April 5, 1948: Holloman AFB, New Mexico. Afternoon. Geophysics Lab balloon observers Alsen, Johnson, and Chance saw two irregular, round, white or golden objects. One made three loops then rose and disappeared rapidly. The other flew in a fast arc to the west during the 30 second sighting.
July 24, 1948: Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. 1:50 a.m. Maintenance ground crewman Walter Massey saw a cigar-shaped craft that flashed overhead. He thought that he saw a flame coming from the rear.
July 24, 1948: Near Montgomery, Alabama. 2:45 a.m. Eastern Airlines pilots Clarance S. Chiles and John B. Whitted. Watched a bright light head for their airliner and pass on the right. Craft was cigar-shaped and had a double row of windows along it. A flame shot out of the back. Air Force conclusion: Astro: Fireball.
July 29, 1948: Indianapolis, Indiana. 9:88 a.m. James Toney, Robert Huggins, both employees of a rug cleaning firm watched a single shiny aluminum object, shaped something like an airplane's propeller, with 10–12 small cups protruding from either blade. Estimated size 6–8 feet' long, 1.5–2 feet' wide. The object glided across the road a few hundred feet in front of their vehicle and apparently went down in a wooded area. Sighting lasted a few seconds.
July 31, 1948: Indianapolis, Indiana. 8:25 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Swigert; he was an electrician. Object was shaped like a cymbal, or domed disc; about 20 feet' across and 6–8 feet 'thick, and was white without any shine. It flew straight and level from horizon to horizon in about 10 seconds, shimmering in the sun as if spinning.
July or August, 1948: In the vicinity of Marion, Virginia. Shortly after sunset. Max Abbott, flying a Bellanca Cruisair four-passenger private airplane watched a single bright white light as it accelerated and turned up a valley.
Sept. 23, 1948: San Pablo, California. 12 noon. Sylvester Bentham and retired U.S. Army Col. Horace Eakins saw two objects, one of which was a buff or grey rectangle with vertical lines and the other a translucent "amoeba" with a dark spot near the center. The arms of the "amoeba" undulated. Both objects travelled very fast.
Oct. 15, 1948: Fusuoka, Japan. 11:05 p.m. Pilot Halter and radar operator Hemphill of a P-61 "Black Widow" night fighter. Up to six objects tracked on radar, only one seen visually. Dull or dark object shaped like a dirigible with a flat bottom and clipped tail end. Six seen on radar separately. Pilot attempted to close on visual object, but it dove away fast.
Dec. 3, 1948:; Fairfield-Suisan AFB, California. 8:15 p.m. Air Force sergeant, control tower operator watched a single round, white light that flew for 25 seconds with varying speed, bouncing motion, and finally a rapid erratic climb.
Jan. 4, 1949: Hickam Field, Hawaii. 2 p.m. USAF Capt. Paul Storey saw one flat white, elliptical object with a matte top circled while oscillating to the right and left, and then sped away.
Jan. 27, 1949: Cortez-Bradenton, Florida. 10:20 p.m. Capt. Sames, acting chief of the Aircraft Branch, Eglin AFB, and Mrs. Sames watched for 25 minutes while a cigar-shaped object as long as two Pullman cars and having seven lighted square windows and throwing sparks, descended and then climbed with a bouncing motion at an estimated 400 mph.
March 17, 1949: Camp Hood, Texas. 7:52 p.m. The witnesses included guards of the 2nd Armored Division. While awaiting the start of a flare firing, they watched, for an hour, while eight large, green, red and white flare-like objects flew in generally straight lines.
April 3, 1949: Dillon, Montana. 11:55 a.m. Construction company owner Gosta Miller and three other unnamed persons. One object shaped like two plates attached face-to-face with matte bottom, bright aluminum top and was about 20 feet' diameter, 4–5 feet' thickness. It rocked or rotated in six cycles, descended, rocked, flew, rocked.
April 4, 1949: Merced, California. 10:20 p.m. William Parrott, former Air Force pilot watched one generally round object with a curved bottom and dull coloring. The object gave off a clicking sound until overhead. Parrott's dog reacted.
April 24, 1949: Arrey, New Mexico. l0:30 a.m. General Mills meteorologist and balloon expert C.B. Moore and others on a balloon launch crew. One white, round ellipsoid, about 2.5 times as long as wide. Donald Menzel believed this to a mirage.
