by Dan Wright
DCI, 33, 40, 91, 112, 128, 129, 132, 141, 197, 309
DDI, message from W&E to the, 31
DDS&T, 173, 247, 248
UFO research program and the, 254
debunking efforts
by the Robertson Panel, 49–50
for the public, 56
declassified statement of the Robertson Panel, 113
Defense Department
activities regarding UFOs, 66
response to UFOs, 131
warning to airline pilots, 83
Defense Intelligence Agency, 269
Defense Science Advisory Board, 113
Defense Support System satellite, 252
Denmark, sightings over, 62–63
Department of Defense, see DoD
depression after abduction, 239
Deputy Director of Science and Technology, see DDS&T
descending object over Oracle, Arizona, 165–166
Dexter, Michigan,
fallen object in, 190
incident, 206
Dieppe, France,
anomaly over, 70
loud crash in, 75–76
Director of Central Intelligence, see DCI
Directorate of Science & Technology, 14
disc sighting in Oran, Algeria, 28
disc-shaped,
aerial vehicle(s), 92, 100, 223
light, 227
object(s), 80, 94, 95, 137, 141, 165, 302
discs over Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, 44
disqualification of single-witness accounts, 33–34
Djougou, Benin, oblong luminous object over, 69
DoD, 113, 154, 181, 252, 311
demands of the, 18
DoD and the CIA Executive Office, 7
Domestic Collection Division, 258
Donovan, William, 1–2, 14
Drain, Richard, 60
Drama, Greece, anomaly over, 68
Dulles, Allen,
Gordon Scherer and, 91
Herbert Scoville and, 93
Leon Davidson correspondence with, 103
Durant, Fred, 58, 60
Durant, Robert, 296
Durant Report, 49, 50, 55, 56–57, 59–60
E
Earman, J. S., 126–133, 139–140
earnestness of a witness, aerial anomalies and, 36
East Palestine, Ohio, aerial object in, 192–193
eastern seaboard electrical blackout, 179
Eckmühl, Algeria, red-orange patch of sky in, 28
Edwards Air Force Base, silent flying disc over, 115
egg-shaped object
over Admiralty, Antarctica, 162–163
over Levelland, Texas, 117–118
Eglin Air Force Base, cylindrical object sighting at, 12
electrical blackout, eastern seaboard, 179
electrical outages and UFO incidents, 206
electrodynamic field, UFOs powered by an, 213
electromagnetic effects, 170, 204
electronic aberrations, 37
Elisabethville District, fiery discs over the mines in, 27
Elmendorf Air Force Base, 278
Elmwood, Wisconsin, object encounter in, 250
encounters, high-altitude, 168
Enoshima Miana Beach, Japan, unknown spotted at, 117
entities observed in Varginha, Brazil, nonhuman, 303–304
entity encounter in Gaspesie, Quebec, 251
Escambia Bay Bridge, triangle-shaped aerial object, 288
ESP (extrasensory perception), 108, 186, 222, 235, 293
espionage, the United States and high-tech, 273
Espionage Act, 236
Estonian airliner incident, 272
ET hypothesis of UFO reports, 113
ET theory of UFOs, 186
Eta Aquarids meteor shower, 26
Europe,
aerial phenomena in, 35–36
anomalies in, 37
IFDARB reported sightings over, 77
Everglades, Florida, incident in, 176
Exeter, New Hampshire,
anomalous object and incident in, 177–178
incident in, 182–183, 206
experimental flying saucers, Georg Klein and, 76
experiments, Nazi saucer, 5
extraterrestrial
artifacts, 52–53
beings, 271
communications, 104
contactees, 107
control, 204
hypothesis, 200, 226
origins, 52–53, 57, 159, 169, 230, 310
phenomena, 308
presence, 150
research, 291
spacecraft, 271
sphere, 281
visitors, 34
eye strain, sightings and, 36
eyewitness accounts, security restrictions on content of, 125–126
F
FAA, 136, 171, 211, 275, 276
Fact Sheet Air Force UFO Report, 152
Falconbridge RCAF base, 265
