World atlas of UFO's - Globale-Evolution TV

mDATABASE 1940s
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the early hours of the morning
they were flyinj^ an Eastern Airlines
I)C-3 near Montgomery when both
pilots witnessed a UFO heading
towards them at 'terrific speed'. So
close was the encounter that the
I)C-3 had to veer sharply to the left
and the UFO passed by only 700 ft
(213 m) from the plane. The UFO's
deceleration was so violent that it
rocked the I)C-3.
The pilots were close enough to
it
to take some note of the object
itself; it appeared to radiate an
intense blue light and the pilots saw
a double row of windows along the
side. As it disappeared behind the
plane they saw a red-orange
exhaust. They estimated its
speed at between 500-700 miles
(805-1, 127 km) per hour.
There was corroboration of the
sighting from witnesses at Robbins
Field, Georgia who described an
object tallying very closely with the
description given by the pilots.
NAME FARGO
DATE 1 OCTOBER 1948
PLACE FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
MAPREF:J15
EVENT AERIAL DOG FIGHT
Captain Edward A. Ruppelt's official
Blue Book explanation of the Fargo
encounter was 'In this incident the
UFO was a balloon. ' Considering the
facts of the case below it is difficult
to decide whether this conclusion
represents great imagination on the
part of the US Air Force or an
astonishing lack of it.
It was approximately 9 o'clock in
the evening of 1 October 1948 when
Second Lieutenant George Gorman
of the North Dakota Air National
Guard was piloting an F-51 towards
Fargo, North Dakota. As he was
being given instructions to land he
was informed that there was a Piper
Cub nearby, which he confirmed
visually. At the same time he saw
another craft moving very rapidly
under his right wing. He contacted
the tower for further identification
but they confirmed no aircraft near
him, other than the Piper Cub.
Closing in, Gorman saw that the
object displayed a light some 8 in (20
cm) in diameter. It was globular and
hazing at the edge. Gorman watched
the object move into a sudden turn
passing over the control tower;
Gorman dived towards the object
but could not catch up with it.
As it
started gaining altitude it banked left
and Gorman attempted to follow. At
this point they were 7,000 ft
(2, 130 m) high, the object made a
sharp turn again and was heading
straight for Gorman's aircraft. The
effect was so startling that Gorman
was forced to make a dramatic dive
and the light passed over the canopy
some 500 ft (152 m) above him. As
the UFO circled above, Gorman
gave chase again. One account
suggests that the manoeuvring was
so intense that Gorman blacked out
temporarily.
Air traffic control was now
visually confirming Gorman's
sighting, traffic controller Enrol
Jensen announced 'You were right.
There is something. ' He was
examining the object through highpowered
binoculars and he passed
these to witness Manuel Johnson,
who confirmed the sighting.
As the object closed in again it
suddenly shot upwards, Gorman
chased it to 14,000 ft (4,260 m) and
his plane then went into a power
stall, its engine dead. The object
disappeared towards the northwest-north
direction. The combat
had lasted nearly thirty minutes.
Gorman reported 'I am convinced
there was thought behind these
manoeuvres. I had the distinct
impression that its manoeu\Tes
were controlled by thought or
reason. I am also certain that it was
governed by the laws of inertia,
because its acceleration was rapid,
not immediate and although it was
able to turn fairly tightly, at
considerable speed, it still followed a
natural curve.'
A most remarkable balloon!
NAME WHITE SANDS
DATE 24 APRIL 1949
PLACE WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUNDS,
NEW MEXICO
MAPREFHIS
EVENT DISTANT DAYLIGHT SIGHTING
On a clear Sunday morning near the
White Sands Proving Grounds,
Naval Commander R. McLaughlan
and a tracking crew of four launched
a large weather balloon. This
followed an earlier launch of a small
similar balloon at 10.30 a.m.
They were tracking their target
at approximately 10,000 ft (3,048 m)
when one of the team, Charles
Moore, spotted a white egg-shaped
object; he pointed it out and the
UFO was confirmed visually by all
the personnel. For about one minute
they tracked the object until they
saw it shoot up and vanish.
If their interpretation of the data
was correct, it follows that when
they had first started tracking the
object it had been 56 miles (90 km)
high and travelling at 7 miles (11 km)
per second, the escape velocity
needed to break out of the Earth's
gravitational pull. During one part of
the observation the craft had made
an 80 degree turn at that velocity,
quite beyond the capabilities of even
today's technology.
Interestingly, the object was
similar in shape and colour to the
object which landed at Socorro, New
Mexico on 24 April 1964 (see page
46), fifteen years to the day
following this sighting.
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