| DATE
| TIME
(Local)
| LOCATION
| DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT
| LENGTH
OF TIME
OBSERVED
| SOUND
| SPEED
| ALTITUDE
| HEADING
| SOURCE
| ACTION
OR
COMMENT
|
| 11 Sept 51
| 1330
| Ft. Monmouth, N.J.
| Radar Return (See Appendix VI)
| Several Minutes
| None
| Slow
| 6000'
| Unknown
| Radar Operator
| See Appendix VI
|
| 12 Sept 51
| 0130
| Cincinnati, Ohio
| Dark bullet shaped object about the same size as a B-29. Red glow in front, white vapour at tail.
| 10 Sec.
| None
| High
| 20,000'
| 315°
| One man, background unknown
| No investigation
|
| 17 Sept
| 1217
| Marion, Ohio
| Pilot of Cessna reported that he almost collided with a black, high tailed swept wing aircraft.
| Few Sec.
| None
| High
| 2600'
| 50°
| Private pilot
| Probably friendly conventional a/c
|
| 18 Sept 51
| 0435
0531
| Great Lakes Region
| Air Defense Command radar stations tracked fast moving objects across Michigan and Wisconsin.
| Approx. 1 Hr.
| None
| High
| Unknown
| Varied
| ADC Radar
| Believed to be due to weather phenomena
|
| 23 Sept 51
| 1210
| March AFB, Cal.
| Object sighted over Long Beach. Four F-86 scranbled and sighted object over Muroc. Intercept [failed] due to low altitude of object. Orbitted March AFB at 55,000' (See Appendix VII.)
| Unknown
| None
| Unknown
| 55,000'
| Varied
| F-86 pilots and ground observers
| See Appendix VII
|
| 30 Sept 51
| 1500
| Orange, Va.
| Circular object which was sometimes encircled by a brownish haze.
| Unknown
| None
| Stationary
| Low
| None
| Airman
| No investigation
|
| 1 Oct 51
| 0415
| Webster, Texas
| Brilliant white light at low altitude. Was generally stationary.
| 2 Hrs.
| None
| Stationary
| Low
| None
| airman
| No investigation
|
| 2 Oct 51
| 1915
and 2100
| White Sands, New Mexico
| Various "Fireball Type" objects were observed.
| Seconds
| None
| High
| High
| Varied
| Employees
| No investigation
|
| 2 Oct 51
| 1800
| Columbus, Ohio
| Bright circular object
| 15 Sec.
| None
| High
| Unknown
| 270°
| Graduate Physicist
| No investigation. Very possibly balloon.
|
| 9 Oct 51
| 1342
| Terre Haute, Indiana
| Round, silver colored object passed over airport at high speed (See Appendix VIII).
| 15 Sec.
| None
| Very high
| Unknown
| 135°
| CAA Chief Aircraft Communicator
| See Appendix VIII
|
| 9 Oct 51
| 1345
| Paris, Ill.
| Round, silved colored object seen by private pilot (See Appendix IX).
| Unknown
| None
| Very high
| 5000'
| 45°
| Private pilot
| See Appendix IX
|
| 11 Oct 51
| 0630
| Minneapolise, Minn.
| Round silver object seen by pilots tracking a balloon and by ground observer team (See Appendix X).
| Several Minutes
| None
| High
| High
| Unknown
| Balloon observers
| See Appendix X
|
| 14 Oct 51
| Unknown
| Lowell, Mass.
| "Glittering object"
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Two children
| No investigation
|
| 16 Oct 51
| 1101
| McChord AFB, Wash.
| Medium gray, round object. First sighted by theodolite crew, Intercept by four F-94's was unsuccessful.
| 50 Min.
| None
| Great
| High
| 270°
| AF and Navy personnel
| Proved to be Venus
|
| 19 Oct 51
| Unknown
| Lenoir City, Tenn.
| "Strange object"
| Unknown
| Yes
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Letter from civilian
| No investigation
|
| 21 Oct 51
| 1250
| Battle Creek, Mich.
| Disc-shaped object 30' - 40' in diameter. Pilot in Navion met object head on. Object was disk-shaped with highly polished surface.
| Several seconds
| None
| High
| 3000'
| 85°
| Civilian pilot, 14 yrs experience
| Pending
|
| 22 Oct 51
| 1120
| N. Truro, Mass.
| Radar return - unidentified object.
| 4 Min.
| None
| 2070 mph
| Unknown
| 135°
| Radar operator
| Indications of radar phenomena due to weather.
|
| 7 Nov 51
| 0715
| San Antonio, Texas
| Unknown, high flying object reflecting sun's rays. This incident took place at the same time a large meteor was seen in other parts of the S.W. The description is different, however, as none of the meteors looked like high flying aircraft.
| 2 sec.
| None
| Very high
| Very high
| 90°
| City detective
| No investigation
|
