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light. Diameter was pproximately 100' (estimated) and they
appeared perfectly circular They approached narrow
echelon and appeared to decelerate before changing direction.
With deceleration, dimming glow was noted: immedintely
after changing direction flattening out. glow disappeared
entirely. They reappeared nce. glowing brilliantly again,
and began climbing on headin of 270 deg. Their glow was ex-
tinguished again, this tim sequence rather than simultane-
ously, and they were lost from view.
ATIC. comment: Five jet a/c were in ricinity of Langley
AFB at the time. After ecks. it was concluded objects
were not the 5 jet a/c, Other hecks for known airborne objects
were made with negative esults. Sighting occurred at 2012
EST for a period of 15 secands.
Conclusion: Unknown.
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Street City Zone State
TELEPHONE NUMBER
What is you
Age _3 5
Last School Attended

they see object too?
(Cirele One): (Yes) or No
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object. Inclosed questionnaire which we use to gather and
standardize all information pertaining to sightings. It will be
the questionnaire and return it
Your action in ram incident and ration
are commendable.
Yours very truly,

9 10 A.M. or (Circle One)
1.2 Time of day:
Hrs.
√a. Eastern a. Pacific
. b. Central e. Other
c. Mountain
(Circle One): a. Daylight Saving
b. Standard
1.4 following to indicate how are
of your answer to the above question 1.2:
a. Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
e. Flying over a city?
f. Flying over open country?
g. Other

6.1 What had you hoen doing the
object? Try to list the activity or activities, and the
on each.
the shop
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(Circle One): a. North e. South
b. Northeast f. Southwestv
c. East g. West
d. Southeast h. Northwest
8.2 Gircle one of e following to indicate how certai are of
your questions. (8 and 8.1).
a. Certain c. Not very sure
. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
object? (Circle One):
No
10. How was the object seen?
(Circle One): a. Through window glass e. theodolite
b. Through vindshield . sun glasses
c. Through binoculars g. open space
d. Through telescope h. Other
a. No wind V Cold
b. Slight braeze Cool
Strong wilnd c. Warm
d. Don't remember Hot
e. Don't remember

your answer to Question 12:
a. Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly sure a. Just a guess
13. Did the object look: (Circle One) . Solid or Transparent?
14. Dic ne
14.1 Change direction? Yes Don't know
14.2 Change speed? Yes Don't know
14.3 Change size? Yes 1 121 Don't know
14.4 Change color? Yes Don't know
14.5 Break up into parts or
explode? Yes Don't know
14.6 Give off smoke? I Don't know
14.7 Change brightness? Yes No Don't know
14.8 Flicker, throb, or
pulsate? Yes No Don't knowr
16.2 Color
17. IF there was MORE THAM ONE there?
Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put an arrow to
show the direction they were traveling.
tlying
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18.3 B
19. Which of the following objects is size as the
object you saw? (Circle One):
:
a, Pea f. Automobile
b. Baseball g. Small airplane
c. Basketball h. Large airplane
d. Bicycle wheel. i. Dirigible
e. Office desk j. Other
19.1 Circle one following to are
of your answer to Question 19.
a. Certaint c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain a. Uncertain
b. Gradually d. Don't remember

