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Cases by Decade: 1940s
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August, 20, 1949 - Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh UFO Sighting (Astronomer Who Discovered Pluto)
Clyde Tombaugh was the American astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto. On August 20, 1949, he observed a UFO that appeared as a geometrically arranged group of six-to-eight rectangles of light, window-like in appearance and yellowish-green in color, which moved from northwest to southeast over Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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Source: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia ID:355
Case Type: MajorCase
Features: Scientist/Engineer, Astronomer, Famous Person, Witness Photo
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May, 24, 1949 - Rogue River, Oregon, United States
Employees of aeronautical laboratory see metallic, disc-shaped object
An employee in the supersonic laboratory of an aeronautical laboratory and some other employees of this lab, were by a river, 2-1/2 miles from its mouth, when they saw an object. The time was about 1700 hours on May 24, 1949. The object was reflecting sunlight when observed by naked eye. It was of metallic construction and was seen with good enough resolution to show that the skin was dirty.
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Source: Dr. Bruce Maccabee / U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book Special Report 14 (Battelle Study), 1955 ID:728
Case Type: StandardCase
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April, 24, 1949 - White Sands Proving Ground , New Mexico, United States
Maneuvering elliptical UFO seen by trained observers at White Sands Proving Ground
"The object was an ellipsoid about 2-1/2 times as long as it was wide. It had a length of about .02 degrees subtended angle and was gleaming white in color. It did not have metallic or reflected shine. Toward the underside near the tail, the gleaming white became a light yellow. The object was seen under conditions of a cloudless sky and no haze. It left no vapor trail or exhaust.
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Source: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, 1964 (NICAP - National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon) ID:1095
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Military, Sound, Group Sighting, Scientist/Engineer
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October, 1, 1948 - Fargo, North Dakota, United States
The Gorman Dogfight
On the evening of October 1st, 1948, Lieutenant Gorman was returning from a cross-country flight with his squadron of North Dakota Air National Guard, when he saw an unidentified light source. He closed to within about l,000 yards to take a good look, later saying, “It was about six to eight inches in diameter, clear white, and completely round without fuzz at the edges." For 27 hair-raising minutes, Gorman pursued the light through a series of intricate maneuvers.
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Source: North Dakota Public Radio, Dec. 10. 2003 ID:704
Case Type: MajorCase
Features: Pilot/Aircrew
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July, 31, 1948 - Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Electrician and wife in Indianapolis see domed disc shaped object
Vernon Swigert, an electrician, was standing by the bathroom window of his home when he first sighted an object. He ran to his kitchen where he pointed out the cymbal shaped or domed disc object to his wife. It was about 20 ft across, and 6-8 ft thick. Total time in sight was approximately 10 seconds, during which the object flew on a straight and level course from horizon to horizon, west to east.
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Source: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book Special Report #14 (Battelle Institute Study), 1955 ID:675
Case Type: SummaryReport
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July, 24, 1948 - Montgomery, Alabama, United States
The Chiles-Whitted Case
Another one of the famous airline sightings of earlier years is the Chiles-Whitted Eastern Airlines case. An Eastern DC-3, en route from Houston to Atlanta, was flying at an altitude of about 5,000 ft.. near Montgomery. ...The object was some kind of vehicle. They saw no wings or empennage, but both were struck by a pair of rows of windows or some apparent openings from which there came a bright glow "like burning magnesium."
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Source: Dr. James E. McDonald, U.S. House Hearings, 1968 ID:116
Case Type: MajorCase
Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows
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July, 7, 1948 - 38 Miles South of Laredo (Texas), Mexico
'Tomato Man' Photographs of Alien Body and the Laredo, Texas Crash
In 1978, a former Naval photographer released a series of photographs of the charred remains of a head and torso, which he claimed were extraterrestrial. He said that the photos were taken in 1948, when he was flown to Mexico, south of Laredo, Texas, to document the crash of 90-foot diameter "flying saucer" and its dead pilot.
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Source: Ron Schaffner, of the former Ohio UFO Investigators League (OUFOIL) ID:378
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Alien Photograph, Humanoid/Occupant, Military, Crash/Retrieval
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January, 7, 1948 - Godman Air Force Base, Kentucky, United States
The Thomas Mantell Incident (aircraft crashes after chasing UFO)
Many stories have been written about the untimely death of Captain Thomas Mantell whose USAF P-51 Mustang aircraft crashed on the 7th. January 1948, shortly after having observed a UFO seen hovering in the air close to the US Army Air Force Base at Godman Field, Kentucky. The official Army Air Force verdict is that Mantell’s aircraft crashed after he blacked out owing to lack of oxygen while attempting to fly too high an altitude in what was later described as a high altitude weather balloon.
