Chapter XVI: Appendix: Ufo and Other Incidents Referred to

_Date_ _Place_ _Associated _Page_
name_

1913 February 9 Canada Great Meteor 107
Procession
1947 Jan. 12 Puerto Rico 99
June 24 Chehalis, Wash. Arnold 13
June 31 Tacoma, Wash. Maury Island 21
July 7 Kentucky 58

1948 Jan. 7 Louisville, Ky. Mantell 33
Feb. 18 Norton, Kans. 102
July 24 Alabama Chiles-Whitted 109
July 26 Southeast states 111
July 27 Tennessee 112
Oct. 1 Fargo, N.D. Gorman 77
December New Mexico Green fireballs 93

1949 Aug. 20 Las Cruces, N.M. Tombaugh 266

1950 March 8 Dayton, Ohio 70
March 17 Farmington, N.M. 48
June 4 Colorado 95
July 4 New Mexico Fry 200
Aug. 11 Washington, Oregon 95
Sep. 20 Murray, Ky. 96
Sep. 20 Western states 98
Nov. 2 Eastern states 95

1951 May 29 Downey, Calif. 129
Aug. 25 Lubbock, Tex. Lubbock lights 123
Nov. 2 Texas 95

1952 Jan. 6 California Van Tassel 201
Jan. 22 Alaska 152
Jan. 29 Eastern states 100
May 7 Brazil Ilha dos Amores 206
June 15 Virginia 39
June 21 Oak Ridge, Tenn. 76
July 2 Tremonton, Utah 130
July 5 Hanford, Wash. 135
July 7 Pacific Northwest 135
July 12 Indiana 135
July 14 Chesapeake Bay, Va. Nash-Fortenberry 256
July 16 Salem, Mass. Coast Guard photo 122
July 19 Washington, D.C. Radar saucers 155
July 26 Washington, D.C. Radar saucers 155
July 27 Manhattan Beach, Calif. Stack of coins 49
July 27 Nevada Bethurum 201
July 29 Port Huron, Mich. 160
Aug. 1 Bellefontaine, Ohio 162
Aug. 3 Hamilton A.F.B., Calif. 46
Aug. 8 Durango, Colo. 50
Aug. 10 Durango, Colo. 50
Aug. 19 W. Palm Beach, Fla. Scoutmaster 136
Aug. 24 Hermanas, N.M. 47
Sep. 12 Sutton, W.Va. Sutton monster 137
Sep. 24 Cuba 42
Oct 10 Presque Isle, Me. 139
Oct 10 France Angel hair 220
Oct 27 France Angel hair 220
Nov. 20 California Adamski 203
Dec. 6 Gulf of Mexico 5
Dec. 10 Odessa, Wash. 62
Dec. 29 Japan Rotating lights 73

1953 Jan. 9 Japan Rotating lights 73
Jan. 21 Japan Rotating lights 73
Feb. 6 Rosalia, Wash.
May 2 Calcutta, India BOAC Comet 276
May 31 New South Wales 26
July 29 New York Moon Bridge 228
Aug. 5 Rapid City, S.D. Ellsworth A.F.B. 167
Aug. 19 New Haven, Conn. 231
September England Invisible saucers 165
Nov. 23 Michigan Kinross 154
Nov. 28 Eastern states 99

1954 Jan. 30 Indiana 85
Sep. 18 San Francisco, Calif. 92
Sep. 18 New Mexico, Colorado 92
Oct. 2 France 123
Oct. 22 Marysville, Ohio Jerome School 222
Nov. 30 Sylacauga, Ala. 88
November Taormina, Sicily 205
Dec. 13 Campinas, Brazil Silver rain 231

1955 Feb. 21 Horseheads, N.Y. Angel hair 223
March 3 Alaska 60
May 19 Los Angeles, Calif. 130
Oct. 31 Gainesville, Fla. 51

1956 Feb. 4 Accra, Africa 50
March 20–22 Cincinnati, Ohio 67
April 8 New York Ryan 68
Summer U.S.S.R. 178
Aug. 26 California 130
Sep. 10 Salina, Kansas 164
Sep. 25 Cincinnati, Ohio Angel hair 224
Dec. 29 White Pass, Wash. 28
December U.S.S.R. 178

