• Canada, Sherbrook: Mrs. Orfei heard a knock at
the door in the middle of the night and obtained no answer when she asked who it
was. When more furious knocks were heard, her Alsatian dog jumped toward the
door, but suddenly retreated, trembling as if terrified and retired to a corner.
Mrs. Orfei went to an upper door and saw two "indescribable" shadows go away
from the house. A while later a big, round object took off 100 m away with a
blue-green lightning. The police found broken bushes as evidence of an enormous
weight.
• Denmark, Brovst: Brovst was the scene of an attempted abduction of a girl by
two humanoids emitting a golden light. Their hands were rugged and cold like a
fish. |
• France, Tours: Claude Pasquier saw two disks flying very low, quite slowly,
along a straight course, with a "hard" sound.
• France, Tonnerre: A woman saw two objects on the ground and three 1.5-m-tall
men running toward the craft. They had oversized heads and wore helmets and
boots. One entered the elongated object, 5 m long, 1.5 m wide, which spread
"wings" that made it look like a butterfly. It then took a vertical position,
resting on a tripod, and took off with the spherical object into which the other
two creatures had gone. Traces were found at the spot.
• Mexico, Ciudad Valleys: Approximate date. Cab driver Salvador Villanueva, 40,
observed two creatures 1.2 m tall wearing coveralls with wide, shiny, perforated
belts, metal collars, and small, black, shiny boxes on their backs. They had
helmets under their arms. The witness thought they were pilots of Indian race.
One of them spoke to him in Spanish, "stringing the words together" in a strange
accent. Trivial matters were discussed until dawn, when they returned to their
craft, 13 m in diameter, through a staircase under the lower disk. The witness
ran away when invited to follow them. The object rose with a pendulum motion and
shot up vertically.
• Norway, Gjasjoen Bridge: Mr. Trygve, Mrs. Bufflot and a neighbor saw an object
rise from behind a hill, oscillate over a lake, follow their car, and stop ahead
of them just above the ground. They stopped, felt "pricklings" until the craft
took off vertically. A watch stopped working, and numerous people vouch for the
fact that the paint on the car changed from dark beige to bright green.
• Poland, Wolin: A metallic object 30 m in diameter was observed by five Polish
and two German workers as it landed in a field close to a railway. It was shaped
like a sphere with a flat disk around it, showing numerous openings at the
periphery.
• Spain, Villares des Saz: Approximate date. An illiterate boy cowherd, Maximo
Munos Olivares, 14, saw a "big balloon" on the ground behind him when a faint
whistling attracted his attention. Shaped like a water jug, it was metallic.
Through an opening came three dwarfs 60 cm tall, with yellow faces, narrow eyes,
and oriental features. They spoke in a language he could not understand. They
were dressed in blue, had a sort of flat hat with a visor in front and a metal
sheet on their arms. One of them smacked the boy's face, then they reentered the
machine, which glowed very brightly, made a soft whistling sound and went off
"like a rocket." Footprints and four holes 5 cm deep forming a perfect square 36
cm in side were found by police.
• USA, California, Brush Creek: Two miners, John Q. Black, 48, and John Van
Allen, reported that an object, silvery, 2.5 m in diameter, 2 m thick, with a
tripod landing gear, landed on a sand bar 50 m away from them. An occupant
described as a broad-shouldered dwarf wearing clothing that covered the head
and the trunk was also seen. His arms and legs were covered with tweed like
cloth fastened at the wrists and ankle. He filled a shiny pail with water and
handed it to someone inside the craft. He then appeared to notice Black and
jumped into the craft, which made a hissing sound and departed.
• USA, Lake Superior: Lt. Felix Moncla's F-86 Sabre jet is captured by a UFO
over Lake Superior, allegedly hauled aboard by a tractor beam.
• USA, New Mexico, Santa Fe: Jim Milligan, 16, was driving through a park when
he saw something fall in front of his car and stopped as the object landed in
some bushes. He walked toward it, found a craft that looked like two ship hulls,
about 3 m long, 2 m wide glued together. When he tried to touch it, the object
flew away.
• USA, New York, Hampton Bay: A civilian woman saw something like "a large
aircraft" flying very slowly and low. It had a lighted red band around the
middle and was coming straight toward her house with an oscillating motion. She
still thought it was an aircraft of some new design when it stopped near her, 25
m above ground. Then it flew backward over the water and hovered, making the
same noise as a swarm of bees. The top section supported a series of red lights
and a cabin with four portholes through which a control panel was visible. No
occupant was seen. The cabin rose above the object, rotated, then glided back.
The object tilted toward the west and rose toward the southeast, disappearing
within 3 sec at an 80 degree angle of climb after the 3-min sighting. Diameter:
30 m. Two days later a yellowish moss was observed at the site.
• USA South Carolina, Conway: Hearing a commotion in his barn, a farmer observed
an object about 7 m long and 4 m wide at treetop level. It was light gray in
color and lit up inside. It resembled a half egg. The witness fired his gun at
the object. Numerous livestock died "mysteriously" in the area after the
sighting.
