The Hynek UFO Report

CLM-004756 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Project Blue Book, the Air Force's project on UFOs, was always regarded officially as 'unclassified,' but this amounted to a standing joke among those who knew better.”

CLM-004757 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Not only were many of the reports labeled 'Confidential' or 'Secret,' but the citizen who tried to examine Blue Book files was given a polite runaround or an outright refusal on various grounds.”

CLM-004758 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Those who sought to find out about the Air Force's investigation of UFOs were usually brushed off on the basis that the UFO files contained information that might reveal secrets about experimental military aircraft and hardware, new and advanced radar equipment and its secret locations; missiles, and military bases and installations.”

CLM-004759 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“In short, what was true in theory was not true in practice. Blue Book files were not open to the public, even though the Air Force claimed publicly that Blue Book was an open book.”

CLM-004760 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Well, finally, it is. The essentially complete files are available at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. For a price, one can obtain rather poor quality reels of microfilm of the files extant.* Or, one can examine the files in person.”

CLM-004761 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“In all, there are 13, 134 reports in the Air Force files.”

CLM-004762 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“A simple catalogue of these cases, giving only their geographical locations, dates, Air Force evaluation (and the revised evaluation suggested by my associates at the Center for UFO Studies and myself) represents a pile of sheets on my desk nearly a foot high!”

CLM-004763 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The Center for UFO Studies, in Evanston, Illinois, of which I am the Scientific Director, has obtained a complete set of the microfilms, and these are available for serious students of the UFO phenomenon.”

CLM-004764 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The UFO phenomenon is not the UFOs themselves but the reports of UFOs.”

CLM-004765 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Reports are made by people and people are often mistaken about what they observe.”

CLM-004766 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The Air Force was balled. A wingless craft? Nonsense! It couldn't be.”

CLM-004767 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The top brass in Washington chose to adopt the latter view. It was much simpler.”

CLM-004768 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Reports continued to pile up at Wright-Patterson in Dayton.”

CLM-004769 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Project Sign was born.”

CLM-004784 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“A number of years ago I devised a simple classification system based solely on what was reported as observed and not on any preconceived idea of what the actual nature of UFOs might be.”

CLM-004785 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Since the most frequently reported sightings are those of strangely behaving lights in the night sky, I called these, simply, Nocturnal Lights.”

CLM-004786 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The flying saucer Urie saw was skimming through Snake River Canyon at a height of about 75 feet at 1 P.M. Wednesday.”

CLM-004787 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The flying saucer Urie saw was about 20 feet long by 10 feet high and 10 feet wide, giving it an oblong shape.”

CLM-004788 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The UFO was all one color, sort of a light sky blue with a red tubular fiery glow at the side of the top, or hood.”

CLM-004789 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The UFO made very little noise, just a s-w-i-s-h as it passed by.”

CLM-004790 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“I do know that it scared the boys and made me feel pretty uneasy”

CLM-004791 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“I'll have to admit 'I've been skeptical all along until I saw it with my own eyes.”

CLM-004792 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“They were traveling at a great speed and higher than most airplanes”

CLM-004793 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“They were traveling at a great speed and higher than most airplanes”

CLM-004794 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“They were traveling at a great speed and higher than most airplanes”

CLM-004795 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“They were traveling at a great speed and higher than most airplanes”

CLM-004796 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Round, orange object; diffuse light in area where no 'treetop level' lights of any type have been seen before.”

CLM-004797 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“A diamond shaped object in upright position 50 ft. wide and 75 ft. high was observed for 5 min.”

CLM-004798 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Round object with appearance of cloud or round ball, white, traveling very fast and very high toward the east.”

CLM-004799 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“One silver circular object was seen flying from N to W and was in sight for four minutes.”

CLM-004800 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“A 13-year-old boy observed a round silver object, approximately the size of a silver dollar held at arm's length.”

CLM-004801 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Bright white light west of course.”

CLM-004802 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Disc-shaped, blue-white with 10-14 blinking lights.”

CLM-004803 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Perfectly round, in thickness like two saucers placed against one another; thicker in the middle and tapering toward the edge.”

CLM-004814 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Although investigation was requested in the matter, it appears that too much time was spent in the investigation.”

CLM-004815 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“If, however, there have been no reports by other personnel on the same incident, it seems that there is no justification for contacting as many agencies as was done in this case”

CLM-004816 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Excessive contacts can only serve to keep our interest in these matters a subject of discussion by more people than we would like.”

CLM-004817 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The reluctance of witnesses to report to Blue Book became more and more evident in the latter days of its existence.”

CLM-004818 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The majority of our missions were so hush-hush that they were known only to a mere handful of people in the entire squadron.”

