JANU~RY 1955 SIGHTINGS .. OBiiSIERilfli~I!II~TO) Cochise, New Mexico (CASE HISSING) Military :!.i~:: r~lc ;,!~nia (CASE MISSING) Httlre Trinidad Military Bradent~n, Florida Military Tynciall,AFB, Florida Military Palls Church, Virginia Queens, I>IYC, New York Jersey City, Ne w J e rc;ey Salo!la Beach, C<1.lifornia lt.t Laguna, California Forsyth, Georgia HISSING) Civ ( Air Vis) Civilh1n ( Unknown) EVALUATION Insufficient Data UNIDEN'riFIED Astro ( STARS/PLANETS) Astro ( ST.l\RS/PLANSTS) /l.ircraf t Astro (Hl~TSOH) Astro (t,lr;;TE0 f,s tro ( ~1S'I'T~OR) Ast;ro ( Mi!:TE:OR) Other ( l'lli.i:<'LEC'!'ION FROM \-IITHIN AIRCRAFT) Insufficient D3ta Insufficient Data Bet,,e~n Virginia & Ka n sas ( Ct\SE Sullivan Is, South Caroli!la Yuma , /;ri zona South Gate, California Kalispell, Nontana Pacific Ocean (CASE MISSING) Nurietta, California Hutchison, Kansas As tro ( ME:TE:OR) Hacomb, County, Nichigan Lakeland , Florid a Boyinta Beach, Florida Fest Pallll Beach, F'lorida San 1-lateo, Florida ( Ci~S~ MISSING) Hinterset, Iowa Jacksonville, Florida l>1ilitary Air Aircraft Other (GnOUND LIGHT) UNIDE!n'IFIED Insufficient Data Astro (!v:E'I'EOR) Insuf'ficient Data St L:J.v;rence Is., Alasak (CASE Fuji, Japan (CASE MISSING) Pittsfield, Maine Milita Aircraft MISSING Civx-~an Other (LIGHT FROM SHIP) Nilitar Air (PHOTOS) Insufficient Data Detroit, Main Jlstro (VENUS) ADDITIONAL RZPORTED SIGHTHiGS (NO'r CASES) EVALUATION Hinter 54 or 55 Alaska (Tetter from Foster) Meteor Landing Jan Wibnington, California (UFO Investig Jan Oregon ~ FEBRUARY 1955 SIGHTINGS Chochise, New l-lexico Del Hay Beach, l<'loTida Miramar NAS, California .. Bettles, Alaska (CASE MISSING) Pomona, California long Beach, California -Harrisburg, Pennsylvania King s Landing, California Platte City, Missouri F'ort .l>'ayne, Indiana San Diego, California Nay Port, 'lorida . Dobbins Afb, Georgia Bethesda, Maryland Okin<twa (CASE l.USSING) Nila n & Green City, Hissouri New York City, New York -New Yorl<: City, New York ~Ellesmere Island , Canada Hew Orleans; louisiana Blaekstone, Virginia -Bowling Green, Kentucky Palm Springs, California .San Diego, California -Pacific Beach, California -San Diego, California -Hilton, Connecticut -Snowhill, ryland Eal timore, Haryland -Edwards Al"B, California " -Palm Springs, California Military Air r--Iilitary EVALUATION UTHmNTI F'IED Insufficient D>:~ta UNID N'l'H'H~D Other (NISSLE) Ht 989 Jl.stro (HET~OR) ~-jt'~l\~ Aircraft !Jill ~ dJ3anoon U..J,.~ Insufficient I'ata 2. t-.ircraf t Military Aircraft -(~iulti) Balloon rr a uNmsNTrF'IED Military Air Insuffident. Data \lx Observe r Astro (RIGEL) Other ( SSARCliLIGiiT) Other (PHOTO ANALYSIS: ---REFLl':C'riON) Military Othe r ( CONTRAILS) Miltiple Aircraft Military Insufficient Data l. Aircraft (HSf'UEL OPR) 2. Aircraft 3. Astro (sr.ll.RS/PLANE'I'S) Ast.ro ( MF.:TEOR SHO'.-IER) .J\stro (ME'I'EOR) Other (FLil.RE) Other (D~TERGE~IT BUBBLE) ADDITIONAL HEPORTED SIGBTINGS (Nar CAS8S) Venezuela, }'lorida, 'l'exas, -New ZealanO. Texas-Mississippi -Horseheads, Nev York New York DHM Newscl.ipping Newsclipping NeHsclipping EVALUA'riON ?