| ID | #1632751049 |
| Added | Mon, 27/09/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | The New York Times
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
DAYTON, Ohio, July 17. A representative of the Air Force said that today about sixty reports of flying saucers have been received over the past two weeks. He could not explain the reasons for the sudden increase.
Captain EJ Ruppelt of the Air Force Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base said that " people see unidentified objects in the sky almost twice as often as last year."
Captain Ruppelt, the project manager of the Air Force group that investigates unidentified aerial objects, said that there is no connection between the increase in the number of sighting devices and the recent opening of Operation Skywatch by the Ground Observer Corps.
He said his office requested additional information from two Pan American Airways pilots who reported seeing "eight glowing red-orange disks" flying near Norfolk, Virginia, last Sunday evening. Pilots WB Nashid and WH Fortenberry said that the objects are moving at a speed of 1000 mph.
Original news
New York, New York, TIMES, 18 July 1952, page 5
60 'Saucer' Reports Fly At Air Force in 2 Weeks
By The United Press
DAYTON, Ohio, July 17 - An Air Force spokesman said today some sixty reports of flying saucers had been received during the last two weeks. He could give no reason for the sudden increase.
Capt. E. J. Ruppelt of the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Base said "people are seeing unidentified objects in the sky at a rate almost double over last year."
Captain Ruppelt, project officer for the Air Force group that investigates unidentified aerial objects, said there was no connection between the saucer sighting increase and the recent inauguration of Operation Skywatch by the Ground Observer Corps.
He said his office was requesting more information from two Pan American Airways pilots who reported seeing "eight glowing red-orange disks" flying near Norfolk, Va., last Sunday night. The pilots, W. B. Nashid and W. H. Fortenberry said the objects were traveling at 1,000 miles a hour.
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