The Portage County, Ohio / Spauer & Neff Encounter of April 17, 1966

Created: September 7, 2006, Updated Jan. 8, 2007
This is a 34-page chronology (increased from 11-pages) of UFO incidents and events for 1966, the beginning of the "Mother of All UFO Waves", which lasted throughout 1966 and 1967. Our thanks for these chronologies must go to our documentation team: Richard Hall (the original chronology from UFOE II), William Wise (Project Blue Book Archive), Dan Wilson (archive researcher), and Brad Sparks (Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns). Last, but not least, our thanks to Jean Waskiewicz who created the online NICAP DBase (NSID) that helped make it possible to link from the cases to the reports themselves. 

 Jan. 29, 1966; Rexburg, ID (BBU)
12:10 a.m. Two civilians returning from a sporting event saw what they first thought was the moon. After driving for about 1/2 mile, they saw it was a flat, well-defined object blocking the road, the size of a truck, casting an intense yellow-orange light on the ground. They turned around and drove back to Rexburg. (Vallee, 1969, p. 322.)

Feb. 2, 1966; Salisbury, NC (BBU 10193)
11:15 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Wise saw a silver, diamond-shaped object with several balls constantly in very fast motion around it, and much light. Object hovered over the trees for 3-4 minutes, while a dog barked, and then zipped out of sight. (Berliner)

Feb. 6, 1966; Nederland, TX (BBU 10196)
5:45 [6:05?] a.m. Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Gulley saw tadpole-shaped object about 14 ft long 2 ft wide with 8 yellow and red neon-like lights at 250-500 ft altitude, casting a pulsating red glow on the lawn. House and street lights went out, high frequency sound bothered the witnesses' ears. Object blinked out when aircraft passed overhead then came on again afterward. Object departed to W [or from W to SW] about 1-1/2 miles to vicinity of airport, where an aircraft's landing lights lit up UFO, then disappeared about 20°-25° elevation in a slow climb. (Hynek UFO Rpt pp. 186-8; Hynek UFO Exp ch. 8, case CEI-3)

Feb. 6, 1966; Madrid, Spain
8:00 p.m. LT. Several civilians and soldiers saw a glowing orange disc with three legs landing and taking off again. Rectangular imprints of the legs (15 cm x 30 cm) and scorch marks were found at the site. Electromagnetic (EM) effects occurred in the area at the time of the sighting. (Ballester-Olmos, 1976, p. 9; Flying Saucer Review, 12:3, 1966:28-31, Flying Saucer Review, 15:5, 1969:3-4.)

Feb. 26, 1966; 5 miles E of Farmington, 5 miles W of Hanna City, IL (BBU)
Civilian witness was driving when a flying oval object, the size of a car, came within 10 ft of him, then circled twice and left toward the N. It emitted a bright red glow, supported a sort of dome with a green light on top, caused radio interference, and made a strange "signal like noise." (Vallée Magonia 727)

March 3, 1966; Oswego, NY (BBU)
7:20 p.m. Several civilians saw an object fly slowly to the S, hover, come within 50 ft, then fly off to the SW. (Vallée Magonia 728)

March 8, 1966; Chesterton, IN
2:30 p.m. EST. An ex-Marine airplane mechanic and another witness saw an inverted silvery disc with four projections on top, surrounded by bright haze, that hovered above a cloud bank for 4-5 minutes. The object then tilted and sped away. (NICAP report.)

March 11, 1966; Indio, CA
2:30 a.m. PST. Three glowing yellowish objects with legs were seen resting on the ground in the California Desert. The brilliant luminosity concealed the exact shape of the objects. "Antennas" (projections) extended and retracted rapidly from the objects, their tips glowed green. One of the objects paced a car for 3 hours between Indio, California, and Salome, Arizona. (NICAP notes; NICAP report.)

March 11, 1966; Ringwood, NJ
Time not reported. A Catholic Mother Superior reported seeing a very bright UFO hovering over the Ringwood iron mines. A distant smaller light flashed as if signaling, and the larger object flew away to the west leaving a red glow in its wake. (NICAP notes.)