-!et.eors ~t.eteor, Bolide Ange 1 Hair/Haste Products f'rom ~1i lk Plant MARCH 1955 SIGHTINGS LOCATION (:-,, eoo, c, 'ti'P ,-..y) OBSERVE:R Ltttle America, Wyoming (PHOTOS) Hunt ley, Illinois Las Vegas, Nevada Parksburg, Pennsylvania Wiesbaden, Germany -Pittsfield, ~8ine .. Brooklyn, New York Anderson AFB, Guam Charleston, West-Virginia Civilian Pilot Lake Okechobee, Florida (CASE MISSING) Ci vilialh._ ~ _ Paris, Illinois ~ Chesapeake Bay, lollaryland Edwards AFB, California (CASE MISSING) Civilian ~;dwards AFB, California lo-1etta '.-18:neag, Maine (CASE MISSING) d-wood Valley, California Klamath Falls, Oregon Avalon, Catalina Is., California Salton Sea, California Laguna, California (CASE MISSING) Hamilton-Cleves, Ohio -Ripley, Calif om ia 29 Palms, California Azuza, California -Burbank, California Civilian Air & Gd t:lultiple San Francisco, California Farmingdale, Long Island, Tokyo, Japan New York MlP Air & Gd Radar Colorado Springs, Colorado Fitchburg, Massachusetts (CJI.SE N.ISSING) Civilian Modesto, California (CASE: MISSING) Civilian r.-lontivedeo, Uraguay (CASE MISSING) Civilian Oakland, California (CASE MISSING) Civilian Iran Multi Soledad, California 5 I II Sonoma, California .666t.h ACH (RO.DAR) Pendleton, Oregon Richmond, California (CASE MISSING) Civilian San Jose, California Bakersfield, California San Francisco, California (CASE l><tiSSING) Civilian (.l..,(JC:rlrl EVALUATION Insufficient Data 34 Other ( RKnEC'riON) 3'1 Insufficient Data 34 Other ( Afl FIRING) dq<f Astra (METEOR) 3'1 Astra (V<<:NUS) Other (SEARCHLIGHT) 3-Cf Balloon 3~ Insufficient Data 3'1 Other ( FLARI':S) -3"1-. Other (PSYCHOLOGICAL) 3"1 Insufficient Data 3<15 Other (RIHDS) Ast.ro (HETEOH) l. Astro (JUPITER) 2. Astra (HE'l'EOR) Astro (ME'l'EOR) Insuff'icient. Data Aircraft 3<!-~8 Astra (METEOR) 3'161 Aircraft a"!~ Insufficient Data 39-71 Other (FX INVERSION) 3</7/;_ Other ( SHORI'ED POiriER ' LINES) 3473 Astr.o (l-iE'l'EOR) 3<t ?cf. Other (SEJI.HCHLIGHT) ..3"-17{) Balloon 3~7, Aircraf"t dt 7}; Balloon ...3'1 78 Jl.ircraft Jl.stro (METEOR) Astra (HETEOR) Insufficient Data Astro (METEOR) MAHCH 1955 SIGH'l'INGS ADDITIONAL R8PORTtm SIGIITINGS (NO~' CASES) LOCA'l'ION 'l'oul Rosieres AFB, Fra nce en Dayton-Ya kima, \Ja shi n gton Loveland, Ohio (Stringfield) Point Barrow, Alaska (DI!M) dway, Virginia (Fawcett) Lincoln, Kebraska (Flying Saucer Dayton, Ohio (l\'ewsclipping ) .-..---(Contact.ee) ... (PHOTO) Magazine) Brockman EVALUA'J'ION (Hira ge of Sirius) APHIL 1955 SIGWriNGS LOCATION OBSERVER Elk , New Nexic o <tyton, Ohio J amestown, California Beaumont, California Bakersfield, California Atlantic Ocea n -3andcr AB, Newfoundland Plattsburg , Ne w York (CASE Mira I.oma, California HISSING) Civilian Sa n francisco; California Holly"ood, California rrisburg , Pennsylvania los 1\ngeles, Califor;1ia Burtomrood, E:ngland t~'l.nitou Springs, Colorado (CASE D:2c a t ur, Georgia St Johns, Ne\vfound l a n cl Kansa