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Source: Tony Dodd, excerpt from 'Flight to destruction: The strange death of pilot Thomas Mantell' ID:482
Case Type: MajorCase
Features: Military, Pilot/Aircrew, Injury, Witness Photo
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1948 - Aztec, New Mexico, United States
Aztec, New Mexico UFO Crash Recovery of 1948
It was the columnist Frank Scully who first alerted the world to sensational stories of recovered flying saucers and little men in his best-selling book Behind the Flying Saucers published in 1950. Scully claimed that up to that time there had been four such recoveries, one of which was alleged to have taken place around Aztec, New Mexico, when sixteen humanoid bodies were recovered together with their undamaged craft.
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Source: (Credit: aztecufo.com) ID:879
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Crash/Retrieval, Humanoid/Occupant
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August, 14, 1947 - Villa Santina, Italy
The Villa Santina Case (two humanoids encountered by Italian artist)
Italian artist R. L. Johannis was out painting when he noticed a 30 ft. disc-shaped object landing nearby. Next, Signor Johannis saw two child-sized beings standing alongside the object. The artist hailed the creatures. It is possible that this was interpreted as a hostile gesture, for one of the beings touched the centre of its belt and projected a thin vapour which caused the artist to fall dazed onto his back. The creatures approached, picked up the artist's easel, then returned to the craft. The object then rose, hovered, and disappeared.
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Source: Charles Bowen (ed.), The Humanoids, Flying Saucer Review Special Issue (1966) ID:751
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Witness Sketch
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August, 13, 1947 - Snake River Canyon, Idaho, United States
Disc Zooms Down Snake River Canyon, Idaho
A farmer and his two sons, were at his fishing camp on August 13, 1947. He noticed an object some 300 feet away, 75 feet above the ground. It was edge hopping, following the contour of the ground, was sky blue, about 20 feet in diameter and 10 feet thick, and had pods on the side from which flames were shooting out. It made a swishing sound.
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Source: Twin Falls Times News, (Twin Falls, Idaho) August 15th, 1947 ID:415
Case Type: PressReport
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July, 9, 1947 - Norfolk , Virginia, United States
Flying Disc 'Bigger Than Car' Photographed By Youth
The flying disc "was lots bigger then an automobile" and 13-year-old Bill Turrentine of 410 West fourteenth Street doesn't understand why almost everybody in Norfolk didn't see. He saw the large object, "rocking and spinning like a football" and coming from the southwest.
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Source: Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch (Norfolk, Virginia), July 9th, 1947 ID:414
Case Type: PressReport
Features: Photo, Children
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July, 4, 1947 - Emmet, Idaho, United States
United Airlines Flight 105 pilots witness formation of disc-shaped objects
On the evening of July 4th at Boise, Idaho, Captain Smith was walking up the ramp to board his plane, flight 105, for a trip to Seattle when someone mentioned the massive wave of saucers taking place all day over the northwest. Captain Smith joked: "I'll believe in those discs when I see them." Shortly after takeoff five disc-like objects, one larger than the rest, approached Captain Smith's DC-3 head on.
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Source: James McDonald, Statement to US Congressional Hearings/UFO Symposium, 1968 ID:723
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Interaction/Reaction, Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Photo, Multiple UFOs
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July, 3, 1947 - Roswell, New Mexico, United States
Roswell UFO Incident (Crash and Recovery)
In early July 1947 an incident occurred in the desert just outside of Roswell, NM. Many people have heard of the Roswell UFO crash, but very few people know the details of the incident. The following account of the 1947 UFO incident was taken from public records, from information provided by the International UFO Museum and from the press release for UFO Encounter 1997.
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Source: Roswell Online ID:1134
Case Type: MajorCase
Features: Crash/Retrieval, Humanoid/Occupant, Military, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo
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June, 24, 1947 - Near Mt. Rainier, Washington, United States
The 1947 Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting
The modern phenomena of UFOs and “flying saucers” began in Washington state on June 24, 1947, when Kenneth Arnold spotted nine mysterious, high-speed objects “flying like a saucer would” along the crest of the Cascade Range near Mount Rainier. His report made international headlines and triggered hundreds of similar accounts of “flying saucers” locally and across the nation.
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Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com ID:511
Case Type: MajorCase
Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo, Multiple UFOs
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August, 16, 1945 - San Antonio, New Mexico, United States
New Mexico UFO Crash Encounter In 1945
Reme Baca and Jose Padilla were young boys living in San Antonio, New Mexico in August 1945 when, they say, they literally stumbled across the remains of what they believe to have been an alien spacecraft. Their personal account of the case displays many of the key ingredients of crashed UFO lore.
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Source: Ben Moffett, The Mountain Mail, Socorro NM, Nov. 2, 2003 ID:852
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Crash/Retrieval, Humanoid/Occupant, Children, Witness Photo
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