March 13, 1966; Portsmouth, NH
Time not available. A reporter and his family saw an egg-shaped object about 150 feet over power lines. TV and house lights dimmed (EM effects), and a vibration was felt. (New Hampshire NICAP Subcommittee report.)

March 13, 1966; LaCross, WI
9:30 p.m. CST. Police and citizens saw two bluish-green lighted objects and heard a beeping noise as if signals were being exchanged between the two. Dogs reacted to the objects (animal reactions.) (NICAP notes.)

March 14, 1966; Dexter and Hillsdale, MI
3:30-5:30 a.m. CST.  For about 2 hours, police officers, including Washtenaw County sheriffs deputies, reported highly maneuverable disc-shaped UFOs with flashing red and green lights. Selfridge AFB reported tracking UFOs on radar over Lake Erie. (Hall, 2001 , pp. 184-86; U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. Ill, No. 7, Mar.-Apr. 1966, p. 5).

March 20, 1966; Miami, FL (BBU 10247)
12:15 a.m. USAFR Maj. K. C. Smith, with NASA Kennedy Space Center, saw a pulsating light, varying from white to intense blue, make a jerky ascent then rapidly accelerate away to the N. (Berliner)

March 20/21, 1966; Exeter, NH
10:00 p.m.- 2:40 a.m. EST. Police and citizens saw an egg-shaped object with flashing body lights across the center (red-white-blue-green-red) that hovered over power lines, bobbed around and rocked in a pendulum motion. Through binoculars, a dome-like area was visible on top. The object finally ascended to the east, moved out over the ocean and disappeared. (Fuller, 1966; Massachusetts NICAP Subcommittee report.)

March 21, 1966; Hillsdale, MI (BBU)
10:32, 11 p.m.- 4:30 a.m. 17 Hillsdale College students including Barbara Kohn [Cole?] and Cynthia Poffenberger saw a football-shaped object with red-green-white pulsating lights descend from the NE pass close to their dorm then disappear to the S as if crashing to the ground, then return at 11 p.m. William Van Horn, Civil Defense Director and rated commercial pilot, and police arrived and conducted a ground search 1/2 to 2 miles away to the E but found nothing until Van Horn reached the college dorm where he, using binoculars, and [87?] students saw a maneuvering lighted 20-25 ft object on or near the ground about 1,500-1,700 ft away to the E, with a dirty-white light on the left and dim orange on the right, which brightened after 10 minutes to white and red and began to rise at a rate of 25-30 ft/min to a height of 100-150 ft (about 3-6 minutes), stopped momentarily then descended and repeated the motion several times. At one point on a descent a "convex" surface (between?) the lights could be seen. Radiation was later detected at the landing area about 600 micro roentgens/hr, roughly 30-60x background level, and possible boron contamination. (Vallée Magonia 732; Todd Lemire; etc.)

March 22, 1966; Houston, TX (BBU 10262)
1:30 a.m. S. J. Musachia saw white flashing lights light up witness' apartment; the air was full of smoke. Sound of "yen" [hen??] heard up close. (Berliner)

March 22, 1967; Normal, IL
7:15 p.m. CST. At least 10 witnesses watched a large oval object with four blinking body lights fly overhead, hover over some trees, then move away. (NICAP notes.)

March 22/23, 1966; Key West, FL
Night, EST. FL. Several discs with flashing lights around their edges (body lights) were reported from an outdoor theater. The objects hovered for 4-5 seconds, then shot away northward out of sight in about 1 second. (NICAP notes.)