SECTION D
In the following sketch, imagine your eye at the point shown. Place an
"A" on the curved line to show how high the object was - above the horizon
when you first saw it. Place a "B" to show where it was when when you
last saw it.
Overhead
Horizon
Your eye
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23. In the following sketch place 9n "A" at e object vas
when you firs saw it, and a at its positic when you last saw it.
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caused it?
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TELEPHONE NU BER
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JULY -13,-1952--NEAR-NORFOLK. VIRGINIA (KEYHOS 57) NESSESOO
AT9.12 P.M.APAN ERICAN DC-4 APPROACHED NOREOLK TS WAY TOO:
MIAMI_ALIHE CONTROLS WAS. EIRST OFFICER SECOND OFFICER 02
WASACTING AS THE OTH MEN HAD SEEN FLYING F MORE THANOD
TEN YEARS,WITH THOUSANDS OF INER COCKPITS. 04
MILES FROM NEWPORT NEWS WHEN A CS
BSERVED SIX HUGE DISK-SHAPED 06
OSJECTS RACING TOWARD ThEM, BUT LOWER ALTITUDE. THE DISCS. WHICH WERE 07
LIANT ORANGE GLOW LIKE REO-HOT METAL. 08
BY COMPARISON WITH FEET BELOW THEM. THE OBJECTS APPEARED 00
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THE SIX OBJECTS IN ECHELON FORMATION, THE LEADER AT THE LOWEST POINT. 11
APPARENTLY SIGHTING THE APPARENTLYSIGHTINGTHE DC-4,THE FIRST OBJECT ABRUPTLY SLOWED, ITS ST OBJECT ABRUPTLY SLOWED, ITS BRIGHT12 BRIGHT 12
.GLOW DIMMING NOTICEABLY. GLOW DIMMING NOTICEABLY SLOWED DOWN, THE NEXT TWO OBJECTS WOBBLED FORI3 DOWN, THE NEXT TWO OBJECTS WOBBLED FOR13
AN INSTANTTO THE PILOTS IT SEEME THESE ALMOST ALMOST OVERRAN THE L OVERRAN THE CADER. ADERA AS IF 14
ITS SIGNAL HAD COME TOO CUICKLY TOO QUICKL 15 15
THEN IN UNISON, ALL SIX DISCS FLIPPED UP ON EDGE. FROM THAT BRIEF GLIMPSE:16 BRIEF GLIMPSE.16
THEY SEEMED TO BE ABOUT 15 THEY SEEMED TO BE ABOUT 15 FEET THICK. ONLY THE UPPER THE 17
SIDES AND SIDES AND THE SOTTOMS APPEARED TO THE SOTTOMS APPEARED TO BE DARK. 18 18
WITH A VIOLENT CHANGE WITH A VIOLENT CHANGE OF OF COURSE -- AT LEAST COURSE AT LEAST 150 DEGREES -- THE OBJECTS OBJECTS 19 19
STREAKED STREAKED AWAY. AWAY. FLIPPING BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL FLIPPING BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL FLAT POSITION. THEY AGAIN 20 20
LINED UP IN ECHELON THEIR GLOW BRIGHTENING SWIFTLY AS IF FROM AN INCREASE IN 21 TM
POWER. 22
A SECOND AFTER THIS TWO OTHER DISC-SHAPED OBJECTS RACED UNDER THE DC-4 AND23
JOINED THE SIX AHEAD. IN THE TWO OR THREE SECONOS IT TOOK TO CATCH UP. THESE 24
TWO SEEMED TO GLOW THE BRIGHTEST OF ALL. 25
SUDDENLY ALL THE OBJECTS WENT DARK. WHEN THEIR GLOW REAPPEARED THE PILOTS26
SAW THAT ALL EIGHT OBJECTS WERE NOW IN. LINE. HEADING A 27
HIGH ALTITUDE AND QUICKLY VANISHED IN THE NIGHT. 28
AFTER RADIOING THE NORFOLK TOWER, AND ESTIMATED THE 29
OBJECTS- SPEED WITH A DAL TON MARK COMPUTER. THE DISTANCE COVERED FROM THE 30
FIRST SIGHTING TO THE POINT OF DISAPPEARANCE, WAS ABOUT SO MILES. THE STRANGE31
OBJECTS HAD TRAVELED THIS DISTANCE IN NOT OVER IS SECONDS. OR AT A SPEED OF 32
20O MILES A MINUTE. 33
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OBSERVED VARYING PERCENTAGES. FIRST
OBSERVATION ES35 CONSISTED 3 ORJ IN
TRIANGULAR FORMATICN MOVING BASE FUD
VITH APEX AT REAR, DIST BETWEEN 2 FVD
OBJ AND ONE IN REAR ABOUT 1.5 TIMES
DIST BFTUEEN 2 FWD OBJ. APPEARED TO DIST BFTUEEN 2 FWD OBJ, APPEARED TO D2 D2
BE "QUITE HIGH". FIRST OBSERVED ABOUT BE "QUITE WIGH". FIRST OBSERV 'n
AT ELEV ABOUT 45 DEG. TVLD THRU ARC OF
ABOUT 75 DEGREES DURING APPROX 3 NINS. ALT SEEMED
CONSRANT, DIRECTION OF TVL ABOUT SF. FORMATION
REMAINED CONSTANT. BACH OBJ SEEMED VERY
BRIGHT AS HIGHLY POLISHED SURFACE SIMILAR
CHROME. NO PARTICULAR COLOR. SIZE OF FULL
DED AT 3 YEAR DOD DIR 6200.1D
ROUND BECAUSE OF ANGLE OF SIGNTING, BLUE
SKY FURNISHED GOOD BACKGROUND, SUN SHONE
DIRECTLY ON OBJS. D DISAPI TC
HAZE. 060
ABOUT 5 NINS AFTFR FIRST OBSERVING INITIAL
DIST APART MANTS

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MARYLAND
IF WASHINGTON .
/7/ PARK, MD.
0925 ALT 3645, AZ 236, AT 0928 ALT
5030, AZ 261. AT 293D ALT 6203, A2
261. GUN FACTORY ACROSS RIVER FROM M AND ABOUT
DUE NORTH OF NAS. NAS ALSO ADVISFS
CLOUDS AT TIME AS 3/1D STRATUS.
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2012 EST on 1952 Total duration ghting was 15 seconds.
Air Force Comments: Five jet a/c were in the vicinity of Langley AFB
at the time of observation. After various checks with surrounding AF
agencies, it was concluded that objects were not the 5 jet a/c. Other
checks for known airborne objects were made with negative results.
Air Force Conclusion: Unidentified.
The sighting is one of the so called "classics." This
sighting has been included in the books of Edward J. Ruppelt, THE REPORT
ON Doubleday: Kayhoe. TEYING TROM

