Appendix C
SOME STATEMENTS BY SCIENTISTS AND PILOTS
SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE SEEN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS
Dr. Clyde W. Tombaugh, famous astronomer, discoverer of the planet Pluto, who has sighted UFOs: “These things, which appear to be directed, are unlike any other phenomena I ever observed.”
Prof. Henry Carlock, physics professor at Mississippi College, Jackson, Miss., who observed a UFO for about a minute in 1957: “It had a Halo of light around it and what appeared to be three portholes.”
Dr. H. Percy Wilkins, noted British astronomer, who has sighted oval-shaped UFOs on two occasions: “For all we know, Venus may at the present time be the abode of living creatures of an advanced type.”
Walter N. Webb, former member of Smithsonian Institution’s Tracking Program, currently lecturer on astronomy at Hayden Planetarium in Boston: “I have seen a few genuine UFOs. It is my belief that the mass of authentic, factual evidence available indicates that the true UFOs exist and are interplanetary or interstellar spacecraft.”
Seymour L. Hess, astronomer then at Flagstaff, Arizona, who in 1950 saw a spherical or disc-shaped UFO moving against the wind: “I saw no evidence of exhaust gases nor any markings on the object. For that elevation (calculated from meteorological data) I would estimate its speed to be about 100 m. p. h., perhaps as high as 200 m. p. h. This, too, means a powerful craft.”
Keith D. Cooper, zoologist and former combat engineer, Portland, Oregon, who in 1950 sighted a silvery UFO which made a sweeping turn and sped ahead of an airplane: “I have seen jet planes since and I had seen them before, and I know this object was quite unlike any of them.”
OTHER STATEMENTS BY SCIENTISTS
Dr. James E. McDonald, University of Arizona Institute of Atmospheric Physics, who in 1958 personally interviewed UFO witnesses in Tucson, Arizona: ”There is no doubt about their veracity. “
Dr. Carl G. Jung, world famous psychologist, in a letter to the NICAP Director: “I am grateful for all the courageous things you have done in elucidating the thorny problem of UFO-reality. The evidence available to me is convincing enough to arouse a continuous and fervent interest. “
John L. Cramer, General Mills Research Director, in a public statement about UFOs: “Someone may have solved the problem of flying through space and may be visiting us.”
Frank Korkosz, astronomer at the Springfield, Mass., Museum of Science, who suggested in 1957 that UFOs might be spaceships from Venus observing the earth: “There is a possibility of life on Venus. It has become apparent that whenever Venus comes closest to earth there are reports of unidentified flying objects. “
Prof. Hermann Oberth, noted German rocket scientist who was employed by the U. S. Government: “I believe the flying saucers come from other worlds.”
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Published Statements by
PILOTS WHO HAVE SEEN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Capt. William B. Nash, Pan American Airways, who saw eight discs maneuvering in formation below his airliner in 1952: “We are certain they were intelligently operated craft from somewhere other than this planet.”
Jack E. Puckett, former Air Corps Captain and four-engine pilot, then Assistant Chief of Flying Safety on the staff of Gen. Elwood Quesada, who with his co-pilot and engineer in 1946 watched a rocket-like UFO veer across his path: “We observed it to be a long, cylindrical shape approximately twice the size of a B-29. The object was at the same level as our aircraft.”
Capt. Killian, American Airlines, whose airliner in 1959 was paced by three large glowing objects, also seen by passengers and other pilots: “I don’t care what the Air Force says. They were definitely not conventional aircraft. I am sure there are people on other planets who have solved the problem of space travel. I sincerely believe their vehicles are coming close to the earth. “
Flight Lt. J. R. Salandin, RAF, whose Meteor jet almost collided with a disc-shaped UFO in 1954: “It looked metallic. It was travelling at tremendous speed.”
Capt. S. C. Pierman and First Officer Charles Wheaton, Capital Airlines, who were asked by the CAA (now FAA) to check on unidentified radar targets over Washington, D. C., in 1952. Pierman: “In my years of flying I’ve seen a lot of falling or shooting stars. These were much faster than anything like that I’ve ever seen.” Wheaton: “Now I feel I have actually seen some active strange objects which defy explanation.”
Lt. John W. Kilburn, RAF, who along with ground observers watched a silvery disc follow a Meteor jet as it approached for a landing in 1952: “It was a solid object. I have never seen anything like that in the sky in all my life.”
Capt. C. J. Kratovil, TWA, who along with his crew and observers at an airport in 1954 watched a large, white disc moving through the clouds. Upon landing, Kratovil was handed an Air Force statement that he had seen a weather balloon: “If this was a weather balloon, that’s the first time I ever saw one travelling against the wind. It sounds like a cover-up to me.”
Cmdr. M. B. Taylor, USNR (Ret.), former Navy pilot and guided missile expert under Rear Adm. Delmer S. Fahrney, who in 1949 in the company of many other airmen at an air show saw a circular, apparently metallic object fly past, make a sharp turn, and disappear from view: “The sighting was definitely of some flying object unlike anything then or even presently known.”
Capt. W. T. Rainbow, New Zealand National Airways, who with his copilot and passengers watched a glowing UFO overtake and pass his airliner in 1955: “It was definitely not a comet or meteor. I have never seen anything like it before.”
Capt. Richard Case, American Airlines, who with other pilots saw a large, oval-shaped object flash past his airliner over Indianapolis in 1952: “It was a controlled craft of some sort, going three times faster than we were.”
Capt. James Howard and his co-pilot Lee Boyd, British Overseas Airways, who in 1954 watched a large UFO with several smaller satellite objects pace their airliner; Howard: “I’ll swear they were solid.” Boyd: “We saw something solid, something maneuverable, and something that was being controlled intelligently.”
Lt. Cmdr. John C. Williams, USN (Ret.), a Naval aviator for 10 years, who with his wife and several other witnesses observed a disc-shaped object hover and move back and forth for several minutes in 1952: “It looked like two saucers, one inverted on top of the other. Its speed was unbelievable.”
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OTHER PILOTS WHO HAVE SEEN UFOs
USMC pilots Maj. Charles Scarborough, Capt. R. L. Jorgenson, Capt. Don Holland, USAF pilots: Col. D. J. Blakeslee (Wing Commander), Lt. D. C. Brigham, Lt. H. G. Combs, Lt. William Patterson. TWA pilots: Capt. W. W. Hawkins, Capt Robert Adickes, Capt. Robert Manning. American Airlines pilots: Capt. Willis Sperry, Capt. Paul Carpenter. Eastern Airlines pilots: Capt. C. S. Chiles, F/O J. B. Whitted, Capt. Truman Gile, Jr. Chicago & Southern Airlines pilots: Capt. Jack Adams, F/O Ralph Stevens. United Airlines pilots: Capt. E. J. Smith, F/O G. W. Anderson. Air National Guard pilots: Lt. George Gorman, Capt Thomas Mantell, Northrup test pilot Rex Hardy, Jr., former Lt. Cmdr., Naval Air Service. Capt. D. Barker, ANA Australian airline. Capt. Dario Celis, Venezuelian airline.