CLM-004819 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Reports and materials related to them went directly to the Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (CINCNELM ), and the Secretary of the Navy.”

CLM-004820 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The nature of our operation in VQ-2 (Electronic Countermeasures Squadron TWO) were so super secret and sensitive that I cannot possibly believe a report of a UFO sighted by one of our crews would have been sent to Project Blue Book.”

CLM-004821 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that the same thing would hold true for UFOs sighted by SAC (Strategic Air Command) crews on Top Secret missions.”

CLM-004822 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The only proof would be in the Top Secret files of the Defense Department.”

CLM-004823 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“At approximately 21:55, I noticed a light due west of the tower which caught my attention because of its unconventional color, a deep blue.”

CLM-004824 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“In less time than it takes to tell, this light, without making any kind of reversal turn, poured down on me in a slight dive, passing directly over my canopy at an incredible speed, about one hundred to two hundred feet above.”

CLM-004825 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“My wife and I both spotted a brilliant white object coming towards us out of the sky from the northeast.”

CLM-004826 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The objects described were seen, each having the same appearance, approximately round, and orange-yellow in color with dull red alternately diffusing over much of the surface.”

CLM-004827 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“They seemed about five times the apparent size of Venus or Jupiter, but only two or three times as bright.”

CLM-004828 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The objects were moving at least three times and no more than five times the apparent velocity of a conventional aircraft traveling at four hundred miles per hour ground speed at twenty-five thousand feet altitude.”

CLM-004829 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The trailing object made a short, sharp ninety-degree turn to the left and again assumed 'trail' position.”

CLM-004830 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“We are competent observers. We have been amateur astronomers for many years and are well acquainted with all the constellations and planets.”

CLM-004831 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“It was an object a bit redder than Mars (orange-red) and was describing huge circles in the air.”

CLM-004832 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“We saw a large round object spinning directly over this plant.”

CLM-004833 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“This object was first spotted at the altitude of eight hundred feet above the 'K-6 Airstrip, coming from the north.”

CLM-004834 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The automatic pilot was immediately turned to the off position, which is customary when passing other aircraft.”

CLM-004841 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object took off up and away like a star with an estimated speed of departure of one thousand miles per hour.”

CLM-004844 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object was very low and directly in front of us. It stopped and then reversed completely at high speed and gained approximately five hundred feet altitude.”

CLM-004845 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“At each end or each side of the object, there were definite red lights. At times about five white lights were visible between the red lights.”

CLM-004846 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The objects were silver and either spherical or disc-like in shape, moving at about 300 miles an hour at approximately 8,000 feet.”

CLM-004847 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The objects were not aircraft and could not have been weather balloons.”

CLM-004849 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Kenneth Arnold's sighting made national headlines and the modern era of 'flying saucers' was born.”

CLM-004850 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“A flock of pigeons scattered when they saw five large discs in the air.”

CLM-004851 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Patrolmen saw three discs following each other at an undetermined altitude and at a terrific speed.”

CLM-004852 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Several credible witnesses observed discs flying at terrific speeds.”

CLM-004853 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“A United Airlines crew saw nine flying discs near Emmett, Idaho.”

CLM-004854 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Charles Moore reported seeing an elliptical object moving rapidly through a telescope.”

CLM-004855 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object they reported seeing had 'no protrusions, no exhaust, was about � as thick as its diameter.'”

CLM-004856 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The UFO 'moved into and out of a cloud bank several times,' and it looked 'like two silver saucers glued together, one inverted over the other.'”

CLM-004857 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object was 'shiny like a new tin building or even brighter!'”

CLM-004858 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The discs were very maneuverable, appearing almost to collide and then break away.”

CLM-004859 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The statement of one of the five observers follows: 'The objects, five (S) in number, appeared to be round and disc-shaped. The diameter of these objects seemed to be greater than the length of an F-51 fighter plane.'”

CLM-004860 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object was 'flat, white color and gave off no glare or reflection.'”

CLM-004861 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The speed was approximately twice that of ordinary jet aircraft.”

CLM-004869 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Daylight discs observed near Mexico City, December 13, 1957, for a total period of about twenty minutes.”

CLM-004870 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Multiple radar sightings of an unidentified flying object near Selfridge AFB, Michigan, on March 9, 1950.”

CLM-004872 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The targets were observed several times while operating with Task Force 77 during April and May of 1951.”

CLM-004873 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The radar operator asked me if we had any targets on our scopes traveling at 4,000 MPH.”

CLM-004874 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The UFO's speed varied from between 200 MPH to 1,200 MPH.”