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JULY 14. JULY 141952 1952 NORFOLK. NORFOLK, VIRGINIA (WP AFS FILES) (WP AFS FILES) 2 WITNESSESOO 2 WITNESSESOO
FIRST PILOT YD CO-PILOT CO-PILOT , ON ON A PAA ·01 PAA 01
DC-4 WERE EN DC-4 WERE EN ROUTE FROM NEW YORK CITY TO MIAMI FROM NEW YORK CITY TO MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND 02
OBSERVED SIX UNUSUAL UNUSUAL OBJECTS. THEY WERE OBJECTS. THEY WERE FLYING AT BOOO FEET WITH A TRUE AT SOOO FEET WITH A TRUE 03 03
HEADING OF 2OO DEGREES AND WERE APPROXIMATELY 24 MILES FROM NCRFCLK WHEN HEADING OF 2OO DEGREES AND WERE APPROXIMATELY 24 MILES FROM NCRFCLK WHEN 04
OBSERVED OBSERVED THE SIX UNCONVENTIONAL THE SIX UNCONVENTIONAL OBJECTS OBJECTS APPROXIMATELY TEN MILES DISTANT, DISTANT, IN 05
ECHELON ECHELON FORMATION. FORMATION 06
EACH OBJECT WAS EMITTING A BRILLIANT REDDISH AMBER GLOW AND ALL WERE 07
PROGRESSING HEADING OF 6O DEGREES DIRECTLY TOWARD THE PAA DC-4. THE 08
ALTITUDE OF THESE OBJECTS APPEARED TO,BE 2000 FEET. 09
CALLED R S ATTENTION TO THE OBJECTS AND BOTH OSSERVED THE 10
OBJECTS COMING IN THEIR DIRECTION. LOST SIGHT OF THEM WHEN THEY WENT 11
BELOW THE GLARE SHIELD ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE HE IMMEDIATELY RELEASED HIS 12
SAFETY BELT AND CROSSED OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE COCKPIT BEHIND 13
WHO WAS ABLE TO OBSERVED THESE OBJECTS CONTINUOUSLY. 14
RECALLED THAT JUST PRIOR TO THE TIME THE OBJECTS. WERE BELOW 15 .
THE DC-4 THE FRONT ECHELON SEEMED TO BE DECELERATING BECAUSE IT APPEARED THATI6

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THE FRONT THREE OBJECTS FAILED TO HOLD THEIR POSITION IN RELATION TO EACH 17
OTHER.-WHILE THE REAR SCHELONLCONTINUED SMOOTHL THEN THE ENTIRE GROUP OF 18
SIX OBJECTS ROLLED TO THE LEFT IN PERFECT UNION AND THEN RECOVERED TO LEVEL 19 :
ELIGHI. 20. 5
INSTANTLY THEREAFTER THE ENTIRE GROUP OF OBJECTS CHANGED THEIR DIRECTION 21 1
BYJSO DEGRESS TO A IRUE HEADING OF 27O E DEGREES. NO SLIP OR ARC WAS O3SERVED.22 :
THE OSJECTS APPEARED TO BE WEIGHTLESS AND CHANGED A 150 DEGREE DIRECTION IN 23 .
DEFIANCEOFINERTIALFORCES. 24 " .
UPON COMPLETION OF THE TURN, THE SIX OBJECTS EMITTED A VERY BRILLIANT GLOW 25 2,
And a ERVED TWOOTHER UNCONVENTIONALOBJECTS COMING INEROM26 11
AND THEN 1
THE RIGHT OF THE ORIGINAL FORMATION. THEREAFTER ALL 27 sTayed gbouT 20or
ILUMINATION DLSAPDEARED INSIANT ERITHE BRILLIANT GLOW 28
REAPPEARED ON THE OBJECTS INSTANTANEOUSLY AND THEY APPEARED TO BE IN A STEEP 29 'TiL ADGUT 19 HI
CLIMS.THEIR GLOWWASFXTINGUI GAINTHISTIME SENUENCELRATHER THAN 30 11
Beyoud Neupent Neus & 11
SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THEY SIMUI TANEOUSLY AND THEY WERE LOST TO VIEW. THE OBJECTS WERE WERE LOST TO VIEW. THE OBJECTS WERE DEFNITELY NOT DEFNNITEL NO 31 31
EL NATED EROM VIEWBY CLOUD FORMATIONOR DISTANCE. 32 Comberland - Then cind Conberlrud - Then f 01
BY CLOUD FORMATLONOR DISIANCE. e!
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regrTive,- reqrTive. THE DEEINITELY CIRCULAR NITELY CIRCULAR INSHADE AND VERY VERY FLAT. THETPILOIS THETPILQIS 34 $7
We EsTiRNTED We EsTiRKTED Thein ESTIMATED SIZE. AT.IOO. EEET IN DIAMETER BY USE SE OF A PENCYD_HELD AT A PENCYHELD AT ARM- 35
srze By MeNtkl SrIe BY MeNtel LENGIH -- ENDING ONE AND ONE-HALE AND ONE-HALE INCHES OF INCHES OF THEY ALSO THEY, ALSO 36 36
ESTIMATED THE SIZE IN RELATION TO ESTIMATED SIZE IN RELATION TO THE CITY CITY AND AND SURROUNDING AREA. AREA.A THE 3T GT 1Rnequlan onden oRden
Companison utTA Companison TA - NOT ENOUGH *NOT ENOUGH TO 38
THICKNESS WAS ESTIMATED AT TEN THICKNESS HAS ESTIMATED ATTEN TO 15 FEST FEET BY AND AT AT
De'3 2 Dc 4 wnysfred DC'3 2 DC4 wiyghned ACCOMODATE A MAN STANDING ERECT* ACCOMODATE A MAN STANDING ERECT* BY BY 39 M99
THE WHOLE TOP SURFACE APPEARED TO 55 A HOT COALWITH STEADY GLOM OF LIGHT.40
A LITTLE MORE AMBER THAN A CHEAP TAIL LIGHT -- A MUCH MORE BRILLIANT GLOW THAN41
THE LIGHTS OE NORFOLK AND NEWPORT NEWS.THIS LIGHT ON TOP OF THE OBJECTS 42 MOO   POM MC
APPEARED TO BE INTERNAL AND NOT PROJECTED SINCE IT WAS NOT REFLECTED OFF THE 43
DC-4.IT DID NOT PULSE BUT WAS STEADYLAND THE OBJECTS WERE SHARPLY OUTLINED.44
THERE WAS NO CORONA OR HAZY PERIPHERY SURROUNDING THEM. THE INTENSITY OF THE 45
GLOW APPEARED TO BE DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE RATE OF ACCELERATION. ALSO. 45
THE SIDE GLOWING APPEARED RELATED TO THE DIRECTION AND SPEED OF THE OBJECTS. 47
NO SOUND WAS HEARD OVER THE FOUR ENGINES OF DC-4. NO EXHAUST. FLAMES 48
OR TRAILS WERE OBSERVED. 49
NO OTHED MEMBERS OF THE CREW OR PASSENGERS ABOARD THE AJRCRAFT OBSERVED THESO
UNUSUAL OBJECTS. Howeven, Ain Frnce ADVIRD US NexT MOnNI09 NAT 7 0Them enSONs
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THE WEATHER AT NORFOLK1730 TO 1830. WAS CTGHT MULESVISISILLIY WITH EIVE 52
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prior to the change of direction they did not hold perfect formatiot, but some al-
most overran the leader. After the turn thoy were sgain i good fornation.
. lisht co was related to toe DOYA
since in deceleration the light dimaed, and apparently brightennd Was
again applied. "
wi thout turning or coming to a stop.
8. Ho physical characteristics xere noticcable except. alrendy men-
tioned. The light on top of the saucer nternal end not pro Inoe it
was not reflectod off the DC-4.
f. The light objeots ware sharp-
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ming was as of power. Thoy also went complotely off
instantly and instantly reappeared.
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change of direction two more of the objects ehind
the Do-4 and jolned formation. at Rota.
they vere gloving on the top side with an intense amber-red light, and resembling a
peared to be perfectly cireular. They epprcached the Do-h in a narrow cchelon forma-
,
the decelerati limaning intense s noted, and iimediately after chang-
glow waa extinguished again, this timx ously, and
they vere lost fron view.
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Concluaion:
Unlnown

