Aug. 18, 1952: Fairfield, California. 12:50 a.m. Three policemen watched as one object changed color like a diamond, and changed directions during the 30 minute sighting.
Aug. 19, 1952: Red Bluff, California. 2:38 p.m. Ground Observer Corps observer Albert Lathrop saw two objects, shaped like fat bullets, flew straight and level, very fast for 25 seconds.
August 19, 1952: West Palm Beach, Florida. 9:30 p.m. Scoutmaster Sonny Desvergers claimed to have seen a flying saucer up close. It launched a red mist that burned him slightly. Air Force conclusion: The best hoax in UFO history.
Aug. 20, 1952: Neffesville, Pennsylvania. 3:10 a.m. Bill Ford and two others saw an undescribed object fly at 500 feet' altitude for several minutes.
Aug. 21, 1952: Dallas, Texas. 11:54 p.m. Jack Rossen, ex-artillery observer saw three blue-white lights hovered then descended and then, 1.5 minutes later, one of them descended more.
Aug. 23, 1952: Akron, Ohio. 4:10 a.m. USAF 2nd Lt. H.K. Funseth, a ground radar observer, and two U.S. Navy men saw a single pulsing amber light was seen to fly straight and level for 7 minutes.
Aug. 24, 1952: Hermanas, Mexico. 10:15 a.m. Georgia Air National Guard F-84G jet fighter pilot Col. G.W. Johnson saw two 6 foot' silver balls in abreast formation, one turned grey rapidly, the other slowly. One changed to long grey shape during a turn. Sighting lasted about 10 minutes.
Aug. 24, 1952: Tucson, Arizona. 5:40 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. George White watched one large round, metallic, white light with a vague lower surface, fly slowly, then fast With a dancing, wavering motion, for about 1 minute.
Aug. 24, 1952: Levelland, Texas. 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sharp saw a single object, shaped like a spinning top, changing color from red to yellow to blue, and with a fiery tail, hovered for 20 minutes, whistling, then flew away. It, or another like it, returned an hour later.
Aug. 25, 1952: Pittsburg, Kansas. 5:35 a.m. Radio station musician William Squyres saw a single dull aluminum object, shaped like two meat platters, face to face, estimated at 75 feet long, 45 feet wide, and 15 feet thick. Through a window in the front section shone a blue light; the head and shoulders of a man could be seen. The mid section had numerous windows through which could be seen some kind of regular movement. A series of small propellers were spaced close together along the outer edge of the object, revolving at high speed. The object was hovering about 10 feet' above the ground, 100 yards off the road, with a slight rocking motion. It then ascended vertically with a sound like a large covey of quail starting to fly at the same time. Vegetation showed signs of having been disturbed under the object.
Aug. 25, 1952: Holloman AFB, New Mexico. 3:40 p.m. Civilian supervisor Fred Lee, foreman L.A. Aquilar watched a single round silver object flew south, turned and flew north, made a 360 turn and flew away vertically after 3–5 minutes.
Aug. 26, 1952: Lathrop Wells, Nevada. 12:10 a.m. USAF Capt. D.A. Woods. One large, round, very bright object with a V-shaped contrail having a dark cone in the center, flew very fast, hovered, made an instantaneous 90 turn, followed by a gentle climb and finally sudden acceleration.
Aug. 28, 1952: Chickasaw and Brookley AFB, Alabama. 9:30 p.m. USAF control tower operators, officer from USAF Office of Special Investigations, and others. Six objects, varying from fiery red to sparkling diamond appearance, hovered, flew erratically up and down for 1 hour and l5 minutes.
Aug. 29, 1952: Colorado Springs, Colorado. 8:35 p.m. Pilot C.A. Magruder. Three objects, 50 feet' in diameter, 10 feet' high, aluminum with red-yellow exhaust, flew in trail at estimated 1,500 mph for 4–5 seconds.
Aug. 29, 1952: west of Thule, Greenland. 10:50 a.m. Two U.S. Navy pilots flying a P4Y-2 patrol plane. Three white disc-shaped or spherical objects hovered, then flew very fast in a triangular formation, in 2–3 minutes.
Sept. l, 1952: Marietta, Georgia. 10:50 p.m. Ex-Air Force B-25 gunner. Two large white disc-shaped objects with green vapor trails flew in trail formation, merged, flew away very fast.
