1950 Index Redacted High Resolution Resized

LOCATION Br110k~, New York Boward, Kansas JANUARY 1950 SlGHTlllS Kansas City, Kansas Holloman AFB, New Mtxico Oashland, Missouri Corona, New Mexico U:>s Alamos , New Holihoman AFB, New Mexico 24.00N 85.20W (Gul1' of Mexico Holloman AFB, New Mexico Dalton, Georgia Denver, Colorado Boling Field, D.C. Pope AFB, N.C. Military Air Scull ville, New Jersey 53N l71W (Alaska} Air IIAfltlt~ C.t9-1f J I(~ FEBRUARY 1950 SIGHTimS Teaticket, Massachusetts Insufficient Data '0 19 Astro (VENUS) (o;;Lt Astro ( CANOR.JS} ~ Insufficient Data CO;;:l..3 Astro (Meteor} CO;;J.. '+ Astro (Meteor} CD~ Aetro (VENUS} (s,al.o Other (Radar Malfunction) Cod/ Astro (CAPELLA) (o d-b" Astro (Meteor} Ct:>30 Balloon (o 3 / Other (Contrail} (" 6:l. Other (Flare) CC3 3 EVAWATION UNIDENTIFIED Co 3s- ~/C ~/Co~trail or Targre It II II (03<0 Alameda, california San Jose, California San Francisco, C:?lifornia Piedmont, California Berkley, California 5Kirt1and AFB, New Mexico Ground Astro (Meteor)? Zotto, New Mexico Military Air Tampa, Florida Military Air / Eastern Airlines Astro (Meteor) Sandia Base, New Mexico Astro (Meteor} AFB, New Mexico Royal , Astro (VEGA} 'fularosa, New Mexico ~Military Astro (ALTAIR} Albuquerque, New Mexico -JIJSO UNIDENTIFIED Jackson, Mississippi A/C Datil, New Me:id.co (rHO'IO} Astro (COMET} Albuquerque, New Mexico Astro (Meteor} U:>s Alamos, New Mexico i!JE -ersonne 1 UNIDENTIFIED Decatur, Illinois Other (Reflection} . ' A ()MAR_CH 1950 SIGHTINGS. ( ) 4-(W UX:ATIOftl' c . Ca ,.., OBSER~fi EVAIDATION r.~.-:.ufi:~o~ur J),, 'f<t -~Pit<><; Knoxville', 'i'e"~ I'Z:5""','-~'c. Qd RAD~;<>o""' 1,2. Grounlt Returns 3 A/C f~8> 3 Selfridge AFB, Mich UNIDENTIFIED . (o5l 4 Grass Plains, Texas A/C c~S".;L.--5 Vaughn, N Mexico Astro (Venus) <b5J 6 Ft Bliss, Texas W Astro (Venus) {o~1' 8. W-P AFB, Ohio Astro (Solar Image) I Astro (Venus) ' Other (Returns fm IceClouds) Js-.; 9 Orangeburg, 9el't:lmbia, S Carolina Astro (Meteor) ~SCo 9 Self'ridgeAFB, Michigan Balloon 1 10 Bethel, Conn Other (Psychological) t 11 .3Biggs AFB, Texas ElPaso, Texas W Astro (Venus) >9 ll ~Chile Astro (Venus) o li 'Holloman AFB, N Mexico Insufficient Data 0113 St Johns, Mich Insufficient Data ~14 Piggett, Arkansas 'Balloon .314 Pacific Beach, Washington Insufficient Data 'fJ 15 Guatamala zf Insufficient Data ~15 tLittle Silver, N Jersey Other (Contrails) ' Red Bank, N Jersey " FairHaven, Waterwich, N Jersey " ' Ft Monmouth, N Jersey >r?j],'L,. \"'1 Roslyn, L IL..N Yor~/1'~'-"'"J prs---JI!IIIII!It ,n.