1952
Aug. 20, 1952; Neffesville, Pennsylvania. 3:10 a.m.
Witnesses: Bill Ford and two others. An undescribed object flew at 500′ altitude for several minutes. No further data in files.
Aug. 21, 1952; Dallas, Texas. 11:54 p.m.
Witness: Jack Rossen, ex-artillery observer. Three blue-white lights hovered then descended; 1.5 minutes later, one of them descended more.
Aug. 23, 1952; Akron, Ohio. 4:10 a.m.
Witnesses: USAF 2nd Lt. H.K. Funseth, a ground radar observer, and two U.S. Navy men. One pulsing amber light was seen to fly straight and level for 7 minutes.
Aug. 24, 1952; Hermanas, Mexico. 10:15 a.m.
Witness: Georgia Air National Guard F-84G jet fighter pilot Col. G.W. Johnson. Two 6′ silver balls in abreast formation, one turned grey rapidly, the other slowly. One changed to a long grey shape during a turn. Sighting lasted about 10 minutes.
Aug. 24, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 5:40 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. George White. One large round, metallic, white light with a vague lower surface, flew slowly, then fast With a dancing, wavering motion, for about 1 minute.
Aug. 24, 1952; Levelland, Texas. 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sharp. One object, shaped like a spinning top, changing color from red to yellow to blue, and with a fiery tail, hovered for 20 minutes, whistling, then flew away. It, or another like it, returned an hour later.
Aug. 25, 1952; Pittsburg, Kansas. 5:35 a.m.
Witness: radio station musician William Squyres. One dull aluminum object, shaped like two meat platters, face to face, estimated at 75′ long, 45′ wide, and 15′ thick. Through a window in the front section shone a blue light; the head and shoulders of a man could be seen. The midsection had numerous windows through which could be seen as some kind of regular movement. A series of small propellers were spaced close together along the outer edge of the object, revolving at high speed. The object was hovering about 10′ above the ground, 100 yards off the road, with a slight rocking motion. It then ascended vertically with a sound like a large covey of quail starting to fly at the same time. Vegetation showed signs of having been disturbed under the object.
Aug. 25, 1952; Holloman AFB, New Mexico. 3:40 p.m.
Witnesses: civilian supervisor Fred Lee, foreman L.A. Aquilar. One round silver object flew south, turned and flew north, made a 360 turn and flew away vertically after 3-5 minutes.
Aug. 26, 1952; Lathrop Wells, Nevada. 12:10 a.m.
Witness: USAF Capt. D.A. Woods. One large, round, very bright object with a V-shaped contrail having a dark cone in the center, flew very fast, hovered, made an instantaneous 90 turn, followed by a gentle climb and finally sudden acceleration.
Aug. 28, 1952; Chickasaw and Brookley AFB, Alabama. 9:30 p.m.
Witnesses: USAF control tower operators, an officer from USAF Office of Special Investigations, and others. Six objects, varying from fiery red to sparkling diamond appearance, hovered, flew erratically up and down for 1 hour and 15minutes.
Aug. 29, 1952; Colorado Springs, Colorado. 8:35 p.m.
Witness: pilot C.A. Magruder. Three objects, 50′ in diameter, 10′ high, aluminum with red-yellow exhaust, flew in a trail at estimated 1,500 m.p.h. for 4-5 seconds.
Aug. 29, 1952; west of Thule, Greenland (77′ N., 75° 15′ W.) 10:50 a.m.
Witnesses: two U.S. Navy pilots flying a P4Y-2 patrol plane. Three white disc-shaped or spherical objects hovered, then flew very fast in a triangular formation, in 2-3 minutes.
Sept. 1, 1952; Marietta, Georgia. 10:50 p.m.
Witness: ex-AAF B-25 gunner. Two large white disc-shaped objects with green vapor trails flew in trail formation, merged, flew away very fast.
Sept. 1, 1952; Marietta, Georgia. 10:30 p.m.
Witness: one unidentified person using binoculars. Two large objects shaped like spinning tops and displaying red, blue and green colors, flew side by side, leaving a sparkling trail for 30 minutes.
Sept. 1, 1952; Atlanta, Georgia. 9:43 p.m.
Witnesses: Mrs. William Davis and nine other persons. One light, similar to the evening star, moved up and down for a long period of time.