Sept. 1, 1952: Marietta, Georgia. 10:30 p.m. One unidentified person using binoculars. Two large objects shaped like spinning tops and displaying red, blue and green colors, flew side by side, leaving a sparkling trail for 30 minutes.
Sept. 1, 1952: Atlanta, Georgia. 9:43 p.m. Mrs.William Davis and nine other persons. One light, similar to the evening star, moved up and down for a long period of time.
Sept. l, 1952: Marietta, Georgia. 10:30 p.m. Mr. Bowman (ex-artillery officer) and 24 others. A red, white, and blue-green object which spun and shot off sparks for 15 minutes.
Sept. 1, 1952: Yaak, Montana. 4:45 a.m. Visual sighting by two USAF enlisted men, radar tracking seen by three men using AN/FPS-3 radar set. Two small, varicolored lights became black silhouettes at dawn; flew erratically.
Sept. 2, 1952: Chicago, Illinois. 3 a.m. Radar tracker Turason (ground controlled approach) at Midway Airport. Forty targets flew in miscellaneous directions, up to 175 mph. Two seemed to fly in formation with DC-6 airliner.
Sept. 3, 1952: Tucson, Arizona. 9 a.m. Civilian pilots McCraven and Thomas. One shiny, dark ellipse made three broad, curving sweeps in 1.5 minutes.
Sept. 6, 1952: Lake Charles AFB, Louisiana. class="underline" 3O a.m. TSGT J.E. Wilson and two enlisted men. One bright star-like light moved about the sky for 2 hours.
Sept. 6, 1952: Tucson, Arizona. 4:55 p.m. Ex-Congresswoman Mrs. Isabella King and Bill McClain. One orange teardrop-shaped object whirled on its vertical axis, descended very fast, stopped, retraced its path upwards, while whirling in the opposite direction.
Sept. 7, 1952: San Antonio, Texas. 10:30 p.m. Chemist J.W. Gibson and others. One orange object or light (the color of 2,000 feet) exploded into view. Seen for from 3-20 seconds by various observers.
Sept. 9, 1952: Rabat, French Morocco. 9 p.m. E.J.Colisimo, a civilian illustrator with USAF Intelligence. One disc with lights along part of its circumference, flew twice as fast as a T-33 jet trainer, in a slightly curved path for 5 seconds.
Sept. 12, 1952: Allen, Maryland. 9:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. David Kolb, of the Ground Observer Corps, using binoculars. One white light with a red trim and streamers flew northeast for 35 minutes.
Sept. 13, 1952: Allentown, Pennsylvania. 7:40 p.m. Private pilot W.A. Hobler, flying a Beech Bonanza. One object, shaped like a fat football, flaming orange-red color, descended and then pulled up in front of the witness' airplane.
Sept. 14, 1952: Santa Barbara, California. 8:40 p.m. USAF C-54 transport pilot Tarbutton. One blue-white light travelled straight and level, then went up. Seen for 30 seconds.
Sept. 14, 1952: North Atlantic, between Ireland and Greenland. Military persons from several countries aboard ships in the NATO "Operation Mainbrace" exercise. Among the sightings: one blue-green triangle was observed flying 1,500 mph; three objects in a triangular formation gave off white light exhaust at 1,500 mph.
Sept. 14, 1952: White Lake, South Dakota. 7 p.m. Ground Observer Corps observer L.W. Barnes, using binoculars. One red, cigar-shaped object, with three puffs behind it, flew west, then south, and then was gone. Seen 30–40 minutes.
Sept. 14, 1952: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. 11:30 p.m. to 1:20 a.m. Sept. 15. Consulting engineer R. J. Portis and three others. Six groups of 12–15 luminous spheres or discs, which flew in formations varying from arcs to inverted-Y's, very fast.
Sept. 14, 1952: Olmstead AFB, Pennsylvania. Time not known. Witness: pilot of Flying Tiger Airlines airplane N67977. One blue light flew very fast on a collision course with the airliner.
Sept. 16, 1952: Portland, Maine. 6:22 p.m. Crew of U.S. Navy P2V Neptune patrol plane, visually and via radar. A group of five lights was seen at the same time a long, thin blip was being tracked on radar. The sighting involved 20 minutes.