~;+all;r A/r;,_G_,i.).c<lu : a-J:1 Little Rock, Arkansas ciS QM A/C <Qio91.8 Brad:f'ord, Ill tiL I A/C !lo-10 20 N York, N York 2 Astro (Moon) !011 20 Stuttgart, Arkansas UNIDENTIFIED il'ol.l-22 Montpelier, Vermont Other (Reflection) ~) 23 85 mi NW Jacksonville, Fla Military Air Astro (Meteor) l'ol'f 24 Sandia Army Base, N Mexico 4 Soldiers Balloon ~1s' 24-25 Chile Civilians Insufficient Data (ole, 26 Adamant, Vermont A/C ' lvl1 26 Brunswick, Ga A/C ~ iv7'? 27 Motubu, Okinawa Militag RADAR UNIDENTIFIED w/7 26 ,_Chattanooga, Tenn a as.. 1 lalloon Santiago, Chile UNIDENTIFIED '(9!?1 26 3Hibbing, Minn Astro (Meteor) (<> !P-29 Ma.rrovboreLake, Tenn D H3 29 Maxwell AFB, Alabama Insufficient Data Ct,r:_, 30 Sioux City, Iowa Balloon Sioux City, Iowa other (De)>ris in Air) bz"' Pittsburgh, Pa Balloon 'ro87 30 Sel.llla, Ala 4 Civilians A/C (,t;;i? DR Mar 7 DR Mar (J{t u DR Mar M ;:L-DR Mar ADDITIONAL REFORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES) Hawthonre, Calif Baldwin Hills, Calif N Mexico-Colo Pennsylvania Mexico City, Mexico LaCresenta, Calif Mexico City, Mexico Hong Kong, China Meditteranean Area SOURCE OBSERVER Los Angeles """"""''--- Newspapers .l Newspapers Newspapers EVALUATION othe~ (Inversion Etrecte Astro (Meteor) Astro (Star/Planet) other (Contrail) Insufficimt Data UNIDENTIFIED 1 '1 oG 8 Kokomo :161 9 Ft Worth, Texas flO!: 10 Robbins AFB, Ga 1 c/1 10 N Orleans, La & Brockley AFB,Ala. hiO 12 N Orleans, La i-'~11 l4 Ft Monmouth, N Jersey ~15 (Info) San Francisco, Calif Area Other (Crimp in Negative Astro (Meteor) UNIDENTIFIED ~ 17 (Info) Texas, Mexico Area Assorted Rpts rt~l8 Clarendon, Tex, Mem}ilis Tex . Gd & Air Visual Astro (Venus) . HtS 19 La.fayette, Ind (NO CASE) d:!.5E tnssi ""'L . ')Other (Psychological) (? 2$J(Info) Baleric Islands, Spain (Fawcett) PHOTOSLtUc< RE.C'o ~16 ~I(Info) Red Bud, Illinois (Flying Saucer Mag dtd Oct 59) GREENE PHOTOS '')/~ 24_.. S Carolina Area ~ ~.,," .. ~ :t-iulti;;le ~n Astro (Me~'f?F>.NI ~II I 27'""'" Holloman AFB, N Mexico ' v Videon ( PHUTUS) , Insufficient: ~ ta 11'1 27-28 Japan (Misawa AB) Military Air Other (Contrails) MAY 1950 SIGHTINGS II'! 3 (Info) Sydney, Australia (Newspaper) !7.20 4 Birmingham, Ala (,l.t 7 East Ely ;lil-10 Ladd AFB, Alaska ;l3 11 (Info) McMinnville, Oregon (Various) S. b f 16 Chicago, Illinois !?~<5 17 Kenosha, Wisconsin ?,~(o 19 Honshu, Japan Military Gd RADAR, Air Vis I . 21; (Info) Montrose! .Colo (Newspaper) L. . 1d1 21 New Kensmgton, Pa 1'Ji 24 Holloman AFB, N Mexico PHOTO) ?CJ-7~ (Info) Mt Vernon~ Va (Various) . . . i JUNE 1950 SIGHTINGS 13o Summer(Info) Denver, Colo (Menzel) -~31 16 Tuscon, Ariz 7~ 21 mamilton AFB, Calif )73.3 21 cMisawa, Japan 1J'/23 Tuscaloosa,. Ala 1135' 23 Gulf of Mexico, Ala, 24 (Info) Rodondo Beach, Calif t3? 