by Dan Wright
3. Story, The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters.
4. Good, Need to Know.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
Chapter 41 1999: A Fitting Climax
1. Doc # 0005517742, Department of Defense, National Reconnaissance Office, by Gerald K. Haines, Historian, “CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947–90,” July 1, 1999.
Chapter 42 2000 and Beyond
1. Doc # CIA-RDP96-00792R000700680001-6, German journal entry, Parapsychology Abstracts International, “The Spectrum of UFO Sightings,” May 17, 2000.
2. Doc # CIA-RDP96-00787R000500250002-0, questionnaire, Naval Postgraduate School, August 7, 2000.
3. Doc # CIA-RDP96-00792R000701020004-4, abstract, “An Experimental Evaluation of a Belief in Psi,” by Kenneth Reed, University of Edinburgh, August 15, 2000.
4. Colm Kelleher, “Research at the National Institute for Discovery Science,” MUFON 2000 International UFO Symposium Proceedings.
5. Story, The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters, 385–386.
Index
A
lasting effects after, 239
medical testing and, 238
use of the word, 185
abduction of Betty and Barney Hill, 163, 206
detailed account of Betty and Barney Hill, 185
Aberdeen, Washington, fuzzy round objects in, 231
aberrations, optical or electronic, 37
abnormal circumstances surrounding UFO flights, 303
accounts, disqualification of single-witness, 33–34
Adamski, George, 107, 264
alleged visits to, 142
FBI threat to, 140
adaptation to night viewing, sightings and, 36
ADC,
Kinross intercept and the, 69–70
Project Blue Book transfer to, 67
radar station reports of an unknown object and, 23
aerial anomalies,
Air Force experience and, 152–153
assigned responsibility for, 97
four issues for, 36
USAF role regarding reported, 121
aerial anomalies
and the absence of a reference point, 36
and the absence of material evidence, 36
case evaluation of, 49
aerial intruders at Minot Air Force Base, 193–194
aerial lights over Cheshire, England, 274
aerial maneuvers of a metallic sphere, 282
aerial object
over the Escambia Bay Bridge, 288
sighting over Karup Air Field, 63
spotted near the Shetland Islands, 297–298
aerial objects,
procedures for identifying unknown, 33
reports of unidentified, 41
aerial objects
investigated by, 32
abduction,
over Homs, Syria, 63
photographed over Sweden, 151
aerial phenomena,
answers to, 13
publicized events of anomalous, 83
research of, 246–247
aerial phenomena
in America, 35–36
in Europe, 35–36
Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, see APRO
Aerial Phenomena Section, 66, 67
aerial unknown over Helsinki, Finland, 79
aerial vehicle, creation of a saucer-shaped prototype, 299
aerial vehicles, photographic prints of, 96
aeronautical equipment, Soviet, 106
Aerospace Intelligence Division, 246
AFOSI, 44, 45
AFOSR, 213
Robertson Report and the, 189
Aho, Wayne Sulo, 107
claims of ESP by, 108
AIAA, 226–227
air base commanders, initial investigations of UFO sightings and, 135
Air Defense Command, see ADC
Air Force,
brainwashing by the, 170
Carl Jung's claims against the, 131
collection of data by the, 122
conclusions withheld by the, 65–66
contract to build a flying saucer from the, 92
correspondence with the, 102
differences with J. Allen Hynek and the, 208
Donald Keyhoe allegations against the, 171
growing impatience of the, 182–186
handling of UFO cases by the, 199
hidden UFO surveillance by the, 264
instrumentation in sightings and the, 37
UFO proof and the, 65
Air Force
analysis of UFO reports for Soviet attacks, 39
and pressure from NICAP, the, 102
concerns about UFOs, 150
conspiracy to cover up UFO surveillance of military bases, 263–264
coverup of flying saucers, 107–108
debunking effort, 186
defense mission, 154
denial of congressional hearings on UFOs, 130
denials regarding the Robertson Panel Report, 132–133
experience and aerial anomalies, 152–153
information on UFOs, 121
interest in UFOs and objectives, 122
investigative methods, questioning of, 187
of photographs of an unknown, 111
regulations for air bases, 150
reports of UFOs, contents of, 123
secret weapons, UFO sightings, and 162
statistical summary of UFO reports, 173–174
study, OSI's evaluation of, 43
Air Force Office of Scientific Research, see AFOSR
Air Force Office of Special Investigations, see AFOSI
Air Force-OSI Study Group findings, 35
Air Force Secretary's Office of Information, see SAFOI
Air Force Stand, 34, 35, 36, 37
Air Materiel Command, sightings reported to, 18
Air Technical Intelligence Center, see ATIC
air traffic control, 30, 115, 123, 196, 273
flying disc witnessed by, 20
Jacksonville, 260
object spotted by, 257