s City, tUssouri Van Nuys , California NISS I NG) Civilian Jlle1> Orleans, l.ouisiana Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania Flat.head Lake, lilontana ( Cl\Si!! Hollywood, California Roscomtnon, J;iichie;an rnssmS Civilia n (pilots} -Kisarazu, Japan Bryn Ma1T, Pennsylvania Dahlgren, Virginia Pendleton, Oregon Newfoundland Live Oak, Florida Travis County, Texas -Rome, Geor5ia ADDI'l'IONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS {NOT CASES) Roc'r.ford, Illinois (UFO Investigator) Alleg:;!d. M' Firing on ks Vegas, Nevad a ( Newsclipping ) Atomi c Shot at Altitude EVALUATION Aircraft ..3"16'<1 Ea lloon 3-'ICJO Balloon 3<-!'7/ 1 1\stro (JUPITER) 3'19:L: Insufficient Data 3'19.3 Insufficien t lfdta 3'19t/ ' Other (UNfu~LIABLE H?f~ Balloo n ~9.':) Astro (~IETE:OR) .3~(p Insuffl.cient Data 3f97 Othe r (KITE) 3 <f'tK Balloon 3'19CJ As t ro ( liE'rf.o g ) 36-00 Other (R? 'IZCTION) 3s-D/ Balloon jO~ Aircraft 36-03 Other ( SEAHCHLIGH'i') ?J5Df_ Aircraft 3505 ft.ircraft .35"1Xl Astro (l~E:'l'EOR) Airc r aft 3.?07 Othe r ( UNRELIABLE RPT)35'10 Astro (Hf~TEOR) 35// Astro (JUPITER) ~- l. Vis: Jl.stro ( JUPITEH) 2, Rad : Balloon 35/3 Aircraft 3t~l9 l\stro (VENUS) 35/o Insufficient Data 30-;~ UNIDEriTIFIE:D 3!:n7 Aircraft 351t? EVALUATION l -15 y 1955 GIGHTINGS LOCI\' ION OBSERVER Hi ami, !<'lorida New York City, New Y rk (CASE MISSING) Ci.vilian Ke flavic Airport, Ice land. Military Fellm~s, California :;.rJ Sef'('r-t-.-\ l<> ~===~liz . Baltimore, Maryland ( FOLDER)"C<~V<.ul;iG- Glen burnie, Maryland --- 29 Palms, California Klamath Falls, Oregon long Beach, Mississippi Ukiah, California '1'erryvi lle, Connecticut . EVALUATION Other (lJNRELIABLE RPI')35.ll Insufficient Data o)d. ~ UNIDENTI.FIED 35".;1.3 1-10, ~rcraft ( PHYS S_)ftlti'Uther (VALVE WHEEL) 35</t.f ---Balloon d5~5""' Aircraft " Insufficient Data 35~8' Astro (JUPITER) Airc r aft, "35.30 'l'hurmon, Colorado Civil Airline s Aircraft .35" Aircraft ,?Jtf3~ Yonkers, New York Munday, Ne1v York Tinker AFB, Oklahoma Bear Island, Maine Charleston, Maine Duluth, Minnesota -Old Town, ~mine -Hollister, California Fargo, North Dakota syracuse, New York Little Falls, New Jersey -New York City, New York II !AI Lbgt Air (RADAR) Astro (JUPITER) a533 Other ( /\IRCRAFT FlARES )3:>"'~" Other (AIRCR\ET :nARES~ Aircraft 3537 Other (AIRCRAFT FL.l\RES)!'i31 Aircraft 3~39 Aircraft 3 Balloon "'' Aircraft ~;L Other (HOAX) ~3 16 -31 MAY 1955 SIGHTINGS Winchester Virginia .. ~===~ Mojave, California I San Francisco, California ~. McDill AFB Florida (CASE MISSING)~ Niagara Falls New York Military los Angeles, California Berkeley, California California California -Kentfield, California EVALUATION Insufficient Data Astra (JUPITER) Other (SEARCHLIGHT) Astra (t-!ETEOR) Insufficient Data Insufficient Data Astra (KETEOR) , San Gabriel, California Alexandria, Minnesota S)i"oL."'