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Date & Location Time 8-23-56 New Orleans, La. 8:35 p.m. 11-5-57 Haverhill, Mass. 4:30 p.m. (1) disc Number and Description (1) orange light source, green flashes Maneuvers Observer Rating Steady course, sudden reversal, B violent zig-zagging... Hovered, vibrated up & down, side A to side [Section VII.] I 1-10-58 New Orleans, La. 8:20 p.m. 4-11-58 S. Africa night (1) orange light source (1) white light source, Zig-zagged across lake at high speed. Moved back & forth in steady 30° bright red when hovering arc, occasionally hovered. (cf., 4-14-58 Hot Springs, Ark 1:00 p.m. into parts 4:00 to 6:30 a.m. 1 large 4-16-58 Lincoln, Nebraska 6-4-58 8-3-58 Sarasota, Florida 8:50 p.m. (1) white oval Ontario, Canada 1:15 a.m. (1) silver cigar, divided (9) round light sources, (1) star-like light source 71-52; Wash., D.C.) Hovered 2 minutes, split into 2 parts which moved jerkily in oppo- site directions at high speed came back together several times, then 3 parts... Moved back & forth, up & down, as group moved E to W High speed zig-zag path, S toN High speed W to E, zig-zagged several directions, then con- tinued E. naa tttttttt nt 8:15 to 12:00 p.m. 9:35 p.m. 8-9-58 Detroit, Mich (1) light source 5-17-59 New Orleans, La. 8-10-59 Wayne, Penna. 7:30 p.m. 12:30 to 1:45 a.m. 11:45 p.m. 11-8-59 Ellensburg, Wash. 8-13-60 Red Bluff, Calif. (1) oblate, blue-white (1) disc with dome (1) oval, pulsating, (2) red elliptical, emit- ting red beam bobbed and circled erratically, sometimes at high speed Zig-zagged across sky, NtoS High speed with "quick & jerky" motions, generally moved in one direction Hovered, floated few lengths (repeatedly)...sharp turns Hovered, sharp reversal of direc- vin} erratic maneuvers [Section vil. nr ST 1-10-61 Benjamin, Texas night (1) light source 2-28-61 Nr Lakeville, Mass. 3:20 a.m. smoke 7-1-61 Sacramento, Calif. night pulsating 7-24-61 Ilha Grande, night Brazil ject 10:30-11:00 p.m, 7-17-62 Dorchester, Mass. (1) yellow, elongated, dark red edge, black (1) star-like light source, (1) brightly luminous ob- (1) yellow ellipse Zig-zag flight, appeared to land (observed from airplane) {Sec- tion V.] "Rolled back & forth'' bobbed around, while moving in one general direction Spun, zig-zagged & stopped, moved back and forth 't,,.made angular turns. ..moved up & down, back & forth, in all directions. ."" [Section X.] Dropped, hovered, moved, hovered, Cc rose... cattle Zigzagging UFOs Another pattern is of UFOs zigzagging across the sky, us- ually in constant motion rather than hovering in one general area. Twelve cases (30 per cent). Maneuvering UFOs Most of the remaining cases involve motions which can only be described as ‘‘maneuvering.’’ These include UFOs which circled, darted here and there, climbed, dove, and reversed course. D. Concentrations with Time The word ‘‘flap’’ has been applied to one feature of UFO activity: periodical surges of sightings with attendant publicity. “Flap” originally was a military slang word indicating a high degree of excitement and confusion, such as might result from the unannounced visit of a V.I.P. to a military base. Its adap- tation to similar reactions related to UFO sightings is very appropriate. The UFO ‘‘flaps’’ have involved elements of sudden news media attention to UFO sightings concentrated in a short period of time, or relatively small geographical area; resurgence of public interest in UFOs (frequently introducing larger numbers of erroneous reports from inexperienced observers); confusion about the interpretation of these events. Analytically, it is not clear whether so-called ‘‘flaps’’ result from and feed on pub- licity, or vice versa. Does the occurrence of a ‘flap’ really indicate a sudden increase in UFO sightings? Or does it merely represent occasional attention to something which is going on virtually all the time? Sometimes there have been concentrations of sightings which were widely publicized. At other times there have been con- centrations which received little or no publicity (these shall be termed ‘‘concentrations’’ rather than ‘‘flaps’’ here). It appears that ‘‘flaps’’ are the combined products of concentrated UFO activity plus a sudden outbreak of publicity and more 156 Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0