1957 March 9 Atlantic Ocean PanAm-San Juan 104
July 24 Norway 248
Sep. ? Ubataba, Brazil 236
Nov. 2 Levelland, Tex. 174
Nov. 3 White Sands, N.M. 180
Nov. 4 Orogrande, N.M. 181
Nov. 5 Kearney, Neb. Schmidt 183
Nov. 5 Brazil Itaipu Fort 184
Nov. 5 Gulf of Mexico Sebago 182
Nov. 7 Ohio Moore 185

1958 Jan. 16 Brazil Trindade Island 206
April 11 Johannesburg, S. Africa The Thing 51
April 14 Eastern seaboard Sputnik II 116
Sep. 21 Sheffield Lake, Ohio Fitzgerald 279
Sep. 29 Maryland Nike site 239
Oct. 2 Danby, Calif. 243
Oct. 26 Maryland Lock Raven Dam 180

1959 Jan. 8 Pennsylvania 113
Feb. 6 Boulder, Colo. 249
Feb. 24 Pennsylvania Killian 52
March 13 Duluth, Minn. 72
March 22 Ann Arbor, Mich. 241
March-April Coburn, Va. Sheep Rock saucer 224
June 20 Pacific Ocean 105
July 11 Pacific Ocean 106
Oct. 12 Washington, Ga. 225
Oct. 19 Korea 73

1960 March 7 East coast 277
March 31 France 245
April 1 Wallops Island, Va. 44
Aug. 12–20 Northern California Red Bluff 253
Oct. 5 Greenland 166
Nov. 23 Michigan 225
Nov. 23 New Mexico 99

1961 March 16 England 56
March 23–30 Florida 250
April 18 Eagle River, Wis. Pancakes 226
July New Mexico 57
July 23 Pacific Ocean 103
August Los Alamos, N.M. 177
Oct. 2 Salt Lake City, Utah 245
Oct. 17 Netherlands Antilles 57

1962 April 18 Eureka, Utah 189
Sep. 9 England Blue rain 234
Sep. 11 Sebree, Ky. 223

INDEX

A

Accra, Africa, 50

Adamski, G., 16, 203, 204, 278

Aerial Phenomena Group, U. S. Air Force, 2, 271, 272.
_See also_ ATIC

Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO), 181, 219, 235–36, 275,
278

Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), 2, 271.
_See also_ ATIC

After-image, 242

Air Defense Command, 72, 94, 139, 160, 162, 166, 167

Air Force, U. S., 2, 272–75;
APRO challenge to, 235–36;
conspiracy charges against, 69–70, 277–78.
_See also_ ATIC

Air Force pilots, UFO sightings by, 70–72, 112, 113

Akron, Ohio, 53, 280

Alamogordo, N.M., 92

Alaska, 60, 152

Aldebaran, 253, 254

_Almirante Saldanha_, 207 ff

Aluminum foil, 164, 224, 225

Alvarez, L. W., 139

_Amazing Stories_ magazine, 15, 16–21, 25

American Airlines flights, UFOs reported from, 52, 68

American Meteor Society, 88, 95, 111, 134, 135

American Meteorite Museum, 102, 176

Analyses of UFO “fragments,” 220, 231–34, 236

Angel hair, 220–26;
alleged origins of, 194, 221;
arachnid, 220–24;
industrial, 224

“Angels” on radar, Pl. IVc;
collision course of, 153–54;
defined, 151;
conditions producing, 157–60, 164, 170;
moisture inversion and, 151, 158–60;
possible causes of, 157–58;
ring, 150, 165–66;
temperature inversion and, 151–52, 158–60;
UFO reports based on, 5–6, 71, 72, 151–52, 155–57, 161, 164–71, 182

Ann Arbor, Mich., 241

Antigravity, 195

Aquarid meteors, 111, 134

_Armillaria mellea_, 119

Arnold, K., articles by, 15;
Maury Island investigation by, 22;
UFO sighting by, 13, 26, 28, 29