unknown tracked by, 84
white light spotted by, 11
airborne disc over Bosinai, Papua New Guinea, 144
airborne objects, inexplicable, 37
aircraft mistaken for UFOs, 33, 36
airline pilots, Defense Department warning issued to, 83
airplane accidents, UFOs responsible for, 142
airplane warning lights mistaken for flying objects, 215
airship
incidents, 183
Russian thermoplane, 301
spotted in Kent, New York, 273
spotted in Murmansk, Russia, 286
Airways and Air Communication Service, see AACS
Akcyev, Dr. Inal, UFO explanations of, 253
Alaska, sightings in, 23
Albuquerque, New Mexico,
ATIC instrumentation near, 68
UFO crash near, 241
Algeria,
cigar-shaped object over, 71–72
sightings in, 28
Algerian Hammaguir military base, light in the sky over, 209–210
Algiers, black disc sighting in, 28
Algiers factory sighting of a white mass, 28
alien bodies, recovery of four, 276
Almansa, Spain, glowing spheres over, 38–39
aluminum, discs made of, 27
aluminum foil, entity wearing, 237
Alvarez, Luis, 48, 105
communication with Philip Strong, 111
America, aerial phenomena in, 35–36
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, see AIAA
American Juno 2 rocket, deflection of the, 143
Andrews Air Force Base, objects flying over, 30
Andujar, Spain, red object over, 39
anemia, sightings and, 36
anomalies
in Europe, 37
; in North Africa, 37
recorded by the ATIC, 31
anomalous
flying objects and stereoscopic photos, 215
light over Portalegre, Portugal, 117
object over Bahia Blanca, Argentina, 231
objects, 153
objects over Washington, D.C., 175
radar propagation, 56–57
sphere, crash of an, 281
anomalous aerial phenomena,
Herbert Scoville and, 96–97
publicized events of, 83
Antarctica, egg-shaped object seen in, 162–163
Applied Science Division, see ASD 60–61
APRO, 57–58, 155–156
Marshall H. Chadwell and, 61
Argentina, multiple-topic report received from, 164–165
Armed Forces Security Agency, see NSA
Armed Services Committee, 160, 192
Amory, Jr., Robert, 40–41
correspondence with Herbert Scoville, 99
Armstrong, Virgil, 5
Army, 7, 56, 258, 271
evidence of UFOBs, 68
Army Air Corps, 6
Arnhem, Netherlands, incident at, 38
Arnold, Kenneth, 35, 182–183, 205, 273
sighting by, 6, 26
Arras, France, fiery object seen over, 70
artifacts of extraterrestrial origins, 52–53
Artsishauskas, Valentinas, 279–280
ASD, 60–61, 62, 126, 127, 130
hardware aspects of flying craft and, 106
incoming reports and, 97–98
maintaining files and responsibilities of, 97
responsibility of UFOs by, 98
Soviet information and the, 92
surveillance conducted by, 97–98
ASD surveillance, 77
astronomers, personal sightings by, 205
astronomical
bodies mistaken for UFOs, 36
sightings mistaken for UFOs, 153
sources mistaken for UFOs, 114
astronomy, study of UFOs and, 121
Athens, Greece, UFO article published in, 27–28
ATIC, 10, 307
anomalies recorded by the, 31
briefing by, 32
cameras situated by, 67–68
classification of unknowns by, 13
documents analyzed by the, 33
instrumentation in Albuquerque by the, 68
investigations, 57
Leon Davidson and, 105
map in the Robertson Report, 53–54
misinterpreted sources, 36
number of reports received by, 42
outside inquiries and, 32–33
Project Blue Book quarterly statistical reports by the, 68
responsibility of handling UFO reports by the, 34
role in UFO sightings, 123
suggested expansion of the, 57
Wright-Patterson Air Force base and, 103, 123
atmospheric effects, UFO reports and, 306
atmospheric phenomena mistaken for UFOs, 36
atmospherics, study of UFOs and, 121
Atomic Energy Commission, 13, 56
shiny silver objects near the, 21
atomic fission and flying saucers, 34–35
Auckland Air Traffic Control radar, UFOs detected by, 213
Aurora Borealis mistaken for UFOs, 36
Avro design studies, 92
B
Bahia Blanca, Argentina, anomalous object over, 231
Baku, Azerbaijan, flying saucer over, 91
ball lightning, 57
UFOs and, 187
ball lighting
mistaken for UFOs, 36
mistaken for flying objects, 215
balloons, 33, 49, 51, 52, 56, 67, 71, 72, 78, 94, 109, 114, 122, 153, 174, 226, 243
ATIC and, 57
high-altitude, 215
mistaken for UFOs, 36
psychological warfare, 218
scouting, 214
Skyhook, 10, 19, 36, 205, 215, 273
weather, 34, 55, 94, 117, 183
Barcelona, Spain,
rocket-shaped object over, 37
unfamiliar objects spotted over, 29
base commanders, information releases by, 167
Battelle Memorial Institute, special reports prepared by the, 88–89
Bellefontaine, Ohio, 48
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, hovering vehicle over, 277
Benton Harbor, Michigan, saucer shape seen over, 210
Bentwaters Air Force Base, events at, 229–230
Bergen, Norway, bright lights crossing over, 141
