USA, Minnesota, Cyrus: T. Untiedt was driving on Highway 28 about 5 km west of
Cyprus when he saw a red flourescent, cylindrical object with a cone on top, 4
km long and 2 m in diameter, surrounded with a white glow. The car slowed down
as the observer was 400 m away from the object, which took off toward the
northeast.
USA, Minnesota, Herman: Edward Burnd, 15, was driving west in a farm truck
when he saw an object 2 m above the road about 30 m away. As the engine died,
the object glowed red and the witness lost consciousness. When he awoke, the
truck was facing east and rested in a ditch.
USA, Minnesota, Kindrae: A 60-year-old man saw an object 200 m away, in the
northwest at 30 m altitude. It turned east, then left toward the south. First
seen as a single, bright light, then two luminous sources were visible through a
"door" in the object, which appeared metallic. Radio interference was noted.
USA, Minnesota, Long Prairie: James Townsend, 19, was driving on Highway 27
when his engine, lights, and radio stopped operating. He then observed an object
10 m tall, about 3 m in diameter, shaped somewhat like a rocket, sitting on fins
on the road. Three creatures with "tripod legs and matchstick arms, "
brownish-black in color, having no eyes or facial features, stood in a large,
lighted circle under it, facing the witness for a few moments before
disappearing in the intense light. The object rose straight up for 400 m, with a
high-pitched humming sound, stopped and vanished. The car then resumed normal
operation by itself.
USA, Minnesota, New London: Gary X. , 9, saw an object which came down
silently and hovered at ground level 60 m away. A sort of periscope emerged from
it, and a strange noise (also heard by the boy's father) was noted. After 1-2
min the "periscope" disappeared, the object rose, and then dashed up at
unbelievable speed.
USA, New Hampshire: From Readers Digest Magazine in May of 1966: Several
people who witnessed a UFO with a brilliant pulsating set of red lights around
the rim.
USA, New Hampshire, Exeter: A young man and two police officers observed five
lights in a rigid configuration moving over a field, sometimes fluttering to low
altitude with a falling-leaf motion. The lights illuminated the countryside and
flashed in sequence.
USA, New Mexico, Bernalillo: On Easter Sunday Apolinar Villa was guided
telepathically to this spot near where he spotted this craft hovering silently
in the air and photographed it.
USA, New York, Cherry Creek: Several children saw an object shaped like two
saucers glued together come to ground level several times on the farm of William
Butcher. It was chrome-like, measured about 16 m in diameter, took off with
green and yellow flames, and illuminated the clouds when it flew into them.
Capt. James Dorsey and four technicians from Niagara Falls AFB investigated the
case. They found no trace, concluding, however, that the witnesses were not
lying.
USA, New York, Fredonia: Addie Jones, 61, saw a silvery object, 10 m in
diameter, rise from a wooded area and hover silently before leaving toward the
west. Under the object was a boxlike device. Distance to witness:400 m. No
light.
USA, New York, New York City: During the great power blackout, actor Stuart
Whitman was startled to hear a whistling sound outside his 12th floor window and
to observe two hovering objects, one orange and the other blue giving off a
luminescent light. He then heard an English message indicating that the blackout
was a "demonstration. "
USA, North Carolina, Mount Airy: Mrs. T. E. Schumaker was awakened by a loud
humming sound and found she could not speak or move for a while. When she
finally reached her window, she saw a vertical, cigar-shaped, luminous object.
It moved right and left, then back, etc. Ultimately it disappeared behind some
trees. The next morning a circle of crushed grass, 4 m in diameter, was found in
the yard.
USA, North Dakota, Grand Forks: Three girls driving a car observed what they
first thought was the rising moon. It was a circular, pale-yellow object, with a
silhouette moving inside the glow. There were five other witnesses one of whom
stated that as he approached the object, it appeared to "blow up" with a bang.
USA, North Dakota, Minot: Two adolescent girls, Marg Gudajtes and Judy Norlock,
saw a large, metallic, oval object with bluish lights land in a park at the edge
of town. It had left by the time they returned with help. An oval area of
crushed grass was observed.
USA: Northeast: The Great Blackout. Eight states; Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont lost power
in this power failure. Although a faulty automatic relay device at a plant near
Niagara Falls is blamed, there is evidence that UFOs can cause power failures in
the national electricity grid systems, although this may only be a side effect
rather than an intentional act. In December of the same year, the grid systems
failed in New Mexico and Texas following UFO sightings in those areas.
USA, Oklahoma, Lake Hefner: A young man saw an object rise from the lake
area.
USA, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City: Five children saw a brilliant, round object
without wings, close to the ground, in the 600 block on Northwest 63.
