1952
July 23, 1952; Altoona, Pennsylvania. 12:50 p.m.
Witnesses: two-man crews of two USAF F-94 jet interceptors at 35-46,000′ altitude. Three cylindrical objects in a vertical stack formation flew at an altitude of 50-80,000′. Seen for 20 minutes.
July 23, 1952; South Bend, Indiana. 11:35 p.m.
Witness: USAF pilot Capt. H. W. Kloth. Two bright blue-white objects flew together, then the rear one veered off after about 9 minutes.
July 24, 1952; Carson Sink, Nevada. 3:40 p.m.
Witnesses: two USAF Lt. Colonels McGinn and Barton in a B-25 bomber. Three silver, delta-shaped objects, each with a ridge along the top, crossed in front of and above the B-25 at high speed, in 3-4 seconds.
July 26, 1952; Washington, D.C. 8 p.m. until after midnight.
Witnesses: radar operators at several airports, airline pilots. Many unidentified blips tracked by radar all over Washington area, at varying speeds. Pilots spotted unidentified lights.
July 26, 1952; Kansas City, Missouri. 12:15 a.m.
Witnesses: USAF Capt. H. A. Stone, men in control towers at Fairfax Field and Municipal Airport. One greenish light with red-orange flashes was seen for 1 hour as it descended in the northwest from 40° elevation to 10° elevation.
July 26, 1952; Andrews AFB, Maryland.
This was a continuation of the extensive sightings and radar tracking reports reported throughout the Washington, D.C. area, all night long.
July 26, 1952; Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. 12:05 a.m.
Witness: Airman 1st Class J.M. Donaldson. Eight to ten orange balls in a triangular or V-formation flew very fast for 3-4 seconds.
July 26, 1952; Williams, California.
Case missing from official files.
July 27, 1952; Selfridge AFB, Michigan. 10:05 a.m.
Witnesses: three B-29 bomber crewmen on the ground. Many round, white objects flew straight and level, very fast. Two at 10:05, one at 10:10, one at 10:15, one at 10:20. Each was seen for about 30 seconds.
July 27, 1952; Wichita Falls, Texas. 8:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Ellis. Two disc-shaped objects, illuminated by a phosphorus light, flew at an estimated l,000 m.p.h. for 15 seconds.
July 28, 1952; Heidelberg, West Germany. 10:20 p.m.
Witnesses: Sgt. B.C. Grassmoen, WAC Pfc. A.P. Turner. One saucer-shaped object having an appearance of light metal and giving off shafts of white light, flew slow, made a 90° turn and climbed away fast after 4-5 minutes.
July 28, 1952; McGuire AFB, New Jersey. 6 a.m.
Witness: Ground Control Approach radar operator M/Sgt. W.F. Dees, and persons in the base control tower. Radar tracked a large cluster of very distinct blips. Visual observation was of oblong objects having neither wings nor tail, which made a very fast turn and at one time were in echelon formation. The entire episode lasted 55 minutes.
July 28, 1952; McChord AFB, Washington. 2:15 a.m.
Witnesses: T/Sgt. Walstead, S/Sgt. Calkins of the 635th AC&W Squadron. One dull, glowing, blue-green ball, the size of a dime at arms’ length, flew very fast, straight and level.
July 29, 1952; Osceola, Wisconsin. 1:30 a.m.
Witnesses: radar operators on the ground, pilot of F-51 Mustang in flight. Several clusters of up to 10 small radar targets and one large target. Small targets moved from southwest to east at 50-60 knots. (60-70 m.p.h.), following each other. The large one moved at 600 knots. (700 m.p.h.). One hour total time. The pilot confirmed one target.
July 29, 1952; Langley AFB, Virginia. 2:30 p.m.
Witness: USAF Capt D.G. Moore, of military air traffic control system. One undescribed object flew at an estimated 2,600 m.p.h., below 5,000′ altitude, toward the airbase for about 2 minutes.
July 29, 1952; Langley AFB, Virginia. 2:50 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr. Moore, Gilfillan electronics representative W. Yhope. One radar target tracked moving away, stopped for 2 minutes, again moved very, very fast. Four minutes.