• USA, Texas, Houston: Howard Phillips, Hilda Walker and Judy Meyers saw in a
garden at 118 East Third Street a strange "shadow" on the lawn which resembled a
"flying man," and they watched it take off.
• USA, Virginia, Quantico Marine Base: Marines observed the landing of an
unknown round object which throbbed and pulsated, emitting red lights.
1953 Project
Blue Book Unknowns
• Bonin Islands June 24, 1953; Iwo Jima, Bonin
Islands. 11:30 p.m. Witnesses: crew of USAF KB-29 aerial tanker plane. Radar
tracked an unidentified target which twice approached to within .5 miles of the
airplane, and once to within 6 miles, during a 2 minute observation.
• Canada May 1, 1953; Goose AFB, Labrador, Canada. 11:35 p.m. Witnesses: pilot
and radar operator of USAF F-94 jet interceptor, and control tower operator.
One white light evaded interception attempt by F-94 during 30 minute sighting.
• Canada June 22, 1953; Goose AFB, Labrador, Canada. Z:lO a.m. Witnesses:
pilot and radar operator of USAF F-94 jet interceptor. One red light, flying at
an estimated 1,000 kts. (1,100 m.p.h.) eluded the chasing F-94 after 5 minutes.
• French Morocco Sept. 2, 1953; Sidi Slimane AFB, French Morocco. 9:14 p.m.
Witnesses: Lt. Col. William Moore and lst Lt. J.H. McInnis,
• Greenland June 24, 1953; Simiutak, Greenland. 11:30 a.m. Witness: weather
observer A/2c R.A. Hill. One red triangle hovered and rotated for 15 seconds,
then climbed for 5 minutes.
• Guatemala Jan. 17, 1953; near Guatemala City, Guatemala. 3:55 p.m. Witness:
geologist/salesman J.J. Sackett. One brilliant green-gold object, shaped like
the Goodyear blimp with its length twice its height, flew 400 m.p.h. straight
and level, stopped, then • • Iceland Feb. 3, 1953; Keflavik, Iceland. 5:25
p.m. Witnesses: radar operators. Four unidentified targets were tracked for
24 minutes. No further data.went straight up with one stop. Sighting lasted 22
seconds.
• Japan April 8, 1953; Fukuoka, Japan. 7:55 p.m. Witness: lst Lt. D.J. Pichon,
pilot of USAF F-94B jet interceptor. One bright blue light descended,
accelerated, flew parallel to the F-94, increased its speed and blinked out
after 45 seconds.
• Japan March 14, 1953; north of Hiroshima, Japan. 11:45 p.m. Witnesses: radar
and visual observation by 10 crew members of U.S. Navy P2V-5 patrol plane.
Groups of 5-10 colored lights, totalling 90-100, slowly moved aft off the left
side of the airplane, as detected visually and by airborne radar for 5 minutes.
• New Zealand May 18, 1953; New Plymouth, New Zealand. 10:30 p.m. Witness: C.S.
Chapman, 15. One white, fuzzy, flashing light hovered and darted around for 4
minutes.
• Okinawa June 21, 1953; Naha, Okinawa. 7 p.m. Witnesses: Nine Japanese and
Okinawan weather observers. One unidentified light moved slowly for 20 minutes.
No further data in files.
• USA, Arizona April 15, 1953; Tucson, Arizona. 5:45 p.m. Witness: S/Sgt.
V.A. Locey. Three orange lights were seen for: 3 minutes, 30 seconds, and a few
seconds.
• USA, Arizona Feb. 4, 1953; Yuma, Arizona. 1:50 p.m. Witness: U.S. Weather
Bureau observer Stanley Brown, using a theodolite. One white, oblong object was
tracked flying straight up, leveling off and being joined by a second, similar,
object. The second twice flew away and returned to the first. After 5 minutes,
both were lost to sight behind clouds.
• USA, California Jan. 28, 1953; Corona, California. 6:05 p.m. Witness: USAF
T/Sgt. George Beyer. Five 25’ green spheres flew in V-formation, then changed to
trail formation at which time the end objects turned red. Sighting lasted 12
minutes.
• USA, California Jan. 28, 1953; Pt. Mugu, California. 1 p.m. Witness: R.W.
Love, owner of Love Diving Co., engaged in retrieving radio-controlled drones.
An 18-20’ white, flat disc flew straight and level, overhead, for 6 minutes.
• USA, California Aug. 20, 1953; near Castle AFB, California. 9:05 p.m.
Witnesses: crew of TB-29 bomber/trainer plane. One greyish oval object made
four passes at the airplane (three times at 10-20 miles distance), then dived
vertically as if two objects.
• USA, California Dec. 24, 1953; El Cajon, California. 8:04 a.m. Witnesses:
U.S. Navy Lts. J.B. Howard and L.D. Linhard, flying F9F-2 jet fighters. Ten
silver, oval objects flew at more than 400 kts. (450 m.p.h.), straight and
level, for 5 minutes.