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furnished
eited lotters for nost rapid Deons of comamications to appropriats
hoadquar bert. Roguler
coning.
Bhorof lght, anber than a dherg tall Light. rar
more brilliont flow thin the
Virginda. Glow extinguished direetly below bc-i aftor turm.
Clow rooppeared woroxdmately -
a few seconds
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DECLA- ;") IYANS.
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coatterod wth wind southest at
A: Force Bace, 12 wile viaibilig, 1?. 2000, 11,000 scatterod,
5 miles hase, wind gouth souw es per hour.
Sateo
sightiing.
G, L., HAILToN
Dotachnent Gommander
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changed direetion by 210 degrees witl true hoading 270 dogrees.
CliabLng when dlorypoared.
Elov oblecta. uLched
in1 Suguenes Latnatad by eloud forsation
or distance,
Time:
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neduins, .1103 out of Norfolk, Virgdnia.
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with OT 1950.
no further notion

DC-4 at 8000 Norfolk, Virgi: e heading
200 degroes. Unconventional aircraft originally observed approxtinatoly
ton (lo) miles out t at 2ooo feet. viti (60) degrees true hoading,
Continued course aoprocinately DC-4; Danked nunet degroes
then recovered then recovered an changed direetion changed istantly by one-mundred-fifty (150)
degrees with true noading two-hundred-se true noading two-hun enty (270) (270) degrees and were climb- were climb-
ing when they disappeared speed estimated looo plus miles por
hour. amber glow, wore ciroular in shape
with estimated diametor one-hundred (100) feet and thickness of ten (10)
feet. Leng th of : sighting timo fifteen (15) seconds.
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Lt. Colonel, USAF
mander.
ANRQ FORM ACE
15 JAN 49

rience of 1, July 1952 at 2012 hours (G
Co-pilot, on a Pen
American World Airways Do-d toe aircraft 11o. 88901 on 1 July 1952 al wore
en route fron Now York City, Niew York, to Mani Intemational Airport, Miani,
Floride. The captain of the airoraft, FRllK KoEPkE, was not at the controls
of the aLroraft at the time of the sighting. At 2012 hours (EST), Uh July
1952, and Bere flying in the Do-k at Booo feot, with a true
heading of two-hundred (200) degrees and were approxinately twenty-four (2h)
miles from Norfolk, Virginia, whon observed the six (6) unconventional
type airoraft approxinately ten (lo) miles distant in cchelon formation.
six (6) aircraft changod th cetion by on (150)
to a true heading of tvo-hund to slip or are mg
oboerved. The aircraft michtless changed a one-hundred-
rection in defian Upon com of the