Artificial gravitational field, 10, 193.
_See also_ G-field

Artificial satellites, 45, 116, 172–73, 277, 288

Asteroids, fragments of, 90

ATIC, UFO investigations by, 5, 38, 46, 54, 68, 70, 72, 76, 80, 106,
108, 113, 126, 131, 135, 136, 141, 163, 169, 176, 182, 185,
224, 236, 239, 241, 245, 247, 254, 281;
resources of, 272–73;
responsibility of, 271–75

Atlantis, 10, 17, 18

Aurora Borealis, radar echoes from, 164

B

Ball lightning, 176–80, Pl. Vb;
theory of, 178;
USSR reports of, 178

Balloon, pibal, 40;
radiosonde, 39–40, 163;
Skyhook, 31–33, 38, 49;
toy, 56

Balloons, burst, 48, 50;
clusters of, 41;
dogfight among, 47;
dogfight with, 42–44, 77–79;
shapes of, 32, 40–41;
UFO reports based on, 33–39, 42–44, 46, 47, 48, 80, 82

Barauna, A., 208 ff

Barker, G., 24

Bellefontaine, Ohio, 162

Berkner, L. V., 139

Bethurum, T., 16, 201

Biot, J. B., 89, 289

Birds, light reflected from, 122, 125, 127, 130–32;
luminous, 118, 127;
migrations of, 127;
radar echoes from, 164–66;
UFO reports based on, 122–27, 130–32

Blip, defined, 5

Boulder, Colo., 249, Pl. VIIa

Brazil, UFOs reported from, 184, 206, 207, 231–34, 236

Bubbles, UFO reports based on, 57, 58

Bubbles of air, angels produced by, 151

C

Capella, UFO reports based on, 161, 170–71, 253–54

Carbon 14, 221

Central Intelligence Agency, 70, 139, 278

Chant, C. A., 107

Chemical analysis, of meteorites, 90, 98;
of Moon Bridge, 230;
of pancakes, 227–48;
of saucer fragments, 232–34, 236

Chesapeake Bay, Va., UFOs reported over, 256–65

Chiles, C. S., 108 ff

Chiles-Whitted sighting, 108–13

Cigar shape, 7, 95, 109, 243, 253

Cincinnati, Ohio, 67, 224

Civilian investigators of UFOs, 186, 275–78

Civilian Research Interplanetary Flying Objects (CRIFO), 67

Civilian scientists, panel of, 138–43;
report of, 142

“Classic” UFO, defined, 33

Clouds, grindstone, 26, Pl. Ia;
ice crystals in, 71, 164, 244, 247;
orographic, 26;
searchlights on, 263, 266, 283–85;
“stack of plates,” 26, Pl. Ib;
wave, 26–29

