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.
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.
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.
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 went straight up with one stop. Sighting lasted 22 seconds.
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.
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.
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.
Feb. 3, 1953; Keflavik, Iceland. 5:25 p.m. Witnesses: radar
operators. Four unidentified targets were tracked for 24
minutes. No further data.
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.
Feb. 17, 1953; Port Austin. Michigan. 10:04 p.m. Witnesses:
two officers and three airmen of USAF AC&W squadron, visually and
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. Pilot chased object for 4 minutes.
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.
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
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light descended, accelerated, flew parallel to the F-94,
increased its speed and blinked out after 45 seconds.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sept. 2, 1953; Sidi Slimane AFB, French Morocco. 9:14 p.m.
Witnesses: Lt. Col. William Moore and lst Lt. J.H. McInnis,
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