USA, Oklahoma, Tulsa: On August 2, 1965, Alan Smith, then 14 years old,
snapped two color photographs of a blinking, colored, luminous, discoid flying
object that passed directly over his house there in Tulsa. It had alternating
blue, orange, and white lights shining from its underside.
USA, Oregon, Corvallis: A farmer and his employee saw from their car three
yellow-orange spheres rapidly rising. Oily spots were found in the field.
USA, Pennsylvania, Baden: A 37-year-old civilian had just put his car in the
garage when he saw an object about 100 m in diameter, shaped like a disk, which
flew in front of the moon in a northerly direction at about 80 km/h. It was
surrounded with orange lights that weakened as a blue source came on, very
intense for about 3 sec then all lights disappeared as the object was about 700
m away. This was followed by a sort of "shock-wave" effect, and tree leaves were
shaken. The witness entered his house and called the Air Force. Twenty minutes
later his vision became hazy and his eyes were painful. He gradually lost vision
in both eyes, and his entire body was "sunburned. " Medical examination compared
the symptoms to ultra-violet exposure. His vision came back gradually over a
period of several days.
USA, Pennsylvania, Kecksburg: This sighting is known as The Other Roswell.
At approximately 5:00 p.m. on December 9, witnesses in Canada, Michigan, Ohio,
and Pennsylvania saw a fireball in the evening sky. Some Ohio witnesses said
that it turned slightly while over that state, veering in the direction of
Pennsylvania. Shortly after 6:30 p.m., a woman named Frances Kalp called John
Murphy of radio station WHJB in Greensburg, Pennsylvania to report that a
flaming object had crashed into the woods near her home at Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania. She said that she and her children had walked to within half a
mile of the site and had seen something that looked like a "four-pointed star".
After talking to her, Murphy called the Pennsylvania State Police, who then
called Kalp and asked her to meet them in nearby Kecksburg and lead them to the
spot. Murphy decided to drive out to the location and see for himself. It seems
unclear as to whether Murphy or the State Police arrived at the spot first. At
the scene, Murphy interviewed Kalp and her children while the State Police
checked out the crash site. He later said that when State Police officials Carl
Metz and Paul Shipco returned from the woods, they were very evasive about
answering questions about what they had found, indicating that the military
would be involved. Murphy then called State Police Captain Dussia at the office
in Greensburg, who told him to come into the State Police office for an official
statement. So, Murphy drove into the Greenburg office, where he noticed that
members of the Army and Air Force were present. The "official statement" turned
out to be: The Pennsylvania State Police have made a thorough search of the
woods. We are convinced that there is nothing whatsoever in the woods. Murphy
called his radio station and turned in his report. Shortly thereafter, he
overheard a policeman talking about a "pulsating blue light" seen in the woods.
When he heard that Officer Metz and the military people were going back out to
the site to investigate, he asked to accompany them and was given permission. To
his disappointment, when they arrived, Murphy was denied permission to enter the
woods with them. The military sealed off the area and civilians were no longer
allowed into the area. By now, with the news on radio and television, the area
was clogged with cars and onlookers. A few civilians, however, were able to get
close enough to see the object before the military had sealed off the area.
These witnesses, who were later interviewed by Stan Gordon, told of seeing a
copper-colored, acorn-shaped object nine to twelve feet in length with a gold
band around the bottom. Some claimed to see writing on it similar to Egyptian
hieroglyphics. No one saw much before being asked to leave by the military.
Sometime later that night, several witnesses saw a flatbed truck leave the area
carrying some large object beneath a tarpaulin. After the flatbed left, the
military began to leave the area. By the next day, there was little evidence
that anything had occurred in the area. The Air Force issued the official
explanation that a meteorite was the cause of the reports of a glowing object in
the skies the evening before, and the media accepted and passed on this
explanation.
USA, Rhode Island, Cumberland: On July 3, Joseph L. Ferriere went to east
Woonsocket to investigate reports of a strange object flying around in the area,
he spotted a large cigar-shaped object hovering in the sky. After taking four
pictures of the object he noticed a smaller disc-shaped object coming out from
the larger object and took a picture of the disc-shaped object also.
USA, Texas, Dallas: A man in a car observed a red and blue light thought it
came from a police car, then was passed by a huge, orange object flying at
ground level.