March 23, 1966; Fort Pierce, FL (BBU)
Two young men walking through woods saw a bright object like a balloon covered with fluorescent paint that became so intensely bright they could not look directly at it. As they walked closer, it exploded, leaving no trace. (Vallée Magonia 733)

March 23, 1966; Temple, OK (BBU 10270)
5:05 a.m. Sheppard AFB instructor Eddie Laxson was driving W on US Hwy 70 he found the road blocked by a wingless aircraft, perch fish-shaped, landed in the road, about 75 ft long, nearly 8 ft high, 12 ft wide, with a Plexiglas bubble on top, bright lights forward and aft. Laxson stopped his car about 300 ft away and walked toward the object to 50 ft away, noticing a labeling on its side like "TLA138" or "TLA738" [or "TL 4768"]. He saw a "man" wearing a baseball cap or mechanic's hat climbing steps or ladder on the object and soon after it lifted off with a hissing or drilling sound and headed off SE at about 700 mph. No landing traces. Laxson found another witness C. W. Anderson a mile down the road. (Hynek UFO Rpt pp. 208-210; Vallée Magonia 734)

March 23, 1966; Bangor, ME
11:50 p.m. EST. A  yellowish elliptical object with a textured surface (compare to March 20, Dexter, Michigan) and blue and white  body lights was encountered  hovering just off the ground near the road. The object had rotating lights resembling windows, and emitted a soft electrical humming sound. When the object moved toward him, the motorist's car lights dimmed and his radio stopped playing   (EM effects). The frightened witness took a pistol  from  his car, and  when he fired it, the  object glowed brightly and took off at high speed, making a "zinging" sound like the recoil of a spring. (BB doc MISC-PBB2-575; NICAP report; U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. Ill, No. 7, Mar-Apr. 1966, p. 3; New York News, Mar. 25, 1966).

March 23, 1966; Trinidad, CO
5:00 p.m. MST. At least a dozen witnesses saw two light-reflective disc-shaped objects with domes flying in-line, traveling with a bobbing motion over the terrain. (McDonald, 1968a, Case 14, pp. 51-52; NICAP notes).

March 23, 1966; Joppa, IL
Night, CST. An oblong object surrounded by smaller bright lights was observed by a dozen people. (NICAP notes.)

March 23, 1966; Crown Point, NY
8:40 p.m. EST. An elongated object with rays of light (light beams) from its underside was observed hovering above a neighbor's house. The witness called out another neighbor to see the object, which finally shot upwards out of sight. (NICAP report.)

March 23/24, 1966; Bangor, ME
11:50 PM EST. A  yellowish  elliptical object with a textured surface (compare to March 20, Dexter, Michigan) and blue and white  body lights was encountered  hovering just off the ground near the road. The object had rotating lights resembling windows, and emitted a soft electrical humming sound. When the object moved toward him, the motorist's car lights dimmed and his radio stopped playing (EM effects). The frightened witness took a pistol  from  his car, and  when he fired it, the  object glowed brightly and took off at high speed, making a "zinging" sound like the recoil of a spring. (NICAP report; U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. Ill, No. 7, Mar.-Apr. 1966, p. 3; New York News, Mar. 25, 1966).

March 26, 1966; Texahoma, OK (BBU 10291)
12:00 midnight. Mrs. P. N. Beer and Mrs. E. Smith driving back from Amarillo saw a flashing light [or object with waffle­ like surface glowing intense red light] coming from the N buzz their car from the front, engine and headlights died, then the object hovered 1/4 mile away. After 10 minutes they could restart their car and left. (Berliner; cf. Vallée Magonia 738)

March 27, 1966; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Time not reported. About 100 people watched a revolving disc-shaped object that hovered for an hour, flashing red, blue, green, and white lights (body lights). The object then slowly ascended and disappeared. (Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 12, No. 6, 1966, p. 32; from Vancouver Sun).

March 30, 1966; Ottawa, OH (BBU 10329)
(NARA)

March 30, 1966; Rehoboth, MA
8:00 p.m. EST. Three separate groups of witnesses had a series of sightings over a period of nearly two hours, including an object with amber body lights that passed over a car and hovered just off the road; an oval object with bright red and orange body lights that hovered over the road ahead of a car, taking off at high speed just as another car approached: and an object with flashing red body lights emitting a whistling or humming sound. (BB files, Fowler, 1974, pp. 125-27.) 

