Tag: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

1996: UFO Roundup Posted on

UFO ROUNDUP: VOLUME 1 NUMBER 11: April 28, 1996

Editor: Joseph Trainor We’ve got some late-breaking news from the California desert this week, so let’s go to press… UFO STARTLES SEVEN PEOPLE ON BACKYARD PATIO Friday evening, April 26, 1996, at 9:17 p.m. PDT, seven people were relaxing on a back patio in Victorville, California, in the desert not far from Edwards Air Force Base, when they spotted what they thought was a meteor hurtling into Earth’s atmosphere. According to the homeowner, a certified pilot instructor, the event was witnessed by his wife, himself and five other guests. He said, “I noticed what looked like a shooting star except brighter and without a tail streak.” The UFO was speeding “across the southern sky in a northward direction.” He described the UFO as “bright […] Read More

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1994: A Die-Hard Issue: CIA’s Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90

Gerald K. Haines An extraordinary 95 percent of all Americans have at least heard or read something about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), and 57 percent believe they are real. (1) Former US Presidents Carter and Reagan claim to have seen a UFO. UFOlogists–a neologism for UFO buffs–and private UFO organizations are found throughout the United States. Many are convinced that the US Government, and particularly CIA, are engaged in a massive conspiracy and coverup of the issue. The idea that CIA has secretly concealed its research into UFOs has been a major theme of UFO buffs since the modern UFO phenomena emerged in the late 1940s. (2) In late 1993, after being pressured by UFOlogists for the release of additional CIA information on UFOs, […] Read More

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1992: A Missing Pentacle

The so-called “Pentacle Memorandum” convinced UFO researcher Jacques Vallee that the US government had been toying with the official UFO investigations, and that these were a front for something else… if not something more sinister. Philip Coppens In Forbidden Science (1992), Jacques Vallee, who was the inspiration for one of the main characters in Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, reports how in 1967 he found Allen Hynek’s UFO files to be in serious disarray. On Sunday, June 18, 1967, Vallee tried to restore some order in the files and “found a letter which is especially remarkable because of the new light it throws on the key period of the Robertson Panel and of Report #14”. This was the report that was also […] Read More

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1988: Wright Patterson AFB : What’s Going On There?

This information is presented for your perusal and is a continuation of my policy of informing the public what is currently available. The content of this information does NOT necessarily reflect the personal views of the poster, nor should the views, opinions, statements or claims represented in the following be accepted by anyone reading these texts at *face* value. If this interests you, please endeavor to research it yourself and investigate it to *your* satisfaction, and as such I will leave it in your hands to either prove it or de-bunk it 🙂 As I do not have a great amount of time available to pursue follow-ups exclusively, comments to me should be directed to submit@think-aboutit.com in the mail. ——————————————————————— Begin ~~~~~ Wright Patterson […] Read More

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1948: Project Sign

THINK ABOUTIT PROJECT/GROUP SUMMARY Project/Group Name: Project Sign Mission: the first project to officially investigate UFOs under MAJESTIC TWELVE Date Started: 1948 Ended: 1948 Who or Whom Started It: Army Air Force Part of what Government Agency: Army Air Force Location: Special Features/Characteristics: Source: Summary/Description: Full Report Loy Lawhon Summary: There is reliable testimony that in August 1948, the Technical Intelligence Division at Wright-Patterson and Project Sign, decided to make a formal Estimate of the Situation. The Estimate was a top-secret document that contained unexplained sightings by pilots, scientists, and other reliable witnesses. The report concluded that UFOs were of extraterrestrial origin. The Army Air Force was, in one form or another, involved in investigating UFOs beginning with the 8th Army’s investigation of foo […] Read More

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John Lear

During the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, John Lear, a Lockheed L- 1011 Captain and son of the famous inventor of the Lear Jet, started coming forward with some startling revelations concerning the subject of aerial phenomena and Unidentified Flying Objects. During his lecture at the 1989 MUFON conference in Las Vegas, titled ‘UFO COVERUP, HISTORY AND CURRENT SITUATION’ during which he spoke to an audience of over 400 of the nations leading UFOlogists, Lear made some startling comments. One man who we will refer to extensively elsewhere claims to be a deep level intelligence operative within the U.S. Government who has access to some very sensitive and top secret information concerning the government’s involvement with ‘alien’ studies. This individual, who refers to himself […] Read More

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1980: LIST OF UFO BODIES ALLEGEDLY IN THE POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

