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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 Hovering and Bobbing UFOs “erratic,” and “jerky” regularly appear in the reports. Some- In 14 cases (35 per cent) the UFOs jumped or “bobbed” times the maneuvers are compared to the bouncing of a ping- around while hovering in one general area of the sky, moving pong ball. At least one witness said the motion was like the abruptly up and down, side to side. The words “bobbing,” bobbing of a float on a fishline. VIOLENT AND ERRATIC MANEUVERS Observer Ratings: A = Scientific or experienced; B= Good; C = Average Date & Location Time Number and Description Maneuvers Observer Rating 9-1897 Canada --- (1) light source "tacking and veering" 2 4-5-48 White Sands, New --- (1) disc, 1/5 size of moon _—"streaked. . series of violent A Mexico maneuvers." 4-8-49 Los Angeles, day (1) silvery disc high speed, "zig-zagged" c Calif. 4-9-49 Tucson, Arizona 4-5 p.m. (1) bright orange light hovered, bobbed around arcing B source back and forth, up and down 7-50 Cincinnati, Ohio 1:45 pm. (1) cigar-shaped climbed rapidly, stopped 10 sec- A onds, dived, levelled off, moved away horizontally [Section V.] 10-10-51 Croix Falls, 10:00 a.m. (1) glowing cigar-like dove, levelled off, sharp left A Wisc. object turn, climbed steeply and shot away [Section VI.] 5-13-52 San Diego, Calif 8:55 p.m. (1) luminous, circular erratic darting side to side, un- A dulatory course, circled. [Section I. 6-12-52 Le Bourget, 3:30 p.m. (1) silver, egg-shaped hovered, violent jerks up & down, B France rocked back & forth, darted away 7-1-52 Washington, D.C. —_ noon (1) gray, shape not speci- hovered 8 minutes, arced back & A fied forth about 15°, returning to orig- inal position, slowly dropped out of sight 7-16-52 Hampton Roads, 9:00 p.m, (4) amber light sources Two spun around each other rap- A Virginia idly, joined by two others, moved jerkily when moving slowly [Section VIL] 7-19-52 Quebec, Canada 2:30 to 3:00 (2) blue-white light Bobbed up & down, back & forth, c : sources maintained 3° separation 8-7-52 Kerkrade, Holland Early a.m. (2) dise-shaped with flat One swooped down, hovered, zig- dome zagged & shot away; second A hovered, tilted up & shot away. [Section X.] 9-28-52 Scandinavia oo (1) luminous, emitted Moved with irregular jerks, vis- c sparks ible one hour, satellite objects visible at one point. 10-17-52 8. France 12:50 p.m. (About 30), 1 large cylin- Discs moved in pairs, zig-zagged B der and many Saturn- ("angel's hair" fell) [Section VIII.] like dises 10-27-52 S. France 5:00 p.m. (17) 1 cigar surrounded Discs moved in pairs, zig-zagged B by 16 discs with domes _("‘angel's hair" fell) [Section VIII. ] 8-22-54 Chicago, Ill. (1) half-moon shaped Hovered, darted erratically in c various directions, up & down... 9-23-55 Mt. Washington, o-- (2) red light sources Stopped near hilltop, began inde- c Ohio pendent motions, jumping up & down; one moved back & forth 10-3-55 Denver, Colorado —-8:00 p.m. (1) yellow-orange light Rapid pulsation, square turns, c source sudden stops & spurts of speed 11-7-55 Montrose, Calif. 6:30 p.m. (1) elliptical, lights on circled, hovered, ascended & B each end descended... 11-23-55 Spirit Lake, Iowa ‘5:45 p.m. (1) vari-colored light Moved erratically up & down, A source hovered 10 minutes. . .[Section VIL] 12-12-55 Branford, Conn. 10:30 p.m. (1) large light source, Bobbed around in various direc- c flare-like flashes tions 2-17-56 Paris, France night (1) large red light source Sped into area, hovered, bobbed A Approved For Release 2001/04/02 *CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001 around sky for several hours; tracked by radar, seen visually. {Section X.]