CLM-004875 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The UFO was hovering at about 1,000 ft, or so, and had a sound similar to a jet engine.”

CLM-004876 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The UFO gave an excellent radar echo which could not be mistaken for anything else and in all respects except for the velocity seemed a normal radar target.”

CLM-004877 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“A silvery, disc-shaped object had been visually sighted by crew and personnel from the Hanford radar station, and confirmed on radar.”

CLM-004878 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“(1) CIRCULAR IN PLAN, ROUGHLY FOOTBALL SHAPED CROSS SECTION.”

CLM-004879 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“It was quite round with a projection on the ends at the center line.”

CLM-004880 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“On the bottom were two appendages which moved in an undulating motion.”

CLM-004881 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Also, in the center bottom was a half-moon object which whirled at varying speeds.”

CLM-004882 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“That the shape of the object closely resembled that of a huge derby hat with a rounded domelike crown 30 to 40 feet high, and at least 50 feet in horizontal diameter above a slightly curled-up 'brim' that extended outward for 12 or 15 feet from the bottom of the crown.”

CLM-004883 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“No satisfactory explanation exists for these observations.”

CLM-004884 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Sgt. Chavez (left), who arrived minutes after Zamora said the craft had departed, verified the smoldering bushes and the 'landing marks' on the ground.”

CLM-004885 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Taken on May 7, 1952. Norway, July 24, 1957. The photographer, an unsuspecting tourist, was photographing the Norwegian scenery and found to her surprise that a 'UF O' appeared when the film was developed.”

CLM-004886 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“No explanation for this 'UF O' has been found.”

CLM-004887 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The dark sky was cloudless as five witnesses observed this pulsating light hover for five minutes and then shoot off 'at a tremendous speed overhead.'”

CLM-004888 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Two independent detailed photometric studies argue that these photographs are of a relatively distant object, and hence are not fakes.”

CLM-004890 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Although this is a scene from the motion picture Close Encounters of the Third Kind, it illustrates the manner in which an unidentified object would actually be observed on radar.”

CLM-004891 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Landing site at Socorro, N.M. (April 24, 1964), showing 'landing pod' marks and greasewood bushes, some of which were charred.”

CLM-004892 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The Flying Discs of 1936, as drawn from memory by the witness, Mr. Richard Keller, now a professional commercial artist.”

CLM-004893 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Artist's reproduction of the Kelly-Hopkinsville creatures, as seen by one male witness the day after the event. Drawing by Mr. Bud Ledwith, an associate of the author's for several years.”

CLM-004894 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“That, in the absence of any openings into it, I could see no beings, human or otherwise, inside the object who might be operating and riding in it, and no crew or passengers were visible on the object's exterior during its visit.”

CLM-004895 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“That the color of the object, all over, was a uniform white, dull but clean, with no spots, stripes or other markings whatsoever.”

CLM-004896 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“That a moderate breeze, from the northeast I think, was blowing in which the object hovered quite stationary except for a gentle rocking motion, like a boat at anchor on water.”

CLM-004897 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“That beneath the object, extending vertically toward the ground, I seemed to see, and then not see, and then see again, a lot of streamers or lines of some material (or force) that twinkled like the fragile strands of tinsel with which one decorates a Christmas tree.”

CLM-004898 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“That without any marked change of sound except a soft rush of air, sucking away and not blowing toward me, the object abruptly ascended almost vertically, slightly northeasterly at immense speed into the thick cloud cover (maybe 300? feet up) and was instantly gone from sight and hearing.”

CLM-004899 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The lights appeared to remain at the same altitude which I estimate to be about one hundred feet.”

CLM-004900 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“It swung around toward them and just clearing a sixty- to seventy-foot tree and seemingly only one hundred feet away from them.”

CLM-004901 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“It stopped, hovered, and turned on a dime.”

CLM-004902 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Our investigations and evaluation of the sighting indicates a possible association with the Air Force operation 'Big Blast.'”

CLM-004904 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object bad a dull red color with purple waves coursing through its extremities.”

CLM-004905 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object caused reduction in the milk from the farmer's cow from two and a half cans to one can, disturbed a bull in a field, and caused a dog to bark.”

CLM-004906 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object caused dimming of lights and physical effects on animals.”

CLM-004907 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object moved down the alley, but above the alley, the car lights came back on.”

CLM-004908 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The engine, however, never had stalled but kept going.”

CLM-004909 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object slowly descended and hovered just a few feet off the ground.”

CLM-004910 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object ascended very rapidly 'fifty or sixty miles an hour.'”

CLM-004911 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object cavorted from curb to curb back and forth as though 'playing games with them.'”