1939-46 Spitzbergen, NORWAY ? 4 July 1947 Roswell, NM 4 Bodies 13 Feb 1948 Aztec, NM 12 Bodies 7 July 1948 MEXICO So.of LAREDO TX 1 Body 1949 Roswell, NM 1 ET Living 1952 Spitzbergen, NORWAY 2 Bodies 14 Aug 1952 Ely, NV 16 Bodies 10 Sep 1950 Albuquerque, NM 3 Bodies 18 Apr 1953 S.W. AZ No Bodies 20 May 1953 Kingman, AZ 1 Body 19 June 1953 Laredo, TX 4 Bodies 10 July 1953 Johannesburg S.AFRICA 5 Bodies 13 Oct 1953 Dutton MT 4 Bodies 5 May 1955 Brighton, ENGLAND 4 Bodies 18 July 1957 Carlsbad, NM 4 Bodies 1961 Timmensdorfer, GERMANY 12 Bodies 12 June 1962 Holloman AFB NM 2 Bodies 10 Nov 1964 Ft.Riley, KS 9 Bodies 27 Oct 1966 […] Read More

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The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects: Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3, THE CLASSICS: With the Soviets practically eliminated as a UFO source, the idea of interplanetary spaceships was becoming more popular. During 1948 the people in ATIC were openly discussing the possibility of interplanetary visitors without others tapping their heads and looking smug. During 1948 the novelty of UFO’s had worn off for the Press and every John and Jane Doe who saw one didn’t make the front pages as in 1947. Editors were becoming hardened, only a few of the best reports got any space. Only the “Classics” rated headlines. “The Classics” were three historic reports that were the highlights of 1948. They are called “The Classics,” a name given them by the Project Blue Book staff, because: (1) they are classic […] Read More

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1992: A missing Pentacle

The so-called “Pentacle Memorandum” convinced UFO researcher Jacques Vallee that the US government had been toying with the official UFO investigations and that these were a front for something else… if not something more sinister. Philip Coppens Jacques Vallee & Allen Hynek In Forbidden Science (1992), Jacques Vallee, who was the inspiration for one of the main characters in Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, reports how in 1967 he found Allen Hynek’s UFO files to be in serious disarray. On Sunday, June 18, 1967, Vallee tried to restore some order in the files and “found a letter which is especially remarkable because of the new light it throws on the key period of the Robertson Panel and of Report #14”. This was the […] Read More

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1994: A Die-Hard Issue: CIA’s Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90

Gerald K. Haines An extraordinary 95 percent of all Americans have at least heard or read something about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), and 57 percent believe they are real. (1) Former US Presidents Carter and Reagan claim to have seen a UFO. UFOlogists–a neologism for UFO buffs–and private UFO organizations are found throughout the United States. Many are convinced that the US Government, and particularly CIA, are engaged in a massive conspiracy and coverup of the issue. The idea that CIA has secretly concealed its research into UFOs has been a major theme of UFO buffs since the modern UFO phenomena emerged in the late 1940s. (2) In late 1993, after being pressured by UFOlogists for the release of additional CIA information on UFOs, […] Read More

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2007: SAUCER RECOVERY

Posted by anthonynorth on August 15th, 2007   Most people have heard of the crashed flying saucer at Roswell, New Mexico. But this was not the only supposed crash of an alien craft. One of the earliest recorded UFO crashes is said to have happened on 6 June 1884 when a blazing object crashed in Dundy County, Nebraska. Local farmhands rushed to the scene and found sand fused to a glass-like substance and a large pile of hot debris. One person who got too close suffered blisters similar to radiation exposure today. It took several days for the debris to cool down, whereupon the local paper reported it was extremely light metal but incredibly strong. It could have been aluminum, except it had not […] Read More

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1985: Close Encounter with Dr. J. Allen Hynek

By Dennis Stacy An Interview With The Dean 1985 Re-Edited for CUFON by Dale Goudie 1991 For over two decades, from 1948 to 1969, Dr. J. Allen Hynek was a consultant in astronomy to the United States Air Force. The subject of his advice, however, was not the fledgling space program or even the moon and stars above, but Unidentified Flying Objects. In 1973 he founded the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) and had served as Director and editor of its journal, “International UFO Reporter.” STACY: Dr. Hynek, as a scientist, you go back as far with the UFO phenomenon as probably anyone alive today. Exactly how did that relationship begin? HYNEK: That’s an easy story to tell. In the spring of 1948, I […] Read More

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Project: TWINKLE – Final Report

THINK ABOUTIT PROJECT/GROUP SUMMARY Project/Group Name: Project Twinkle (Green Fireballs) Mission: In December 1949 Project Twinkle, a network of green fireball observation and photographic stations, was established but never fully implemented. It was discontinued two years later, with the official conclusion that the phenomenon was probably natural in origin, a hypothesis disputed by LaPaz and others Date Started: December 1949 Ended: 1951 Who or Whom Started It: USAF Part of what Government Agency: U.S. Geophysics Research Division Location: the southwestern United States, particularly New Mexico Special Features/Characteristics: Source: www.project1947.com Summary/Description: Full Report PREFACE: Green Fireballs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A number of sightings described as “Green Fireballs” were reported in the skies of the southwestern United States, particularly New Mexico, beginning in late […] Read More