April 28, 1949: Tucson, Arizona. 5:45 p.m. Howard Hann, Mr. Hubert, Tex Keahey. One bright, sausage-shaped object was observed for 40 minutes while it rolled and flew fast.
May 5, 1949: Ft. Bliss, Texas. 11:40 a.m. Army officers Maj. Day, Maj. Olhausen, Capt. Vaughn saw two oblong white discs, flying at an estimated 200–250 mph, make a shallow turn during the 30–50 second observation.
May 6, 1949: Livermore, California. 9:35 a.m. C. G. Green. Two shiny, disc-like objects rotated around each other and banked. Then one shot upwards with a grey trail and rejoined the other.
May 9, 1949: Tucson, Arizona. 2:30 p.m. M/Sgt. Troy Putnam. Two round, flat silvery objects, estimated to be 25 feet' in diameter, flew 750-1,000 mph in banked but steady manner.
May 27, 1949: South-central Oregon. 2:25 p.m. Joseph Shell, ferrying SNJ trainer for North American Aviation, from Red Bluff, California, to Burns, Oregon. Five to eight oval objects, twice as long as wide, and 1/5 as thick. They flew in trail formation, with an interval equal to 3–4 times their length, except that the second and third were closer together.
July 24, 1949: Mountain Home, Idaho. 12 noon. Henry Clark, manager of a flying service, flying a Piper Clipper. Seven delta-shaped objects, 35–55 feet' in span, 20–30 feet' long, 2–5 feet' thick; light colored except for a 12 foot' diameter dark circle at the rear of each. They flew in a tight formation of twos with one behind, and made a perfect, but unbanked, turn. During the 10 minute sighting, they displayed decreasing smooth oscillations. Clark's engine ran rough during the sighting, and upon landing was found to have all its spark plugs burned out.
July 30, 1949: Mt. Hood, Oregon. 9 p.m. Northwest Airlines Capt. Thrush, two Portland control tower operators, and one flying instructor. One object with one white light and two red lights, maneuvered and hovered.
Feb 5, 1950: Teaticket, Massachusetts. 5:10 p.m. Marvin Odom, former U.S. Navy fighter pilot, USAF Lt. Philip Foushee, pilot from Otis AFB, and two others. Two thin, illuminated cylinders, one of which dropped a fireball, maneuvered together and then disappeared high and fast after 5 minutes.
Feb. 24, 1950: Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1:55 p.m. Municipal Airport Weather Observers Luther McDonald, Harrison Manson. One white, slightly elongated oval was watched for 1.5 minutes through a theodolite while it flew straight and level.
Feb. 25, 1950: Los Alamos, New Mexico. 3:55 p.m. Twelve Atomic Energy Commission security inspectors. One cylinder with tapered ends, silver and flashing, flew slow and then fast, fluttered and oscillated, and changed course. observations by individuals varied from 3 seconds to 2 minutes.
March 3, 1950: Selfridge AFB, Michigan. 11:05 p.m. Lt Frank Mattson. One intense, dull yellowish light descended vertically, then flew straight and level very fast for 4 minutes.
March 20, 1950: Stuggart, Arkansas. 9:26 p.m. Chicago & Southern Airlines Capt. Jack Adams, First Officer G. W. Anderson, Jr. One 100 foot' circular disc with 9-12 portholes along the lower side emitting a soft purple light, and a light at the top which flashed 3 times in 9 seconds, flew at not less than 1,000 m.p.h. It was seen for 25–35 seconds.
March 27, 1950: Motobo, Okinawa. 10:30 a.m. USAF radar operator Cpl. Bolfango. Tracked on radar for 2 minutes while it was stationary and then moved at 500 mph.
March 28, 1950: Santiago, Chile. 3:15 p.m. M/Sgt. Patterson, of the office of the U.S. Air Attaché. One white object observed for 5-10 seconds through binoculars while it flew high and fast, crossing 30 degrees of sky.
March 29, 1950: Marrowbore Lake, Tennessee. 7 a.m. Real estate salesmen Whiteside and Williams. Six-twelve dark objects shaped like 300-lb. bombs, estimated 5 feet long. Flew 500 mph and descended, making a noise like wind blowing through the trees.