Unsolved Project Blue Book UFO Cases 1952
Project Blue Book was the U.S. Air Force’s attempt to cover up all reported UFO sightings, but as I said previously some could not be explained. Here are some more of the sightings which fell into that category.
What makes this sighting so interesting is the fact it took place in an area where the object was observed by the military. Two Master Sergeants saw something strange on January 20, 1952 above Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington at 7:20 p.m. They worked for intelligence. They saw a large bluish-white spherical object. It had a long blue tail. The object was traveling north. It could be seen against the overcast cloud cover and was estimated to be traveling about 1,400 miles per hour. It made no sound and eventually disappeared.
On January 22, 1952 something strange was seen just east of Nenana, Alaska. A radar operator, U.S. Air Force Lt. A.L. Boyd Jr. was operating his radar station. A target was being tracked and it could not have been anything created by humans since it was traveling far too fast in those days. The target was speeding along between 1,500 mph and 2,400 mph. It had been scanned by the radar ten times before the operator decided to call for an interception. Two F-94 jets were scrambled. At 12:52 a.m. the unidentified target was inbound for about one minute. It was at 30,000 feet and one of the F-94s was put on an intercept course. The intercept was planned at 20 miles from where the F-94 was, but as the plane headed toward the target at about 12 miles from the plane it reversed course and sped away at about 1,500 mph. Other military personnel saw the object on radar, but as the object sped away the radar was unable to lock on to the target again. One plane also had its radar locked out at the time. Another got a lock on and headed toward the target again, but received a collision warning and had to put up, but no target was ever seen visually. The top speed of an F-94 was only 640 mph.
The very next day a bomber was taking off from Mitchel Air Force Base in New York. It was about three miles from the runway when the pilot Lt. James R. Zeitvogel of the U.S. Navy, who was flying his bomber at about 160 knots (200 mph) and 6,000 feet, saw a white circular domed object which was 20 to 30 feet in diameter. It seemed segmented and had a dark underside. The pilot decided to follow the object which had hit a speed of 300 knots (350 mph). He made maneuvers to trail it, but the object cut inside his turn while accelerating and increased its speed to about 600 mph. The object then shot away.
Military sightings are extremely interesting to me since they are much harder to deny. When several military personal, especially from an air base, see a UFO and observe it for a while, one has to give this some credence.
The USS Philippine Sea was an aircraft carrier in 1952. It was launched in 1945 and was an Essex class carrier. On February 2, 1952 it was East of South Korea and traveling at 13 knots which was about 15 mph. Something was seen approaching the ship which was about 25 miles away. When it got to about 12 miles away it turned away, but could be seen visually because it created exhaust trails. The object then accelerated from 600 mph to 1,800 mph and went to an altitude of 52,000 feet then split into two targets which then traveled at 5 to 12 miles apart and disappeared at a range of about 110 miles. There have been quite a few sightings of UFOs which either changed shape or split into pieces with each piece becoming a vehicle on its own.
On March 20, 1952 a CIA clandestine employee sighted something strange in the sky at 10:42 p.m. The witness had been a pilot and had extensive flying experience in World War I and World War II. He was outside with his adult son when they saw a dull orange-yellow saucer-shaped light. The light was estimated to be only 4 to 6 feet in diameter. The light made no sound and was flying fast and level and thought to be about 5 miles away, but could have been as close as 1 mile. This would have made a difference in the size estimate. As it was flying away it made two jumps which were described as looking like a bouncing basketball. It then disappeared behind the trees.
On April 9, 1952 a sighting took place between Shreveport and Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana at 2:30 p.m. A USAF C-46 was flying at 9,000 feet when the pilot and co-pilot saw a cream colored disc-shaped object ahead of their plane flying at about 4,000 feet. The object then reversed course and the plane and object made turns and somehow the C-46 passed under the object. Both the plane and UFO had climbed to 12,000 feet at 200-400 mph. Another C-46 saw a similar object at 2:45 p.m. and this plane was 5-6 miles North of Barksdale AFB. The object it saw was at 11,000 feet and disappeared.
On April 24, 1952 something was seen at Great Blue Hill near Milton, Massachusetts. The sighting took place at the Air Force Cambridge Research Center Radar Systems Lab, Electronics Research Division. At the time two electrical engineers, Alfred P. Furnish and Herbert J. Brun were with electrical engineering senior Joseph Page and were in an observation tower on the top of Great Blue Hill. They saw a very thin flat, dull reddish orange squarish object with no corners which they estimated to be 10 to 15 feet in diameter. It flew wobbly in horizontal flight at about 2,000 feet. They watched as the object began to climb at an estimated speed of 240 mph and disappeared. There was no sound or exhaust. Visibility that day was about 70 miles.
