1965: The Real Men In Black

The years are 1965 and 1966. Several locations with the continental USA. Bad actors posing as Air Force Investigators lie to UFO witnesses to get photographs and other information. Who are these men in black? Mysterious men dressed in Air Force Uniform or bearing impressive credentials from government agencies, who intimidate witnesses and sometimes confiscate evidence from them, have now become inextricably enmeshed in UFO lore. In 1967 even the Air Force was obliged to acknowledge that such incidents took place, but denied any involve...[More]

1965: The Real Men In Black

The years are 1965 and 1966. Several locations with the continental USA. Bad actors posing as Air Force Investigators lie to UFO witnesses to get photographs and other information. Who are these men in black? Mysterious men dressed in Air Force Uniform or bearing impressive credentials from government agencies, who intimidate witnesses and sometimes confiscate evidence from them, have now become inextricably enmeshed in UFO lore. In 1967 even the Air Force was obliged to acknowledge that such incidents took place, but denied any involve...[More]

1965: A Man From California Gets a Ride in a UFO

The year was 1965. The place near San Francisco, California. The witness had the opportunity to board a landed UFO and went for a ride while conversing with the Aliens on board.  The case of Sid Padrick, which took place in California four months after the Atlas missile incident, deserves our attention, not least because the witness was asked by the Air Force not to discuss certain details. On January 30th, 1965 at about 2:00 a.m, radio/TV technician Sid Padrick, forty-five years old at the time, encountered a landed UFO near his h...[More]

1965: A Man From California Gets a Ride in a UFO

The year was 1965. The place near San Francisco, California. The witness had the opportunity to board a landed UFO and went for a ride while conversing with the Aliens on board.  The case of Sid Padrick, which took place in California four months after the Atlas missile incident, deserves our attention, not least because the witness was asked by the Air Force not to discuss certain details. On January 30th, 1965 at about 2:00 a.m, radio/TV technician Sid Padrick, forty-five years old at the time, encountered a landed UFO near his h...[More]

1964: UFO Destroys Atlas Missile

The year was 1964. The place 60 miles above the continental USA, An Atlas Missile had an encounter with an aggressive UFO. We are looking for volunteers. Send us an email if you are interested. An astonishing case was revealed in 1982 by a former first lieutenant in the Air Force, Dr. Robert Jacobs, now Assistant Professor of Radio-Film-TV at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Jacobs claims that on 15 September 1964, when he was in charge of the filming of missile tests at Vandenberg AFB, California, a UFO was responsible for the destructio...[More]

1964: UFO Destroys Atlas Missile

The year was 1964. The place 60 miles above the continental USA, An Atlas Missile had an encounter with an aggressive UFO. We are looking for volunteers. Send us an email if you are interested. An astonishing case was revealed in 1982 by a former first lieutenant in the Air Force, Dr. Robert Jacobs, now Assistant Professor of Radio-Film-TV at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Jacobs claims that on 15 September 1964, when he was in charge of the filming of missile tests at Vandenberg AFB, California, a UFO was responsible for the destructio...[More]

1948: American Pilot Gets Into Dogfight With UFO

Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, the officer who investigated unidentified-flying-object for the U.S. Air Force throughout the 1950s, claims the Gorman Dogfight remains one of the esteemed “classics” among UFO sightings, and coming from him, that means something. What makes the Gorman Dogfight stand out in the now-declassified Project Blue Book is that it was recorded both on the ground and in the sky by numerous reputable sources. The year was 1948, the place, Fargo, North Dakota. A veteran fighter pilot of World War II had a remarkab...[More]

1948: American Pilot Gets Into Dogfight With UFO

Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, the officer who investigated unidentified-flying-object for the U.S. Air Force throughout the 1950s, claims the Gorman Dogfight remains one of the esteemed “classics” among UFO sightings, and coming from him, that means something. What makes the Gorman Dogfight stand out in the now-declassified Project Blue Book is that it was recorded both on the ground and in the sky by numerous reputable sources. The year was 1948, the place, Fargo, North Dakota. A veteran fighter pilot of World War II had a remarkab...[More]

1969 - 2000: Strange Stories from the National UFO Reporting Center

Here are ten strange stories from National UFO Reporting Center from 1969 to 2000. These accounts have very limited information and almost no names. We would like to thank Harry Ass Truman for putting us onto this list. Since its founding in 1974, the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) has served as a non-judgmental hub where you can share, via hotline or written report, any potentially otherworldly experience you’ve had. The online archive contains thousands of these stories, which range from UFO and alien sightings to other un...[More]

1969 - 2000: Strange Stories from the National UFO Reporting Center

Here are ten strange stories from National UFO Reporting Center from 1969 to 2000. These accounts have very limited information and almost no names. We would like to thank Harry Ass Truman for putting us onto this list. Since its founding in 1974, the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) has served as a non-judgmental hub where you can share, via hotline or written report, any potentially otherworldly experience you’ve had. The online archive contains thousands of these stories, which range from UFO and alien sightings to other un...[More]