USA, Texas, Damon: On September 3, a Friday night, Deputy Sheriff Bob Goode
and Chief Deputy Billy McCoy and were driving south out of Damon toward West
Columbia on Highway 36. McCoy spotted a bright purple light on the horizon to
the southwest, which appeared to be about five to six miles distant. Both
lights remained in this orientation for a while before beginning to drift
upward. The upward, floating motion continued until the objects reached an
elevation of 5-10 degrees above the horizon. The lights suddenly swooped toward
them, covering the intervening distance in 1-2 seconds, abruptly stopping
practically overhead. Their patrol car and the surrounding terrain were brightly
illuminated in purple light. They could now see that the purple and blue lights
were attached to opposite ends of an enormous object, hovering about 150 feet
from them at about a 100-foot altitude. "The bulk of the object was plainly
visible at this time and appeared to be triangular shaped with a bright purple
light on the left end and the smaller, less bright, blue light on the right end.
The bulk of the object appeared to be dark gray in color with no other
distinguishing features. It appeared to be about 200 feet wide and 40-50 feet
thick in the middle, tapering off toward both ends. There was no noise or any
trail. The bright purple light illuminated the ground directly underneath it and
the area in front of it, including the highway and the interior of our patrol
car. The tall grass under the object did not appear to be disturbed. There was a
bright moon out and it cast a shadow of the object on the ground immediately
below it in the grass."
USA, Texas, Justin: Two deputy sheriffs of Tarrant County saw an object as
bright as burning magnesium, which landed as they were on a patrol near Wagle
Mountain Lake. Extensive investigation by the police led to negative results.
USA, West Virginia: Numerous sightings of a mysterious winged creature with
glowing red eyes, known as "the Mothman", are recorded.
USA, Virginia, Brands Flat: A workman cutting wood on the Augusta archery
range saw two saucer-shaped objects, 30 m and 6 m in diameter, hovering in the
sky. The smaller one landed, a door opened, and three pilots emerged. They
looked human, but had a reddish-orange skin and staring eyes. One of them had "a
long finger on his left hand. " Their clothes were the same color as the craft,
whose open door showed a strange light inside. The object was so highly polished
that "I would bet on a clear day you could not see it at five thousand feet. "
The occupants spoke sounds that were not understood and reentered the object.
The door outline could not be seen when it was closed.
USA, Virginia, Norfolk: James Myers saw an object rise from the ground,
appearing as a bright, circular silvery craft.
USA, Virginia, Marion: Woody Darnell, policeman, his family, and several
neighbors saw a stationary object on the ground. It took off with a shower of
sparks. Several trees were found uprooted or calcined at the site.
USA, Virginia, Williamsburg : A 31-year-old man driving a '64 Cadillac was at
the intersection of U. S. Highway 60 and State Route 14 when the engine failed,
and he had to stop by the side of the road. He then observed an object about 1.
2 m above ground. It was shaped like a mushroom or an electric bulb, 25 m high,
8 min diameter made noise similar to a vacuum cleaner had a metallic gray coIor,
a red-orange light on one side, and a blue one on the other. It took off against
the wind toward the west, at high speed.
USA, Washington, Blaine Air Force Base: A member of a night agency, who was
driving toward the base, saw a low-flying object, 10 m in diameter, which
avoided collision at the last moment. He got out of the car and observed it
hovering for one min, then it flew off at high speed. The object was tracked on
radar. The same night, a round, glowing object with a dome on top landed on a
nearby farm, melting snow in a 10 m diameter circle.
USA, Washington, Renton: Ellen G. Ryerson, 16, and her sister, Laura, were
going to work in a bean field when they observed three creatures about 1. 60 m
tall, with bulging eyes, expressionless faces, white craniums, large pores, and
a protrusion at the back of their heads. They wore purple jerseys and white
shirts. They had disappeared when the running girls looked back.
USA, West Virginia, Rivesville : A woman observed an object land near her
house while she was working in her kitchen. It was shaped like a disk, showed
port-holes and a cylinder about 1 m high, with a sliding door from which a small
creature, about 1 m tall, emerged and jumped to the ground. Its face was not
clearly visible but it had pointed ears, a sort of tail, and was linked to the
main object by a cable. It wore white clothing, appeared to pick up something
from the ground, and reentered the cylinder, which then slid up into the larger
white disk. The outside rim started spinning in a counterclockwise motion with a
soft whistling sound and the object rose straight up, out of view. Estimated
diameter of the disk: 7m.
Venezuela, La Blanquilla: A spinning, top-shaped object with openings through
which an orange light was visible was observed taking off with a "foggy" trail.
Vietnam, Nha Trang: UFO blacks out a U.S. military base at Nha Trang, and is
seen by hundreds of American soldiers.
Zambia, Broken Hill: Eric Williams saw a large object, 30 m in diameter, 15 m
high, about 75 m away. He reported seeing clearly a row of portholes illuminated
with a greenish light.
1965 Project
Blue Book Unknowns
USA,
Ohio July 25, 1965; Castalia, Ohio. 9:15 p.m. Witness: amateur astronomer M.D.