Falkville, Alabama, creature encounter in, 237–238
fallen object in Dexter, Michigan, 190
Farmington, New Mexico, sightings at, 19
Farnborough, England, flat disc sighting at, 20
fatigue, sightings and, 36
FBI
interception of a Moscow radio show transcript, 34
role in UFO matters, 8–9
threatening of George Adamski, 140
FCDA, 61–62
Federal Aviation Agency, see FAA
Federal Civil Defense Administration, see FCDA
Federal Communications Commission and unexplained radio signals, 41
fiery
discs over the mines in Elisabethville District, 27
object seen over Arras, France, 70
red sphere over Fort Beaufort, South Africa, 233–234
fireball
phenomena, Project Sign and, 13
spotted by Sabena Airlines pilot, 70
fireball-observation installations, Project Twinkle and, 13
flame-colored discs over Yuma, Arizona, 29
flat disc sighting at Farnborough, England, 21
flat-bottomed saucer, sightings of a, 20
flying disc patent, 76
“Flying Discs” memorandum, 6–7
flying formations of UFOs, 217
flying saucer
plans of Nazi engineers, 63
reports to J. Edgar Hoover, 13
flying saucer, origin of the term, 6
flying wing over Santa Barbara Channel, 74
Ford, Gerald, 180, 189
UFO-related hearings and, 191
foreign attack, USAF's concern regarding a, 150
foreign CIA reports about UFOs, 16
Foreign Documents or Radio Broadcasts, 4
Foreign Technology Division, 184, 197
formation of discs over Gaillac, France, 47
Fort, Charles, 50
Fort Beaufort, South Africa, fiery red sphere over, 233–234
Fort Bliss, Texas, sighting, 15
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, circular object above, 136
Fort Dix, New Jersey, oval object hovering over, 260
Fort Itaipu, Brazil, unknown over, 118–119
Fortean Society, 55
fourth dimension, Wayne Sulo Aho and travel to the, 108
Freedom of Information Act, 259, 270, 310
French Air Force, admittance of flying saucers and the, 76
French Equatorial Africa close encounter, 63
French response to the UFO problem, 216
Frost, John, 92
Fuller, John, G., 178, 182, 185, 217
Fund for UFO Research, 271
G
Gaillac, France, formation of discs over, 47
Galesburg-Moline, Illinois, domed disc seen over, 210
Gaspesie, Quebec, entity encounter in, 251
Gemini 4 photos, 240
geographic locations of unexplained sightings, 53
geophysics, study of UFOs a
nd, 121
George Air Force Base,
discs in a V formation over, 43–44
matte-white discs spotted over, 30
German flying saucer plans, Soviet theft of, 63
Germany, glowing discs over, 79
Gersten, Peter, 269
Gesell, Gerhard, UFO-related documents and, 269–270
ghost rocket anomaly, sightings of a, 6
Giller, Edward, 196–197
Glen Burnie, Maryland, silver disc over, 43
glowing discs over Germany, 79
glowing saucer over Redondo Beach, California, 100
Goldwater, Barry, 162
Goleta, California, airborne light near, 260
Goodman Air Force Base, 9
Gormanston Saddle, Tasmania, incident in, 265–266
Goudsmit, Dr. Samuel A., 61, 102, 105, 113
correspondence with Philip Strong, 120, 129–131
Graham, H. U., 41
gray metallic object sighting near Ladd Air Force Base, 23
gray object over Dakar, Senegal, 81–82
gray-white saucers in Beverly, Massachusetts, 193
Great Falls, Montana, footage from, 52–53
green
ball over Tananarive, Madagascar, 84–85
fireballs, sightings of, 12
object over Larson Air Force Base, 72
Griffin, Bulkley, appeal of, 156–157
Griffiss Air Force Base, tragedy at, 84
Grogan, Colonel Stanley, 123
Gromyko, Andrei, nuclear war agreement and, 232
Ground Saucer Watch, 259