byuse
half inches on pencil at ara's length. Believe dietance of
cbjects at elosost proximity to Pan Aerican aireraft at Cooo
feet. Also, estinated size of unconventional aircraft in relation-
ship w city and area.
Colors appeared to be a hot coal, with steady
glorof light, a little more amber than a cheap tail light. For
nove brilliant glow than the lights of Norfolk and Newport Nows,
Virginta. Glow extinguished direetly below DO-4 after turn.
glow from
Propulsion Syster Objects appeared weight, acceierated
and then changed I heading instantaneously. Made correction of 150
degrees instantaneously and no slip or skidding observed. opinion
of co-pilot -- Degree of glow fron objects is directly propertionate
to rate of acceleration. Also, side direction
and speed of aircrafto he 5
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Could see Newport Nows on right.
Vorld Arway flying at Sooo feet, aporoximately 220
niles per hour.
2000 feet, ginally sighted objects approximately lo miles
out, utilized a Dalton Mark "yil" computer to determine direotion
of objects and poncil to estimate diameter. Also, an E6B compass
was ntilized to determine direction of DC-h.
Airline transport pilot license number Single and multi-
engine pilot license originally issued 1945, reissuad, 1951, by
Department erce, Civil Aeronautics Administration,
Waohington 25, J Also, Heval Roserve pillot
(Lt. Jc), has neld private pilot license sinco lyho and comercial
eirline rating identification nutber
is 6:
Co-Pilot
Hiomi 33, commercial pilot license no. employed
at Pan Anerion as pilot Dmployed
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with
When firat them. olclock" and moved across the
sky with great They seemed to be flying at a constant speed. We loat sight
of them as they came into the illuminated area of the moon.
also rul lity of it being
Most e79rvone had varsion of what the shape objects
Some of them thought they looked liks pillows, others thought they looksd,diamond
shaped, and still others thought they looked liks "Flying Sancers."
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his hand written statement. d used byn in
2. "Sequence" is one thing,
the same meaning.
3. The case file states that the object was estimated to
be loo feet by uaing a pencil.
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HECTOR QUI NILLA, Jr, Major, UGAF
Chief, Pre Lue Book

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alunply a stooge
ceucere,
quoted from
vantage of offered inspect their data,

did see a cow.
accident outside. The trailer broke looae and easing the
explanation at
Nut if I am satisfied
other explanations don't suppo
impossibility.

as to what he saw, Even moy inability to reconstruct what actually happaned
does not in ltaelf prove th: o-headed lion was ruhning around,
ma that faces the
scientist todav. And, for cord, let me state that, in my opinion, d
similar to thot mny yearo.

side of a co order to the configuration of the
wlndows.
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However, by raising this point, I obtained an important t and significant
over. If you fir
it observers other than scientists with sense. l am
marely tryi ing to find out soins of the basic details that did not appear in

hours, 13 July 52 Object sighted by at airmen and fficers
from three points the bas0. All reported conds, a
round,b bluish-white object which flight line and run-
way and ianed horizon stated emphatically
WAS shootinz Object descended
toward
The following sgeur Air
Force Jase 25
1y 20 statsgonts aubstantiate what Capt Yance, told-the
re 0 0ot object long sirplane with
driant To. ddkntt ppeared elonguted;
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whether the side windows are vertical or not.
that they are from the
center ol
actually looking for flying sauc I discussing them with
shorth your observation? Does

date.
so that an object is no longer aless it is an unknown. But I
have seen UFe fter UFO--some the old classics--and some that
volved, at
least any nearby material object. A mirage of Jupiter, or
Sirius actually results from light
away. ithin our own atwos-
phere, as the adjective nplies.

Please
own letter.
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confidence and or one.

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to baek your seee in the same area.

3. Ease Operations at Nouassour *7ares
Weather Station released balloon at 2 was airborn n until 212? hours.
No known French or USA aircratt sublect area
Visib 433 erorted
entitled m7lying
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FCIN-4E t JridDATs 25
Maj Robert J. Friend /
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July 14, 1952. T This appears to be one of the "classic" cases
and Mrs. Boyd and I are struggling with it. C Certain features
Thank you much ephone E e call l about
the Killian case.

of the plane, when at S:12 a brilliant red glow suddenly appeared
in the west, apparently between Newport News and the aircraft,
. and so low that it might almost have been on the ground. One of
the men exclaimed, as have so many incredulous witnesses on first
seeing a UFO, "What the hell is that?"
Looking through the front windows of the cockpit, they watclhed
the unidentified light traveling northeast at incredible speed on a
horizontal course roughly a mile below the planc. Almost imme-
diately they perceived that the unknown was actually a procession
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in sequene: but in raadom order. The sightg had lasted for a pe-
riod of twelve to fifteen seconds.
After a quick check showed that no one else in the aircraft had
observed the lights, the pilots radioed a message to the CAA station
at Norfolk for forwarding to the Norfolk Navy Base, reporting eight
unidentified objects traveling at speeds in excess of 1ooo miles an
hour. In Miami, next morning, Air Force officials questioned both
witnesses. According to their estimates, the disks had moved hori-
zontally about 2ooo feet above the ground until their final climb
onddieanne neter. and about 15
trained to observe accurately, to check and double-chcck every fae-
tor that might affeet safe flying, and to regard the word "assume"
as a potential killer. They shared the atitude of all cautious air-
men: "In God we trust-everyone else, we check." [5] Ualike many
UFO descriptions, their report distinguished rigorously between fact
and infeence, and it included the exact time of the sighting as well
as the. ition, height. speed, and direetion of fligl i their plane.
developed during

aircraft moving in the sky. But when the moving object is a strange
one and is seen against an empty sky or flat ground containing uo
standards of comparison, estimates of actual size mean very little.
The ability to judge distance depends largely on the binocular
vision of the observer's eyes, separated by a span of about 2.5 inches.
Focused on an object at 3oo feet, they subtend an angle of about
one fortieth of a degree, less than one tenth the diameter of the
full moon. This is a physiological fact, and means that if the ob-
server is more than 3oo feet away from an object of unknown size,
he cannot determine its distance accuratcly unless he knows how
large it is or unless be can co
filed a complaint, stating that the two planes had missed cach other
by a distance of only about 6oo feet. According to the commercial
pilot, who did not file a complaint, the planes had had a leeway of
about 4ooo feet-a more than sixfold difference! [s]. Thus good
pilots can differ widely in estimating the position of objeets in the
nized phenomenon seen in darkness or in semidarkness, as in the
Chesapeake Bay case, good estimates are impossible.
The extraterrestrial conclusion depends even more strongly on

