UFO Sightings by Pilots
UFO Sightings by military or civilian pilots.
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U.S. Air Force,
Kenneth Arnold,
Gordon Cooper,
Donald Keyhoe,
NASA,
Willy Smith·(*)
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Past Events |
Past events, earliest first. Dates are in form Year.Month.Day |
- 1926.09: 1926 Utah Aircraft Encounter+ (34 lines)
- Message - Event: 9/1926 - Published: 9/22/97 - Source: UFO UpDates (Mailing List) [Posted by Jan Aldrich] - Salt Lake City, UT, US <9/22/97 #35>
- 1942: Foo-Fighters Over Greenland?+ - A sighting near Thule in 1942 (24 lines)
- Message - By Jan Aldrich - Event: 42 - Published: 9/11/97 - Source: UFO Updates (Mailing List) - Near Thule, GL <9/12/97 #32>
- 1947.07.04: Project 1947 in the West+ - Project 1947 research in the West and a 1947 pilot sighting. (116k)
- Message - By Jan Aldrich - Event: 7/4/47 - Published: 5/19/97 - Source: Area 51 (Mailing List) - Btn Tonopah & Austin, NV, US <5/20/97 #22>
- 1947.07.04: The Pacific NW's Own Independence Day, July 4, 1947 - UFO/Aircraft Encounter by the a United Airlines airplane.
- By Greg Long - Event: 7/4/47 - Published: 6/1/97 - Source: Secret Study/Pacific Harbor (Web Site) - Emmentt, ID, US <6/2/97 #23>
- 1950.02.22: A sighting over Wood River, IL in 1950. - Private pilot reports huge object
- Event report - Supportive - Event: 2/22/50 - Wood River, IL, US <3/4/97 #11>
- 1952.05.15: 1952: USAF Planes Tangle With Saucers Over North Korea.+ - USAF UFO encounter during the Korean War extracted from Dr. Haines's book.
- Message - By Joseph Trainer, editor - Event: 5/15/52 - Published: 5/18/97 - Source: UFO Roundup (Newsletter) - Changson-ni, KP <6/2/97 #24>
- 1953.11.23: Kinross AFB - A brief [and incomplete] summary of Major Keyhoe's version of the loss of F-89C aircraft during a UFO chase.
- Event: 11/23/53 - Source: (Web Site) - Kinross AFB, MI, US <5/13/97 #17>
- 1954.09.27: PROJECT 1947: CIRVIS Report from 4602d AISS Files+ - CIRVIS report of a pilot sighting on 27 Sept 1954 near Philadelphia.
- Message - Supportive - By Jan Aldrich - Event: 9/27/54 - Published: 12/24/96 - Source: Project 1947 Research List (Mailing List) - Philadelphia, PA, US, 10 miles South <3/4/97 #12>
- 1956.11.14: November 1956 -- 40 Years Ago (CPT Hull Report) - Former UFO skeptic, airline CAPT. W. J. Hull, reported a UFO over Alabama. (Contained in a summary of 1956 UFO reports.)
- By Robert Gribble - Event: 11/14/56 - Source: NUFORC - AL, US <3/8/97 #14>
- 1957.07.17: Air Force Observations of a UFO in So-Central US, 7-17-57 - Dr. McDonald research into the RB-47 sighting from USAF records, the Condon Report, and personal interviews.
- Article - By Dr. James E. McDonald - Event: 7/17/57 - Published: 7/71 - Source: Aeronautics & Austronautics (Magazine), Page 67-70 - South-Central, US <6/17/97 #26>
- 1966.11.29: November 1966 UFO Reports - Pilot sighted what looked like a "flying butane tank."
- By Robert Gribble - Event: 11/29/66 - Source: National UFO Report Center (Web Site) - Mt. Shasta, CA, US <5/3/97 #16>
- 1976.09.19: Iranian Pilot Sightings - Information obtained from US Gov't by FOIA
- Event: 9/19/76 - IR <2/2/97 Imported #38>
- 1986.11.17: Altavista Seach for "JAL Alaska UFO"
- Event: 11/17/86 - AK, US <1/27/97 #6>
- 1994.02.27: Canadian CIRVIS Report - An official Canadian government released CIRVIS report of a pilot sighting in 1994.
