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by Dan Wright


  material evidence, aerial anomalies and the absence of, 36

  matte-white discs spotted over George Air Force Base, 30

  Maxton, North Carolina, triangle hovering over, 84

  McAlester, Oklahoma, lights seen over, 236–237

  McCone, John, 174

  McCormack, John, statement regarding UFOs from, 159–160

  McDivitt, James, Today show appearance by, 240

  McDonald, James E., 186, 200–201

  controversial lecture of, 220

  press attention for, 203

  public statement of, 203–204

  witness interviews conducted by, 202

  McMahon, John, film about cattle mutilations and, 271

  McMinnville, Oregon, sightings at, 20

  McNab, Colonel Robert, 72

  medical examination, possible abduction and, 278

  Mehrabad Air Base, 252

  Melsbroek, Belgium, fireball spotted over, 70

  Memorandum for Record, 58

  Menzel, Donald, IFO sources and, 204

  Mersin, Turkey, unknown object over, 78–79

  metallic disc

  encounter in Kastrup, Denmark, 227

  over Karup Field, Denmark, 46

  metallic silver object seen by L. Gordon Cooper, 24

  metallic sphere, aerial maneuvers of a, 282

  meteor hypothesis, J. Allen Hynek and the, 230

  meteors mistaken as UFOs, 33

  Michigan, sightings in southeast, 195

  military bases, Air Force conspiracy to cover up UFO surveillance of, 263–264

  military threat, UFOs as a, 269

  Millikan, Max, 40

  Minot Air Force Base, aerial intruders at, 193–194

  Minuteman missile site, 210

  Miramar Naval Station, sphere seen over, 93

  misidentification of conventional aircraft, 56

  misidentifications, UFO-related, 161–162

  misidentified natural phenomena, 42

  misinterpretations of known objects, sightings resulting from, 35

  missile silo, 166

  missile site,

  aerial intruders at a, 193

  intrusions of, 269

  Minuteman missile site, 210

  Titan, 165

  missing time, Charles Moody and, 244

  MITI, 298

  Moby Dick spying program, 273

  Moncla, Lieutenant Felix, 69

  Monon Railroad, close encounter on the, 136–138

  Montluçon, France, luminous white disc over, 71

  Moody, Charles, missing time of, 244

  Moore, Alvin, disposition of materials by, 213

  Moore, William, 276–277

  Morocco, sightings over, 29

  Morse code, 103, 110, 112, 120, 309

  Moscow Aviation Institute, 195

  Moscow, Russia, pulsating lights over, 294

  Moscow radio show transcript, FBI interception of a, 34

  Mount Rainier, Washington,

  event, 205

  incident in, 182–183

  Mount Taylor, New Mexico, orange circle near, 73

  MUFON membership, increases in, 276

  MUFON Photographic Cases, 148

  Murmansk, Russia, illuminated ball over, 286

  Muroc Army Air Field, sighting at, 8

  mutual interference, 54

  N

  National Academy of Sciences, 186, 200, 220, 310

  National Aeronautical Association, 58

  National Bureau of Standards, 188

  National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, see NICAP

  National Military Command Center, see NMCC

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, see NOAA

  National Photographic Interpretation Center, see NPIC

  national security,

  Scientific Review Board review of, 62

  sightings and, 53

  UFOs and, 49, 192

  national security agencies, Robertson Panel and, 49–50

  National Security Agency, see NSA

  National Security Council, 4, 33, 57, 170, 240, 308

  NATO scouting balloon over Sofia, Romania, 214

  natural phenomena, 56–57

  misidentified, 42

  UFOs and, 186

  Navy, 18, 22, 32, 45, 51, 52, 56, 68, 83, 105, 107, 155, 162, 224, 236

  Navy Hill, Washington, D.C., 4

  Nazi engineers, flying saucer plans of, 63

  Nazi-founded saucer-building program, 91–92

  Nazis, American victories over the, 25

  Nazis and UFOs, 4–6

  Nederland, Texas, encounter in, 180–181

  Nellis Air Force Base, object spotted at, 165

  Netherlands, sightings in the, 29

  Newhouse, Delbert, footage taken by, 52

  NICAP, 59–60, 130–131

  Air Force allegations from, 150–151

  confidentiality offered by, 107

  US Air Force and pressure from, 102

  NICAP, 59–60, 65, 102, 111, 124, 125, 128, 130, 131, 139, 141, 150, 151, 153, 154, 167, 173, 174, 180, 185, 188, 191, 202, 206, 235, 262, 309

