4.9 KiB
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March 26, Evening: 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? [FSR 65, 3]{.source} GREPI{.source}
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May: 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!
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June: 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!
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July 21: J. Rand Capron, a spectroscopist, describing circular flattenings in a wheat field in Surrey (England).
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July 28 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. Courier Journal of Louisville (Kentucky) of July 29{.source}
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29 July: J. Rand Capron's testimony appears in the letter from the readers of the Nature issue (in volume 22), (pages 290-191). [[Peter Van Doorn, Journal of Meteorology, January 2000]]{.source}
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July 30: 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. Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 234{.source}
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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. FSR 61, 3{.source} Vallee 1969{.source}
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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. Lor. III 206{.source}
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September 12: Relating events that have been occurring since 1877, 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. [[New York Times of September 12]]{.source} Keel 1975{.source}
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November 30, 8am: While studying the Sun 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. Keel 1975{.source}