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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 July 6, 1947--S. Central Wyoming. Aviation engineer saw oval UFO. [VI] July 8, 1947--Series of sightings over Muroc AFB and Rogers Dry Lake, secret test base, California: Morning: Two spherical or disc-like UFOs joined by a third object. [XII] Crew of technicians saw white-aluminum UFO with distinct oval outline descending, moving against wind. Il Afternoon: Pin ‘‘metallic’’?’ UFO climbed, dove, oscillated over field, also seen by test pilot in vicinity. [XII] F-51 pilot watched a flat object ‘‘of light-reflecting nature’’ pass above his plane. No known aircraft were in area. [XII] July 9, 1947--Nr. Boise, Idaho. Newspaper aviation editor saw flat circular UFO maneuver in front of clouds. [VII] July 10, 1947--S. New Mexico. A ‘‘topastronomer”’ of the U.S. observed a bright white elliptical UFO. [II, VI] Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, head of Air Force UFO investigation from 1951-53; "By the end of July (1947) The UFO security lid was down tight. The few members of the press who did inquire about what the Air Force was doing got the same treatment that you would get today if you inquired about the number of thermo- nuclear weapons stock-piled in the U.S, atomic arsenal. . . (At ATIC there was) confusion almost to the point of panic."" (Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 39) Summer 1947--Pittsburg, Kansas. Navy Commander observed a disc-shaped UFO. [IV] August, 1947--Media, Pa. hover, speed away. [V] Air Force pilot watched a disc September 23, 1947--Air Technical Intelligence Center letter pili UFOs are real sent to Commanding General of Air Force. October 14, 1947--Muroc AFB, California. First piloted super- ora flight in plane, Capt. Yeager flying X-1 vocket-powered air- craft. December 8, 1947--Las Vegas, Nevada. Moving reddish UFO emitted flash of light, shot upwards out of sight. [XII] 1948 January 7, 1948--Fort Knox, Ky., Mantell case. Air National Guard pilot killed in crash of F-51 during UFO pursuit. Also sighting at Lockburne AFB, Ohio, later same afternoon, UFO maneuvering erratically up and down. [V] January 22, 1948—Project Sign (or "Saucer") established by Air Force. UFO reports sent to Air Materiel Command, Ohio, for investigation. April 5, 1948-- White Sands, N.M. Scientists watched disc-shaped UFO, one-fifth the size of the full moon, streak across sky in series of violent maneuvers. (No details reported). May 28, 1948--Air Force transport reported being buzzed by 3 UFOs. [III] July 1948--Pasco, Wash. Private pilot saw disc diving and climbing away at high speed. [V] July 4, 1948--Nr. Longmont, Colorado. Revolving silver cir- cular object soared upward at ‘‘terrific speed.’’ [XII] Summer 1948--Erie, Pa. Engineer saw elliptical UFO which flew horizontally, then ascended rapidly. [VI] Summer 1948--Easton, Pa. Physicist watched 3 luminescent greenish discs cross sky. [VI] Summer 1948--Labrador. m.p.h. [VII] July 23, 1948--Nr. Montgomery, Ala. Chiles-Whitted, Eastern Airlines sighting of rocket-like UFO with exhaust, square ports along side. [V] UFO tracked on radar at 9000 August 1948--Air Technical Intelligence Center Top Secret 'Esti- mate of the Situation," concluding UFOs were interplanetary space Ships, sent to Air Force Chief of Staff. (IX) October 1, 1948--Fargo, N.D. Air National Guard F-51 pilot had ‘‘dogfight’’ with a small flat, circular UFO. [V] October 15, 1948--Japan. Crew of F-61 night-fighter tracked on radar and saw silhouette of UFO shaped ‘like a rifle bullet’’ which repeatedly accelerated out of reach of the fighter. [VII] November 1, 1948--Goose Bay, Labrador. UFO tracked by radar at 600 mph [VIII] November 6, 1948--Japan. Two