Groveton, Missouri, yellow-green light over, 219
H
Haines,
Dr. Richard F., photograph review by, 279–280
Gerald, paper written by, 306
Hall, Richard, 151–152, 169, 173, 174, 185, 220
Hallein, Austria, unknown over, 79
hallucinations,
sightings resulting from, 35
UFO reports and, 306, 312
UFOs and, 186
UFO sightings, 56
Halstead, Frank, 205
ham radio flap, the 87–95
ham radio transmission and Leon Davidson, 104
Hamilton Air Force Base, flying disc at, 20
Hammaguir military base, 209
Hardin, Charles A., 66–67
hardware aspects of flying craft and ASD, 106
Hartman, William K., 20, 201
Hassleholm, Sweden, saucer seen over, 71
Heard, A. P., 217
Hebei province, unknown object detected on radars in, 305
Helsinki, Finland,
aerial unknown over, 79
circular object spotted over, 82
Hialeah, Florida, driver disappearance in, 264
Hickam Field, unresolved sighting at, 12
high-altitude
balloons mistaken for flying objects, 215
encounters, 168
high-tech espionage, the United States and, 273
high-velocity flying saucer, test models of a, 298
Hill, Barney, 163
Hill, Betty, 163
Hill, Betty and Barney, 206
detailed account of, 185
Hillenkoetter, R. H., 107, 111, 150–152, 160, 162, 167, 175
and Donald Keyhoe, 128–129, 130–131, 141
Hillsdale College, 190, 206
Hiroshima, Japan, triangular airborne object over, 176–177
Hoagland, Hudson, 221, 236
hoaxes,
percentage of cases dismissed as, 34–35
resolution of UFO, 33–34
sightings resulting from, 35
UFO reports and, 306
UFOs and, 186
UFO sightings and, 56
Hobbs, New Mexico, incident in, 172
Holloman Air Force Base,
sightings at the, 10
Skyhook balloon sightings at, 19
Homs, Syria, luminous aerial objects over, 63
Hoover, J. Edgar, 7
flying saucer reports to, 13
termination of cooperation of UFO matters by, 8–9
hostile aircraft, 122
House of Lords debate, 264
Houston, Lawrence, letter from, 160–161
hovering
object in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, 234
vehicle over Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 277
Hudson Valley, the, 271–275
human-created discs, speculation regarding, 298
Hunt, Sara, Robertson Report and, 182
Hynek, Dr. J. Allen, 42, 105, 120, 144, 153, 157, 200, 204, 206, 220, 230, 259
claims made by, 253–254
critical mass and, 191–192
essay by, 207–208
meteor hypothesis and, 230
speech of, 209
Thornton Page and, 105–106
hypothesis of UFO reports, 113
hysteria, sightings resulting from, 35
hysteria and UFO sightings, 56
I
IFDARB reported sightings over Europe, 77
illuminated ball over Murmansk, Russia, 286
India, UFO seen over, 85
Indian Point nuclear power plant, boomerang shape over, 275
Information from Foreign Documents or Radio Broadcasts, see IFDRB
Information Reports, 17, 25, 38, 90, 96, 99, 103, 106, 133, 134, 142, 155, 156, 203, 216, 217, 233, 255
instrument errors mistaken for UFOS, 36
instrumentation to obtain data, 54
Intelligence Advisory Committee, 41, 56, 60, 61, 108, 240
meeting of the, 40
interplanetary travelers, 42
investigating groups, unofficial, 54–55
investigative methodologies by OSI, 42
ionization, 57
Iranian Air Force, UFO encounter and the, 251–252
Itatiaia, Brazil, row of lights near, 227
J
JANAP, 83, 224, 236
Japanese, American victories over the, 25
Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry, see MITI
Jessup, Morris K., 107
jet streams mistaken for UFOs, 36
jet-powered flying saucer, British-Canadian, 106
Johnson, Clarence “Kelly,” 74
Johnson, Lyndon B., UFO matters and, 154
Johnston, Colonel Harry, 67
Joint Army/Navy/Air Force Publication, see JANAP