• USA, California Dec. 28, 1953; Marysville, California. 11:55 a.m. Witness:
Yuba County Airport Manager Dick Brandt. One saucer, with a brilliant blue
light, reflecting on a nearby building, hovered briefly during the 1.5 minute
observation.
• USA, California Feb. 20, 1953; Pittsburg-Stockton, California. #1 time
unknown; #2, 10:30 p.m. Witnesses: USAF B-25 bomber pilots. #1 was a bright
yellow light seen for 8 minutes. #2 was a bright light which flew on a
collision course, dimmed and climbed away fast.
• USA, California Jan. 10, 1953; Sonoma, California. 3:45 p.m. or 4 p.m.
Witnesses: retired Col. Robert McNab, and Mr. Hunter of the Federal Security
Agency. One flat object, like a pinhead, made three 360* right turns in 9
seconds, made abrupt 90* turns to the right and left, stopped, accelerated to
original speed and finally flew out of sight vertically after 60-75 seconds.
• USA, Georgia Jan. 28, 1953; Albany, Georgia. No time given. Witnesses: radar
maintenance personnel. Radar tracked one stationary target for 20 minutes. A
visual sighting about the same time was explained. No further information in
the files.
• USA, Louisiana Feb. 27, 1953; Shreveport, Louisiana. 11:58 a.m. Witness:
USAF airman/private pilot. Five yellow discs made circular turns, fluttered,
three of them vanished, the other two flew erratic square turns for a total of 4
minutes.
• USA, Michigan Feb. 17, 1953; Port Austin. Michigan. 10:04 p.m. Witnesses: two
officers and three airmen of USAF AC&W squadron, visually and by radar. Visual
object appeared to larger and brighter than a star and changed color; it was
seen to move slowly for 5 minutes until 10:09 p.m. Radar picked up a target at
10:08 p.m. moving in a similar direction for 17 minutes, at similar speed.
• USA, Mississippi Aug. 27, 1953; Greenville, Mississippi. 9:45 p.m.
Witnesses: USAF pilot, M/Sgt., others, all on the ground. One meandering light
was observed for 50 minutes. No further details in file.
• USA, Montana Jan. 1, 1953; Craig, Montana. 8:45 p.m. Witnesses: Warner
Anderson and two women. A silver, saucer-shaped object with a red glowing
bottom, flew low over a river and then climbed fast in a horizontal attitude.
Ten second sighting.
• USA, New Mexico March 27, 1953; Mt. Taylor, New Mexico. 7:25 p.m. Witness:
pilot of USAF F-86 jet fighter at 600 kts. (700 m.p.h.). One bright orange
circle flew at 800 kts. (900 m.p.h.), and executed three fast rolls. ilot
chased object for 4 minutes.
• USA, New Jersey March 11, 1953; Hackettstown, New Jersey. 4 a.m. Witness:
Mrs. Nina Cook, an experienced private pilot and wife of a Pan Am flight
engineer. A large light, blinking at 10-15 times per minute, moved up and down
along a mountain range.
• USA, New York March 21, 1953; Elmira, New York. 3:05 p.m. Witness: Ground
Observer Corps observation post. Six discs in a group flew high and fast for a
few seconds.
• USA, Texas Aug. 3, 1953; Amarillo, Texas. 12:04 p.m. Witness: Airport
control tower chief C.S. Brown. One round and reflective or translucent object
flew straight, stopped for 7 seconds, sped along, stopped again, was joined by a
similar object and they flew off in different directions, after a total of 56
minutes.
• USA, Texas March 25, 1953; San Antonio, Texas. 3:05 p.m. Witnesses: USAF
Capt. and Mrs. D.E. Cox. Several lights, some of which moved straight, others
which made 360^ turns for 1.5 hours.
• USA, Texas May 27, 1953; San Antonio, Texas. 8:30 p.m. Witnesses: many
unidentified civilians, including Jacobson. Nine separate meandering lights were
seen during 15 minute sighting.
• USA, Texas Feb. 24, 1953; Sherman, Texas. 7:43 p.m. Witnesses: Warrant
Officer and Mrs. Alden. Two bright red, round objects with big halos flew in
small circles, climbed and faded during a 3-7 second sighting.
• USA, Washington Jan. 8, 1953; Larson AFB, Washington. 7:15 a.m. Witnesses:
men from the 82nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, including the squadron
commander; all were on the ground. One green, disc-shaped or round object flew
southwest for 15 minutes, with a vertically bobbing motion and sideways
movements, below clouds.
• USA, Wisconsin March 29, 1953; Spooner, Wisconsin. 3:45 p.m. Witness: L.C.
Gillette. One aluminum, circular object flew high and fast, twice reversing its
course. Note: Mr. Gillette saw a similar object in 1938. Fifteen second
sighting.