  article outlining the UFO problem, 170

  claim of supersonic airborne jets, 107

  letter-writing campaign, 170

  published document, 169–171

  nighttime sightings, features of, 13–14

  NMCC, 243, 250

  NOAA, UFO sightings and, 243

  nonhuman entities observed in Varginha, Brazil, 303–304

  NORAD, 57

  cylindrical object tracked by, 304

  intruders tracked by, 264

  renaming of, 57

  J. Allen Hynek and confirmed reports from, 209

  tracking of a missile by, 210

  NORAD radars, tracking unknowns with, 209

  North Africa, anomalies in, 37

  North American Air Defense Command, see NORAD

  Norway, V formation spotted over, 77

  Nova Scotia, sighting near, 16–17

  NPIC, 196–198, 202, 310

  NPIC briefings, 198–199

  NSA, 45, 265, 268–269, 270

  files, court battle over UFO–related, 268–269

  government documents obtained by the, 271

  UFO data sent to the, 263–264

  nuclear weapons, 245

  O

  Oak Ridge, Tennessee, shiny silver object sighting near, 21

  object transported to Kirtland Air Force Base, 241

  objects

  flying over Andrews Air Force Base, 30

  flying over Washington National Airport, 30

  oblong luminous object over Djougou, Benin, 69

  OCI, 19, 60, 61

  Odarenko, Todos M., 32, 64–65, 90

  memorandum written to, 62

  memo to Ralph Clark from, 67–68

  Oder, Lt. Colonel, 66

  Office of

  Counter Intelligence, see OCI

  Development and Engineering, 248

  Legislative Counsel, journal entry of the, 141

  Resource Development, 248

  Scientific Intelligence, see OSI

  Scientific Research, 186, 208, 213

  Special Investigations, 16, 34, 44, 245, 246

  Strategic Services, see OSS

  Training and Education, establishment of the, 15

  Offutt Air Force Base, 44

  Ogden, Richard, 140

  Oloron, France, cigar-shaped object over, 46

  ONE Board, 58

  Oneida Air Force Base, 205

  Operation Mainbrace, 45–46

  Operation Moonwatch, 111

  operatives, number of OSS, 3

  optical aberrations, 37

  optical illusions, UFOs dismissed as, 214

  Oracle, Arizona, descending object over, 165–166

  Oran, Algeria,

  disc sighting in, 28

  silver disc over, 55

  spindle shape over, 29
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  circle near Mount Taylor, New Mexico, 73

