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April 8, 1950: Kokomo, Indiana. 2 a.m. Earl Baker. One grey metallic disc, 50' in diameter, 15 feet 'thick; top-shaped with a "conning tower" at the top and three ports on the rim giving off a blue light. It hovered for 2 minutes, then flew away. Baker aroused from sleep by his dog.

April 14, 1950: Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey. 2:30 p.m. Army M/Sgt. James. Four rectangular, amber objects, about 3 feet' by 4 feet'. changed speed and direction rapidly; the group of objects rose and fell during the 3–4 minute sighting.

April 23, 1950: Red Bud, Illinois. 3:58 p.m. Dean Morgan, photographer, Mr. and Mrs. Greene, Donald Gene. Morgan photographed the object that was seen by the Greenes and Gene. The object hovered, and then shot away. Air Force conclusion: Not a case, information only.

May 7, 1950: Nine miles south of Ely, Nevada. 6:45 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. George Smith and their grandson. One silvery white object hovered at 100 feet' altitude, moved back and forth for 10 minutes and then flew up and away. Air Force conclusion: No investigation.

May 24, 1950. Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Morning. Photos taken by two stations on Video Camera. Two different objects and traingulation (sic) could not be effected. Photos sent to Dr Marichi at Cambridge. Air Force conclusion: Insufficient Data, file incomplete.

June 21, 1950: Hamilton Air Force Base, California. 1:35 a.m. Corporal Garland Pryor and SSGT Ellis Lorimer saw a disc-shaped object shooting a blue flame and traveling at over a thousand miles an hour was seen. Air Force conclusion: Insufficient data. Report not in file. Case will be evaluated if file is located.

June 27, 1950: Texarkana, Texas. 7:50 a.m. Terrell and Yates, employees of Red River Arsenal saw one object, bright, shaped like two dishpans face-to-face, flew straight and level, fast for 4–5 seconds.

July 13, 1950: Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. 5 p.m. Two skilled Arsenal employees including Mr. Washburn saw one object, shaped like a bowtie, and like polished aluminum. Flew straight and level, then one triangle rotated 1/4 turn in the opposite direction and returned to its original position. The object then made a right-angle turn and accelerated away after at least 30 seconds.

Aug. 4, 1950: approx. 100 mi. SE of New York City. 10 a.m. EDT. Ship's Master Nils Lewring, Chief Mate Jacob Koelwyn, Third Mate, of M/V Marcala. One 10 foot' cylindrical object at 50-100 feet' altitude, flying with a churning or rotary motion, accelerated at end of 15 second sighting.

Aug. 20, 1950: Nicosia, Cyprus. 1:30 p.m. USAF MATS liaison officer Lt. William Ghormley, Col. W. V. Brown, Lt. Col. L.w. Brauer. One small, round, bright object flew fast, straight and level for 15–20 seconds.

Aug. 25, 1950: approx. 250 mi. SW of Bermuda. 8 p.m. B-29 radarman SSGT William Shaffer. Radar observation, plus possible blue streak 3 minutes later. B-29 followed unidentified target, then passed it at l/4-mile distance, target followed for 5 minutes, then passed B-29 and sped away. Total time of tracking: 20 minutes.

Aug. 30, 1950: Sandy Point, Newfoundland, Canada. 1:30 p.m. Three local employees, including Kaeel and Alexander, of the Air Force Base. A dark, barrel-shaped object with a pole down from it into the water, flew at 3–5 mph and 15–20 feet' altitude for 5 minutes.

Sept. 3, 1950: Spokane, Washington. 2 p.m. Maj R.J.Gardiner, Mrs. Gardiner and neighbor (former saw three objects, others saw one). Metallic bronze discs, 20–30 feet' long, 2–6 feet' thick. Moved independently and erratically for 5 minutes.

Sept. 20, 1950: Kit Carson, Colorado. 10:49 a.m. The witness is identified only as a reliable source. Two large, round, glowing objects and three smaller, internally lit objects. Two hovered for 1 minute, moved, and three smaller ones came from behind or within the two larger objects, and all sped upward and away.