Clubs, flying saucer, 275–76

Coast Guard station, UFO photographed from, 122, Pl. IVa

Coburn, Va., 224

Coincidence, role of in UFO sightings, 238–39

Coleman, W. T., 132, 252

Collision course, apparent, 60, 104, 106, 109, 113

Color, of meteors, 97–98;
of UFOs, 7

Comet, BOAC, 276

Comet Biela, 92

Comets, discovery of, 103;
meteors associated with, 90;
remnants of, 90, 98

Condensation trail, 50

Congress, U. S., 69

Congressional inquiry, requests for, 227, 277–78, 279

Conspiracy, allegations of, 11, 69–70, 276, 277

Contact stories, pattern of, 199–200

Contactees, 199–205, 277

Control by intelligence, apparent, 42, 60, 61, 80, 104, 110, 259

Copper in meteors, 98

Cosmic rays, power from, 10, 193

Coy, Cindy, 138

Cramp, L. G., 16

Craters, meteor, 100

Crisman, F. L., 21, 22

Cults, flying saucer, 108, 199, 201–2, 275–76

Curaçao, N.W.I., 57, Pl. IIa

D

Dahl, H. A., 21

Danby, Calif., 243

_Day the Earth Stood Still_, UFO pictured in, 133

Defense, national, 147, 237, 271

Deflection, of radar beams, 151;
of starlight, 194

Dero, 18, 19, 22, 25

Discoverer VIII, 277

Disk shape, of meteors, 95, 99, 101;
of UFOs, 7, 13, 140, 280

Disks, flying, 13.
_See also_ UFO

Distance, difficulty of estimating, 14, 41, 54, 81, 105–6, 110, 131,
180, 260–61

Dogfight, balloons engaged in, 47;
Gorman, 77–85;
Guantánamo Bay, 42–44

Draconid meteors, 101

_Dracula’s Daughter_, 282, 283

Ducting conditions, 6

Duluth, Minn., 72

Duplicity, charges of, 283–84, 287

E

Eagle River, Wis., 226

Early Warning System, 139, 158, 166

Earth, doughnut-shaped, 25

Eastern Airlines flights, UFOs reported from, 109–10, 250

Echo machine, radar as, 147–48

Echo satellite, 45

Echoes, radar. _See_ Angels

Einstein, Albert, 18, 191, 195

Electrical appliances, E-M interference with, 173, 184, 186–87;
meteor interference with, 185, 189

Electromagnetic (E-M) effects, NICAP study of, 186–88

Electromagnetic force, 172–75, 188

Electromagnetic phenomena, reports of, 173, 181, 184–87

Ellsworth Air Force Base, 167

England, blue rain in, 234;
invisible UFOs in, 165

Eureka, Utah, 189

Evidence, nature of, 4–6

Extraterrestrial beings, possible communication with, 3, 216–17

Extraterrestrial visitors, alleged signals from, 11, 165;
appearance of, 200, 201;
languages used by, 183, 200, 203;
reported contact with, 183–84, 186, 199–200, 203–4

F

Fallacies about meteors, 96–97

False targets on radar. _See_ Angels

Farmington, N.M., 48–49

_Fate_ magazine, 15, 16, 22

Fear of the unknown, 121–23

Film, UFOs found on, 247–50, Pls. VIIb, VIIIa, VIIIb

Fireball, of Sept. 18, 1954, 92–93;
“Sunshine,” 135

Fireballs, 103–6;
clusters of, 104–7;
conference on, 94;
green, 92–95, 97, 98;
official records of, 88–89, 95–96, 99;
slow, 92, 99, 107–8

Fitzgerald sighting, 279–88

Flower and Cook Observatory, 111

Flying bird cage, 241–42

Flying egg, 175, 181–82, 184

Flying hubcap, 205

Flying saucer, clubs, 275–76;
defined, 2;
first report of, 13.
_See also_ UFO

_Flying Saucers_ magazine, 24–25, 227, 276

Foo balls, 73

Force field, 172, 190, 191, 221

Fort, C., 1, 2, 3, 10, 16, 18, 20

Fort Itaipu, Brazil, 173, 184

Fort Pierce, Fla., 250

Fortenberry, W. H., 256, 258, 259

Fragments of alleged UFOs, 23, 219–20, 230, 231–33, 235–36

France, angel hair reported in, 220–22;
UFO photographed in, 123, Pl. IVb

Fraud, in contact stories, 202

Friction, atmospheric, 194

Friend, R. J., 127

Fry, D. W., 200

G

Gainesville, Fla., 51

Galileo, 191, 192, 276

Geminid meteors, 6, 98, 101

G-field, plane crash attributed to, 154;
propulsion by, 190, 193;
theory of, 190–95

G-field beam, reversed, 154

Ghosts, radar. _See_ Angels

Godman Air Force Base, 33–39

Gorman, G. F., UFO sighting by, 77–80

Gossamer, 220.
_See also_ Angel hair

Goudsmit, S. A., 139

Gravity, force of, 18, 195–96;
law of, 195;
negative, 195;
self-contained, 202;
shield for, 194–95

Green fireballs, 92–95, 97, 98;
Los Alamos conference on, 94

Greenland, phantom targets in, 166

Griffis Air Force Base, 68

Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 42–44

Gulf of Mexico, 5–6, 182

Gulliver, L., 172

H

Hamilton Air Force Base, 46

Hanford, Wash., 135

Harvard College Observatory, 111, 113, 175

Height-finding radar, 153, 156, 162, 163

Herget, P., 67

Hermanas, N.M., 47

_Hidden World_, 25

Hoax, Ilha dos Amores, 206;
Maury Island, 21–23;
Schmidt, 183;
Scoutmaster, 136–37;
Shaver, 17–21

