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REPRODUCED FROM HOLDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES STATISTICAL DATA FOR YEARS 1953-1965 TOTAL CASES BY CATEGORY (Compiled 15 Feb 67) Te Set AONE iise 1987 1958 1068 1950 1061 1662 1965 1964 1968 TOTAL Astronomical tio, 1307 1854 6202, 347. 554 £44, 235). 260) 156 65). 423.. 955 2,417 w. ’ Aireraft 73 BO 2d, 146. 218 = 105. “G9 6S 77 68 73 Ri 290 1,389 ~ Balloon 78 63. 109 Le be! 5B 31 22 37 19 28 20 36 701 Insufficient Data Ue REE hie pee cha ere 65.2. 105. 445 94 59 99 85 1,333 Other 62 58 65 6) 120 93-7 1S). 64 a7 65 58 88 --s«196 1,042 Satellite On 20 0 0 8 187 el 69 77 025140). 159 569 Unidentified _42 46 24 14). ela 10 2 14 13 15 14 19 16 253 TOTAL 509 487 «= 4545.—Sss«BO 1,006 627 390 557 Sor 474 399 562 Be7 Ee ASTRONOMICAL SIGHTINGS Meteors 70 92 79 Boe 17? 168 100 169 149 95 . 57 61. 101 1,396 Stars and Planets 10l 7 44 ‘62. 131-144... 56 40 45 8 36 23 go 1a 945 Other aeeee) ld BSE eee) aon ees 6 aie. 7 9 76 pa eee TOTAL 9 2197. 4135 eo") 941 231 144. 235 305 T0e 85. 120 250 2,417 OTHER CASES | Hoaxes, Hallucinations, Unreliable Reports and Psychological Causes 15 6 18 16 37 29 14 13 ily 11 16 34 34 260 Missiles and Rockets 2 1 1 3 ion 6 14 iZ 13 9 13 a 10 93 . Reflections 4 6 4 ca ya ey, 11 9 3 3 0 Z a. 61 Flares and Fireworks . 4 8 Gree Br aeag a ieee 4 3 3 7 4 63 Mirages and Inversions 3 2 4 1 5 2 4 5 6 3 0 2 i) 42 Search and Groundlights 9 6 14 9 me 8 5 6 1 3 2 6 9 90 Clouds and Contrails 6 3 2 1 9 5 3 4 5 4 5 0 3 50 Chaff 0 2 0 1 2 6 1 4 3 5 2 ace t 28 Birds 4 q 2 8 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 4 11 45 Radar Analyses ets 7 1 8 27 3 8 6 9 0 1 2 3 90 Photo Analyses 1, 1 Oe ed 1 7 4 6 3 2 3 6 6 46 Physical Specimens 1 6 5: 3 510 3 1 4 15 3 8 12 82 Satellite Decay ) 0 0 0 0 | 0 9 3 3 4 3 8 31 Other Sl ale 4 0 9 5 3 3 4 2 4 6 13 61 TOTAL 62 8 208 = fel ido Ton LY Gee Leer 0888. Ize iogad ~ ° -- Le ' eleres retele