Harris, 16. One bright blue star crossed 90 of sky in 10-15 seconds.
USA, Illinois Aug. 4, 1965; Tinley Park, Illinois. 11:35 p.m. Witnesses: two
unnamed 14 year olds. One light moved around the sky for 16-17 seconds. No
further data in files.
USA, Oregon March 4, 1965; Corvallis, Oregon. 9:23 p.m. Witness: W.V.
Harrison. Three lights rose from the ground, several seconds apart. The next
day, an oily spot was found at the site.
USA, Maryland March 8, 1965; Mt. Airy, Maryland. 7:40 p.m. Witness: J.H.
Martin, instrument maker for U.S. Bureau of Standards. Six lights flew overhead
slowly for 3 minutes.
USA, Michigan May 7, 1965; Oxford, Michigan. 7:30 p.m. Witness: M.E. Marshall.
One light, like a satellite, split into two parts, one of which was copperish
color, then two more joined up. One object may have been tumbling. Sighting
lasted 1 minute.
USA, Minnesota Sept. 25, 1965; Chisholm, Minnesota. 9:55 a.m. Witness: Bett
Diamon. Five orange lights in a row flew fast and made an abrupt turn during the
1 minute sighting.
USA, Mississippi April 4, 1965; Keesler AFB, Mississippi. 4:05 a.m. Witnesses:
USAF A/2c Corum, a weather observer; confirmation by college student R. Pittman
not clear from available data. One 40' black, oval object with four lights along
the bottom, flew in and out of the clouds for 15 seconds.
USA, New HampshireSept. 3, 1965; Exeter, New Hampshire. 2 a.m. Witnesses:
Exeter Patrolmen Eugene Bertrand, Jr. and David Hunt, and Norman Muscarello. One
large, dark, elliptical object with a row of red lights around it, moved slowly
and erratically around houses and trees, while lights blinked in sequence. Farm
animals were very noisy. Sighting lasted about 1 hour.
USA, New Mexico Sept. 25, 1965; Rodeo, New Mexico. 10 p.m. Witnesses: Dr.
George Walton, physical chemist, and wife. Two round white objects flew
side-by-side, at 30-50' altitude, pacing the witnesses' car for 6 minutes.
USA, New York Aug. 19, 1965; Cherry Creek New York. 8:20 p.m. Witnesses: Mrs.
William Butcher, son Harold, 17, and children. A large elliptical object, with a
reddish vapor underneath, came close to the ground, then shot straight up into
the clouds a few seconds later. Radio drowned out by static, a tractor engine
stopped. When the object was on the ground, a steady beeping sound could be
heard. Afterwards, a strange odor was noticed, and the next day, a purplish
liquid, 2"x2" marks and patches of singed grass were found at the site. A bull
bellowed and tried to break its bonds.
USA, Ohio Aug. 30, 1965; Urbana, Ohio. 10:30 p.m. Witnesses: M.A. Lilly, N.
Smith, T. Nastoff. One white ball, 5-8' in diameter and trailed by a 2-3' light,
hit the road 100' in front of the witness' car, bounced and flew away. Sighting
lasted 3-4 seconds.
USA, Texas Aug. 4, 1965; Dallas, Texas. 9:30 p.m. Witness: J.A. Carter, 19.
One light flew fast, straight and level for 12 seconds. No further data in
files.
USA, Texas Sept. 3, 1965; Damon, Texas. 11 p.m. Witnesses: Brazoria County
Chief Sheriff's Deputy Billy McCoy and Deputy Robert Goode. One triangular
object, 150-200' long, 40-50' thick at middle and dark grey, with a long,
bright, pulsing, purple light on the right side and a long blue light on the
left side. Came from distance to 150' off highway and 100' in the air. Purple
light illuminated ground beneath object and interior of police car. Driver felt
heat on his left arm. Initial sighting lasted 5-10 minutes. Second
sighting.occurred later that night.
USA, Virginia Jan, 23, 1965; Williamsburg, Virginia. 8:40 a.m. Witness: Mr.
T.F. Mains. One mushroom or lightbulb-shaped object, 75-80' high, 25' diameter
on top and l0' bottom diameter; metallic grey with a red-orange glow on the near
side and a blue glow on the far side. The object made a sound like a vacuum
cleaner. The witness' car electrical system was affected as the object moved
away at an altitude of 4'. The sighting lasted 25 seconds. USA,
Wisconsin July 6, 1965; Kiel, Wisconsin. 9:30 p.m. Witness: Mrs. E.R. Hayner.
One flashing light, like a satellite, was seen for less than 1 minute. No
further data was in the files.