CLM-004912 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object disappeared as though a person pulled a black shade up from the bottom, or as though one were filling the spherical object with a black ink.”

CLM-004913 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The similarity to the Levelland case is striking”

CLM-004918 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“A boomerang-shaped object with the exception that one side or wing was very short and the other side or wing much longer.”

CLM-004919 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object was silent. It appeared to be covered or made of some sort of plastic or very thin material.”

CLM-004920 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object emitted a puff of white smoke or vapor.”

CLM-004921 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object fell straight into a small patch of timber.”

CLM-004922 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“A thirty-five-year-old border inspector observed approaching his car an egg-shaped object with a bluish glow and with a whirring sound similar to an artillery shell.”

CLM-004923 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Four disc-shaped objects that were sitting on the ground about three hundred to four hundred yards to the right of the highway.”

CLM-004924 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“A reddish glow and peculiar yellowish lights coming from an object approximately five hundred feet off the ground.”

CLM-004925 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The reddish glow which 'appeared to be pulsating similar to a red flashing light on a police car'”

CLM-004926 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object turned off its lights when approached by an aircraft”

CLM-004927 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object was orange-colored and very similar to an air blimp”

CLM-004928 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object was yellowish-green and came from the concave side of the craft”

CLM-004929 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“He described the aircraft as being a flat disc with a cupola or dome in the center of one side.”

CLM-004930 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“He described the object as platter-shaped; by this he [meant to say] that it looked like two platters or bowls had been put to together by reversing one platter and placing it over the first one.”

CLM-004931 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“I stretched my arm above my head and waved. To our surprise the figure did the same .... All the mission boys made audible gasps.”

CLM-004932 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“There was a lot of activity or movement in the midsection which could not be identified as being human as it did not have a regular pattern of movement.”

CLM-004933 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“While I was returning to my home with Gabriella, the tire of my motorcycle blew out near the town of Hasselbacht. While we were walking along towards Hasselbacht, Gabriella pointed out something that lay at a distance of about a hundred and forty meters away from us.”

CLM-004934 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“I was driving west on Minnesota Highway 27 when I went around a bend in the road and my car engine stopped running and my lights went off.”

CLM-004936 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The object was reported to be seventy-five feet long, nearly eight feet from top to bottom, and about twelve feet wide.”

CLM-004937 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The lights then appeared to be three silvery objects that were circling his position.”

CLM-004938 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“They were garbed in silvery collarless suits, had unusual, protruding eyes, and communicated to one another via an unintelligible cooing noise.”

CLM-004939 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“A third 'alien,' described by Mr. S--- as a 'robot,' appeared on the scene.”

CLM-004940 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The height of the creatures was from two and a half to three and a half feet.”

CLM-004949 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“About 5:45 P.M., April 24, 1964, while in Socorro, I started to chase a car due south from west side of the courthouse. Car was apparently speeding and was about three blocks in front.”

CLM-004950 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“At this time I heard a roar and saw a flame in the sky to the southwest some distance away-possibly one-half mile or a mile.”

CLM-004951 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Flame was bluish and sort of orange, too. Could not tell size of flame. Sort of motionless flame. Slowly descending.”

CLM-004952 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Object was oval in shape. It was smooth-no windows or doors.”

CLM-004953 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Object slowly rose straight up. Flame was light blue and at bottom was sort of orange-colored.”

CLM-004954 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Object disappeared as it went over the mountains.”

CLM-004955 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“There are hundreds of photographs of purported UFOs in the declassified files of Project Blue Book, but not one that the Air Force was ever willing to admit as evidence that UFOs were real.”

CLM-004956 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Officer Delbert C. Newhouse, a Navy chief photographer with over one thousand hours of aerial photography missions under his belt, was driving his wife and two children from Washington, D.C., to Portland, Oregon, on July 2, 1952.”

CLM-004957 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“SHAPE : Long object with hump on its back.”

CLM-004958 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“SIZE COMPARED TO A KNOWN OBJECT: Unknown except very big. Kept shape.”

CLM-004959 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“coLoR: Goldfish-silver to brown.”

CLM-004960 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“NUMBER: One.”

CLM-004961 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“ANY DISCERNIBLE FEATURES OR DETAILS: Long with hump on back.”

CLM-004962 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“TAIL, TRAIN, OR EXHAUST, INCLUDING SIZE OF SAME COMPARED TO SIZE OF OB.JECT(S) : None.”

CLM-004963 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“SOUND: if heard, describe sound: None.”

CLM-004964 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“OTHER: pertinent or unusual features: No wings - flat.”

CLM-004965 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“SHAPE : Long object with hump on its back.”

CLM-004966 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“SIZE COMPARED TO A KNOWN OBJECT: Unknown except very big. Kept shape.”