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probable.
We next explored the possibility of multiple reflections in the
glass windows of the cockpit, produced by a light source inside
the plane (such as a cigarette), or in the air outside (such as the
area.Like the
astronomical theory, this idea was set aside as improbable. Learning
to distinguish between a reflection and a real light seen through
a cockpit window is part of every pilot's training. When he sees a T
strange light, he automatically makes the proper r checks. Further-
Nash and
less and sharply clear, there was no apparent haze, visibility was
umlimited, and no temperature inversion existed. Under such con-
ditions the suggested mechanism would obviously not opcrate.
A more detailed survey of the weather conditions, however,
quickly showed that this picture was greatly oversimplified. At 8:12,
the time of the sighting, the night had already become quite dark.
Yet the sum had set only forty-five minutes earlier and, according to
the almanac, twilight should not have ended until g:oi local time.
Thus there must have been a dense cloud bank low in the west.
. NT ..lsld. come unctablo

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Flying saucerss hare been1 When we first saw them. they Ey Dimitri DIMANCESCO vious that the observers have been horizontal line, half way below of the
scen in thr I'usabluncn skoy, ant were about cone o' clock and moved taken by surprise and that they were Atlas mountains sky-line. We saw an
their fliyht wer thr city was across the sky with great speed. In the last few weeks, briel re- not prepared to record scientifically clongated head looking like a blue-
wlnesed by srcrnt yemple i- They scemed to be fiying at a ports have been published by the what they have seen. white ncon light of higher intensity,
ling Mr. Rud Koneger. the constant speed. We lost sight of Press giving accounts of the observa- The spokesman of the large group having behind it two or three smaller
W.A. represrntatire here. them as they came into the illuminat- tions made by r reliable witnesses who which witnessed Incident No. 2 from parts of equal brightness. trailing in
ed area of the moon. have seen f flying luminous objects. the Oukaimeden platcau in the Atlas a sort of after-glow. It glided smooth-
The following is a statemont The most recent reports have co- ly and evenly at a speed probably
wrilten by lind Kruoyer: Had one or two people seen them vered two incidents which may be mountains gave to the following de- a bit faster than that of a jet plane.
it could have been considered an op- added to the list of those r recorded tails: ea large ball the size of a full-
The conversation was general and tical illusion, bat when as many as by LIFE. moon, coming rapidly from north-cast A Casablanca telephone operator
re all enjoving the cool, cool nine people saw them, it could hardly No. I - was witnessed from the and heading in a south-westerly di- (sce report July 15) compared the
bron the roof terrace at the Key be considered as such. We knew terrace of the American Key Club in rection. It followed a horizontal line. flying elject observed by her to an
Club last night when all of as sudden that they could not have been the Casablanca by Mr. Bud Krueger, the At one moment it split into three eelongated cigars. Monsieur Serre of
Bunny Lews said -Look up there, is lights of an aircraft as most com- T.W.A. representative in Morocco : sections looking like three luminous the Chichaoua Water Service thought
that an airplanels mercial and private aircraft have Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Lewis: Mr. Mrs. carriages hitched to a luminous loco- that the cbject had an elongated
With that. Ed. Lewis (Bunny's Wth that. Ed. Lewis (Bunny's blinking light. These objects were blinking light. These obiects were and Miss Knoll: Mr. and Mrs. Hand- and Miss Knoil: Mr. and Mrs. Hand- motive. The color of the ensemble motive. The color ot the ensemble shape and that it was formed of shape and that it was formed of
hyghand) G.G. Giffn, Mrs Vi Knoll. hyghand G.G. Giffin, Mirs Vi Knoll. complctely illuminated with a necn compictely yilluminated with a necn cock and Miss Giffin. Mr. Krucgers ranged from red to blow-torch green. three balls of fire. The Settat ob-
her sushand and daughter. Harry her Sushand and daughter. Harry type glow. also absent was a sen- type glow. Also absent was a sen- detailed report was published in the detailed report was published in the According to this witness, who was server brought a new note, claiming
Handock and his wile Martha and Handvock and his wile Martha and sation of sound, which would also sation of sound. which would also July 12th issue of the Atlantic Cou- July 12th issue of the Atlantic Cou- a high Marrakech official. the flying to have seen two different flying ob- to have seen two different flying ob-
ayself looked up in the sky. Cominq ayself looked up in the sky. Cominq rule out the possibility of it being rier. strains disappeared behind the crest strains disappeared behind the crest jects: the first of light-orange color,
tre the north, traversing the sky troa the north, traversing the sky a known type of aircraft. Different Versions of the Ouka hill. passed at an altitude estimated to he passed at an altitude estimated to be
very rapudiy. was a formation of Most everyone had a different We note that those nine Amer- Forty Witnesses 900 it., the second in the shape of a
what loked like four ghostly shapes. what looked like four ghostly shapes. version of what the shape of the lumincus disk, leit behind a phos- lumincus disk, left behind a phos-
The formsation appeared to be the The formation appeared to be the objects were. Some of them thought abjects were. Some of them thought ican observers had a different ver- Farty nther people saw this in- phorescent trail.
they looked like pillows. others sion of what the shape of the objects sion of what the shape of the objects cident whie they were in front of
same type uved in mlitary air ma- same type used in mlitary air ma- were. eSome of themn,-stated Mr. were. eSome of themn,-stated Mr. the Sanglier-qui-Fume Inn at Ouir- the Sanglier-qui-Fume Inn at Ouir- After-Dinner Phenomenon
reavers with one thing? in the thought they looked dlamond shaped. reavers with one thing? in the t thought they laoked dlamond shaped. Krucger, sthought they looked like Krueger-, sthought they looked like
rad. ore on either side and one and still others thought they looked rad. one on cither side and ou. and still others thought they looked pillows, others thought they looked pillows, others thought they looked sane, also in the Atlas mountains. on This Settat report confirins the This Settat repert confirins the
like Flying Saucers.> diamond shaped, and still others diamond shaped. and still others the road from Asni to Tizi NTest. observations made by the Pierces and
; thought they looked like Flying Among them were Monsicur The- ourselves in Marrakech. as before our
saucens. They all agreed that the venin, a former French pllot, and dinner we saw the low-flying three
objects were flying in formation Monsieur Geminel the Portuguese or four-part luminous object. and
"with one in the lead, one on either Consul in Marrakech. This group saw after dinner we got only a quick
side and one trailing.> the fireball as one object, and not glimpse of a second one. The first
No. 2. - occurred between 9 and divided into three components. was moving from East to West. the
10 p.m. on July 13th and was wit- The Skrirat observers.-three srcond from North-East to South-
¸ nessed by a large number of people members of the Aero Club of Moroc- West.
who sent in reports from Marrakech. co-, thought that this cenginer look- Though all these reports. covering
Oukaimeden, Ouirsane, Chichaoua. ed like a fuse having a large lumi- what was only various phases of
Louis Gentil. Settat. Casablanca. nous head of greenish yellow color Incident No. 2. gave somchow con-
Bouznika, Skrirat, and Ain-Sefra near resembling the exhaust of a jet plane. flicting versions of the shape and
Oran. It leit bchind a trail of luminous color of the flying device. it stems
. Not Prepared particles looking like sparks. The lire reasonable to ssume that it was the
Like in the case of incident No I. of flight was horizontal. and about same ohject which eventually passed
the flying object has been described 900 &t. above the ground. twice over the Marrakech-Settat area.
as having various shapes. It is ob- Blue-White Ncon Light As seen by us, it had all the ear-
marks of a man-made device under
. This sighting corresponds to the expert remote control. It had nothing
one made in Marrakech by Mr. and terrifyling in its aspect, On the com-
5 Mrs, Jchn Pierce, and ourselves trary. it was beautiful and graceful
from the garden ol the Piscine res- in its gliding moverent. It did not
taurart. We made our observations look to us like a coming frem the
at about 9 p.m. The object was ly- moon. (to be continucti).-
ing from East to West, In a perfect

