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Subj: PROJECT BLUE BOOK No.6
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SAHRUIG - SOUTH AFRICAN HAM RADIO UFO INTEREST GROUP
I thought you may like to read about the American Air Forces pathetic
attempt
to De-bunk the UFO scene. This was conducted many years ago and is still
talked and discussed even today. This is due to the fact that there are
too many loose ends
and no real scientific conclusions.
This information is presented for your perusal and is a continuation
of my policy of informing the public what is currently available. The
contents of this information does NOT necessarily reflect the personal
views of SAHRUIG, nor should the views, opinions, statements or claims
represented in the following be accepted by anyone reading these texts
at face value. I will post to the Packet WW system a series of Blue Book
reports
covering 1948 to 1952.
The following files are from the work of Don Berliner, who compiled
a listing of the Project Bluebook "unknowns" .
PART SIX 1966 TO 1969
Title: BLUE BOOK / YEAR 1966
Feb. 2, 1966; Salisbury, North Carolina. 11:15 p.m. Witnesses:
Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Wise. One silver, diamond-shaped object with
several balls constantly in very fast motion around it, and much
light. Object hovered over the trees for 3-4 minutes, while a
dog barked, and then zipped out of sight. Sighting lasted 1
hour.
Feb. 6, 1966; Nederland, Texas. 5:45 a.m. Witnesses: Mr. and
Mrs. K.R. Gulley. One yellow, lighted object at 500; altitude
and a pulsating red glow on the lawn. The house lights went out,
and high frequency bothered the witnesses' ears. Sighting lasted
5-10 minutes.
March 20, 1966; Miami, Florida.. 12:15 a.m. Witness: USAF Res.
Maj. K.C. Smith, employee of NASA at Cape Kennedy. One pulsating
light which varied from white to intense blue made a jerky ascent
and then rapidly accelerated away to the north after 5 minutes.
March 22, 1966; Houston, Texas. 1:30 a.m. Witness: S.J.
Musachia. White flashing lights, and the air full of smoke. Lit
up witness' apartment. Sound of "yen " heard up close
during 4 minute sighting.
March 23, 1966; Temple, Oklahoma. 5:05 a.m. Witness: W.E.
Laxson. One large object, like a wingless C-124 transport plane;
75' long, 8' high and 12' wide; with a bubble canopy on top. Sat
on highway, a man dressed in military work clothes entered, and
it rose after about 40 seconds.
March 26, 1966; Texhoma, Oklahoma. Midnight. Witnesses: Mrs.
P.N. Beer and Mrs. E. Smith. One flashing light buzzed their car
from the front then hovered. Sighting lasted l0 minutes.
April 5, 1966; Alto, Tennessee. 11:55 p.m. Witness: W. Smith.
One oval object with a dark top, appeared cone-shaped when
moving. It made a high-frequency noise during the 2.5 hour
sighting.
April 5, 1966; Lycoming, New York. 3 a.m. Witness: Lillian
Louis. One vapour-like sphere hovered and spun at low altitude,
shooting its exhaust onto the ground below. Sighting of 1
minute.
April 30, 1966; Sacramento, California. 3:15 a.m. Witness:
Anita Miller. One light moved around the sky for 2.5 hours. No
further detail in files.
May 7, 1966; Goodfellow AFB, Texas. 9:55 p.m. Witness: A/3c
W.L. Whitehead. One short, cylindrical object with pointed ends
and a yellow light at one end and blue light at the other, flew
straight and level for 35 seconds.
June 6, 1966; Spooner, Wisconsin. 9:30 p.m. Witness: Dorothy
Gray. Two domed discs with sparkling upper surfaces and square
windows in their tops, revolved above a lake, apparently causing
strange behaviour of the lake water during the 25 second sighting.
June 8, 1966; Kansas, Ohio. 6:45 a.m. Witness: Max Baker. One
bright silver, cigar-shaped object, as long as an airliner,
buzzed the witness' car. Sighting lasted 1 minute.
June 18, 1966; Burnsville, North Carolina. 12:30 a.m.
