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POSSIBLY SOLVED VISUAL UFO CASES


A "C" followed by a number refers to the Colorado University study case numbers

Updated 02/23/14

PARTIALLY EVALUATED VISUAL UFO SIGHTINGS:
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
02/25/42 ntTTLos Angeles CA(many) Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb?=R@=LR
06/24/47 1403Mt. Rainier WAKenneth Arnold Experimental secret predecessor to YB-49 Flying wing?
Geese??

=N=
=JE
07/07/47 TTTTBozeman MTair: Vernon Baird+ Weather balloon destroyed by prop wash?ERRU=LR
08/20/49 ntTTLas Cruces NMAstnm Clyde Tombaugh Fire balloons???
=LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
03/20/50 2126Memphis TN to Little Rock AR(air) Meteor broke into parts???=S67=LR
03/31/50 2126Memphis TN to Little Rock AR(air) Alternate published date of 03/20/50
=LR
05/20/50 1220 C1Flagstaff AZ? $V$ Windblown debris??
$V$ Toy Balloon?
=C==C=
=LR
06/24/50 TTTT(desert) CA(air) Airplane seen edge-on?ERRU
08/25/51 ntTTAlbuquerque NM(many) Possible secret flight of YRB-49 flying wing??
=LR
01/16/52 dyTTArtesia NM2+2 Birds closer to observers?USD=LR
04/20/52 TTTTUSA(many)Geese?
=LR
07/16/52 TTTTNewport News VA(many) ?P? Fire balloons??
=LR
07/16/52 TTTTHampton VAPaul Hill ?P? Fire balloons??
=LR
07/29/52 TTTTCarson Sink NV(air) 3 jets?ERRU
09/NN/52 TTTTAtlantic Ocean(many military) Weather balloon?
Fighters intercept perspective effects?
(Operation Mainbrace)
ERRU=LR
10/17/52 dyTTOloron France(many) Ballooning spiders?? =~?
=LR
10/27/52 dyTTGaillac France(many) Ballooning spiders?? =~?
=LR
02/16/53 TTTTElmendorf AFB AK(many mil, air) Fire balloon???
=LR
02/17/53 TTTTElmendorf AFB AK(many mil) Fire balloon???
=LR
05/05/53 dyTTYuma AZWells Allan Webb $R$ ?H? Believed in life on Mars
(Polaroid glasses rings case)


08/23/54 TTTTVernon FranceBernard Miserey+ Fire balloons?
=LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
08/21/55 ntTTKelly KYSuttons, Taylors ?H? Cover up for family feud???
Monkeys escaped from Shrine Circus at Hopkinsville??
Great Horned Owls in area (yellow eyes)??

