoving around the |
| object. After about 20 minutes the object shot away into the sky. |
| (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 2001, citing |
| Thiago Luiz Ticchetti, EBE-ET). |
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| Written by Donald A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Revised 24 May 2006). |
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| Compiled from the UFOCAT computer database. |
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| Themes: buzzing sound; disc-shaped UFOs; erratic maneuvers; |
| inside occupants; landings; multicolored UFOs; multi-year reports fr |
| om California, Massachusetts and Texas; nautical UFOs; pendulum motio |
| n; rush of air caused by passing UFO; vehicle EM effects; white UFOs. |
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