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An intriguing quote that reflects the high level of astronomical understanding of the ancients:
"The moon illuminates the night with borrowed light." - - 6th century BC , Parmenides

Monday, December 9, 2019

1947 : A YEAR OF GLOBAL SIGHTINGS



SIGHTINGS OF 1947
[DATE – PLACE – OBJECT]
a collection of sightings garnered from newspapers, books, and records
Jan 16, 1947 – Norfolk, England, Project Sign Incident # 54 [will be classed as an aircraft]
April – France. Disk with cupola
April – Richmond, VA. Silver disc with dome
May 5 – Washington State. Silvery object fell from sky & disintegrated
May 17 – Oklahoma City, 8:30-9:00 pm Field Engineer Savage saw frosty white round and flat object with diameter/thickness ration of 10:1; size of a B-29 (140 ft), traveling N at 350 degrees at 10,000-18,000 ft.; 3x jet speed (or 1,800 mph); slight ‘swishing sound’ (Source was NICAP)
May 18 – Richmond, VA –flat white object cigar shaped moved N-W
May 19 – Manitou Springs, Colorado , Silvery object halted, danced, flew against the wind
June 10 – Douglas, AZ, a spherical light rose up to disappear into the sky 11 p.m.
June 10 – Hungary, silver balls
June 12- Weiser, ID, ‘chain of lights/ufo’s’
June 14- Over Bakersfield, CA at 2 pm triangular formation of saucer shapes (10 of them) (in plane)
June 21 – 11:50 am, 8 discs near Spokane, Washington. Fell with a ‘falling leaf motion” [note this term appears elsewhere in some reports – Landing Mich?]
June 21 – Yukon, OK. 6 objects like upside down was tubs (domed silver shape) high and moving fast
June24 – Arnold sighting in Washington state (Project Sign Incident # 17)  ; Fred John sighting in Cascade Mts of 6 discs; 3) light blue and purple lights performed aerobatics over Seattle. [Note the purple lights – very rare see 1965 Damon, TX]
June 27- Formation of discs, wavering, and changing formation over Cascade Mts.
June 28- Lake Mead, NV, 5-6 white discs seen 2 p.m. [Will be classed as a balloon]
June 28 – Rockfield, IS 3:45 p.m.
June28 – Montgomery Al, Maxwell AFB, 9:30 p.m. object observed and made a 90 degree turn
June 29- White Sands – Silver disk
June 29 – Des Moines, IA, 4:45 5 UFOs white, oval, N-W direction
June 30 – Portland, OR, 5 shiny silver disks like a hubcap
June 30 – White Sands, NM, Navy pilot, 9:10 am 2 gray spheres appeared to land south of Grand Canyon.
July 2 – Roswell, NM area – objects observed, oval, inverted saucer shapes [dating from UFO Crash at Roswell, 1991 by Randle and Schmitt]
July – Tempe, AZ (case file missing) ‘insufficiant data’
July 4 – Emmett, Idaho, United Airlines Capt reported 9 circular objects, merged, split and disappeared. Classed as Unidentified.
July 4 – Twin Falls, ID 35 discs, afternoon
July 4 – 800 sightings, by 400 people in 24 states. ½ single objects; ½ in formation; 2/3 daylight sighting; shapes round, spherical, disc.
July 6 – Clay Center, Ks. Later explained as a solar flare.
July 7 – Brighton, Sussex, UK
July 7 – Phoenix, AZ (Project Blue Book Incident # 40 in 1947-07-9669017). Gray, elliptical 20-30 ft moving NE to West, speed about 400-600 mph, altitudes est at 2000-5000 ft. sound like a jet approaching. The file is 55 pgs. “Probably a hoax” is penciled in but the file contained a photo of the object (Declassified photos Program No. 6-109) 12 June 1952; photos turned over to 4th AF Intelligence July of 1947. Note in the file includes leads to investigate the photograph and a letter indicating the photos had not been returned to the person.
July 7 – Del Salton Observatory, Chile
July 7 – Naples, Italy
July 7 – Japan
July 7 – Holland
July 8 – Murdoc Field (now Edwards), 3 silver colored UFO’s heading W. At 9:20 am armed a Republic XP-84 Thunderjet when a yellow-white sphere was seen moving against the wind. Unidentified.
July 8 – White Sands, NM 11:50 a.m. white, clear, alum object
July 8 – South of Murdoc, 3:50 p.m. piloted sighted a wingless, light reflecting, object too high for his Mustang to close the gap and moving into the distance
July 8 – Ft. Worth photos with “Roswell Saucer”
July 23 – NJ , strange craft observed
July 23 – Brazil
Aug 4 – Bethel, Alaska (NW of there) (Incident # 68) Notation ‘no astronomical explanation. Similarity to Incident # 10, in which several objects silhouetted against the sunset, is striking.”
Aug 13 – Twin Falls, ID, sky blue plate object
Aug 13 – Raveo, Italy, disc and beings 3 feet tall with large heads, large eyes, and 8 taper like fingers.
September – the Air Force “forced to take official cognizance of the “flying discs…increasing demand from the public for an explanation”; begin using term “Unidentified Aerial Objects “ UAO. [from pBB documents]

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