=LR
=N=
11/01/55 TTTTnear Beatty NVFrank Halstead $V$ Plane closer than thought?=FE=LR
NN/NN/56 ntTTBloomington IN$Y$ Helicopter inspecting RR tracks?=FE=LR
08/05/57 TTTTGotland Is. SwedenAkerberg+ Fire balloons?
=LR
10/15/57 TTTTBrazilVillas-Boas ?H? Similar to Sci-Fi there?
=LR
11/NN/57 TTTTValparaiso INDon DodgeAircraft lights?
=LR
11/04/57 TTTTOrogrande NMJames Stokes Secret missile from White Sands???
=LR
11/05/57 TTTTCoast Guard Cutter Sebago? Airplane seen edge-on?
=LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
08/17/58 TTTTWarren MI??P? Fire balloon =~?
=LR
10/03/58 ntTTWasco (Clinton Co.) IN(many) Seagulls or other birds following a train?=FE=LR
NN/NN/59 TTTTTurner MEEmily Deneault+ ?H? Fire balloons with blue bags?
=LR
04/07/59 TTTTSt Hubert QP(many military) ?P? Fire balloons? $D$ Not on \/
=LR
06/18/59 TTTTEdmonton AB2??P? Fire balloon =~
=LR
06/26/59 ****Boianai PapuaWilliam Gill+ |~| 3 Planets?
Mirage of fishing boat?
The drawing was made by pro-alien Cruttwell
=PK=PK
=LR
=PK
07/25/59 TTTTIrondequoit NY(mil) Kite? =~
=LR
08/10/59 ntTTGoose Bay, Labrador NF(mil) Lighted balloon?
=LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
02/03/60 TTTTIntervale NHBill Kendrick ?P? Fire balloons??
=LR
07/19,20/60 2130St Louis MO(many)?P? Fire Balloon?=S67=LR
08/23/60 0324Wichita KS4??P? Fire balloon?
=LR
08/30/60 TTTTRed Bluff CA??P? Fire balloon?
=LR
09/10/60 2150Ridgecrest CA4?Birds?
=LR
02/28/61 2215Bark River MILaPalm?P? Fire balloon?=S67=LR
07/08/61 ****Beulah MIGregory+5 Multiple effects? including
- ?P? fire balloons?
- unrelated lights?
See Unsolved - not all of case
=S67=LR
08/12/61 2100Kansas City KSPhipps+Furkenhoff ?P?Fire balloon??
Ad balloon?
=S67=LR
09/19/61 ntTTIndian Head NHBarney+Betty Hill Ad-plane?, Hypnosis induced story??
=LR
05/18/63 2330New Plymouth New Zealand? ?P? Fire Balloon?=FE=LR
05/29/63 ntTT?Astnm Bart Bok, H Gollinow ?P? Fire Balloon?=S67=LR
06/21/63 ntTTChicago IL$Y$Ad plane??=LR
06/25/64 TTTTEly NV2?Leaky weather balloon?
=LR
06/30/64 0100SCParham?P? Fire balloon?
=LR
10/07/64 dyTTWaltham MARichard Forristall Tow target experiment?
=LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
01/04/65 ntTTBethel VTRichard Woodruff+ ?P? 3 Fire balloons?
=LR
01/27/65 ntTTHampton VAmil: John Nayadley Ad-plane?
=LR
08/03/65 ntTTTinker AFB OK(many, police) Re-entry??
=PK
08/03/65 ntTTTinker AFB OK(many, police) |~| ~|~ =~ /|\ Stars?
=PK
08/30/65 2215Urbana OHLilly+ Bird diving in front of auto?=S67=LR
10/21/65 2030Exeter NHJohn Fuller ?P? Fire balloon??
LASER gunsight test??
=JF=LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
02/11/66 TTTTSkowhegan ME??P? Fire Balloon?=FE=LR
03/20/66 2000Dexter MIFrank Mannor+ Poachers with a camouflaged jeep or boat?=ubiq=LR
03/21/66 ntTTHillsdale College MI(many) Burning swamp gas?
=JH
03/22/66 TTTTKey West FL??P? Fire balloon?=FE=LR
03/24/66 TTTTCook MN??P? Fire balloon?=FE=LR
03/24/66 TTTTValparaiso ChileMunoz Ferrada ?P? Fire balloon?=FE=LR
03/25/66 TTTTUpper Sandusky OH??P? Fire balloon?=FE=LR
03/25/66 TTTTToledo OH??P? Fire balloon?=FE=LR
03/30/66 TTTTLong Island NY??P? Fire balloons?=FE=LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
04/10/66 TTTTGolden COSheriff Dave Courtney ?P? Fire balloon?=FE=LR
04/17/66 0500Atwater OH...Conway PApolice: Dale Spaur+ ?P?Type III Fire balloon??
=LR
04/22/66 2100 C6Beverly MAModugno+, $Y$, police ?P? Fire balloon? =LR, |~| stars??=C==C=
05/05/66 TTTTGiradot Colombia??P? Fire balloon?=FE=LR
06/24/66 TTTTRichmond VApolice: Stevens Ad-plane?? Fire balloon??
=LR
06/07/66 TTTTGrafton New South Wales?Fire Balloon?=FE=LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
09/17/66 TTTTCrane's Beach MA??P? Fire Balloons?=FE=LR
09/22/66 0300Deadwood SD(police) |~| stars?? Fire balloons?
Spotlight drowned out objects?
Fire balloon dimmed out to "race away"
USD=LR
09/24/66 ntTTIN (entire state)(many) barium cloud experiment?=FE=LR
09/30/66 ntTTAnderson INpolice: David Leer ?P? Fire Balloons?=FE=LR
10/03/66 TTTTTemple OK??P? Fire Balloons?=FE=LR
10/03/66 TTTTGulfport MS??P? Fire Balloons?=FE=LR
10/03/66 TTTTNew Orleans LA??P? Fire Balloons?=FE=LR
10/30/66 TTTTCherry Hill NJCharles Paulus+200 ?P? Fire balloon?
=LR
11/02/66 ****Parkersburg WVWoodrow Derenberger ?H? !! Psychological

