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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 March 3, 1952--Dr. Walter Riedel, former German Rocket Scientist at Peenemunde: 'I'm convinced saucers have an out-of- world basis." (Life; April 7, 1952.) March 10, 1952--Oakland, Calif. Inspector of Engineering Metals watched two dark, wing (or hemisphere) shaped objects pass overhead, one swaying back and forth like pendulum. [VI] March 29, 1952--Nr. Misawa, Japan. Small shiny disc made pass at an F-84, observed by second Air Force pilot. [1] March 29, 1952--Butler, Missouri. Chairman of Industrial Commission of Missouri saw cylinder-shaped, silver UFO. [VII] April 7, 1952--Life article. "Have We Visitors From Space?" (cleared by Air Force Commanding General.) strongly suggested UFOs are interplanetary. April 8, 1952--Nr. Big Pines, Calif. Disc-like UFO observed by TV network engineer. [VI] April 17, 1952--Nellis AFB, Nevada. Large group of circular UFOs. [IIT] April 23, 1952--Watertown, Mass, Engineer saw high-speed maneuvering UFO. [VI] May 7, 1952--Barra da Tijuca, Brazil. Photographs of alleged UFO. [VIII] May 8, 1952--Atlantic Ocean off Jacksonville, Fla. Pan- American Airways pilot and copilot saw light, 10 times the size of a landing light, come head-on, streak past left wing. [V] May 8, 1952--Pyroject Blue Book Chief and two Colonels briefed Air Force Secretary Finletter on UFOs for one hour. (Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, Ruppelt, p. 185.) May 13, 1952--National City, Calif. Convair design engineers, ex-Navy pilot, and amateur astronomer observed luminescent white circular object descend rapidly, circle area. [I] June, 1952--Tombstone, Ariz. Navy pilot watched a disc hover, speed away. [IV] June 1952--Air Force reported to be taking the UFO problem seriously partly because a lot of good UFO reports were coming in from Korea. Pilots were seeing silver spheres or disks, and radar in Japan, Okinawa, and Korea had tracked unidentified tar- gets. (Report on Undientified Flying Objects, Ruppelt, p. 192.) June 1, 1952--Los Angeles, Calif. Crew of Hughes Aircraft Co., radar test section tracked unidentified target at 11,000 ft.; UFO suddenly tripled its speed. [VIII] June 9, 1952--Time article by Dr. Donald H. Menzel, "Those Flying Saucers," "Light reflections" given as explanation. June 13, 1952--Le Bourget, France (airport). Control tower operators and pilot watched brilliant light source cross sky SW of field after hovering for about an hour. [X] June 18, 1952--California. UFO paced B-25 for 30 minutes. (Ul, 11] June 19, 1952--Goose Bay, Labrador. Radar-visual sighting of reddish object. [VIII] July 1952 “Flap” [See Section XII for more detailed chronology] Summer 1952--MacDill AFB, Florida. USAF Colonel, B-29 pilot investigated radar target, saw glowing ellipse which reversed direction and sped away. [III] July 1, 1952--Boston, Mass. Two silvery cigar-shaped objects reported moving SW. [XII] July 1, 1952--Fort Monmouth, N. J. Radar-visual sighting of two UFOs; objects hovered, sped away SW. [VIII] July 2, 1952--Tremonton, Utah. Navy Warrant Officer D.C. Newhouse photographed group of 12 to 14 objects maneuvering in formation at high speed. [VIII] July 10, 1952--Nr. Korea. Crew of Canadian destroyer ‘‘Cru- sader’’, saw and tracked on radar two shiny discs. [VIII, X]} July 12, 1952--Chicago, lll. Air Force weather officer, many others at Montrose Beach saw large red object with small white lights on side reverse course directly overhead. [III] July 13, 1952--Nr. Washington, D. C. National Airlines pilot radioed CAA that he was being approached by a blue-white light. Object came to within 2 miles, hovered at same altitude. Pilot switched on all lights; UFO took off, upwards. [V] July 14, 