Hoaxes, 198–99, 219;
photographic, 203–7, Pls. VIa, VIb, 213–16;
UFO, 199

Humidity, inversions of, 151, 157–58

Hynek, J. A., 37, 108, 111, 113, 127, 141, 273

I

Ice crystals, radar echoes from, 71, 164;
sundogs from, 244, 247

Ices, vaporizing, 94

Icy cometoid, 90, 98, 101

Ilha dos Amores, 206

Inertia, law of, 194–95

Inference, distinguished from observation, 5–6, 74;
limitations of, 4–5

Insects, radar echoes from, 164–65

Institute of Meteoritics, 93, 102, 175

Intelligence, apparent control of UFOs by, 61, 80, 110, 168, 259

Intercontinental ballistic missiles, meteors as possible, 105;
radar angels as possible, 166

Interplanetary travel, 19, 77–78, 216–17.
_See also_ Spacecraft

Inversions, moisture, 157–58;
temperature, 65, 253–54, 269

Investigations, Congressional, 227, 277–78, 279

Investigators, Air Force, 271–75;
civilian, 275–77

Invisible UFOs, reports of, 145, 152, 155, 165, 193, 202

Ionization, defined, 194;
angel hair produced by, 221;
radio interference by, 92, 178, 185, 187, 189

J

James, R. L., 152, 156

Japan, UFOs reported from, 73–75

Jessup, M. K., 10, 16

Jet planes, UFO reports based on, 50, 51, 52–56, 251

Johannesburg, South Africa, 51

Jupiter, mirages of, 81–85, 141–42;
seen through jet trail, 85–86

K

Kearney, Nebr., 183

Kentucky, UFO over, 58, Pl. IIb

Keyhoe, D. E., 10, 16, 69, 159, 276, 277

Killian case, 52–56

Kinross case, 154

Kites, UFO reports based on, 56–57, Pl. IIa

Korea, UFO reports from, 73–75

Khrushchev, 166, 235

Kuiper, G. P., 230

L

“Landings” of spacecraft, 180, 183–85, 203–4, 239

La Paz, L., 93, 102, 175

Laputa, 172

Las Cruces, N.M., 267

Lemuria, 10, 17, 18, 200

Lens, defects in photographic, 123, 248, Pls. VIIIa, VIIIb;
of air, 63, 83, 255

Leonid meteors, 90, 92

Levelland, Tex., UFOs, 174–76, 179

Liddell, U., 31

_Life_ magazine, 95, 129, 134, 259, 268

Life, possibility of extraterrestrial, 4, 216–17, 269

Light, deflection of, 194;
refraction of, 63–66;
velocity of, 19, 150

Lightning, ball, 176–80, Pl. Vb;
pinched, 177, Pl. Va;
types of, 177

Lights, Lubbock, 123–27;
reflections of, 127;
unfamiliar, 52–56, 240–41, 250–52;
rotating, 73–75

Lincoln, Nebr., 178

“Little Men,” 199, 220

Lock Raven Dam, 180

Logical defect, in UFO beliefs, 143

_Look_ magazine, 134, 210, 259

Lorenzen, C., 181, 235, 236

Los Alamos, N.M., 177;
conference on fireballs, 94

Lubbock lights, 123–27

Luminosity, of birds, 118–27;
of fungi, 119–20;
of meteors, 99–100, 106–7

M

Magnesium, in meteors, 98;
in UFO fragments, 236

Magnetic field, 172, 192

Magnetic force, island propelled by, 172;
UFOs attached by, 49

Magnetic lines of force, plane crash attributed to, 192–93

Magnetism, 18, 172–73, 192, 195–96

Maney, C. A., 260

Manhattan Beach, Calif., 49

Mantell case, 33–39, 192, 247

Mars, as space base, 76;
comfort-loving creatures on, 216;
mirages of, 76, 253;
opposition of, 76;
possibility of intelligent life on, 269;
spaceship orbit from, 77–78