Joint Publications Research Service Report, see JPRS
Jorgensen, Colonel Gerald, Robertson Report and, 183
JPRS
reports 279, 280, 281, 284, 285–286, 291, 293, 294, 296–297, 299
Jung, Carl, claims against the Air Force, 131
K
Kaplan, Dr. Joseph, Project Sign and, 13
Karup Air Field, Denmark,
aerial object sighting over, 63
metallic disc over, 46
Kastrup, Denmark, metallic disc encounter in, 227
Kecksberg Incident, 179
Keel, John, 264
Keesler Air Force Base, 30
Kennedy administration and hearings on UFOs, 159
Keyhoe, Donald, 64–65, 107, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 130, 140, 142, 154, 159, 170, 171, 174, 180, 200
allegations against the Air Force from, 171
allegations made by, 125
and Roscoe Hillenkoetter, 141
founding of NICAP by, 64–66
response from Frank Chapin to, 132
silencing UFO witnesses and, 139
unanswered UFO questions and, 235–236
Kingman, Arizona, unknown object in the vicinity of, 73–74
Kinross Air Force Base incident, 69–72
Kirsch, Fred, letter from Frank Chapin to, 140
Kirtland Air Force Base,
green fireball sightings at, 12
object transported to, 241
UFO crash and the, 241
Klass, Phil
ip, 277
article released by, 276
claims made by, 220
dismissed UFO reports by, 200
Lakenheath radar and, 230
Klein, Georg, 5
work on experimental flying saucers by, 76
Knowles, Herbert B., 107
Knox, Frank, 1
Korean Conflict, the OSS and the, 3
Korean demilitarized zone, objects tracked near the, 224
Korean War, CIA employees during the, 18
L
Ladakh, India, various sightings over, 216
Ladd Air Force Base, gray metallic object near, 23
Lake St. Clair, Michigan, photos of a UFO at, 197–198
Lake Superior, Michigan, UFO over, 69
Lakenheath Air Force Base, 101, 229, 230, 231
Lamoriciere, Algeria, meteor spotted in, 28
Langras, France, airborne red ball over, 70
LaPaz, Dr. Lincoln, 12
Larson Air Force Base, green object over, 72
Leningrad, Russia, bright lights over, 133
lens-shaped object over Prince Christian Sound, Greenland, 85
lenticular cloud, misidentification of a, 74
Leominster, Massachusetts, encounter in, 210
letter-writing campaign, NICAP, 170
Levelland, Texas, egg-shaped object over, 117–118
Lexow, Wilton E., 91–92, 97, 127, 130, 131–132
memo to OSI from, 149–150
light aberrations, 56
Limestone, weather station, 42
Lodi, Algeria, yellow object sighting in, 28
long-range aircraft, 67
Lorenzen, Coral, 58
letter to John Warner, 155
Lorenzen, Jim, 58
Loring Air Force Base,
lights seen at, 244–245
penetration of unidentified helicopters at, 243
Los Alamos National Laboratory, 12
Low, Dr. Robert, correspondence with Dr. J. Thomas Ratchford, 208
Lowe, Bruce, 240
Lubbock Lights, 23, 207
Lubbock, Texas, sighting at, 23
Ludwig, Edward, statement by, 16
luminous white disc over Montluçon, France, 71
Lundahl, Arthur C., 197
Lynchburg, Virginia, rectangular object over, 135
M
Maccabee, Dr. Bruce, 280
MacDonald, General George, 8–9
Mackey, Walter, 184
Majestic 12, creating of, 277
Malmstrom Air Force Base, unknown at, 136
Maney, James, questions for Allen Dulles from, 141–142
Manhattan Project, 239
Mantell, Captain Thomas, 9, 37
death of, 205
pursuit made by, 215
Mantell incident, 9–11
Skyhook balloon during the, 36
Manzano Laboratory, UFO crash and the, 241
Manzano Laboratory security breach, 239
Marrakesh, sightings over, 38
Marshall County, Minnesota, incident in, 266
mass hysteria,
causes for, 53
reducing, 40
UFO reports and, 306
Matanzas City, Cuba, comet-like light seen over, 301