- Supportive - Event: 2/27/94 - CA <3/4/97 #10>
- 1995.07.11: Wingless Object Near Plane over Norway
- Event report - Event: 7/11/95 - Source: UFO Sweden (Organization) - Steinkjev, NO <9/17/97 #34>
Aldrich: Ole Jonny Braenne, UFO Norway and Dominique Weinstein advise
that this sighting was an IFO caused by a balloon launched by
a Russian vessel. Weinstein says his source for the IFO
evaluation is the Archives for UFO Research Newsletter,
Sweden, No #38.
- 1995.11.17: Long Island NY, 17 Nov 95, FAA and Pilot Communications. - Transcript of radio communication among FAA and two commercial Airline crews.
- Supportive - By NUFORC - Event: 11/17/95 - Long Island, NY, US <3/8/97 #13>
- 1997.01.15: Air Force Pilot Sighting near Hill AFB+
- Event: 1/15/97 - Published: 1/20/97 - Source: Area 51 Mailing List - Antelope Island, UT, US <1/27/97 #7>
- AP News Article on FAA Investigation of Alaska JAL Case+ - Insufficient data to confirm or refute account
- Published: 11/17/86 - AK, US <1/27/97 #8>
- Project 1947--Leads to Aircraft Encounter Cases+ - Leads to aircraft/UFO encounter case developed by Project 1947 which need further research.
- Message - By Jan Aldrich - Published: 12/30/96 - Source: Project 1947 (Mailing List) <5/18/97 #20>
- Aircraft/UFO Encounters Before 1942+ - Rare UFO sightings from aircraft before World War II. (99 lines)
- Research report - By Jan Aldrich - Published: 9/6/97 - Source: UFO Updates (Mailing List) <9/6/97 Imported #30>
"After consulting much of the literature, talking to
UFO historians, and visiting Dr. Richard Haines, here are
the few cases, some of very doubtful reliability."
- Aircraft/UFO Encounters Catalogue+ - Discription of the work of Dominique Weinstein in collecting and organizing pilot and aircrew UFO reports. (38 lines)
- Synopsis - By Jan Aldrich - Published: 9/7/97 - Source: UFO Updates (Mailing List) <9/8/97 #31>
"In addition to updating his catalogue of over 900 aircrew
sightings, Weinstein has a French Aircraft/UFO Encounters
Catalogue and is working on an Aircraft/UFO EME Catalogue and
an Aircraft/UFO Radar-Visual Sightings Catalogue."
- Seeking World War I Pilot Sightings+ - There are many vague references to pilot sightings during World War I. (30 lines)
- Message - Query - By Jan Aldrich - Published: 9/15/97 - Source: UFO Updates (Mailing List) <9/16/97 #33>
- Weather Balloon Spooks 747
- News article - Published: 9/26/97 - Source: AP <9/27/97 #37>
"he mystery of
one UFO has been solved. An unidentified flying object passed
dangerously close to a Swissair jetliner traveling between
Philadelphia and Boston on Aug. 9, the airline said Friday."
- On Pilots and UFOs - Information on book
- Product description - By Dr. Willy Smith <11/17/97 #39>
- Aircraft/UFO Encounters (ACUFOE) Catalogue On Line - Project 1947 hosts a sample from Dominiques Weinstein's extensive catalogue of aircrew sightings.
- By Dominique Weinstein <12/2/97 #41>
"ACUFOE incidents reported by military, airline and private
pilots and aircrews from locations all around the world are
compile into this ongoing catalog effort. Weinstein has
access to the extensive files of the respected French
Journal, Lumieres dans la Nuit, which cover 40 years of UFO
investigations. Over a score of other researchers from all
over the globe contributed to this project."
- Kinross AFB - A brief [and incomplete] summary of Keyhoe's version of the loss of a F-89C jet of the 433d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron while on a UFO chase.
- Supportive - By Donald Keyhoe - Source: (Web Site) <5/13/97 #42>
- Edger Fouche presentation on Area 51, Part I+ - Including pilot sightings (355 lines)
- Message - Published: 8/26/98 - Source: Ufomind (Mailing List) [Posted by Glenn Campbell, Las Vegas] <8/26/98 #43>
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Created: 1/26/97 gc