Witnesses: members of a Boy Scout group, including Sterrett.
One bell-shaped object with three flashing red lights hovered for
5 hours and was then joined by six others.
June 27, 1966; 400 miles east of Wake Island (19* N., 172* E.).
4 a.m. Witness: Radio Officer Steffen Soresen, of the S/ Mt.
Vernon Victory. One "cloud" expanded with a light inside, and
then accelerated away after several minutes.
July l1, 1966; Union, Pennsylvania. 7:45 p.m. Witnesses: Carl
Wood and Charles Hawthorne. One large (100' wide, 20' high)
bright red object with small windows and yellow lights. The
object emitted a humming noise, seemingly from the outside, and a
grinding noise which seemed to come from inside. Observed for 1
hour.
July 25, 1966; Vanceboro, North Carolina. 1 a.m. Witness:
college student James Clark. One object which changed colour from
orange to red to blue to green and back to orange. Followed
witness' car at high speed, then stopped and hovered over the
car. Rose and flew up and out of sight in less than 5 seconds.
Entire sighting involved about 1 hour.
July 31, 1966; Presque Isle State Park, Pennsylvania. 7:25 p.m.
Witnesses: Douglas Tibbetts, 16; Betty Klem, 16; Anita Haifley,
22; and Gerald Labelle, 29. Square or hexagonal object with
edges lit or reflecting light, came tumbling down from right to
left. Stopped 5-10' above the beach and settled heavily down;
circle of spotlights at top were visible when it was on the
ground. Sighting lasted 5 minutes. .
Aug. 19, 1966; Donnybrook, North Dakota. 4:50 p.m. Witness:
U.S. Border Patrolman Don Flickenger. Round disc with domed top,
30' in diameter and 15' high, collared white, silvery or aluminium.
Moved across a valley from the southeast, hovered over a
reservoir, appeared to land in a small field, then rose up into
clouds very rapidly. Sighting lasted 5 minutes.
Aug. 23, 1966; Columbus, Ohio. 77 p.m. Witnesses: Broomall and
Gilpin. One circular, luminous white object split into five
objects and all streaked away toward the west. Sighting lasted
15 minutes.
Aug. 26, 1966; Gaylesville, Alabama. 8:50 p.m. Witnesses: Mr.
and Mrs. Funk and their three children. A cluster of four small,
glowing, orange-yellow lights in a triangular formation, moved
from east to west for 4.5 minutes.
Sept. 1, 1966; Willsboro, New York. 2:45 p.m. Witness: T.H.
Ridman. One oval object with lights that flashed red and white
and occasionally blue, travelled west, then disappeared downward.
It returned, several minutes later, at which time a loud noise
was heard. The entire sighting lasted 30 minutes.
Sept. 6, 1966; Suffolk County AFB, New York. 6:50 p.m.
Witnesses: Stahl and Ladesic. One white cylinder of light came
from the east at high speed, stopped and hovered for 3 minutes,
and then turned and slowly disappeared. Sighting lasted 8
minutes.
Sept. 9, 1966; Franklin Springs, New York. 9 p.m. Witness:
Jacobson. One solid object, larger than an army tank, with
lights all around it, made a low humming sound and disappeared
into woods at the end of the 30 minute sighting.
Sept. 13, 1966; Gwinner, North Dakota. 7:30 a.m. Witness:
Rotenberger. One silvery-grey ellipse with a clear bubble
protruding from its top, hovered about a mile away, then landed
within 300 yards and took off very fast. It made a low-pitched
whine during the 5 minute sighting.
Sept. 28, 1966; Wilmington, Ohio. 3:38 p.m. Witness: Clarke.
Three round, oval-shaped, aluminum-coloUred objects with rotating
rings around them. Two remained stationary, while the third
varied its altitude during the 90 second sighting.
Oct. 5, 1966; Osceola, Wisconsin. Witnesses: several members of
one family. One small, bright orange, moon-shaped object
remained stationary in the northeast for about 20 minutes, then
suddenly took off very fast to the WNW.