27 (Info) Louisville,Ky (Newsclipping) V3? 27 Texarkana, Texas 17J12S Savannah, Ga ;140 29 Dowagiac, Mich 'r!if/ ~ Kingman, Ax !B;;I:l.a. Ka. l1$c; -.. /,~w,v~ C~e<JrlW4T,ei'Z, F/.o~da- Not Stated 3 Military Insufficient Data UNID>TIFIED Astro (Meteor) Insuf.ficient Data Other (Dropsonde) Insufficient Data Insufficient Data Other (Reflection) Insufficient Data Astro (Meteor) UNIDENTIFIED Astro (Capella) other (Drone or Missile; Insufficient Data , Alo Cdsc' Ttvt:ot:.mATtcAJ , .. ) JULY 1950 SIGHTINGS f DATE LOCATION ("' .:; ,.,.._,, OBsERVER 1 Jii'l(Ini'o) Cincinnati, Ohio \CRIFO) Anonymous I DR(Jinful ) .--Pullman, WaAsh ~ e1D ~!' - r ; )I 1 l ; o Fairbanks, laska \Newsclipping Meteor Rpt i 1 -.chicago, Ill 4E 5 (lnfo) Los Angeles, Calif (Newsclipp . . 5 -Hill AFB, Utah . l1 tary 7 .. Topeka, Kansas 2 ' r 7 We is baden, Genrany Gd RADAR 8 fgi</L. ~ Strait, Alaska 10 (Info) Wilmington; Ohio (Newsc 10 ~Ft McPherson, Ga ll -Jacksonville, Fla 13 -Sauid Arabia 13 -Ft Peck, Montana 13 -.Redstone Arsenal, Ga 13 i Jacksonville, ~'FLA. 14 ' Vandalia, Ohio 15 -Los Alamos, N Mexico 20 .Detroit, Mich 22 , Ladd AFB, Alaska '22 -Spartanburg, S Carolina Girl Scouts 25 (Info) Los Angeles,Calif (Newsc ...... 1 27 -weisbaden, Germany 29 (Info) Williamsville, Ill(~wsclipping) 30 -St John's Newfoundland 31 ,st John's Newfoundland AUGUST 1950 SIGHTINGS ~ Rlt' 'iiJiai .Aug (Info) Tuscon, Ariz (CSI) il. 2 "Belle Vernon, Pa 3 -Los Alamos, N Mexico 1 4 -North Atlantic 4 -Pine Bluff, Arkansas 6 -Chicago, Illinois 7 -Santa Fe, N Mexico l 7 -Pacific Ocean ,......-e~ ~ rva J 56 ! 11 (Info) Washington, Oregon, Idaho --~ .. ~18 Rpt-) 12 -Bogallusa, La 12 Flat Rock, Newfoundland 14 -Cromer, England ~N 5cf'ltl{lf7 15 Great Falls, Montana~ FOLDER) 20 ~Nicosia, Cyprus 20 .-,.Astroia, Washington & Area 21 .. Stuttgart, Germany 23 Philadelphia, Pa 24 Bermuda Brockton, Mass Early Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland Gd (RADAR) Sandy Point, Newfoundland(~-} 8111) Ill l.bus Holloman AFB, N Mexico Air Vis & ( PHO'IOS) Insufficient Data 7'1f Astro (Meteor) Bailoon !S<j Astro (Meteor) 761P Balloons !57 UNIDENTIFIED ;!5! Astro (Venus) '7 ) 7 Balloon '703 Astro (Star/Planet).j~j.:.. Insufficient Data 700 Astro (Meteor) Astro (Meteor) Astro (Meteor) UNIDENTIFIED Insufficient Data Astro (Meteor) Astro (Meteor) Astro (Meteor) Astro (Meteor) Other (Contrails) UNIDENTIFIED Astro (Meteor) Astro (Meteor) UNIDENTIFIED Other (WX Returns) UNIDENTIFIED Insufficient Data Sep {Info) KOrea (Lorenzen) Sep - Cluam 1--.:t.