12/30/66 2030 C10Haynesville LA? Gemini 2 Agena fragment re-entry??=C==LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
01/15/67 1745 C13Granville MA(many) ?P? 3 Fire balloons??=C==LR
01/15/67 ntTTNorth Granby CT(2) ?P?Fire balloons?=C==LR
01/19+/67 ****Cairo IL, Paducah KY(many, police, air) ?P? Fire balloons?, |~|stars?
=LR
01/22/67 TTTTHouston TX(many) ?P? Fire Balloons?=FE=LR
02/09/67 TTTTGoddard KS(many) |~|star?=FE=LR
02/16/67 TTTTTopeka KSMil: Pittman+ ?P? Fire Balloons?=FE=LR
02/16/67 TTTTYpsilanti MI? ?P? Fire Balloons?=FE=LR
02/16/67 TTTTMassena NY(2 police+) ?P? Fire Balloons?=FE=LR
02/16/67 TTTTBrandon OREsther Millard+ ?P? Fire Balloons?=FE=LR
02/16/67 TTTTNorfolk VA(police) ?P? Fire Balloons?=FE=LR
03/08/67 TTTTFrostburg MDRosenbaum+ ?P? Several Fire Balloons in sequence?=FE=LR
03/09/67 TTTTOnawa IA(A) Re-entry?? Fire balloon?

06/L2/67 **** C27Harrisburg PA(many) ?P? $D$ Fire balloons, meteor? other?=C==C=
06/24/67 ntTTAustin TXRay Rosi Aborted drug drop??
=LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
08/04/67 TTTTPorto Alegre Brazil100s ?P? Fire balloons?=CL=LR
09/01/67 UUUU C30Edwards AFB CA(X15 air) Rumor unsubstantiated by records?
Security leak test story?
=C==C=
=LR
09/09/67 1945 C31Winchester CT? ?H? Fire balloons?? (in trapezoid)=C==LR
09/10/67 ntTTBruzual Venezuela(many) Lighted balloon?=CL=CL
09/15/67 2100 C33Winsted CT$Y$ Fires in swamp??, Motor scooter??
Prowlers???
?P? Fire balloon??
Alibi for being up??
?P? Kids???
=C==C=
=LR
=LR
=LR
=LR
09/22/67 2030Gravois FranceAFire Balloon??USD=LR
10/04+/67 TTTTConnersville IN$Y$ Tree limb removal crews along power line?=CL=LR
12/25/67 2200 C44St Louis MO? Truck on overpass??
Psychological?
Fire Balloons?
Christmas decoration on overpass?
=C==LR
=C=
=LR
12/03/67 0230 C42Ashland NEHerbert Schirmer Hypnosis induced story??
?P? Fire balloon???
=C==C=
=LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
02/04/68 TTTTRedlands CA? ?P? Fire balloon? Unrelated sound?