CLM-004967 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“coLoR: Goldfish-silver to brown.”

CLM-004968 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“NUMBER: One.”

CLM-004969 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“ANY DISCERNIBLE FEATURES OR DETAILS: Long with hump on back.”

CLM-004970 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“TAIL, TRAIN, OR EXHAUST, INCLUDING SIZE OF SAME COMPARED TO SIZE OF OB.JECT(S) : None.”

CLM-004971 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“SOUND: if heard, describe sound: None.”

CLM-004972 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“OTHER: pertinent or unusual features: No wings - flat.”

CLM-004977 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Perhaps only the Brazilian government will ever know for sure.”

CLM-004978 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Nicholas Mariana, general manager of the Great Falls (Montana) Electrics baseball team, was inspecting the local baseball stadium with his secretary when he looked toward the smokestack of the Anaconda Copper Company to the northwest and saw two stationary bright lights in the sky.”

CLM-004985 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The Mariana-Go-Round”

CLM-004986 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The Mariana-Go-Round”

CLM-004987 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The year clearly started out slowly, with an average number of UFOs and IFOs. However, the months of June, July, August, and September were distinguished by a far greater number of 'Unidentifieds.'”

CLM-004988 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The only scientifically justifiable statement that can be made is that they exist.”

CLM-004989 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“All cases evaluated as 'Insufficient Information' were considered by Blue Book to be 'Knowns'; all cases evaluated as 'Possible Balloons' or 'Probable Aircraft' were considered in the statistics as balloons and aircraft-the qualifying words 'possible' or 'probable' were dropped.”

CLM-004990 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The reader is by now well acquainted with the classification scheme utilized in this book, and it is of interest to examine the 640 revised 'Unknowns' to see how they divide themselves into these classes.”

CLM-004991 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“It is rather surprising that Nocturnal Lights do not lead the list, as they do in most other studies.”

CLM-004992 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“A check of cases available in the open literature, not Deluding the unpublished files of APRO and NICAP, shows that a large number of 'high strangeness' cases have, in fact, occurred-particularly Close Encounter cases of all three types.”

CLM-004993 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“There does seem to have been a slight tendency for the Air Force to classify CE-IIIs as 'Psychological'; but with only eight cases reported, we can hardly draw any certain conclusions.”

CLM-004994 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The 'Where' of UFOs”

CLM-004995 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“It would seem from the statistics that one is more likely to see a genuine UFO (whatever that may turn out to be) if one lives in the Southwest or the Northeast.”

CLM-004996 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The People Who See UFOs”

CLM-004997 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“It would seem that, as a rule, the best witnesses are multiple engineers or scientists; only 50 percent' of their sightings could be classified as misperception.”

CLM-004998 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Surprisingly, commercial and military pilots appear to make relatively poor witnesses (though they do slightly better in groups).”

CLM-004999 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The Battelle report showed that when six characteristics (color, shape, number, duration of observation, speed, light brightness) were given the chi-square test, the results were as follows:”

CLM-005000 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The results of these tests are not conclusive since they neither confirm nor deny that the UNKNOWNS are primarily unidentified KNOWNS, although they do indicate that relatively few of the UNKNOWNS are astronomical phenomena.”

CLM-005001 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“it is considered to be highly improbable that any of the reports of unidentified aerial objects examined in the survey represent observations of technological developments outside the range of present-day scientific knowledge.”

CLM-005002 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The report states : "All records and working papers of this study have been carefully preserved in an orderly fashion suitable for ready reference."”

CLM-005003 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The most reliable reports contained about twice as many 'Unknowns' as did the poorer reports!”

CLM-005004 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The conclusions of the Battelle report and the material in the Pentagon press releases that followed were clearly designed to give the impression that science had administered the coup de grace to UFOs”

CLM-005020 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“I saw this target which was a very narrow and clear-cut presentation on the NRI scope.”

CLM-005021 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The target gave a similar presentation to that given by an F-80, and if anything, narrower.”

CLM-005022 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The target hovered in one position and also that it progressed from a position given as 270°, 78 miles at 45,000 feet to a position at 358°, 53 miles at roughly the same altitude in 4-5 minutes.”

CLM-005023 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“The height-finder carried the aircraft past the-six minute period listed above to a 1,230,87 miles, 31,000 feet where it faded for the night from the CPS-4.”

CLM-005024 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“All over the world, millions of reliable witnesses, including respected scientists, have been reporting UFO sightings for the past thirty years.”

CLM-005025 · the hynek ufo report 1977 j allen hynek Observation

“Experts everywhere concede the overwhelming probability of intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe.”