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Friday, April 09, 2010 - 4:51 PM
Jan. 29,
1952; Wonsan,
Korea (BBU)
11:00 pm. 30 miles SW of Wonsan, USAF crew of B-29
flying at above 20,000 ft and 148 knots (170 mph) ground speed saw an
orange luminous rotating and pulsating 3 ft sphere [or disc?], with
blue flame halo, follow the B29 at a distance of about 600 ft at
the 8 o'clock position advancing forward to 9 o'clock then falling back
to 8 o'clock [at one point almost withdrawing from view then
returning?]. (LIFE Incident 9; Project 1947; Loren Gross)
Jan.
29-30, 1952; Sunchon,
South
Korea (BBU)
11:24 p.m. USAF crew of B-29 at 20,000 ft and 125 knots (144
mph) ground speed saw an orange sphere follow the B-29 at their level
or slightly below [sunlike in brightness and 600 ft away?]. (LIFE
Incident 9; Project 1947; Loren Gross)
The 1951 directive, "Reporting
Information on
Unidentified Flying Objects", which outlined reporting procedures for
Project Grudge, was inadequate and was to be revised for
Project Blue Book (Pg. 59 of Project Grudge Report No. 3,
31 Jan 1952).
The new one requested that all reports be made by wire to ATIC, ADC,
and V/TC, and that this wire report be followed up by an AF Form 112
direct to ATIC and V/TC. (V/TC = AFOIN or AF Intelligence,
Evaluation Division, Technical Capabilities Branch, which had been
tasked by Gen. Cabell in 1950 to conduct field investigations of UFO
cases independent of AMC/ATIC Project GRUDGE, and which TC Branch now
had Capt. Dewey Fournet assigned) (Francis Ridge)
Feb. 1, 1952; 10 miles W of Terre Haute, Indiana (BBU)
9:30 p.m. Military aircraft pilot saw a close group of
moving lights changing color from blue to green to yellow. (Project
1947; BB files??)
Feb. 2, 1952; E. of Pusan, South Korea (BBU)
10:30 am. Radar track of 767 mph unidentified target.
2nd track from position 35°30' N, 129°40' E, at 10:40 of 1,257
mph unidentified target. (Jan Aldrich)
Feb. 2,
1952; E of South Korea (BBU)
7:35 p.m. USS Philippine Sea heading S 180° at 13 knots
(15 mph) tracked approaching radar target from the N 0° azimuth at
25 miles, veered off in a wide left turn to the E radius about 12 miles
(when visual observers spotted exhaust trails), reversing course on
radar away from the aircraft carrier accelerating from 600 mph to 1800
mph at 52,000 ft altitude, split into 2 targets 5-12 miles apart on a
slightly zigzag wavy course headed due N 0° to disappearance
at about 110 miles. Visual observers sighted 3 exhaust flames at
30° azimuth [?]. (Hynek UFO Rpt pp. 126-8)
Feb. 11,
1952; Pittsburgh,
Penna.
(BBU 1052)
3 a.m. USAF Capt. G. P. Arns and Maj. R. J. Gedson flying a
Beech AT-11 trainer saw a yelloworange comet-shaped object pulsing
flame for 1-2 secs in straight and level flight. (Berliner)
Feb. 12, 1952; Bet.
Friendship
Airfield and
Baltimore, Maryland
(BBU)
9:30 p.m. USAF MATS C-47 pilot and copilot saw a bright
white object move slowly then speed away. Then at 10 p.m. they saw 10
miles S of Baltimore a similar object. (GRUDGE/BB Rpt; FUFOR Index)
Feb.
13, 1952; Granite
City,
Illinois (BBU)
10:30 p.m. The 3903rd Radar Bomb Scoring Group observed an
unusual radar return while attempting to score a bomb run. It was
assumed at the time that the "target" was an aircraft pacing the bomber
on its attack run, but the unusual target reached a speed of 1090 MPH.
(McDonald list; BB Rpt 6) adar. (McDonald list; BB Rpt 6)
February 1952, Fournet Becomes
AF Intelligence "Project Monitor"
Maj. Dewey J. J. Fournet in the AF Intelligence (AFOIN) Evaluation
Division's Technical Capabilities Branch (TCB) replaces Lt Col Milton
D. Willis as UFO investigation officer for AFOIN (in the June 1952
reorganization many assets in the Evaluation Division are transferred
to the new Topical Intelligence Division, headed by Col. William A.
Adams, including Fournet who is assigned to the Division's Current
Intelligence Branch, headed by Col. Weldon H. Smith). Fournet
also assigned as "Project Monitor" for ATIC Project Grudge in the wake
of widespread publicity on the Korean UFO sightings. (Brad Sparks)
Feb. 16, 1952; About 60 miles E. of Pusan, Korea (BBU)
2:40 and 3:50 p.m. USMC GCI Sq 3 at Yongil (36° N,
129° E) CPS-5 radar tracking of unidentified target traveling at
4,320 knots (5,000 mph). 2nd track at 3:50 at position 36°30' N,
129°30' E (a few miles off the coast of South Korea) of large
target equivalent of 6-8 jet aircraft, traveling 1,380 knots (1,600
mph) target heading 170°, faded momentarily, then continued on
120° heading until lost. Visual sighting of contrail in direction
of radar track. (Jan Aldrich; McDonald files; FUFOR Index, Dan Wilson)
Feb. 17,
1952; 25 miles SE
of
Roswell, New Mexico (BBU)
1:45 a.m. (MST). USAF crew of B-29 bomber saw 3 ft [?]
greenish-blue ball of fire flying straight at 15,000 ft. (Project 1947)
Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire , Chief of the Technical
Capabilities Branch, received this letter from: Albert E. Lombard, Jr.
Chief, Research Division, Directorate of
Research and Development. Re: Declassification of Project TWINKLE
denied because Green Fireballs considered man-made.
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Feb. 20, 1952; Greenfield, Mass.
Congregational Minister saw three very bright silver objects,
apparently spherical, traveling in a perfect V. [VII)
Feb. 20,
1952; Mt.
Diablo,
Calif. (BBU)
11:30 p.m. USAF pilot Montgomery and copilot of B-25 bomber
saw bright yellow light on collision course climb and accelerate.
(Project 1947; FUFOR Index)
Feb. 21, 1952; Sen. Russell
letter to SAF
Washington, D.C.
Sen.
Richard B. Russell, Armed
Services Committee, letter to Secretary of Air Force requesting an
official report on recent UFO sightings by combat airmen in the Far
East.
Feb. 23
[24?], 1952;
Sinuiju
[Antung?], North Korea (BBU 1061)
10:15 [11:15?] p.m. USAF 345th Bomber Sq Captain/B-29
navigator saw a bluish cylinder, 3x long as wide, with a tail and rapid
pulsations, come in high and fast, make several turns and level out
under B-29 which was evading mild antiaircraft fire. (Berliner; FUFOR
Index)
Feb. 26,
1952; New
Albany,
New York (CIRVIS Report)
UFO over aircraft near New Albany probably a meteor.
Feb. 27, 1952; Ft. Stockton, Texas (BBU)
B-29 and radar. (McDonald list; BB Rpt 5)
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