-..1\... Other (HARD COAL) Tokyo, Japan Orville, California ---Insuffi.cient Data Yuma, Arizona -.. -7 LaGuardia Airport, Ne w Yo4~ (CASE MISSING) Civilian Brooklyn, New York -Malvern, Pennsylvania Norton, AFB, California long Island, New York L..'1nnon, Sngland Chi tose AB -Euclid, Ohio Clearfield, Pennsylvania Englewood, Ohio vJabuska, Nevada Colorado Springs, Colorado (CASE ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CAS!!:S) los Angeles, California (DHM) Insufficient Data Astro (t:iETEOR) Insufficient Data UNIDENTIFIED Insufficient Data Other (PSYCHOlOGICAL) Astra (ALTP.IR) Other (SLAG) Astro (METEOR) Insufficient Data EVALUATION 80/(t:. Summer JUNP. 1955 SIGHTINGS Hoodside, California Kennewick, Washington Cape St. George, Neivfound land Harrisburg , Pennsylvania Cleveland, Ohio Euclid, Ohio (CASE MISSING) Steelton, Pennsylvania Parker, Arizona Camp San Luis Obispo, Calii'ornia Santa Marga-rita, California Chitose AB, Japan Paine Field,, 11ashington Fontana, California _._ ~,'arner Springs, California San Diego . Californ-ia Ontario, California Bryan Jl.E"B, Texas 1-!inneapolis, Minnesota Topeka, Kansas Anita, Iowa (CASE NISS ING) Ne Springfield, Hissouri- Baltimore, Maryland Riverside, California Altadena, California Dallas, Texas Glenavon, California Santa Earbara, California Poulsbo, 17ashington Chuckanut Bay, Washington Springfield, Missouri Bethesda, Maryland Camp Pon-Tok, ryland Dunc:an, Oklahoma Hillcrest Heights, Maryland Ft 17orth, Texas !Iolt, Florida Santa Haria, California l1i lford, Nichigan Seattle, Hashington _ '-lilitary .,:r.iger Airlines l-iultiple EVALUATION Other ( UNRf~LLO.BLE RPI') Other (METEOR) Othe r ( HALLUCINA'l'ION) Astro (JUPITER) Insufficient Data Insufficient Data Astro ( 'i~NUS) Other ( GROUliDLIGil'l'S) Insufficient Data A:otro UttE'I'EOR) Insufficient Da.ta Jl.stro (METEOR) Insufficient :Cata Insufficient Data Jl.ircraft Other (Submarine) Astro (Mill'EOR) Other ( Ul'IRELT.ABLE RPJ') Pantelleria Island; ,Hediterranean Dutch Tanker "Gadila" Insufficient Data Insufficient Data ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES) Kankakee, Illinois Ho.mburg , Germany (IAPA) Photo of 6 objects Adelaide, P..ustralia (Strlne;field) EVALUA'I'ION Other (OLD R3PORr) 3l05D July l -15 JULY 1955 SIGH )cs HollyvTood, Califorr.la Sacramento, California G'D-'l'RADAR) Newfoundlan<'l Georgetown, Massachusetts St. Marlboo, l<J;,.tssachusetts Manhasset, New York Charleston, ~hine Gulliver, l>'lichigan Baltimore, Maryland Penbrook, Pennsylvania J\u g u sta, tt.aine Tampa, F'lorida ( CAS.8 NISSING) Mira Lorna, California Holly1vood, California Arlington, California New~ort Eeach, California ~rculab, France (CASE IHSSING) Big Foot, Texas Charles to, -Greenville, Maine Stockton, California Bakersfield, California Military Air (Vj.s) Ground . (RADAR) Multi ( PHYSICAL S Multi (Mil &.Civ) Military Air Nili tary ( Rn.DAR) China Lake NAS, California Steward AF'I3, Newark Valley, Trent, l"iichigan New York Mil & Civ-- LaCanada, California Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CASE 11-!ISSING) Civilia n L~ Habra, California Long Beach, California Glen Avon, California Or lando, Florida