1950s: US Congressional Statements on UFOs

In the late 1950s, the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena or NICAP, revealed some significant statements they had received from prominent members of Congress, of which the following give a clear indication of how seriously the aspect of official secrecy about the UFO subject was treated. Sorry about the robot voice. For now we are going to do a combination of some human narrator videos and some robot voiced ones. Our long term goal is to have 100% of our videos, human narrator. We are looking for volunteers. Send us an ema...[More]

1950s: US Congressional Statements on UFOs

In the late 1950s, the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena or NICAP, revealed some significant statements they had received from prominent members of Congress, of which the following give a clear indication of how seriously the aspect of official secrecy about the UFO subject was treated. Sorry about the robot voice. For now we are going to do a combination of some human narrator videos and some robot voiced ones. Our long term goal is to have 100% of our videos, human narrator. We are looking for volunteers. Send us an ema...[More]

1958: UFO Censorship On TV

The Year Was: 1958. The place, United States. A CBS program about UFOs was heavily censored. The public never was able to see anything close to the original show. On January 22nd, 1958, CBS Television presented a program devoted to UFOs on its "Armstrong Circle Theater Show," and one of those invited to appear was Major Donald Keyhoe, Director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). Keyhoe had cultivated some excellent sources of information within military circles, and had frequently stated on the...[More]

1958: UFO Censorship On TV

The Year Was: 1958. The place, United States. A CBS program about UFOs was heavily censored. The public never was able to see anything close to the original show. On January 22nd, 1958, CBS Television presented a program devoted to UFOs on its "Armstrong Circle Theater Show," and one of those invited to appear was Major Donald Keyhoe, Director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). Keyhoe had cultivated some excellent sources of information within military circles, and had frequently stated on the...[More]

1954: Helicopter Pilot Has Close Encounter with UFO

The year was 1954. The place, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. A helicopter pilot had a close encounter with a UFO. Sorry about the robot voice. For now we are going to do a combination of some human narrator videos and some robot voiced ones. Our long term goal is to have 100% of our videos, human narrator. We are looking for volunteers. Send us an email if you are interested. Another CIRVIS report that was sent to the NSA Director is the following, headed "Emergency" and dated 12 August 1954, from the Flight Service Center, Ma...[More]

1954: Helicopter Pilot Has Close Encounter with UFO

The year was 1954. The place, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. A helicopter pilot had a close encounter with a UFO. Sorry about the robot voice. For now we are going to do a combination of some human narrator videos and some robot voiced ones. Our long term goal is to have 100% of our videos, human narrator. We are looking for volunteers. Send us an email if you are interested. Another CIRVIS report that was sent to the NSA Director is the following, headed "Emergency" and dated 12 August 1954, from the Flight Service Center, Ma...[More]

1953 - 1954: UFO Sightings Above Fort Meade

Here are a few examples of both military and pilot UFO sightings from the early 1950s. On December 7th, 1953, according to Army Intelligence records, Private First Class Alfred De Bonise and Sergeant First Class James Conley sighted an unidentified object directly above the Headquarters Battery, 89th AAA Battalion, at Fort George C. Meade, Maryland, where the National Security Agency (established in 1952) was later sited. At 21:30 hours the witnesses’ attention was drawn to an object which made a noise that "resembled the sou...[More]

1953 - 1954: UFO Sightings Above Fort Meade

Here are a few examples of both military and pilot UFO sightings from the early 1950s. On December 7th, 1953, according to Army Intelligence records, Private First Class Alfred De Bonise and Sergeant First Class James Conley sighted an unidentified object directly above the Headquarters Battery, 89th AAA Battalion, at Fort George C. Meade, Maryland, where the National Security Agency (established in 1952) was later sited. At 21:30 hours the witnesses’ attention was drawn to an object which made a noise that "resembled the sou...[More]

1953 to 1954: Air Force Jet Pilots Sent to Film UFOs

The years are 1953 and 1954. The place was Lowry AFB, Colorado. The air force was sending up squadrons of jets to photograph UFOs. Here is a pilot’s story. During a research trip to the United States in 1976 Timothy Good had the good fortune to interview a former Air Force lieutenant who together with other pilots succeeded in obtaining movie films of UFOs in 1953 and 1954. "Mel Noel" (pseudonym) was twenty years old when he was assigned to a reserve squadron at Lowry AFB, Colorado, and selected for special photo reconnaissan...[More]

1953 to 1954: Air Force Jet Pilots Sent to Film UFOs

The years are 1953 and 1954. The place was Lowry AFB, Colorado. The air force was sending up squadrons of jets to photograph UFOs. Here is a pilot’s story. During a research trip to the United States in 1976 Timothy Good had the good fortune to interview a former Air Force lieutenant who together with other pilots succeeded in obtaining movie films of UFOs in 1953 and 1954. "Mel Noel" (pseudonym) was twenty years old when he was assigned to a reserve squadron at Lowry AFB, Colorado, and selected for special photo reconnaissan...[More]