July 29, 1952; Merced, California. 3:44 or 4:35 p.m.
Witnesses: Herbert Mitchell and one employee. One dark, discus-shaped object, trailed by a silvery light 2 lengths behind, tipped on its side, dove, hesitated and then circled very fast during the 2-minute sighting.
July 29, 1952; Wichita, Kansas. 12:35 p.m.
Witnesses: USAF shop employees Douglas and Hess at Municipal Airport. One bright white circular object with a flat bottom flew very fast, and then hovered 10-15 seconds over the Cessna Aircraft Co. plant, during the 5-minute sighting.
July 29, 1952; Ennis, Montana. 12:30 p.m.
Witnesses: USAF persons, alerted that UFOs were coming from the direction of Seattle, Wash. Two to five flat disc-shaped objects: one hovered 3-4 minutes, while the others circled it. Sighting length of 30 minutes not explained further.
July 30, 1952; Albuquerque, New Mexico. 11:02 p.m.
Witness: USAF 1st Lt. George Funk. One orange light remained stationary for 10 minutes. No further details in files.
July 30, 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 10 a.m.
Witnesses: E.E. Nye and one other person. One round, white object flew slow and then sped away after 20-30 minutes.
Aug. 1, 1952; Lancaster, California. 1:14 a.m.
Witnesses: sheriff’s deputies and other persons, one named Mallette. Two brilliant red lights hovered and maneuvered for 5 minutes.
Aug. 2, 1952; Lake Charles, Louisiana. 3 a.m.
Witnesses: USAF 1st Lt. W.A. Theil, one enlisted man. One red ball with a blue flame tail flew straight and level for 3-4 seconds.
Aug. 4, 1952; Phoenix, Arizona. 2:20 a.m.
Witness: USAF A/3c W.F. Vain. One yellow ball which lengthened and narrowed to plate shape flew straight and level for 5 minutes.
Aug. 4, 1952; Mt. Vernon, New York. 11:37 a.m.
Witnesses: one woman, two children. One object, shaped like a lifesaver or donut, emitted black smoke from its top and made a 15′ arc in 1.5 minutes. Observed for 2 hours.
Aug 5. 1952; Haneda AFB, Japan. 11:30 p.m.
Witnesses: USAF F-94 jet interceptor pilots 1st Lt. W.R. Holder and 1st Lt. A.M. Jones, and Haneda control tower operators. Airborne radar tracked a target for 90 seconds. Control tower operators watched 50-60 minutes while a dark shape with a light flew as fast as 330 knots. (380 m.p.h.), hovered, flew curves and performed a variety of maneuvers.
Aug. 6, 1952; Tokyo, Japan.
This is a continuation of the Haneda AFB sightings.
Aug. 6, 1952; Port Austin, Michigan.
Case missing from official files.
Aug. 7. 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 9:08 a.m.
Witness: Mrs. Susan Pfuhl. Four glowing white discs: one made a 180* turn, one flew straight and level, one veered off, and one circled during the 70-minute sighting.
Aug. 9, 1952; Lake Charles, Louisiana. 10:50 a.m.
Witness: USAF A/3c J.P. Raley. One disc-shaped object flew very fast and then hovered for 2 seconds during a 5-6 minute sighting.
Aug. 13, 1952; Tokyo, Japan. 9:45 p.m.
Witness: USAF Marine Corps pilot Maj. D. McGough. One orange light flew a left orbit at 8,000′ and 230 m.p.h., spiraled down to no more than 1,500′, remained stationary for 2-3 minutes and went out. An attempted interception was unsuccessful.
Aug. 18, 1952; Fairfield, California. 12:50 a.m.
Witnesses: three policemen. One object changed color like a diamond and changed directions during the 30-minute sighting.
Aug. 19, 1952; Red Bluff, California. 2:38 p.m.
Witness: Ground Observer Corps observer Albert Lathrop. Two objects, shaped like fat bullets, flew straight and level, very fast for 25 seconds.