APRO Microfilm Reel 1: Historical UFO Reports 1600 BC Thru Dec 1956

This document is a microfilm compilation produced by the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO), documenting historical reports of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) spanning from 1600 BC to December 1956. The compilation serves as a reference archive, aggregating various historical accounts, newspaper clippings, and excerpts from chronicles and scientific publications. It includes reports of 'flying saucers' or 'flying objects' from diverse eras, such as a 1461 French report of a brilliant object resembling an iron bar, 16th-century manuscripts from La Spezia, Italy, and 19th-century observations by astronomers like Dr. Jose Bonilla in 1882. The document also features excerpts from the journals of Lewis and Clark regarding Indian legends of 'little people' and various meteoric or auroral displays recorded in historical texts, including those by Gregory of Tours and Pliny the Elder. The compilation aims to demonstrate that reports of unidentified aerial phenomena are not a modern invention but have been recorded throughout human history. It includes correspondence from individuals reporting their own sightings, such as a 1967 letter from Edward W. Allen regarding a 1937 sighting in Wales, and various newspaper clippings from the 1940s and 1950s discussing the 'flying disc' phenomenon. The document functions as a historical database for researchers to correlate past aerial phenomena with contemporary UFO reports.