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Loren E. Gross·(1), Richard Russell·(2)

Footnotes for Above: (1) 40 History booklets1950 to 1957/in progress.  (2) Witnessed UFOs in Russia in 1955.$ 

Topics Other index pages on this server  NICAP@ - This group, founded in the 1950s, became the most prominent private investigative UFO organizations. <#4> UFOs Sightings over Washington@ - The radar-visual UFO sightings over the nation's capital caused a public furor. <#5> Lubbock Lights@ - Classic UFO sighting reports in Lubbock, Texas, in 1951. <#7> Project Blue Book@ (90 links) - The USAF investigation changed its name from Project Grudge to Project Bluebook in 1951 and continued through the 50s and 60s. <#8> Project Grudge@ (14 links) - The USAF UFO investigation, Project Grudge continued until 1951 when it was renamed Project Blue Book in major realignment of UFO policy. <#10> Major Dewey Fournet@ - Pentagon UFO Monitor and witness to the Washington, D. C. radar trackings. <#19>

Past Events

Past events, earliest first. Dates are in form Year.Month.Day

• 1950.05.11: The Trent Pictures - Photos published in Life Magazine in 1950 - Event: 5/11/50 - Published: 6/50 - Source: Life Magazine (Magazine) - McMinnville, OR, US <2/1/97 #2>
• 1950.10.13: Oak Ridge sighting by security patrol, 10/13/50+ - FBI report. (116 lines) - Event report - Event: 10/13/50 - Oak Ridge, TN, US <10/5/97 #14>
  "On 13 October, 1950, Atomic Energy Security Patrol Trooper, Edward D.Rymer, and a caretaker, John Moneymaker, from the University of Tennessee Research Farm, at Oak Ridge, saw an object at about 12,000 to 15,000 feet above Solway Gate of the "Control Zone.""
• 1950.11.10: UFO Incident at Oak Ridge, TN, 11/10/1950+ (29 lines) - Event report - Event: 11/10/50 - Oak Ridge, TN, US <9/23/97 #11>
• 1951: Korean War Battlefield UFO Encounter - Bizarre Craft Hit Soldiers With Debilitating Light Beam. Witness: Francis P. Wall - Event: 51 - Chorwon, KR <12/9/97 #23>
• 1952.05.10: UFO Incident at Savannah River Plant, SC, 5/10/1952+ (67 lines) - Event report - Event: 5/10/52 - Ellenton, SC, US <9/23/97 #12>
• 1952.07.19: Sighting & Photograph by Customs Inspector in Peru - Event report - Event: 7/19/52 - Puerto Maldonado, PE <10/4/97 #13>
• 1952.09.19: RAF Topcliffe - Sighting by British military at the RAF base in Topcliffe during the NATO Mainbrace Exercise. - Event: 9/19/52 - Source: (Web Site) - Topcliffe RAF Base, UK <6/11/97 #1>
• 1953.05: UFO Report from Project Wringer?+ - A UFO report by a German POW in Soviet Prison Camp. - Government document - By Jan Aldrich - Event: 5/53 - Published: 10/7/97 - Source: UFO Updates (Mailing List) - Stalingrad, RU <11/8/97 #17>
• 1957.10.01: UFO Circled Atomic Plant at Shippingport, PA, 10/1/57+ (37 lines) - Event report - Event: 10/1/57 - Shippingport, PA, US <11/20/97 #18>
• 1957.11: November 1957: Moore and Stokes+ - Two reports from the November 1957 flap which had alleged official coverups. (68 lines) - Message - By Jan Aldrich - Event: 11/57 - Published: 9/7/97 - Source: UFO Updates (Mailing List) <9/8/97 #9>
• 1957.11.04: Dr. McDonald Re-investigates An Important Radar-Visual Case - By James McDonald - Event: 11/4/57 - Kirkland AFB, NM, US <11/23/97 #20>

General Links

• Advanced Aerial Devices Reported During the Korea War+ - Chronicles 42 sightings during the Korean War. - By Dr. Richard Haines - Source: (Book) <6/2/97 #3>
• Project 1947: Index of Historical UFO Reports and Documents - UFO Sightings and Documents for the 1950s and other earlier eras. - Source: Project 1947 (Organization) <8/22/97 #6>
• UFOs over Eastern Europe in the 1940s and early 1950s - Excerpt for Jorgen Westmen's "Nothing New on the Eastern Front." - By Jorgen Westman - Source: Nar Kontakt [Volume 7, 1996] <10/6/97 Imported #15>
• UFOs over Eastern Europe 1955-1960 - Excerpt from Jorgen Westman's "Nothing New on the Eastern Front - By Jorgen Westman - Source: Nar Kontakt [Volume 7, 1996] <10/6/97 #16>
• Cannot Find #14 on /ufo/topic/effect/index.link <Imported #21>
• Cannot Find /ufo/topic/sighting/sea/index.link <Imported #22>
• Case Book for the 1950s - Interlink UFO cases indexed by year using both Project Blue Book and other significant reports, - Source: Interlink UFO Website <2/15/98 #24>
• Dossier X National Dutch UFO Database: sightings 1952 - 1957 - The only Dutch National UFO sightings database ranging from the 4th century AD to 1998. This part features sightings between 1952 and 1957 - Language: Dutch - Data - By Theo Paijmans and Ivo Westerlaken - Source: Dossier X <2/28 #25>
  "On the Dossier X website is to be found the only Dutch National Database, a research tool for those interested in the historical aspects of the UFO phenomenon. The database features sightings from a large variety of sources, annotated, referenced with loc"
• Dossier X National Dutch UFO Database: sightings 1958 - The only Dutch National UFO sightings database ranging from the 4th century AD till 1989. This part features Dutch sightings in 1958 - Language: Dutch - Data - By Theo Paijmans and Ivo Westerlaken - Source: Dossier X <2/28 #26>
  "On the Dossier X website is to be found the only Dutch National Database, a research tool for those interested in the historical aspects of the UFO phenomenon. The database features sightings from a large variety of sources, annotated, referenced with loc"

Books from our Catalog

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Advanced Aerial Devices Reported During the Korean War by Richard F. Haines - $9.95 Spaceships or Mirages over Washington National Airport? by FUFOR & Don Berliner - $20.00 Radar-Visual UFO Cases in 1952: The UFO Sightings that Shook the Government by Richard Hall - $8.50 Senator Richard Russell: Flying Saucer Witness by Bruce Maccabee (editor) - $13.00

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