Marysville, Ohio, 222

Maury Island hoax, 21–23

Menger, H., 202

Menzel, D. H., 73, 92, 95, 175, 210, 230, 245, 249, 254

Meteor processions, 107–8

Meteor showers, 90–93, 111, 134;
dates of, 91

Meteor trail, luminous, 88, 92, 96, 100, 107;
photograph of, 99, Pl. IIIa

Meteorites, composition of, 90, 98, 101;
recovery of, 101–3

_Meteoritics_, meteors recorded in, 88–89, 95–96, 99

Meteors, colors of, 97–98;
exploding, 96, 100, 104, 230, 236;
false beliefs about, 96–97;
formations of, 104, 106–7;
luminosity of, 99–100, 106–7;
numbers seen, 111, 134, 135;
odors from, 89;
paths of, 98–99, Pl. IIIa;
radio and TV interference by, 185, 187, 189;
sounds made by, 96, 100–1;
spectra of, 94, 97–98;
structure of, 98, 100–1;
UFO reports based on, 88, 108–13, 185, 239–40;
velocity of, 93, 98, 106

Michel, A., 10, 16

Mirage, of Chicago skyline, 254;
of mountain peaks, 26–27;
on gun-barrel highway, 254–55

Mirages, causes of, 63–66, 255;
of planets, 66–67, 81–85, 141–42, 253;
of stars, 60–62, 161, 170–71, 253–54;
on radar, 151–52

Missiles, UFOs interpreted as, 93–95, 166, 231

Mock sun, 38, 244–47

Moisture, inversions of, 151, 157–58

Monster, New Jersey, 198;
West Virginia, 137–38

Moon, hidden side of, 203;
inhabitants of, 202–3;
planet hidden by, 201;
radar echoes from, 164, 166, 167;
UFO base on, 228;
underground cities on, 228

Moon Bridge, 228–30;
spectrographic analysis of, 230

Moonwatch, 190, 228

Moore, O., 185

Mother ship, 115, 199, 201

Mu, 18

Mummified men, 219

Murray, Ky., 96

Mushrooms, luminous, 119–20;
odor of, 120

Myth, G-field, 193–95

N

Nash, W. B., 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 262, 264

Nash-Fortenberry case, 256–65

National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), 45,
276–78.
_See also_ NICAP

Negative gravity, 195

New Haven, Conn., 231

New Mexico, green fireballs in, 92, 93–95

Newton, Isaac, 18, 191, 194, 195

NICAP, E-M effects studied by, 186–88;
membership of, 277;
pancakes studied by, 226–28;
Ryan case studied by, 69–70

Nike site, UFO reported from, 239

Nininger, H. H., 102, 176

Norfolk, luminous owls of, 118–19

Norton County, Kansas, meteor fall at, 102–3

Norway, 248, Pl. VIIb

O

Odessa, Wash., 62

Office of Scientific Intelligence, 139, 142, 143

Olivier, C. P., 95

Orbit of Martian spaceship, 77–78

Orogrande, N.M., 181

Owls, luminous, 118–19

Ozma, Project, 216–17

P

Pacific ocean, 105–6

Page, T. W., 139, 287

Palmer, R. A., 15–21, 23, 26, 227

Pan American Airlines flights, UFOs reported from, 103, 104–6, 256

Pancakes, extraterrestrial, 226–28

Panel of civilian scientists, 138–43;
report of, 142

Panic, growth of 1952, 133–35;
growth of 1957, 174–76

Paracelsus, 172

Parallel universes, 9

Pelicans, UFO report based on, 130

Perseid meteors, 98, 111, 134

Phantoms, radar. _See_ Angels

Phosphorescent organisms, 119–20

Photographs, UFOs in, 122, 130–32, 205–7, 248;
by gun-camera, 162–63, 168, 170

Photography, trick, 205, 209, 212, 215

Pibal, 40, 46

_Pile d’assiettes_, 26, Pl. Ib

Pilots, UFOs reported by, 70, 92, 103–6, 109–10, 250, 256

Pinched lightning, 177, Pl. Va

Plane crashes attributed to UFOs, 11, 23, 35, 154, 192, 276

Planets, extra-solar, 10, 217;
mirages of, 66–76, 81–85, 141–42, 253

Plank, V. G., 158

Plato, 18

Port Huron, Mich., 160

Presque Isle, Me., 139

Probability, methods of, 187–88

Project Ozma, 216

Project Twinkle, 94

Propulsion, theories of UFO, 190–93

Publications, UFO, 67, 275–76

Puerto Rico fireball, 99, Pl. IIIb

R

Radar, as reporter, 145–47;
experiments in, 152–53, 157–60;
principle of, 147–50;
ring angels on, 165–66