UFOs, like planes in ‘‘dogfight’’ tracked on radar. [VIII] November 18, 1948--Nr. Washington, D.C. Air Force pilot flying out of Andrews AFB, chased oval-shaped UFO for 10 minutes. [III] November 23, 1948--Fursten-Feldbruck, Germany. Bright red UFO tracked by ground and air radar, seen visually by U.S. AF pilot. [VIII] December 3, 1948--Fairfield-Suisun AFB, Calif. Ball of light ascending, seen by pilot. [III] 1949 January 1, 1949--Jackson, Miss., Cigar-shaped UFO crossed path of private plane, accelerated rapidly and sped away. [V] April 24, 1949--White Sands, N.M. General Mills balloon personnel tracked elliptical UFO with theodolite. [I] April 27, 1949--Project "Saucer" Report veleased by Air Force: Space visitors considered "improbable," but many unexplained cases. 30% probably conventional objects. April 30, 1949--First installment of Saturday Evening Post ar- ticle by Sidney Shallett. "What You Can Believe About Flying Saucers." May 9, 1949--Time article called UFO witnesses "spinners of yarns." June 5, 1949--Walter Winchell column: ''The New York World- Telegram has confirmed this reporter's exclusive report of sev- eral weeks before -- which newspapermen have denied -- about the Flying saucers. Said the front page in the World-Telegram: 'Air Force people are convinced the flying disk is real. The clincher came when the Air Force got a picture recently of three disks fly- ing in formation over Stephensville, Newfoundland. They out- distanced our fastest ships. ..." June 10, 1949--White Sands, N.M. maneuvered around a missile in flight. R. B. McLaughlin, USN) [II] July 3, 1949--Longview, Wash. Navy Commander, others, watched disc pass above air show. [IV] August 1949--N.M. Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto, observed elliptical pattern of 6-8 rectangles cross the sky. [VI] Fall 1949--At a key atomic base, a high AF officer was in- volved in the radar tracking of 5 apparently metallic UFOs which flew S over the base at tremendous speed and great height. [II] October 23, 1949--Nr. Baja, Calif. Air Force pilot saw four discs in formation. [IIT] December 27, 1949--Air Force issued Project "Grudge" Report (Technical Report No. 102-AC-49/15-100) explaining away all UFO reports to date as delusions, hysteria, hoaxes, and crackpot re- borts. Announcement that project had disbanded. (IX) Two round white UFOs (Confirmed by Capt. 1950 January 1950-- True magazine article "Flying Saucers Are Real," by Maj. Donald E, Keyhoe, suggested UFOs are of extraterres- trial origin. February 2, 1950--Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. pilot chased UFO which left smoke trail. [III] February 22, 1950--Key West, Fla. Navy pilots, others, saw glowing UFO, confirmed by radar. [IV] Bomber March 1950--True article "How Scientists Tracked a Flying Saucer,"’ by Cmdr. R. B. McLaughlin, USN, reported April 24, 1949 White Sands sighting. (1) March 8, 1950--Dayton, Ohio. A round UFO seen by the crew of a TWA airliner, was tracked on radar, and chased by two F-51s. [VIII] March 10, 1950--Orangeburg, S.C. Disc hovered over city, sped away. [XII] March 13, 1950--Clarksburg, Calif. Saucer-shaped object descended, hovered with swaying motion, moved away. [IV] March 13, 1950--Mexico City, Mexico. Airport observers saw 4 UFOs, one through theodolite. [V, X] March 16, 1950--Dallas, Texas. Navy Chief Petty Officer at Naval Air Station saw a flat oval UFO pass under a B-36 bomber. [IV] March 17,1950--Farmington, N. Mex. Retired Army Captain, others, saw dozens of discs gyrating in sky. [IV] March 18, 1950--Nr. Bradford, Ill. Private pilot watched il- luminated oval pass his plane. [V] Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : GAA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0