1954
Sept. 4, 1954; Butler, Missouri. 3 a.m.
Witness: J. Faltemeier, CAA communications specialist. Twenty-thirty lights, as if on a string, flew straight and level for 1.5 minutes.
Sept. 5, 1954; Butler, Missouri. 12:23 a.m.
Witness: J. Faltemeier, CAA communications specialist. One silver or white object with a slightly swept-back leading edge and the following exhaust flew straight and level, then veered southwest to the south after 30 seconds.
Sept. 18, 1954; Kimpo Air Base, Japan. 5:55 a.m.
Witnesses: two control tower operators, a weather forecaster and a weather observer. One round object, like polished aluminum, flew straight and level for 11-13 minutes.
Sept. 21, 1954; Barstow, California. 1 a.m.
Witnesses: two local policemen, four U.S. Marine Corps police, one highway patrolman. One red-orange ball giving off sparks, and a smaller light, made a zigzag descent and then hovered. Total of 20 minutes.
Sept. 21, 1954; Santa Maria, Azores Islands. 9:45 p.m.
Witness: airport guard. One 10’x5′ light metallic blue, pecan-shaped object with a clear glass or plastic nose having a door, and with poles or aerials on the nose. Humming or whining, it hovered, landed vertically, 50′ away. A blond man, 5′ 10″ tall appeared, spoke in a strange language, patted the guard on the shoulder, got in the object, hooked up his harness, pushed a button, took off with the object’s nose pointed up, then leveled off and climbed vertically. Sighting lasted 2-3 minutes.
Sept. 22, 1954; Marshfield, Missouri. 9 a.m.
Witnesses: private pilot J.N. Williams, E.J. Ash. A thin, translucent tan asymmetrical boomerang-shaped object revolved, then tumbled down behind some trees. Marks were found in the dirt. Sighting lasted 15 minutes.
Sept. 23, 1954; Gatlinburg, Tennessee. 9:45 a.m.
Witness: Dave Owenby. Two bright silver, wheel-shaped objects flew from north to south in a trail for 2 minutes.
Oct. 13, 1954; Nouasseur, French Morocco. 10:05 a.m.
Witness: weather observer, following a balloon with his theodolite. One round, flat, silver object flew straight and level for 30 seconds.
Oct. 15, 16 and 17, 1954; Kingfisher, Oklahoma. 8:45 p.m.
Fifty objects with illuminated bottoms were seen flying in a V-formation, very fast, on successive nights. The only data is on a summary card.
Oct. 28, 1954; Miho Air Base, Japan. 5:32 p.m.
Witnesses: USAF pilots Lt. Col. O.C. Cook and Lt. J.W. Brown, on the ground using 7×50 binoculars. One brilliant white, round-oval object climbed in front of clouds, brightened, turned 90 to the north. Seen for 45 seconds.
Oct. 29, 1954; Terciera Islands, Azores. 9 p.m.
Witnesses: four Portuguese nationals. One object, shaped like a stovepipe with a central bulge and short wings (10′ long, 3′ in diameter, 3′ wings) having concave wingtips, and grey colored. Made a gargling sound when hovering, then disappeared in the glare of airplane landing lights. Sighting lasted 4-5 minutes.
Nov. 15, 1954; Augusta, Maine. 44 p.m.
Witness: N. Gallant, manager of radio station WFAV. Ten gold, circular objects flew in vertical V-formation, straight and level for 3 minutes.
Nov. 19, 1954; Corvallis, Oregon. 4:15 p.m.
Witness: P.J. Gunn, assistant professor of art at Oregon State University and ex-U.S. Navy aviation cadet. One bright white light hovered 8.5-9 minutes, then crossed 20 of the sky in 3-3.5 minutes.
Nov. 28, 1954; Manilla, Philippine Islands. 10:50 a.m.
Witness: one anonymous medical doctor. One flat-bottomed, domed object (65-70′ across, 18-20′ high), bright orange with yellow discs attached and an exhaust trail. Flew north, stopped, reversed its course during the 4-minute sighting.
Dec. 3, 1954; Gulfport, Mississippi 12:12 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Mellen. One translucent grey, round, flat object rotated on its vertical axis at high r.p.m. for 30 seconds.
Dec. 7, 1954; Cape Province, South Africa. 1:15 p.m.
Witness: weather officer, using a theodolite. One white, semi-circular, flat object with a dome flew from west to east, then turned north. Sighting lasted 7 minutes.
1955
Jan 1, 1955; Cochise, New Mexico. 6:44 a.m.
Witnesses: instructor and student pilot in USAF B-25 bomber/trainer. A metallic disc, shaped like two pie pans face-to-face, and 120- 130′ in diameter, paced the B-25, showing both its edge and its face, for 5-7 minutes. The only item in the case file was a summary form.
Jan. 26, 1955; Lakeland, Florida. 6:15 p.m.
Witness: J.M. Holland. A black smoke trail made a circle. There was an explosion and some objects fell. No further information in the file.
Feb. 1, 1955; 20 miles east of Cochise, New Mexico. 7:55 p.m.
Witnesses: Instructor Capt. D.F. Ritzdorf, aviation cadet F.W. Miller in TB-25 bomber/trainer. One red and white ball hovered off the left-wing of the TB-25 for 5 minutes, then made a very fast climb. Total time of sighting was 8 minutes.
Feb. 2, 1955; Miramar Naval Air Station, California. 11:50 a.m.
Witness: USN Cmdr. J.L. Ingersoll. One highly polished sphere, with reddish-brown coloring, fell, then instantly accelerated to 1,000-1,500 m.p.h.
Feb. 10, 1955; Bethesda, Maryland. 10:03 p.m.
Witness: E.J. Stein, model maker at U.S. Navy ship design facility. One object, shaped like a small portion of the bottom of the Moon, with radiant yellow color, hovered for 30 seconds. Its bottom changed to a funnel shape. Total sighting lasted 1.5-2 minutes.
April 30, 1955; Travis County, Texas. 7:30 a.m.
Witness USAF Wing Intelligence Officer Maj. L..J. Pagozalski. Four black objects in a cluster made a whooshing sound like a zephyr. Sighting lasted 2-3 seconds.
May 4, 1955; Keflavik, Iceland. 12:38 p.m.
Witnesses: Lt. Col. E.J. Stealy, 1st Lt. J.W. Burt. About 10 round, white objects, one of which left a brief smoke trail, flew in an irregular formation, some of them making erratic movements during the 5-8 second sighting.
May 23, 1955; Cheyenne, Wyoming. Midnight.
Witnesses: USAF Airman/Basic I.J. Shapiro and E.C. Ingber. During a 5 minute period, two slender, vertical rectangles were seen low on the horizon, and two ovals with tops (dark, with dark blue illumination) flew higher.
July 29, 1955; Columbus, Nebraska. 10:45 p.m.
Witness: Morrice Raymond. Four orange flashing lights and one white flashing light moved up and down like yo-yos for 5-6 minutes.
Aug. 11, 1955; Iceland. 11:45 a.m.
Witness: 2nd Lt. E.J. Marlow. Twelve grey objects, from cigar to egg-shaped, varied their formation from elliptical to the wavy line to scattered to a straight line to trail formation. Speed varied from hover to 1,000 m.p.h. Sighting lasted 3-4 minutes.