Radar echoes, from ice crystals, 71, 164;
from moon, 164, 167;
interpretation of, 145–47;
possible sources of, 164.
_See also_ Angels

Radarscope, mechanism of, 146

Radar-visual UFOs, 160–63, 167–71

Radio astronomy, 216

Radio noise from space, 217

Radio-TV failures, 181, 184–87

Radio waves, behavior of, 153;
scatter of, 153, 164;
secondary reflection of, 154, 158;
velocity of, 150

Radioactivity, 35, 80, 137, 172, 185

Radiosonde, 39–40, 163

Rain, blue, 234;
silver, 231–34

Rapid City, S.D., 167–70

Red Bluff, Calif., 253

Reflections, multiple, 263, 266;
UFOs from, 242–44, 248, 249–50, Pls. VIIa, VIIb

Refraction, atmospheric, 63–66, 269;
of radar beams, 158–60

Refractive index, 159, 160

Rheims, France, 245

Ring angels, 156, 165–66

Robertson, H. P., 139

Robins Air Force Base, 112

Rocket, reported as UFO, 44–45

Rosalia, Wash., 46

Rotating lights of Japan, 73–75

Ruppelt, E. J., 126, 127, 133, 167

Russia, ball lightning in, 178

Ryan case, 68–70

S

Salina, Kans., 164, Pl. IVc

Salt Lake City, Utah, 245–47

Samford, J. A., 157

Satellites, artificial, 116, 172, 173, 277;
natural, 108

Saturn, visitors from, 183, 186, 200, 203

Saturn-like UFOs, 7, 206, 207, 214

Saucer. _See_ UFO

Saucerdom, myths of, 10–11, 193–95

Scatter of radar beams, 164, 170–71

Schilling Air Force Base, 164, Pl. IVc

Schmidt, R., 183

Science, methods of, 3, 289

Science fiction, 1, 9, 17, 19, 23–25, 200

Scientists, views on UFOs, 139, 142, 143, 215, 269–70, 287

Scoutmaster, UFO reported by, 136

Scully, F., 16

Sea gulls, UFO reports based on, 121–22, 130–32, 213

Searchlights on clouds, 263, 266, 283, 285

_Sebago_, U. S. Coast Guard cutter, 182

Sebree, Ky., 223

Secondary reflection of radar beam, 154, 158

Secrecy, alleged Air Force, 37, 69–70, 154, 157, 283;
alleged government, 202

Security, national, 147, 271, 275, 289

Shapes of UFOs, 7–8, 206–7

Shaver hoax, 17–21, 25

Sheep Rock saucer, 224

Sheffield Lake, Ohio, 279

Siberian meteor of 1908, 100, 101

Silver iodide, 225

Silver rain, 231–34

“Simultaneous” radar-visual UFO sightings, 5–6, 72, 160–63, 167–71,
182

Sirius, mirages of, 61–63

Size, difficulty of estimating UFO, 14, 54, 131, 181, 260

Skyhooks, 31–33

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 57, 99, 175, 273

Sound, associated with meteors, 96, 100–1;
associated with UFOs, 7, 193;
velocity of, 147

Spacecraft, bases for, 228;
“landings” by, 183–85, 203–4, 239;
motive power of, 192–93;
occupants of, 183, 199, 200, 203, 220, 226;
signals from, 11, 165;
theories about, 10–11, 190–95