04/NN/68 TTTTGobi Desert China(mil) ?P? Fire balloon?
=LR
05/NN/68 TTTTChascomus Argentina to->Mexico CityVidal ?H? No such persons existed (teleport case)

10/31/68 TTTTFayetteville GACharles Smith ?P? Fire balloon?
=LR
01/17/69 TTTTMeridian MSJohn Kincaid Ad-plane??; ?P? Fire balloon??
=LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
04/UU/71 ntTTVA(A) ?P? Fire balloons? (escaped convict)
=LR
04/14/71 TTTTButler PA(A) ?P? Fire balloon?
=LR
09/NN/71 TTTTDingxian China(mil) ?P? Fire balloon?
=LR
02/21/73 TTTTPiedmont MO(many) ?P? Fire Balloons??
=LR
09/NN/73 TTTTSydney NC(many) Sandhill crane?
=LR
10/11/73 TTTTTanner Williams AL$Y$ Animal??

10/11/73 TTTTPascagoula MSCharles Hickson+Calvin Parker ?H?, Hypnosis induced story??
=LR
10/18/73 ntTTCleveland-Mansfield OHair: Lawrence Coyne+ Meteor??=PK=PK
10/22/73 TTTTBlackford Co INDonathan, Flatter ?P? Fire balloons?? Kids?? Psychological??=N==LR
10/24/73 TTTTNC(A)Sandhill crane?

04/16/74 TTTTPiedmont ItalyBellingeri ?P? Fire balloon?

09/**/75 TTTTNoxie OK(many)Sandhill crane?

11/05/75 ntTTSnowflake AZTravis Walton+ ?H? National Enquirer prize?
?P? Late contract?
?P? Object seen by others: Fire balloon?

=LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
08/UU/76 ntTTAlagash ME(many) ?H? Fire balloons? Hypnosis induced story??
=LR
07/07/77 TTTTFu Jian China(3000+) ?P? Fire balloons?
=LR
09/20/77 TTTTPetrozavodsk USSR(many) Secret satellite launch?
?P? Fire balloon?
=PB=PB
=LR
10/27/77 TTTTCagliari Sardinia(mil) ?P? Fire balloon?
=LR
NN/NN/78 TTTTLos Angeles CAElke Summer ?P? Fire balloon??
=LR
07/26/78 TTTTShanxi ChinaSha Yongkao ?P? fire balloons?
=LR
10/23/78 TTTTLintiao China(1000+) ?P? Fire balloon?
=LR
05/22/79 TTTTPiastow Poland(A) ?P? Fire balloon?
=LR
12/27/80 ****Rendlesham Forest, England
RAF Bentwaters, England
(many) Investigator groups saw each other?
Spy satellite film drop cover story?

=LR
=N=
12/29/80 ****Rendlesham Forest, England
RAF Bentwaters, England
(many) Investigators saw Orford Ness Lighthouse or Sunk Lightship?
?P? Fire balloons with firecrackers?

=N=
=LR
03/21/81 TTTTYakima WAStella Washines Fire balloons and flare balloons?
=LR
09/14/81 ntTTWabash INBrenda Purdy Scintillating stars?
=LR
Date/timeLocationWitnesses ID Description - (KEY)SourceID-er
05/08/90 ntTTBloomington INSummitt+ |~| Stars?
=LR
08/25/91 TTTTHaringknaumls Sweden? Plane edge-on, halation??
=LR
06/20/92 TTTTBrandstorp Sweden? Model rocket of SR-71??
=LR
06/NN/94 TTTTFloda Sweden? Model rocket of SR-71??
=LR
01/06/95 TTTTManchester England(air) Fireball meteor?

03/25/95Bovina TX(many air) Electric discharge center of storm?
Flare drop exercise?

=LR
07/11/95 dyTTSteinkjer Sweden? Sun halation on plane?

12/11/96 ntTTFox Lake YK,
Pelly Crossing YK,
Carmacks YK
(many) Military air convoy? airship effect?
(Extremely large UFO case)
=N==N=
NN/NN/97 ntTTs OR(A) Manned Hot Air Balloon at night?
=LR
10/17/98 TTTTLake Stevens WA? ?P? Fire balloon, Unrelated sound (music synthesizer?)?
=LR
01/05/00 ntTTSt Clair co IL(Many, police) ?P? 1 or more fire balloons?
=LR

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