Oct. 23, 1966; Southhampton, Long Island, New York. 6 p.m.
Witness: Mr Acquino. One object with arms in front of it which
sparkled like an arc-light. Travelled south along some power
lines, then turned southwest. Made a slight humming sound during
the 4 minute sighting.
Oct. 26, 1966; Cold Bay Air Force Station, Alaska. No time
given. Witness: civilian control tower operator Ralston. One
white object approached runway at 50' altitude. Runway lights
were then turned on, and object accelerated and climbed away so
fast that witness was unable to use binoculars. Sighting lasted
3 seconds.
Nov. 8, 1966; Saginaw, Michigan. At night. Witness: college
graduate Annis. A group of lights that flashed and changed colour
hung stationary, almost touching the road, and would abruptly
vanish during the 5 minute sighting.
Dec. 25, 1966; Monroe, Oregon. 33 a.m. Witnesses: civilians and
military persons. Three round objects, as large as cars, gave
off vapour, then became three bright reddish-orange lights. Blast
at beginning of 90 minute sighting pushed one witness against a
car.
Title: BLUE BOOK / YEAR 1967
Feb. 6, 1967; Odessa, Delaware. 8:45 p.m. Witnesses: Donald
and Marie Guseman. One large, Saturn-shaped object--5O' in
diameter and 20' high--with two bright lights, a green light on
one side and a red light on the other. Hovered motionless over
the trees, then slowly moved north and suddenly disappeared after
2 minutes.
Feb. 12, 1967; Grand Rapids, Michigan. 3:40 a.m. Witness: Mr.
Lou Atkinson. Four fluorescent, football-shaped objects, a dull,
almost grey luminous colour; flew northeast in a very rigid
formation for 4-10 seconds. Made a chirping noise.
Feb. 16, 1967; Stoughton, Wisconsin. 9:11 p.m. Witness: Miss
Lynn Marsh. One light with faded edges seemed to follow observer
in her car for 5-6 minutes.
Feb. 20, 1967; Oxford, Wisconsin. 3:10 a.m. Witness: USAF
veteran/truck driver Stanton Summer. One orange-red object flew
parallel to truck for 2 minutes.
Feb. 27, 1967; Grand Haven, Michigan. 8:19 p.m. Witnesses:
Sheriff Grysen, wife and others. Large white light, with smaller
red and green lights seen to the sides. Made almost
instantaneous 90^ turn to left, shot out over road and stopped,
moving too fast to follow. Sighting lasted 1 hour, 11 minutes.
March 6, 1967; Benton Harbor, Michigan. 12:01 a.m. Witnesses:
Jerome Wolanin, assistant news director of radio station and
former policeman, and wife. One round saucer or oval-shaped
object with red, green and yellow lights around bottom rim which
pulsated red. Flew level, east to west, and was joined by second
object from west. First object opened top, second came over and
hovered for 30 seconds and disappeared. Sighting lasted more
than 40 minutes. Objects made hissing sound.
March 6, 1967; Galesburg-Moline, Illinois. 4:25 a.m. Witness:
Deputy Sheriff Frank Courson. One object shaped like a rubber
cup which is placed under furniture leg, with a dome set in the
cup. Bottom of object spun rapidly, rim pulsated red. Approached
witness and passed overhead at low altitude, making a hieeing
sound.
March 9, 1967; Galesburg, Illinois. 7:10 p.m. Witnesses: two
housewives. One object shaped like a pancake with a rounded top;
object was pulsating red, with red lights around its rim.
Approached witnesses and seemed to explode with a brilliant white
light that lasted 10 seconds and almost blinded them. Then it
accelerated to the north and disappeared.
March 9, 1967; Onawa, Iowa. 9:05 p.m. Witness: Jack Lindley.
One bright white, saucer-shaped object, as big as a jet airliner,
flew straight and fast to the east for 2 minutes.
March 22, 1967; Wapello, Iowa. 10:20 p.m. Witness: Douglas
Eutsler, 15. Fluorescent, solid, multicolored lights stood
still, then flew away at high speed after 1 minute.