Sept. 1, 1952; Marietta, Georgia. 10:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr. Bowman (ex-artillery officer) and 24 others. A red, white, and blue-green object which spun and shot off sparks for 15 minutes.
Sept. 1, 1952; Yaak, Montana. 4:45 a.m.
Witnesses: Visual sighting by two USAF enlisted men, radar tracking seen by three men using AN/FPS-3 radar set. Two small, varicolored lights became black silhouettes at dawn; flew erratically. One hour.
Sept. 2, 1952; Chicago, Illinois. 3 a.m.
Witness: radar tracker Turason (ground-controlled approach) at Midway Airport. 40 targets flew in miscellaneous directions, up to 175 m.p.h. Two seemed to fly in formation with DC-6 airliner. Total of 8 hours.
Sept. 3, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 99 a.m.
Witnesses: civilian pilots McCraven and Thomas. One shiny, dark ellipse made three broad, curving sweeps in 1.5 minutes.
Sept. 6, 1952; Lake Charles AFB, Louisiana. 1:30 a.m.
Witnesses: T/Sgt. J.E. Wilson and two enlisted men. One bright star-like light moved about the sky for 2 hours.
Sept. 6, 1952; Tucson, Arizona. 4:55 p.m.
Witnesses: ex- Congresswoman Mrs. Isabella King and Bill McClain. One orange teardrop-shaped object whirled on its vertical axis, descended very fast, stopped, retraced its path upwards while whirling in the opposite direction. 1.5 minutes.
Sept. 7, 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 10:30 p.m.
Witnesses: chemist J.W. Gibson and others. One orange object or light (the color of 2,000′ F.) exploded into view. Seen for from 3-20 seconds by various observers.
Sept. 9, 1952; Rabat, French Morocco. 9 p.m.
Witness: E.J. Colosimo, a civilian illustrator with USAF Intelligence. One disc with lights along part of its circumference, flew twice as fast as a T-33 jet trainer, in a slightly curved path for 5 seconds.
Sept. 12, 1952; Allen, Maryland. 9:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. David Kolb, of the Ground Observer Corps, using binoculars. One white light with red trim and streamers flew northeast for 35 minutes.
Sept. 13, 1952; Allentown, Pennsylvania. 7:40 p.m.
Witness: private pilot W.A. Hobler, flying a Beech Bonanza. One object, shaped like a fat football, flaming orange-red color, descended and then pulled up in front of the witness’ airplane. Seen for 2 seconds.
Sept. 14, 1952; Santa Barbara, California. 8:40 p.m.
Witness: USAF C-54 transport pilot Tarbutton. One blue-white light traveled straight and level then went up. Seen for 30 seconds.
Sept. 14, 1952; North Atlantic, between Ireland and Iceland.
Witnesses: military persons from several countries aboard ships in the NATO “Operation Mainbrace” exercise. Among the sightings: one blue-green triangle was observed flying 1,500 m.p.h; three objects in a triangular formation gave off white light exhaust at 1,500 m.p.h.
Sept. 14, 1952; White Lake, South Dakota. 7 p.m.
Witness: Ground Observer Corps observer L.W. Barnes, using binoculars. One red, cigar-shaped object, with three puffs behind it, flew west, then south, and then was gone. Seen 30-40 minutes.
Sept. 14, 1952; Ciudad Jaurez, Mexico. 11:30 p.m. to 1:20 a.m., Sept. 15.
Witnesses: consulting engineer R. J. Portis and three others. Six groups of 12-15 luminous spheres or discs, which flew in formations varying from arcs to inverted-Y’s, very fast.
Sept. 14, 1952; Olmstead AFB, Pennsylvania. Time not known.
Witness: pilot of Flying Tiger Airlines airplane N67977. One blue light flew very fast on a collision course with the airliner. Note: the summary card attached to the file showed completely different information.
Sept. 16, 1952; Portland, Maine. 6:22 p.m.
Witnesses: the crew of U.S. Navy P2V Neptune patrol plane, visually and via radar. A group of five lights was seen at the same time a long, thin blip was being tracked on radar. Note: consideration was given to this being USAF KC-97 airplanes involved in a refueling operation. The sighting involved 20 minutes.
Sept. 16, 1952; Warner-Robbins AFB, Georgia. 7:30 p.m.
Witnesses: three USAF officers, two civilians. Two white lights flew abreast, at 100 m.p.h., for 15 minutes.