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Formation Catalog
This catalog, from The UFO Evidence (NICAP), lists sightings where geometric formations were present.
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Date
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Location
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Witnesses
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Number
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Type
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Other Features
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2-28-04
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North Pacific
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Crew, U.S.S. Supply
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3
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In-line, echelon
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Changed course, climbed
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6-23-47
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Railroad engineer
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10
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In- line
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Fluttered
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6-24-47
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Mt. Ranier, Wash.
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Pilot
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9
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In- line
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Zig-zag, skipping flight
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7-4-47
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Portland, Ore.
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Police, Pilot
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2,3
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Unspecified Unspecified
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Oscillating motion Oscillating motion
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Summer 1948
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Easton, Pa.
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Scientist
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3
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In- line
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Last zig-zagging [Section VI]
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3-30-50
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Selma, Ala.
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Radio engineer & others
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3
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In-line
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Middle disc pulled ahead, shot up out of sight
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11-27-50
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Evansville, Wis.
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Pilot
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6
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Echelon
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8-11-51
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Portland, Ore.
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Pilot
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3
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V
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Flew north in perfect formation
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2-20-52
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Greenfield, Mass.
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Minister
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3
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V
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[Section VII].
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3-10-52
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Oakland, Calif.
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Inspecting engineer
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2
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Side-by-side
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One on steady course, one swaying back and forth. [Section
VII
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5-13-52
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Greenville, S.C.
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Amateur astronomers
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"several"
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Diamond
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Wobbled in flight
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7-14-52
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Newport News, Va.
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Airline pilots
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6 + 2
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In-line
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Flip over, 120 degrees turn. [Section V]
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7-16-52
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Hampton, Va.
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Aeronautical engineer
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4
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Varied; in-line
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2 made tight circling turns [Section VI]
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7-17-52
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Staten Island, N.Y.
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Citizens
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5
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V
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7-24-52
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Near Carson Sink, Nev.
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2 USAF colonels
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3
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V
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UFOs were delta shaped [Section III]
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8-1-52
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Albuquerque, N.M.
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Scripps-Howard staff writer
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About 10
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Cluster, V, 2 rows in-line
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Shifted formation with precision. [Section VII]
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8-5-52
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Baltimore, Md.
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Amateur Astronomer
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2 + 2
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Paired
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[Section VII
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10-12-52
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Palo Alto, Calif.
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A/C maintenance man
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6
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V
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Edges of discs glowing. [Secti on VI]
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11-22-52
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Bocaranga, Africa
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Missionary
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4
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Rectangle
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Sometimes moved singly, returned to formation
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2-22-54
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York, Pa.
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GOC
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14
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Unspecified
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3-10-54
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San Francisco, Calif.
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Pilot, executive
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12
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V
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3-24-54
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Baltimore, Md.
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Civil Defense official
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14
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V; in-line
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Changed to in-line as airliner passed, moved toward it.
[Section VII
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5-5-54
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Minneapolis, Minn.
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Astronomy students
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Unspecified
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V
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5-6-54
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Heppner, Ore.
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Several
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Unspecified
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V
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Oscillating motion
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5-15-54
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Southampton, England
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Amateur astronomer
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18
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V
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"Windows" visible in some through telescope
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6-30-54
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Near Oslo, Norway
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Scientists
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2
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Echelon
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First in tilted position, then levelled off. [Section
I]
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8-28-54
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Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Hundreds
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15
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Triangle, semicircle
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Changed to semicircular and sped up when pursued. [Section
III]
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9-6-54
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Baltimore, Md.
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Amateur Astronomer
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4
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In-line, echelon
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One left, 3 changed formation
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11-26-54
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Manasquan, N.J.
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Professor
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15-20
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V
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[Section VIII
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4-10-55
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Baltimore, Md.
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Several
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Unspecified
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1) V M T
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Two separate sightings
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8-25-55
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Birmingham, England
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Ex-Navy officer
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15
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In-line
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Groups of 3 in- line
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11-9-55
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Philadelphia, Pa.
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Newspaperman, many others
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12
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V, A
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Changed to A in flight [Section VII]
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8-56
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Boulder City, Nev.
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Research technician
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5
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Staggered V
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Spaced one diameter apart. [Section VII
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9-12-56
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New Orleans, La.
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Watchman
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4
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Y
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Hovered, formed vertically, scattered
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11-19-56
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Engineering student
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7
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V
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[Section X] |
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1-24-57
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Indianapolis, Ind.
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Airline pilot
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4
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In- line
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Last larger, egg-shaped [Section VI]
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5-7-57
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Sioux City, Iowa
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Several
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7-11
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V
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6-18-57
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North Pacific
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Ship's captain and crew
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3
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V
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Paced freighter
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7-17-57
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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
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Two
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5
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V
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[Section X].
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8-57
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Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Singer
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7
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V
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10-22-57
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Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Family
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3 + 3
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In-line, Vertical V
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Second group 2 hovering, third made V, moved away
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11-11-57
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San Fernando, Calif.
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Engineers
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3
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V
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Accelerated, ascended.
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11-20-57
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Murphysboro, 111.
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Housewife
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3
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V
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[Section VII]
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1-5-58
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Beechwood, Ohio
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Housewife
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3
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V
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Elliptical rotation around vertices of triangle, departed
in different
directions |
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1-9-58
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Marion, Ill.
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Construction workers
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7
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In- line
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Slow, some pulsated
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4-9-58
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Family
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9
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V
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Split to 2 groups, 5 & 4
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4-9-58
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Tucson, Ariz.
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Bus driver
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4-6
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V
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8-7-58
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Near Fairlington, Va.
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Transator
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4
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In-line
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Pulsated rapidly
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8-28-58
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Darlington, Ind.
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Two persons
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3
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V
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Changed course, SW to NW
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10-3-58
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Central Indiana
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Train crew
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4
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In- line abreast
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Paced train, reacted to light. [Section
II] |
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10-6-58
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Near Mt. Vernon, Ohio
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Family
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6
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In-line
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Jets passed above UFOs, which then took off.
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6-11-59
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Henderson, Nev.
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Security guards
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4
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Square, in- line
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Changed to in-line [Section VII]
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7-8-59
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Columbus, Ind.
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Family
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3
|
V
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Pulsating, maneuvered
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2-3-60
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Intervale, N.H.
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Former PT Boat Cmdr.
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3+2
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In- line
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2 joined formation [Section VIII]
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3-4-60
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Dubuque, Iowa
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Flying Instructor
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3
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In-line
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[Section V]
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5-24-60
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Ocumare , Venezuela
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Doctors, police
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3
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In-line
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Last UFO largest, ovoid
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9-5-60
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Sonoma County, Calif.
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Sheriffs
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6
|
V
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Bouncing motion. [Section VII]
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8-17-61
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Stillwater, Minn.
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Five persons
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Unspecified
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V
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Vertical orientation
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10-30-61
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Derry, Pa.
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Engineer
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4
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In-line
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Band of lights or "ports" [Section 1]
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