lv:adrid, Spain Orlando, Hiami, Palm Reach, Florida lJ!ulti PaL~ Beach, Florida ~ Gulf of ~1exico (Off New Orleans) . ._, ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGH!'INGS ( NOT CASES) Paterson, New Jersey ~I Bulletin EVALUA'l'ION Other (UNRELIABLE: HP'l') l. Jl.stro (Venus) 2 . J',narnolous Propagation J\ircraf't Astra (SATURN) Insufficient Data Insufficient Data Other (SOAP BUBBLES) Other (UNRELIABLE HPJ') Jl.stro (:-mTEOR) Insufficient Dsta Astro ( l1i!:TEOR) As tro ( !>1P.'I'E:OR) Astro (Mi~'l'EOR) Insufficient Data P.ircraft (MILI'I'ARY OPR) Astro ( METEOR) Balloon w/Package Astro ( M:ETEOR Sl::IOF!i:R) Insufficient Data Insufficient Data Astro (l!JETEOR) Astro (METEOR) EVALUATION 16 -31 JULY 1955 SIGHTINGS Canton, Ohio Newfoundland Seattle, Washington Monroeville, Pennsylvania Lincoln, Nebraska Newport, ~nnsylvania Richland, .Washington Seattle, Washington Syracuse, New York (CASE MISSING)Civilian Military Gd & Air Santa Maria, California Aberdeen, Washi. ngton Old Town, Maine Kirkland, Washington St Cloud, Minnesota Van Nuys, California Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (CASE MISSING) Civilian (GOC) Akron, Ohio (CASE MISSING) Civilian & Military Syracuse, New York Military Glendive, Montana Minneapolis, Minnesota City, Kansas Pleasant View, Washington Columbus, Nebraska Shelby, Iowa l>11nsted, Connecticut Portland, Or~gon Rego Park, New York Washington San Diego, California Military Air EVALUATION Astra (STARS/PLANETS) Other (HOAX) Insufficient Data Aircraft (BL ) Insufficient Data Astra (CAP.Ji.:LLA) Aircraft I Insufficient Data Insufficient Data Other (REFLECTION) Insufficient Data Astra (ARCTURUS) Insufficient Data UNIDENTIFIED 1. Astra (VEGA) 2. Astra (CAPELLA) Other (SEARCHLIGHTS) Insufficient Data AUGUST 1955 SIGh~I S .Ju l -E:arly Au,; filulberry Corners, Platte County, Nissouri Danville, California 2i~lto, California >:VALUAT ION -I !!! Insufficient Data 3'=>8 I t Other ( UNRELIA2LE RF'I' )3a Insufficient Data 3~ B'3 Insufficient. Data 31s:>ii'f I ?resno, Californi a Charlotte, North Carolina licDonald , Pen.r..aylvania ''Elden, !-'.as sac husetts Akron, Ohio rtobart, Indiana Ro;hester, Ne..., York Saginaw, Michigan Akron, Ohio San Diego, California Eritish Columbia, Canada L~ve lland, Texas fl.l huq_uerque, New llexico Corvallis, Oregon Glem10od, Iowa i3eloit, Hisconsin Pinecastle AFB, Florida 53t Edward, Ne~raska [Battlecreek, Nebraska St Paul, Minnesota \-iacena, Minnesota Crystal, ~1innesota london, England Klamath, Oree;on llY'aood, California Roseville , California Las Vegas, Nevada Newport Beach, California Seattle, Washington Alhambra, California Seattle, viashington I shpeming, llichigan Madrid, Spain Cutlerville , 11ichigan Sacra:nento, California ftrlington, Virginia Harrisburg, Pennsylvania North Branch, New York Green Bay, Wisconsin Pattilion, Nebraska ordland , ~-1issouri Chtca.:so, Illir.oi s ;.~uscatine, Io~e. Pa i sley, Oregon BurOa.nk, California Her mosa B::ach, California fA.i li tary . ?o'\ulberry Cor