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733667-002-002-0013
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This document contains multiple reports of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) observed by pilots in various locations across the United States in 1980 and 1981. The sightings describe objects with unusual shapes, speeds, and behaviors, often interacting with aircraft in close proximity.
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| Location | Context | Confidence | Supporting text |
|---|---|---|---|
| KANSAS CITY, MO | Incident Location | Medium | …itude. The pilot made a sharp turn to the left in a futile attempt to follow the object which appeared to be moving in excess of 300 knots. The object was esti |
| POMPANO BEACH, FL | Incident Location | Medium | …ave been the same object was observed in the middle of U.S. Highway 87, southeast of Sterling, Texas and about 75 miles north of Ozona. The object was on the h |
| Los Angeles to Denver, Colorado | Incident Location | Unresolved | …ject was headed due east and was visible for one minute. i /2i1/81-<1L0 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVE CREEK, COLORADO--8:10 PM: A large glowing object, moving in lev |
| Sterling, Texas | Incident Location | Unresolved | …to a lower altitude and moved away toward the Mexican border. Five additional witnesses on the ground also observed the objects. Later that same evening what c |
| OZONA, Texas | Incident Location | Unresolved | …bullet- shaped object moving at about 1200 miles per hour. At the same time a United Air Lines DC-8 located 100 miles west of Sparta reported seeing a long glo |
| Seattle, WA | Mailing Address | Unresolved | …ay so that any jndividual or agency wishing to report a UFO may do so without fear of ridicule or unwanted publicity. The Phenomena Research Report is distribu |
| Kennedy International Airport | Incident Location | Unresolved | …outheast to northwest, accelerating at extremely high speed with a long blue flame coming out the aft end. At 11:h5 PM the pilot and first officer of a Flying |
| Ozona their glow disappeared. Instantly | Sighting Location | Unresolved | …out of Ozona the object seperated into two parts and the back section moved into a position directly under the front section and the two objects passed the pla |
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6/18/81--FIVE MILES SOUTH OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT ==3200 PM: While flying
eastbound a ee 6 pilot and passenger oI a sma aircraft watched
in amazement as an egg-shaped object--made of highly polished metal--passed
off of their left side at a distance of about one-half mile at the same
altitude. The pilot made a sharp turn to the left in a futile attempt to
follow the object which appeared to be moving in excess of 300 knots. The
object was estimated to be 15 to 20 feet in diameter and was visible for
about 20 seconds.
6/6/81--NEAR KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI--5:05 PM: A black object like two soup
owis placed together rim-to-rim passed within a wings length of a small
aircraft preparing to land. Estimated to be about three feet in diameter
and at the same altitude of the plane, the object was headed due east and
was visible for one minute.
i /2i1/81-<1L0 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVE CREEK, COLORADO--8:10 PM: A large
glowing object, moving in level flight, was observed by the three man crew
of a United Air Lines flight traveling from Los Angeles to Denver, Colorado.
The object moved abeam of the airliner heading southwest at an estimated
speed of 5000 mph. An American Airlines airliner located 40 miles behind
the United flight reported the object and said it had reversed course and
was heading northeast.
3/30/81 --20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA--11:51 PM: The
piiot of a Beac aircrait, flying at 5000 feet, reported at s 2 o'clock
position what looked like a “rocket ship." The object was climbing from the
southeast to northwest, accelerating at extremely high speed with a long
blue flame coming out the aft end. At 11:h5 PM the pilot and first officer
of a Flying Tiger airliner--flying 100 miles northwest of Sparta, Penn., at
37,000 feet and inbound to Kennedy International Airport--observed a bullet-
shaped object moving at about 1200 miles per hour. At the same time a United
Air Lines DC-8 located 100 miles west of Sparta reported seeing a long
glowing object streaking across the sky. The object was not tracked on
radar.
11/3/80--NEAR OZONA, TEXAS--6:50 PM: A small aircraft had just taken off and
was about 1000 Teet o the ground when the pilot spotted a glowing object
coming from the direction of Sonora at a very high rate of spesad. 1% was
long in shape and pointed on both ends. About six miles out of Ozona the
object seperated into two parts and the back section moved into a position
directly under the front section and the two objects passed the plane. They
were both the same intensity of light. As the pilot watched the objects
move over Ozona their glow disappeared. Instantly the airplane engine
stopped and its lights went out. A few seconds later the glow around the
objects reappeared. The plane's engine started by itself and its lights
came on. Both objects then dropped to a lower altitude and moved away
toward the Mexican border. Five additional witnesses on the ground also
observed the objects. Later that same evening what could have been the same
object was observed in the middle of U.S. Highway 87, southeast of Sterling,
Texas and about 75 miles north of Ozona. The object was on the highway and
lunged upward to avoid being hit by a car occupied by two women.
9/27/80--NEAR POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA--3 PM: The pilot of a small airplane
observed what appeared to be two aircraft approaching head-on. As they
neared his plane he could make out two objects shaped like hamburger buns
which were moving side-by-side. When they got to within 200 feet of his
aircraft they began to circle his plane without banking. The objects were
yellow in color, about 10 feet in diameter, and remained about 200 feet
distant. The two objects circled the small airplane about 50 times in five
minutes, then broke away to the north. The objects were not detected by
radar.
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