Evidence Explorer

This document analyzes various reports of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) in relation to weather balloon releases in the vicinity of Shreveport and surrounding areas. It concludes that several sightings cannot be attributed to weather balloons based on wind patterns and observer reports.

…, South Brooksville, WO a tk a This observer, an "astronomer", heard e loud roar and with difficulty observed at 50° elevation approximately ten very light-colored obiects traveling N. | have covered 1 1/2” angular jiameter in the sky, bunched together with no reguler formtion. He caloulated that at a distance of 10 miles the objects would have a speed of 12…

…ke an ellipse with a flat level bottom and a dome-like top. The altitude and speed were rot estimated, but the ob- ject, allegedly through the instrument, appeared larger than the dal- loon. Another observer at the same station saw a similar object under corresponding circumstances, with the exception that her balloon was at an altitude of 27,000 feet and po…

COUP TD ANT TAH Engineering Division Memorandum Report No. MCREXD}O9l-18D 25 April 1919 to fly a good mrsuit curve on another airoraft in good daylight, for example, much less to close on a solitary light at night. The difficulty is due chiefly to the inability to judge distance or speed of a point | source of light. Sugcestione Suggestion works in various w…

…course, that they may have thought the objects were bright becense they expected all aerial objects to be bright. On the basis of the evidence thus far cams idered, the best cuess € as to the nature of a visual stimlus thet wold elicit reports of unidentified flying objects is that in the daytime it would be the reflection of the sun from an aircraft, a wind…

CN Seb we ar VAD Engineering Division Memorandum Report Noe MCREXD=69)-18D 26 April 1919 APPENDIX A PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF REPORTS OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS The Inaccuracy of Human Observation Psychologists have long know that human perception is fallible. In fact, part of the science of psychology is concerned with the measurement of errors of obser…

…g Objects in Sxy sia ' ad 3 saw strange The pictures proven between his version Y fo we as ch. C2 ting from Lt nee te of Intelligence am, 15 Apr ee ht ke in overed that » appeared on headquarters indicates mishandling De nears ie be pice: PITA eat ‘TEs THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATK my OR AN EL? Se, cD Ali “ iy MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE iNTELLIGE? NCE…

…d lasted lonzer than any I have ever seen but yever-the~less was similar in appearance Is seemed to diminish in size as it traveled until it eventually disappeared near the horizone 1 have no idea how fast it was traveling nor how ligh it was. This took place at approximately 2045, 2 April 1952-6 oS i =<“ Fes eas kre Sie Re, 3 April 52 ah ate . 185th Tao Rec…

…LE, try to guess or estimate what the real size of the object was in its longest dimension. 3.7. 5 feet. 22. How large did the object or objects appear as compared with one of the following objects held in the hand and at about arm’s length? (Circle One): a. Head of a pin | Silver dollar b. Pea Baseball c. Dime i. Grapefruit d. Nickel i. Basketball Other Sma…

…D ON FROM (Agency) Princeton, New Jersey Det #3, 4670th Grd Obsr Sq, Trenton, Ned DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 3 March 1953 1. March 1953 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE RICHARD FP. WATSON, ist Lt, USAF REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) AFL 200-5, 29 April 1952 Intelligence SUMMARY: (Enter concise summ…

…ng Trainin g and Operati ons Campus of Cornell University Sampson AFB, N.Y. DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 6 February 1953 17 December 1952 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE DONALD L. MYERS, LT., USAF Letter from lst Lt. Ivan J. Kubanis REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of r…

…AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency ) Cayuga Lake, N.Y. Wing Training and Operations DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION E rectegee . 6 February 1953 15 May 1952 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE DONALD L. MYERS, LT., USAF Letter from Mrs. Ott REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give sig…

… that any persons seeing such oddities notify their nearest Air Force installation - which, in this case, is yours. On the evening of Thursday, April 3, my husband who is a Crew Chief at Robinson Airlines and has been engaged actively in aeronautics for 12 years, part of which was with the AAF, and a friend who is a school teacher and I were traveling in an …

…zard to flight. Other aircraft yore in the area. Saw nothing unusual in the object excent its brilliance until such time as it began its rapid change of colors and as this lasted for less than three (3) minutes there was no chance for interceptions 10. Confirmation was received from the Base Operation at Moody Air Force Rase that aircraft were airborne at th…

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…entified Flying Object AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) DATE oe ES gton “5 D.C sat DATE OF INFORMATION Director of intelligence 6 soayee 1852 " § Aucust ORO PREPARED BY (Officer) eo eet SOURCE Unk 5 % REFERENCES JAMIS number, eK ME oi hg ot, as applicable) SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclos…

… FROM (Agency) SOVIET ZONE GERMANY 7Z50TH BASE COMPLEMENT SQUADRON ‘DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 29 DECEMBER 1952 26 DECEMBER 1952 NONE | PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE TREFTER L. THOMAS 1ST LT. USAF PENIX, C.N., GAPT. USAF REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) — SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report.…

‘ Date Jo ROUTING AND TRANSMITTAL SLIP 3/16/8 TO: (Name, office symbol, room number, initials} Date uilding, Agency/ Post) WEPR- eee ee i aa “t= NNGR Action File Note and Return Approval For Clearance Per Conversation As Requested For Correction Prepare Reply Circulate For Your Information See Me _ Comment _ Investigate : Signature Coordination Justify REMAR…

…ency) Sampson Air Force Base, New York Wing Training & Operations DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 28 January 1953 27 January 1953 PREP, cer ( REPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE A /20 Harvey N, Salzber g REGINALD L. ANDERSON, Major, USAF A/3C John F. Brostoski REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) Previous Report:…

…art of the State of New Jersey end & Sth Ptreintep Sq's McGuire AFB, N,J. DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 9 January 1953 6 December 1952 A-2 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE 1/Lt Antony Pogrebneak, Intel Officer As indicated in summary REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) VHF contact by Otondo, Robert Hy, 1/L…