the almanac, twilight t should not have ended until g:oi local time.
Thus there must have been a dense cloud bank low in the west.
Also, according to Captain Nash, there was probably some unstable
air, which in itself indicates inequalitics of temperature and/or
humidity.
A thorough study of the situation showed that inversions of both
temperature and humidity must have been present. In the summer
of 1952 all the eastern states were s suffering from an intense heat
wave and drought, and the ground c cooled rapidly after sunset, be-
cause of the lack of cloud cover during the day. In a period of heat
and drought, the nightly cooling produces marked inversions favor-
served. A change in the orientation of the liglt or a shift in the loca-
tion of the inversion would account for the abrupt change of course
made by the disks.
Since the plane was
have traveled about a mile

light on the Virginia coast, shining northeast toward the plane, could
easily have been spread out into a series of images like those ob-
served. A change in the orientation of the light or a shift in the loca-
tion of the inversion would account for the abrupt change of course
made by the disks.
Since the plane was flying at a ground speed of about 195 1 knots
(225 to 250 miles an hour), it would have traveled about a mile
during the twelve or fifteen seconds the disks were in view. This

produce the phenomenon has so far proved impossible. Neither case,
however, supports the theory that the UFO had an extraterrestrial
origin.
On the evening of July 14, 1952, a Pan-American DC-4 was fly-
ing from New York to Miami, passengers and a crew
-

privately convinced that UFOs did come from outer space [6]. For
those or other reasons, the Norfolk sighting unquestionably received
a less adequate study than would a similar incident today. The case
was dropped and filed as an Unknown.
The incredible velocity and instantancous change of course re-
ported were obviously impossible any earthly vehicle; no known

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1.3 Time Zone: (Circle One):
a. Eastern d. Pacific
b. Central e. Other
c. Mountain
(Circle One): a. Daylight Saving
Standard
1.4 Gircla one following to indicate how cer . are
of your answer to question 1.2:
a Certain c. Not very sure
Fairly certain Just a
e. Flying over a city?
f. Flying over pen country?
g. Other

the object?
6.1 What had you doing before the
object? Try to list the activity or activities, and the
approximate amount of time spent on each.
i
7.3 Did you stop at any time while you object?

are of
your answer t questions. (8 and 8.1).
a Certain c. I Not very sure
b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
object? (Circle One):
Yes or M
10. How was the object seen?
(Circle One): a. Through window glass e. Through thecdolite
b. Through windshield f. Through sun glasses
c. Through binoculars gD Through open space
d. Through telescope h. Other
11.2 WIND (Circle One) I 11.4 TEMPERATURE (Ci One)
No wind a. Cold
b. Slight breeze Cool
c. Strong wind c. Warm
d. Don't remember a Hot
e. Don't remember