Sept. 21, 1950: Provincetown, Massachusetts. 9:52 a.m. M.I.T. research associate and Air National Guard Maj. M.H. Ligda. Radar tracking of one object during M.I.T. tracking of USAF flight of F-84 or F-86 jet fighters. Object speed was 22 miles/minute (l,200 mph), made turn of 11–12 G's acceleration during 1 minute observation.

Oct. 15, 1950: Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 3:20 p.m. Atomic Energy Commission Trooper Rymer, J. Moneymaker, Capt. Zarzecki. Two shiny silver objects shaped like bullet or bladder. They dove with a smoke trail and one vanished. The other hovered at 5–6 feet altitude, 50 feet 'away, left and returned several times somewhat further away.

Oct. 15, 1950: Pope AFB, North Carolina. Witness identified only as Daniel. Listed as "unidentified" in index, but no other data available.

Oct 15, 1950: Pope AFB, North Carolina. Witness: Woodward. Same as previous observation.

Oct. 23, 1950: Bonlee, North Carolina. 12:42 p.m. Ex-USAF pilot Frank Risher. One aluminum object shaped like a dirigible or Convair C-99 cargo plane, with 3 portholes, arrived from southeast, hovered 3–5 seconds and flew away to the south-south-east at end of 40 second sighting.

Nov. 5, 1950: Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 11:55 a.m. Fairchild Aircraft illustrator Don Patrick. One translucent object, light grey with dark core, shaped like a pear or bean. Flew for 5-10 minutes with rapid, darting movements.

Dec. 2, 1950: Nanyika, Kenya. 10:50 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. L. Scott. One pearly, iridescent object with a flattened top, spun while hovering and made a sound like bees buzzing.

Dec. 6, 1950: Ft. Myers, Florida. 5 p.m. Harry Lamp and four boys, using lO-power binoculars. One 75 foot' object, 3–4 feet' thick, bubble on top, silver with a red rim having two white and two orange jets along it. The center revolved when the object hovered. It flew away very fast.

Dec. 11, 1950: l0 mi. NW of Gulcana, Alaska. 10:13 p.m. Northwest Air Lines flight 802 crew. Two white flashes, followed by a dark cloud which rose and split in two.

Jan. 8, 1951: South of Ft. Worth, Texas. 10:45 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Boggus, plus unidentified drivers and passengers in other cars stopped to watch. Two groups of red and green lights in triangular formations were stationary and then moved.

Jan. 12, 1951: Ft. Benning, Georgia. 10 p.m. US Army 2Lt. A.C. Hale. One light with a fan-shaped wake remained motionless like a star about 20 minutes and then sped away.

Jan 16, 1951: Artesia, New Mexico. Time unknown. Two members of a balloon project from the General Mills. Aeronautical Research Laboratory, the manager of the Artesia Airport, and three pilots. The balloon crew was observing their 110 foot' balloon at an altitude of 112,000 feet' when a dull white, round object was spotted. It appeared larger than the balloon, but made no movement. Later, the balloon crew and the others saw two objects from the airport that were flying side-by-side. They circled the balloon and flew away to the northeast. The second observation lasted about 40 seconds.

Feb. 1, 1951: Johnson Air Base, Japan. 5:10 p.m. Pilot and radar operator of F-82 night fighter saw one amber light made three or four 360 degree turns to the right, reversed toward the F-82 and then climbed out of sight.

Feb. 21, 1951: Durban, South Africa. 4:55 a.m. Three men in a truck, several other persons, none of whom are named, saw a dark red, torpedo-shaped object with darker center, flew straight and level.

Feb. 26, 1951: Ladd AFB, Alaska. 7:10 a.m. USAF Sergeant J.B. Sells saw one dull grey, metallic object, estimated to be 120 feet long and 10–12 feet' thick, hovered, puffed smoke and sped away after about a minute.

Mar. 10, 1951: Chinnampo, Korea. 9:51 a.m. USAF B-29 bomber crew, including scanners and tail gunner. A large red-yellow glow burst and became blue-white. No further information in files.

Mar. 13, 1951: McClellan AFB, California. 3:20 p.m. USAF lLt B.J. Hastie, Mrs. Rafferty. A cylinder with twin tails, 200 feet' long and 90 feet' wide, turned north and flew at incredible speed.