  luminous object over Port Gentil, Gabon, 27, 39

  object over Tremonton, Utah, 42

  OSI, 31, 33, 39, 40, 41, 48, 61, 66, 76, 87, 96, 98, 102, 104, 105, 124, 127, 128, 130, 131, 134, 307, 309, 311

  discontinuation of UFO investigations by, 60

  evaluation of the Air Force study by, 43

  evidence presented to scientists by, 42

  formation of the, 14

  investigative methodologies by, 42

  letters from Leon Davidson to, 268

  memo from Wilton Lexow to, 149–150

  rapid identification by, 42

  reports received by, 106

  the Soviet press and, 308

  OSI

  meeting at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 43

  response to the UFO problem, 14–15

  statistical summary of UFO reports, 173–174

  OSS, 3

  the Korean Conflict and the, 3

  World War II and the, 3

  OSS operatives, number of, 3

  Oued Taria, Algeria, object spotted over, 29

  outer space, alleged message received from, 87–88

  P

  P&E, 32–33, 62, 66, 67, 87, 88, 89, 90, 97, 149

  Page, Dr. Thornton,

  J. Allen Hynek and, 105–106

  letter issued to, 102

  memo from Philip Strong to, 64

  pale-green light over Sousse, Tunisia, 38

  Palmer, Robert. J., inquiry regarding UFOs from, 160

  Pan De Azucar, Uruguay, encounter in, 135

  Paperclip, covert operation, 5

  paralysis, temporary, after an encounter, 278

  paranormal activity, 235

  parapsychology,

  Cecil B. Scott and, 296

  MITI study of, 298

  patent for a flying disc, 76

  Patrick Air Force Base, 99

  Patuxent Naval Air Station radar tracks, 173–174

  peaceful recognizance, sightings patterns and, 186

  pear-shaped object over Bunker Hill Air Force Base, 145

  Pearl Harbor, 2

  Pease Air Force Base, 178

  Pentagon, investigative problems and the, 134

  People's Republic of China, study of UFOs by the, 285

  Pepperrell, Newfoundland, report from, 89–90

  Perseids meteor shower, 26

  Peterson, Val, 61

  Pforzheimer, Walter, communication with, 75

  photographers, written guidance for UFO, 147–149

  photographic prints of aerial vehicles, 96

  photographs

  from Gemini 4, 140–142

  of an unknown, Air Force possession of, 111

  of unknown objects, 133

  of UFOs in Brazil, 64

  physical evidence in UFO sightings, 123

  Physics and Electronics Division, see P&E

  pillow balloon, 51

  pilots, requirements for sighting reports by, 236

  Plaistow, New Hampshire, glowing disc over, 294

  planet-wide grid, UFOs powered by a, 213

  plasma phenomena as a reason for UFO sightings, 208

  plate-shaped object sighting in Boukanefis, Algeria, 28

  Platteville, Illinois, encounter in, 223

  polygraph exams, CIA employees and, 7

  Popowitch, George, 139

  Port Gentil, Gabon, orange luminous object over, 27, 39

  Port Huron, Michigan, 48

  Portage County, Ohio, incident in, 192

  Portalegre, Portugal, anomalous light over, 117

  Practica di Mare military air base, 82

  Presque Isle weather station, 42

  Prince Christian Sound, Greenland, lens-shaped object over, 85

  procedures for identifying unknown aerial objects, 33

  Project Blue Book, 11, 307

  dissolving of, 310

  sighting at Holloman Air Force Base and, 10

  transfer of, 57

  Project Blue Book

  accumulated date on UFO reports, 113–114

  and Captain Edward Ruppelt, 19

  and new reports, 67

  and radar-visual sightings, 144

  and the Condon group, 187

  and the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base incident, 30

  and the Fort Bliss sighting, 15

  and the George Air Force Base incident, 30

  and the Ladd Air Force Base sighting, 23

  and the San Antonio, Texas, sighting, 30

  investigations, fallacies of, 187

  quarterly statistical reports by the ATIC, 68

  review, 42

  staff, 106

  transfer to the ADC, 67

  Project Blue Book's ruling of the incident at Glen Burnie, Maryland, 43

  Project Grudge, 11, 50, 199, 307

  sighting reports to, 16

  Project Grudge and Oak Ridge, Tennessee, sighting, 21

  Project Lothar, 5

  Project Magnet, 21

  Project Pounce, 51

  Project Saucer, 35

  Project Sign, 13

  declaration of, 11

  disbanding of, 306–307

  Project STORK, 68

  Project Twinkle, establishment of, 13

  Project “Y,” 91, 92

  psychiatric evaluations of UFO witnesses, 187

  psychic research and UFO research comparisons, 236

  psychological

  explanations for UFO sightings, 56

  factors contributing to sightings, 36