Spectra of meteors, 94, 97–98

Spiders, angel hair produced by, 220–24

Sputnik II, 116, 173

St. Elmo’s fire, 176

Stack, formations, 49, 257, 265–66;
of coins, 49;
of plates, 26

Stars, hypothetical planets of, 10, 216

Statistical summaries of UFO cases, 274

Stones from heaven, 89, 289

Sundogs, 38, 244–47

Superrefractive conditions, 159

Sutton, W. Va., monster, 137

Sylacauga, Ala., meteorite, 88, 230

T

Tacker, L. J., 235, 236

Taormina, Sicily, 205, Pl. VIa

Taurid meteors, 90, 101, 189

Temperature inversions, displacement of image by, 65;
low-level, 155, 157;
mirages caused by, 82, 157, 170, 253–54, 269;
multiple, 82, 158, 253;
radar angels from, 151, 158–60, 170

Tero, 19, 25

Texarkana, Ark., 166

Tin, in alloys, 234;
in saucer fragments, 232

Tombaugh, 256, 266–70;
UFO reported by, 268

Trans World Airlines flight, UFOs reported from, 70

Travel, interplanetary, 19, 77–78, 216–17;
in time, 11

Tremonton, Utah, movies, 130–32

Trindade Island UFO, 206–16, Pl. VIb

_True_ magazine, 158

Truth, alleged Air Force concealment, 37, 69–70, 107, 154, 157–58,
220, 277, 283

Tumbleweeds, as UFOs, 57

TV set, malfunction of, 185.
_See also_ E-M effects

U

UFO, as misnomer, 271;
defined, 2

UFO reports, Air Force study of, 272–75;
commonest explanations of, 105–6, 275;
witnesses making, 2, 272

UFO Research Committee of Akron, Ohio, 276, 279, 281, 288;
Fitzgerald case studied by, 283–87;
Killian case studied by, 53

UFOs, colors of, 7;
electromagnetic, 172–75;
formations of, 114–16;
fragments of, 88, 230–37;
invisible, 10, 145, 152, 155–57, 165, 193, 194, 202;
motions of, 7;
radar reports of, 5, 152, 155–57;
shapes of, 7–8;
silence of, 193;
sounds made by, 7, 193;
types of, 6–9;
velocity of, 13, 124, 129, 161, 193, 194, 258

Unidentified flying object, 2.
_See also_ UFOs

Unified field theory, 196

United Airlines flights, UFO reported from, 92, 105

Unknowns, 274.
_See_ UFOs

V

Van Tassel, G. W., 201, 202

Vapor lock, 188, 190

Velocity, difficulty of estimating UFO, 14, 41, 131;
of light, 19, 150;
of meteors, 93, 98–100;
of radio waves, 150;
of sound, 147

Venus, magnitude of, 66;
mirages of, 67–75, 181;
visitors from, 203

Visitors, extraterrestrial, 4, 10–11, 183–84, 186, 199–200, 203–4

W

Wallops Island, Va., 44–45

Washington, D.C., “invasion,” 155–57

Washington, Ga., 225

Wave clouds, 26–29

Weather, effects on radar, 150–51, 154, 155, 157–58

Weather balloons, 31–33.
_See also_ Balloons

White, T. D., 237

White Pass, Wash., 28, Pl. Ia

White Sands, N.M., 92, 180

Whitted, J. B., 108.
_See also_ Chiles-Whitted sighting

Wilkins, H. P., 228

Wilkins, H. T., 16

Witnesses, UFO beliefs of, 52, 54, 80, 104, 106, 110, 168, 259, 269

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, UFO sighted from, 70–72

X

Xenochemistry, 231

Transcriber’s Notes

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Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced.

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This book uses endnotes following each chapter. In the original book, the endnote numbers began at “1” for each chapter. In this eBook, those numbers are retained, but are preceded by the chapter number and a hyphen to make them unique.

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The book also has four footnotes that originally were at the bottoms of pages, but have been moved here to follow the paragraphs that reference them. They use simple “abcd” references.

The superscript on page 194 is shown as ^{33} and the subscripts in Figure 8 are shown as _{1} or _{2}.

Three endnotes are unreferenced (XII-14, XIII-2 and XIII-6); several are referenced more than once.

The index was not systematically checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references.