Berkner, Lloyd V., 105, 109, 110, 113, 120, 129
Bermuda Triangle, missing aircraft over, 86
Beverly, Massachusetts, gray-white saucers in, 193
birds mistaken for UFOs, 37
black disc sighting in Algiers, 28
blood-red star over Worcester, South Africa, 77
blue flame during sighting at Hamilton Air Force Base, 20
blue-white lights over Wilmington, Delaware, 31
bodies discovered in an unknown object in Kingman, Arizona, 73–74
Bohol Island, airborne object over, 135
Boldender, Carroll H., 224
Bolling Air Force Base, interceptors at, 31
boomerang shape over Indian Point nuclear power plant, 275
boomerang-shaped object in White Pond, New York, 273
Bornholm Island, triangular object near, 45
Bosinai, Papua New Guinea, airborne disc over, 144
Boukanefis, Algeria, plate-shaped object sighting in, 28
brainwashing by the Air Force, 170
Brazil, UFO photos from, 64
Brazilian naval ship, UFO photos taken from a, 154–155
Bregenz, Austria, disc observed over, 80
Breslau, Poland, 4, 5, 63, 76
bright lights crossing over Bergen, Norway, 141
British-Canadian jet-powered flying saucer, 106
Bryant, Larry W., 134–135, 269, 271
bullet shaped object near Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 21
Bundy, William, 58
Bunker Hill Air Force Base, pear-shaped object over, 145
Bush, George H. W., criticisms from, 254
Byrne, James F., 109
C
Cabell, Major General Charles P., 18
response to Donald Keyhoe, 123–124
California Committee for Saucer Investigation, 58
Camp Smith, 275
Canberra, Australia, unknown over, 196
Cannon Air Force Base, UFOs at, 250
Canterbury Coast, aerial events over, 261
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, encounter in, 237
Carroll, General Joseph, 15–16
Carter, Jimmy,
UFO investigations and, 313
UFO sighting of, 222–223
Casablanca, sightings over, 38
Cascade Mountains, sighting in the, 26
Cathie, Bruce, 213
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, 14
Central Intelligence Group, 4
Chadwell, H. Marshall, 40, 41, 48, 55, 56, 61, 62, 75, 93
communications with, 48
Chapin, Frank, 129
letter to Fred Kirsch, 140
response to Donald Keyhoe, 132
Cherlbourg, France, unknown in, 183
Cheshire, England, aerial lights over, 274
China,
aerial phenomena in, 267–268
UFOs witnessed in, 296
Chop, Albert, 65–66
Christchurch, lights over, 262
Ciampino air base, mysterious object spotted over, 82
cigar-shaped
mass sighting in Tiaret, Algeria, 28
object over Oloron, France, 46
circular object spotted over Helsinki, Finland, 82
Citizens Against UFO Secrecy, 134, 240, 269, 271
clairvoyance, MITI study of, 298
Clark, H. L.,
41–42
Clark, Ralph, 31
memo from Todos Odarenko from, 66
close encounter
in French Equatorial Africa, 63
on the Monon Railroad, 136
clothing, sightings of men dressed in shiny metallic, 27–28
Coast Guard, 18, 171, 295, 298
Cochise, New Mexico, disc-shaped object over, 93
Cold War, sightings during the, 114–115
Colorado UFO Project,
final report from the, 220
Operating Manual amendment for the, 212
problems within the, 216–217
procedures for reporting to the, 211
wrap-up of the, 221
comet-like light seen over Matanzas, Cuba, 301
Commission for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, see CSICOP
Commission on Aerodynamic Phenomena (Soviet), 272
Condon, Edward U., 185, 199, 220, 221
record of leadership for, 217
NPIC and, 197
public security risk of, 188
sightings theories of, 200
visit to NPIC, 198
Condon Committee, 189, 208, 213, 231
formation of the, 192
released findings of the, 310
Condon group, Project Blue Book and the, 187
Condon Report, 116, 220, 221, 226, 230, 236
effect on public interest of UFOs and the, 228
confidentially offered by NICAP, 107
congressional hearings on UFOs, secret, 130
contactees, 108, 140, 190
and extraterrestrial beings, 107
conventional aircraft mistaken for UFOs, 114
Cooper, Gordon L., 114
object spotted by, 168
sighting by, 24
Coordinator of Information, evolution of the, 3
Corning, California, encounter near, 157–158
cosmic ray particles, UFO explanations and, 253
Cotile Lake, Louisiana, sound heard near, 256–257
Coyne, Lawrence J., 238
CSICOP, 276
cylindrical object sighting at Eglin Air Force Base, 12
D
Dakar, Senegal, gray object over, 81
Dalnegorsk, Russia, UFO crash in, 294
Danish Defense Command, 63
Darmstadt, West Germany, flying saucers over, 80
Davidson, Leon, 160
ATIC and, 105
correspondence with Allen Dulles, 103
cover-up allegation of, 112
ham radio transmission and, 104
letters to OSI from, 268
recording sent to, 103–104
tape recording translation and, 120
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,
discs over, 44
incident at, 30
daytime sightings, shapes of, 13