SECTION C
12. Estimate how object? L
Hours Minutes Seconds
12.1 Circle one of th following to are of
your answer to Question 12:
a. Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly sure d, Just a guess
13. Did the object look: (Circle One) Solid or Transparent?
14. Did
.
14.1 Change direction? Yes Don't know
14.2 Change speed? 919199 Don't know
14.3 Change size? Yes Don't know
14.4 Change color? Yes Don't know
14.5 Break up into parts or
explode? Yes Mo Don't kncw
14.6 Give off smoke? Yes Don't know
14.7 Change brightness? Yes Don't know
14.8 Flicker, throb, or
Draw a picture of how they were arranged, an
show the direction they were traveling.

object you saw? (
a. Pea f. Automobile
b. Baseball g. Small airplane
c. Basketball h. Large airplane
d. Bicycle wheel i. Dirigible
e. Office desk j. Other
19.1 following to indic ou are
of your answer to Question 19.
(a Certain c. Not very sure
Fainly certo Uncertai
of your answer to questions:
a. Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain d, Just a guess
2l. How did the object disappear from vicw?
Suddenly c Other
b. Gradually d. Don't remember

saucers" flying at 1,000-mile-an-
hour clip near N Ik, Va., last
. Eight "Saucers" night.
W. B. Nash said he and W. H.
Near Norfolk Fortenberry saw six of the strange
craft, estimated to be 1o0 feet in
MIAMI, Fla., July 13-(UP)-- diameter and "glowing orange-red
Two veteran Pan American Air- lke hot coals," fly in formation
ways (PAA) pilots reported today some 6,000 feet beneath their
DC4
The six "things" turned west-
ward sharply when the PAA plane
passed overhead and were joined
by two other similar flying discs,
Nash suid. The eight "saucers"
zoomed upward to an estimated
10,000 feet aititude before-the
glowing ligh manating from
them "pulsated ofe" and they dis-
appeared into the sky, Nash said:
Nash, 35, estimated that he and
Fortenberry, 30. "watched the
whole maneuver" for between 10
and 12 seconds.
Nash, a first officer for PAA
and a flying employe for 10 years,
said he and Fortenberry "would
judge that the eight objects were
definitely intelligently controlled
whether from within or without
"Also." said-Nash, "we can be
reasonably positive, that none of
US--03 we know, pilots -could
physically endure the centrifugal
force that would be imposed on
the occupants when making turns
of such violence as these objects
made."

ATI
SECTION D
22. In the following sketch, imagine your eye at the point shown. Place an
"A" on the curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon
whon you first saw it. Place a "B" to show where it was when when you
last saw it.
everhead
Horizon
23. In the following sketch place an "" at the object was
when you first saw it, and a hen you last saw it.
Overhead
. Horizon
Horizon

did you see
27.
caused it?

(Cirele One): Yes or No
29.2 Please list their names and addresses:
30. are important.
Use additional sheets of same size paper if necessary.
.

We have been notified that you sighted an unidentified aerial
object. Inclosed is questionnaire which we use to gather and
standardize all information pertaining to sightings. It will be
appreciated if you will
to us as soon as possible.
Your action ncident and you
are commendable,
Yours very truly,

b. Central e. Other
c. Mountain
(Circle One): a. Daylight Saving
b. Standard
1.4 Circle ona of t the following are
of your answer to the above question 1.2:
a. Certain c. Not very sure
Fairly certain d. Just a guess
e.
f. Flying over open country?
g. Other

object? Try to list the activity or activities, and the
approximate amount of time spent on each
ahu
9IL7
7.3 Did you stop at any time while you looking object?

b. Northeast Southwest
c. East West
d. Southeast) h. Northwest
8.2 Gircle one of following indicate how certair are of
your answer to the above two questions. (8 and 8.1).
a. Certain c. Not very sure
. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
9. Were you wearing ey - e object? (Circle One):
(Yes or No
10. How was the object seen?
(Circle One): a. Through window glass e. Through theodolite
b. Through windshield f. Through sun glasses
11.2 WIND (Circle One) 11.4 TEMPERATURE (C One)
a. No wind Cold
b. Slight breeze Cool
Strong wind c. Warm
d. Don't remember d. (Hot
e. Don't remember

a. Certain) c. Not very sure
b. Fairly sure d. Just a guess
13. Did the object look: (Circle Solid or Transparent?
14. Dic
for each question)
14.1 Change direction? Yes No Don't know
14.2 Change speed? Yes No Don't know
14.3 Change size? Yes No Don't know
14.4 Change color? Yes No Don't know
14.5 Break up into parta or
explode? Yes No Don't know
14.6 Give off smoke? Yes No Don't know
14.7 Change brightness? Yes No Don't know
Draw a picture were arranged, and put
show the direction they were traveling.
O
O

18.3 NoI Don't know
19. Which of following objects size as the
object you saw? (Circle One):
a. Pea f. Automobile
b. Baseball g. Small airplane
c. Basketball h. Large airplane
d. Bicycle wheel i. Dirigible
e. Office desk j. Other
19.1 the following are
of your answer to Question 19.
a. Certain c.
S
- a.Suddenly c. Other
b. Gradually a. Don't remember

Horizon
Your eye
23. In the following sketch place an object was
Overhead
Harizon