-Ernest Harmon AFB, Ntndld l Nunivak Island, Alaska 3 Spokane, Washington 3 Spokane, Washington 8 Spokane, Washington ll -Adak, Alaska 13 -Effingham, Illinois 16 -Nashville, Tennessee 17 -Tatum, N Mexico 17 -Roswell, N Mexico 1.8 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 19 . - -Poplar Bluff, Missouri ?0 (Inf'o)'Tenn, Ky (Newsclipping) 20 -Kit Carson, Colorado 20 -Denver, Colorado 21 _ Provincetown, Mass 25 -Mt Palomar, Calif' 26. ' Birmingham, Ala 29 ' .-Sandia Base, N Mexico 30 (Info)-.Philadelphia, Pa (Bessor) -Northern Rhodesia -Kauai, I Hawaii New Orleans, La -New Orleans, La -. Lark River, Utah -Knoxville, Tennessee 13 (Info)~Keating Summit, Pa BEPI'EMBER 1950 SIGHT. Milii3' ~ir Gd (RADAR) Gd & Air Vis (James) Meteorite recovery "Reliable Observer" OC'roBER 1950 SIGHTINGS Not Stated 13 -March AFB, Calif 15 -Pope Al"B, N Carolina ~ ._..,;;liiiiili - R- Other (Psychological) 7 9'( InsufficientData ?9s- Astro (Ref' of' Setting sunft UNIDENTIFIED 7 9 '7 Astro (Meteor) 77~ Astro (Meteor) 777 other (Lens Flare) 500 Other (Contrails) JO~ Astro (Ref of Setting Sun~ A/C Slj,t- Balloon g-o 1 Balloon 80~ UNIDENTIFIED Astro (Meteor) UNIDENTIFIED Astro (Star/Planet) Astro (Meteor) Astro (Meteor) Astro (Meteor) Insufficient Data Astro (Meteor) other (RadarPeculiarit~s) UNIDENTIFIED 'f7 Insufficient Data ~ UNIDENTIFIED A/C g-.;t,;L Astro (Star/Planet) g';)3 UNIDENTIFIED (f ,;rf Astro (meteor) caln'f.f other: 1) Light Leak ,EliC: 2) Poor Process t~ 3) Foreign Matter Adhering to Negative. c.. NOVEMBER 1950 SIGHTINGS DATE LOCATION (r7-2-SE Canada, N England States,N Y :l8 3 --San Francisco Astro {Meteor} UNIDENTIFIED Insufficient Data J-9 5 -;-Oakridge, Tenn :1) 5 -Jonesville 7 _ .:._lakehurst ;L 10 -Ruislip, England 3 11 (Info}(Balloon Recovery) 3'i 13 ' Meridian, Miss "14 -Key West, Fla ::8 23 - Okinawa ,~ 23 . -Maxwell AFB, Ala 27 Bakersfield, Calif "fl 29-30 -Knoxville, Tenn J-30 Alaska GD (RADAR} Other ( WX Returns} Multi .Insufficient Data Gd (RADAR)& Air Vis A/C Insufficient Data other (False Return) Astro (Meteor) Jt \C.AL.!Fofu..JIA DECEMBER 1950 SIGHTINGS 3Info Mid-nee San Diego, Calif (Vallee) Charleston, S Carolina -Nanyika, Kenya, Africa -Westover AFB, Mass 8 6 ~ Ft Meyers, Fla ~ DR9 - London, England 11 'f-1-'l A ~Alaska ~013 'Lake Champlain, Vt l-14 -Bliss, Idahoa 18 ~Oakridge i3 21 -Los Alamos, N Mexico ~j_1 4 ::: Los Alamos, N Mexico 24 . Hickam AFB, Hawaii 27 (Info)Bradford, Ill l/27 -Lakehurst, N Jersey \8 28 -Los Alamos, N Mexico Air Vis Mil & Civ UNIDENTIFIED UNIDENTIFIED Other (Ice Fall) UNIDENTIFIED Astro (Meteor) -Other (Unrel Rpt) A/C Other(Random Noise) Astro (Meteor) Astro (Meteor) Air Vis, tro (Meteor) Astro (Meteor)