  psychological warfare, 35

  UFOs and accusations of, 160–161

  psychological warfare

  accusations and Lawrence Tacker, 161

  and Soviet government policy, 36

  public interest in UFOs, the Condon Report and, 228

  published saucer reports, validity of, 83

  Pueblo, Colorado, white light sighting in, 207

  pulsating lights over Moscow, Russia, 294

  Pyne, Joe, interview with Frank Stranges, 189–190

  Q

  Queensland, Australia, disc-shaped aerial vehicle seen in, 223

  Quincy, Illinois, object spotted in, 225

  Quintanilla, Hector, 187

  R

  radar

  jamming, explanations for, 108

  problems, 54

  stations used for UFO research, 290

  radar-visual sightings, Project Blue Book and, 144

  radio recording, ham, 87–88

  radio signals, unexplained, 41

  radio teletype of the UFO crash in Spitsbergen, Norway, 32

  RAF

  Lakenheath, 101, 229, 230–231

  Little Rissington, 47

  Manston, 115

  Patrington, 256

  Topcliffe, 45

  Waddington, 256

  Randolph Air Force Base, 44

  rapid identification by OSI, 42

  Ratchford, Dr. J. Thomas, 196–197

  correspondence with Dr. Robert Low, 208

  Reber, James, 39

  recording sent to Leon Davidson, 103–104

  rectangular

  flight path, flat disc sighting in a, 21

  object over Lynchburg, Virginia, 135

  red light over Williams Lake, British Colombia, 289

  red object, sightings of a, 20

  red object over Andujar, Spain, 39

  red undefined object over Walcha, New South Wales, 278

  red-orange

  light over Sylvania, Alabama, 302

  patch of sky in Eckmühl, Algeria, 28

  Redondo Beach, California, glowing saucer over, 100

  Rees, Colonel Doyle, 15–16

  reference point, absence of a, 36

  reflections, 56

  refractions, 56

  remote viewing, 235

  responsibility for UFO events, 105

  Riedel, Dr. Walter, 58

 
Robertson, Howard P., 41–42, 48, 105, 307

  Robertson Panel,

  declaration of the, 308

  declassified statement of the, 113

  formation of the, 48

  Great Falls, Montana, footage and the, 53

  sponsoring of the, 104

  withheld information by the, 161

  Robertson Panel

  and national security agencies, 49–50

  conclusions, permission for release of, 109–110

  members, Philip Strong and contact with former, 109

  Robertson Panel Report, 49, 70, 88

  aftermath of the, 72

  Air Force denials regarding the, 132–133

  Captain Edward Ruppelt and the, 309

  Colonel Gerald Jorgensen and the, 183

  declassification of, 126, 183–184

  evidence presented in the, 50–53

  permission to release the, 102

  release of declassified portion of, 127–128

  Sara Hunt and the, 182

  rocket, deflection of American Juno 2, 143

  rocket-shaped object

  near Tangiers, Algeria, 37

  over Barcelona, Spain, 37

  Rockford, Illinois, UFO spotted over, 93

  Rogers, William, nuclear war agreement and, 232

  Roosevelt, Franklin, 1

  Roseville, Michigan, silver oval sighting in, 29

  Roswell, New Mexico,

  before and after, 6–9

  crash, 26

  incident in, 282

  saucer crash, 306

  Roush, Edward, Today show appearance by, 240

  Royal Canadian Air Force and the Kinross incident, 69–70

  Royal New Zealand Air Force, 261

  Ruppelt, Captain Edward, 19, 46, 65, 89, 126, 213, 309

  Robertson Panel Report and, 309

  Russian air attacks, UFOs and, 263

  Russian development, unknowns explained as, 42

  Russian newspapers,

  decline in circulation for, 298

  reports of UFOs recorded in, 293

  S

  Sabena Airlines, fireball spotted by a pilot of, 70

  SAC radars, tracking unknowns with, 209

  SAFOI, 128, 130

  request for the Robertson Report by, 182–184

  Robertson Panel Report and the, 127

  Sagan, Carl, 183

  saucer theories of, 199–200

  Sainte Barbe du Tlelat, sighting in, 28

  Salisbury, Rhodesia, unidentified objects over, 80

  Samford, General John A., 35, 37

  San Antonio, Texas, tubular object sighting over, 30

  Sandia Corporation sighting, 23

  Sandia National Laboratory, 12

  Santa Barbara Channel, enormous flying wing over, 74

  Sasovo, Russia, tragedy, 291–292

  saucer societies, 35

  saucer technology, duplication of, 170–171

  saucer-shaped prototype aerial vehicle, creation of a, 299

  Scandinavian ghost rocket phenomena, 7

  Scherer, Gordon H., 64

  Allen Dulles and, 91

  Schulgren, General George, 6–7

 

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