1952--Newport News, Virginia. Pan-American Airways pilots watched formation of 6 discs make sharp turn below airliner joined by 2 more discs. [V] July 16, 1952--Hampton, Va. Aeronautical research engineer watched rendezvous of four amber colored objects. [VI] July 16, 1952--Salem, Mass. SeamanatCoastGuard Air Station photographed four brilliant white lights. [VIII] July 18, 1952--Nr. Denver, Colo. American Airlines pilot watched unidentified lights speed back and forth. [V] July 18, 1952--Patrick AFB, Florida. Two officers, weather- men, several others saw four amber-colored lights circling near the field. [III] July 19, 1952--Porto Maldo, Peru. Photograph of oval UFO taken by customs official. [VIII] July 19/20, 1952--Washington, D. C., CAA radar sightings; visual confirmation by airline pilots. [XII] July 23, 1952--Braintree, Mass. Bluish-green UFO circling at high speed observed by radar, ground observers, F-94 pilot. VI guy 23, 1952--Culver City, Calif. Aircraft-plant employees reported a silvery elliptical UFO accompanied by two small discs. [II] July 24, 1952--Nr. Carson Sink, Nevada. Two Air Force colonels in B-25 saw formation of three delta wing silver objects traveling at estimated speed of over 1000 mph. [III] July 26, 1952--California. Radar-visual sighting. Jet chased large, yellow-orange light. [VHI] July 26/27, 1952--Washington, D.C. Radarand visual sightings. x say 27, 1952--Ann Arbor, Mich. Biologist reported ‘‘flotilla’’ of rocket-like UFOs. [VI] July 27, 1952--Manhattan Beach, Calif. Aeronautical engineer, others, observed group of UFOs changing position in formation. VI Day 28, 1952--Wisconsin-Minnesota. Ground Control Intercept radar, Air Force pilot, plane spotter of G.O.C., tracked several UFOs. [VIII] July 29,1952--Air Force press conference in Washington, D.C., headed by Major General John A. Samford, UFOs explained away as weather phenomena. (Transcript on file at NICAP.) July 29, 1952--Miami, Florida. Movies taken of high-speed UFO; film submitted to Air Force, never released. [VIII] August 1, 1952--Nr. Yaak, Montana. Air Defense Command radar tracked UFO; sighted visually a dark, cigar-shaped object. Vil August 1, 1952--Sharonville, Ohio. Brilliant white disc ob- served at low altitude. Others reported oval object. [XII] August 1, 1952--Albuquerque, N. M. Scripps-Howard Staff Writer watched UFOs change position in formation. [VII] August 3, 1952--Hamilton AFB, California. Pilots on ground, radar, plane spotters tracked two silvery discs ‘‘dogfighting’’. (III, VIII] August 5, 1952--Haneda AFB, Japan. Circular UFO tracked on radar, chased by jets. [III, VIII] August 5, 1952--Baltimore, Md. Experienced amateur astron- omer observed two copper-like discs. [VI] August 6/7, 1952--Kerkrade, Holland. Marine engineer and designer saw two disc-shaped objects with superstructures. [X] August 13, 1952--Tucson, Ariz. Air Force officer reported formation of bright UFOs. [III] August 13, 1952--Dallas, Texas. Airlines Chief Pilot chased maneuvering light. [V] August 20, 1952--Congaree AFB, S.C. Air Defense Command radar tracked UFO at 4,000 mph. [VIII] August 22, 1952--Elgin, Illinois. USAF jets, guided by Ground Observer Corps, chased a pulsating yellowish light. [VII] August 24, 1952--Nr. Hermanas, New Mexico. Air Force Colonel piloting F-84 saw two round silvery objects; one climbed straight up 2,000-3,000 feet. [III] August 28, 1952--Le Roy, N. Y. Disc circled airliner ver- tically. [II] August 28, 1952--Atlanta, Ga. Police watched maneuvering UFO. [VII] August 29, 1952--Villacoublay, France. Unidentified bright blue light observed through theodolite; once appeared as luminous white bar edged with black. [X] Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : @IA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0