March 24, 1967; Belt, Montana. 99 p.m. Witness: truck driver
Ken Williams. One dome-shaped object, emitting a bright light,
landed in a ravine. As the witness approached, it took off and
settled back, hidden from the highway. Sighting lasted several
minutes.
March 26, 1967; New Winchester, Ohio. 4 p.m. Witnesses: man,
woman, three boys. One oval object, which looked like copper or
brass with the sun shining on it, flew from southeast to
northwest with tumbling motion for 30 minutes.
May 17, 1967; Rural Hall, North Carolina. 8:30 p.m. Witness:
Red Ledford. One round, orange-coloured object, similar in size
to a small aircraft, zigzagged back and forth over a jet that was
heading northeast for 5 minutes.
June 24, 1967; Austin, Texas. 3:12 a.m. Witness: artist Ray
Stanford. One solid, blue-white, elliptical object flew from
northwest to northeast and stopped, seemingly in response to
flashlight signal, for 1.5 minutes. The object then proceeded
along its original path at high speed and disappeared behind
clouds. Sighting lasted 9 minutes.
June 29' 1967; Scotch Plains, New Jersey. 1:30 a.m. Witness:
truck driver Damon Brown. One oyster-shaped object--2OO' wide,
and 25-30' thick--with a huge red light at each end and one on
the bottom, and a row of blue lights along the bottom. Circled
m.n aircraft, hovering then moving rapidly, and then followed the
witness' car for about 500', veered south and departed at great
speed after 8-10 minutes.
July 10, 1967; Lizelia, Mississippi. 5:50 p.m. Witness: golf
pro Harold Washington (Capt, USMC, ret.). One object with a
dome, the top coloured gunmetal blue, the bottom the colour of old
lead. Moved east, crossed the highway tilted upward, moved to
the right, accelerated and disappeared into the clouds after 3-5
seconds. Object made a swishing sound.
Oct. 18, 1967; Lake Charles, Louisiana. 9 p.m. Witness: John
Herbert. One bright, fiery ball flashed four times while moving
east, just above the tree tops. Sighting lasted 1 minute.
Title: BLUE BOOK / YEAR 1968
Feb. 9, 1968; Groveton, Missouri. 4:20 a.m. Witness: Mr. R.W.
Bland. One object, 100' in diameter, with concave sides having
"portholes" in the centre of each gave off yellow-green light.
Hovered 25' above ground, then moved rapidly toward the
southwest. Gave off pulsating sound, like a length of wire
whirled at high speed above the head. Sighting lasted 1-5
minutes.
Sept. 15, 1968; near Ocala, Florida. 9:30 p.m. Witness:
missionary pilot Jay Cole, flying a Beech C-45 twin-engined
utility plane. One light performed aerobatics for 15 minutes and
then vanished. A second light appeared, heading toward them on a
collision course, made a 90* turn and disappeared. Later, ground
radar told them a target was following them. Sightings lasted 15
minutes.
Nov. 23, 1968. Newton, Georgia. 8:05 p.m. Witness: Mr. Jones,
accountant. One oblong light, 120-150' wide. Hovering 75' above
the ground, it emitted a beam that lit the ground. Radio gave
off static, then car engine stopped. Light flew away vertically
and car engine restarted itself. Sighting lasted 3-4 minutes.
Title: BLUE BOOK / YEAR 1969
Jan. 17, 1969; Crittenden, Virginia. 3:24 a.m. Witness: Mr.
Roman Lupton, test facility mechanic. Several amber lights--one
of them blinking--in an elliptical formation, flew forward slowly
while moving up and down, then turned and disappeared after 2
minutes. Made a humming sound.
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PROJECT BLUE BOOK was closed in 1969. with conclusion of US
government that UFO phenomenon can't be connected with extraterrestrial
source but controversy continues...
The last part which is PART SEVERN, is a continuation of the Blue Book
1952 sightings.
Don't miss it.
Bye from Peter ZS2ABF.
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