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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 Rear Admiral Herbert B. Knowles, USN (Ret.), currently is active duty contact him from time to time, and report personal a NICAP Board Member. Adm. Knowles held important submarine sightings or related information. commands in World War II. He hasalso been active in encouraging NICAP has fewer connections with Army personnel, but some witnesses to report sightings to NICAP. Army cases are on record. Of particular interest are two un- Major Keyhoe also has obtained information on UFO sight- classified Army Intelligence Reports describing UFO activity. ings and official attitudes from top-level Naval officers on active These were submitted to NICAP by members in the armed duty in the Pentagon. Other Navy and Marine Corps officers on services. OTHER MILITARY SIGHTINGS ARMY Date & Location Witness Description Summer 1944 Normandy, France George Todt, now Los Angeles columnist, other officers Pulsating red object approached front lines, hovered, moved away. October 1944 Capt. J. B. Douglas, Jr., 489th Brilliant light source observed moving across sky for 45 minutes. Holland Field Artillery. 3-13-50 Maj. Herbert W. Taylor, USAR Droning sound heard; saucer-shaped object descended, hovered, Clarksburg, Calif. (Signal Corps) swayed back and forth; later sped away. 3-17-50 Capt. Clayton J, Boddy, USA (Ret.), Shiny "saucer-like discs'' cavorted around sky, hovered, moved with Farmington, N.M. Army Engineers; dozens of others sudden bursts of speed. [2] 1-21-57 M/Sgt. Billy J. Woodruff, others. Two separate sightings; one of a disc which accelerated rapidly. Army Base, (See above) A.P.O., N.Y. 5-12-57 Lt. Col. Samuel E. Craig, USAR Round blue-green UFO viewed below observers' altitude moving at Nr. La Sal, Utah high speed. [3] 9-17-57 First Army Intelligence Report Eight round "unconventional objects" observed, one UFO oscillating Ft. Devens, Mass. up and down. (See above) ; 11-3-57 Army Jeep Patrol Egg-shaped UFO descended slowly, brightened and appeared to land. White Sands, N.M. 3:00 a.m. [Section XII; Nov. 1957 Chronology} 11-3-57 Separate Army jeep patrol, Hovering UFO took o11 at 45 degree angle, pulsating. {Section XII; White Sands, N.M. 8:00 p.m. Nov. 1957 Chronology] NAVY & MARINE CORPS March 1945 U.S.A.T. Delarof (attack transport) Dark sphere observed rising out of ocean, circled, flew away. May 1946 Lt. (j.g.) Andrew A, Titcomb, Elliptical UFO banked overhead. [Section I.] LaGrange, Florida gunnery and radar officer 6-29-47 C. J. Zohn, Naval rocket expert Silvery disc observed moving northward at estimated 10,000 feet. White Sands, N.M. [4] Summer 1947 Pittsburgh, Kansas Cmdr. L. H. Witherspoon Disc-like UFO flashed over airport. [5] 7-3-49 Cmdr. M, B. Taylor, pilot Disc maneuvered over air show Longview, Wash. 2-22-50 Pilots, ground observers, radar at Two glowing objects streaked over field at height too great for pur- Key West, Fla. Naval Air Station suit. (From USAF Intelligence Report). [6] 3-16-50 C.P.O, Charley Lewis Oblong disc approached B-36, followed under it briefly, sped away Dallas, Texas at 45 degree angle. [7] 6-24-50 Navy transport pilot and crew Cigar-shaped object maneuvered above desert, also seen by airline Nr. Daggett, Calif. pilots. 7-11-50 Lt. (j.g.) J. W. Martin, pilot; enlisted Domed disc crossed path of Navy planes, confirmed by radar Nr. Osceola, Ark. pilot R. E. Moore Fall 1951 Fleet radar sighting UFO circled fleet, paced aircraft, departed at over 1000 mph. Korea {Section VIII; Radar] 1-21-52 Navy TBM pilot Chased dome-shaped UFO which turned, accelerated, pulled away. Mitchel AFB, N. Y. [8] 6-52 Lt. Cmdr. John D. Williams, Domed disc, made sharp turns, "unbelievable" speeds Tombstone, Ariz. pilot 7-2-52 Nr. Tremonton, Utah 1953 C.P.O. Delbert C, Newhouse, aviation photographer Group of 12-14 maneuvering discs; 16 mm. color movies obtained. [Section VIII; photographs} Squadron of carrier-based attack planes Rocket-shaped UFO swooped down, hovered over flight; sped away when pursued Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : C1A-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0