March 30, 1966; 10 miles N of Lexisburg, IN (BBU)
8:35 p.m. Civilian woman and her 4 children saw an oval object crossing the road as they were driving S, with a pulsating sound increasing in frequency as the object came nearer, but it seemed to come through the car radio rather than the object. They drove away in fear, but were followed for 8 miles by the object, with color suddenly changing from reddish­orange to bluish-white before accelerating out of sight. (Vallée Magonia 741)

March 30, 1966; East Hampton, Montauk, Long Island, NY
9:00 p.m. EST. A tree surgeon and his family saw a bright white object maneuvering around power lines and a radio tower, making a "swooshing" sound. Static was heard on the radio (EM effect) at the time. A "light beam was emitted downward from the object onto a utility pole. Domestic animals in the area were excited and agitated (animal reactions) while the UFO hovered, circled, and moved quickly from point to point. At 11:30 p.m. a Ford truck experienced total electrical failure as a cigar-shaped or elliptical object was seen low over sand dunes. The object circled the area and flew overhead. (Keyhoe & Lore, 1969a, p. 8; New York NICAP Subcommittee report; U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. Ill, No. 7, Mar.-Apr. 1966). 

March 30, 1966; Pecos, TX
Time not reported. An oblong object estimated to be 85-100 feet long, with lights at top and bottom (body lights), landed near a highway, then took off about 5 minutes later. (NICAP notes; United Press International story.)

March 31, 1966; Vicksburg, MI
2:00 a.m. CST. A motorist encountered a brightly lighted disc-like object, grayish with various body lights, hovering just off the road surface, blocking the roadway. The car was violently buffeted as the object darted around from point to point, emitting a hum like a swarm of bees. The object finally rose and sped away at a steep angle. (NICAP investigation report; Keyhoe & Lore, 1969a, p. 23; U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. Ill, No. 7, Mar.-Apr. 1966, p. 3)

April 2, 1966; Melbourne (near), Australia
Cat. 8.  Brown photo.

April 3, 1966; Franklin, NJ
Time not reported. A disc-shaped object with three portholes hovered near a radio transmitter tower, seen by the station owner and his wife after hearing a deep rumbling noise. The object appeared to be "twice the size of a jet fighter plane." (Brief United Press International story.)

April 3, 1966; Playa Del Ray, CA
6:50 p.m. PST. Along the coast of the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles International Airport, a Coast Guard helicopter pilot and another witness reported seeing four pairs of flashing red lights in changing geometric formations, estimated to be one mile offshore. The pilot reported seeing an oblong object with body lights. (NICAP report forms.)

April  3, 1966; Burlington, Ontario, Canada
10:15 p.m. EST. A domed UFO emitting a yellow glow hovered about 75 feet above Bronte Gorge, followed a car, then sped up and disappeared to the northeast. (NICAP report form.)

April 4, 1966; <1 mile SE of Hague, FL (BBU)
6:05 a.m. Civilian man, 40, saw an elongated object on the ground as he was going to work, 6 ft long, 2 ft high, with 6 4-inch openings, making a "turbine" noise so loud the witness had to put his hands over his ears. When he tried to touch it, the object left at great speed to the W vanishing suddenly after several feet of travel. Rain fell throughout. (Vallée Magonia 748)

April 4, 1966; Burkes Flat, Victoria, Australia
8:00 p.m. LT. As a strange light phenomenon (including an oval with a cone containing multi-colored shafts or tubes of light moving up and down) hovered near ground level off the road, an approaching motorist reported his headlights were bent (gravitational effect) toward the object. The object seemed to close in on itself and then disappeared. (Chalker, 1996, pp. 114-15.)

April  4, 1966; Liberal, KS
Time not reported. A blue-green sphere hovered at low altitude, ascended and departed to the southwest. (NICAP notes.)

April 5, 1966; Lycoming, NY (BBU 10385)
3 a.m. Lillian Louis, 42, went to get a glass of water in her kitchen and saw a spinning vapor-like sphere, 10 ft in diameter, shooting its exhaust onto the ground from 20 ft height near her house, which departed very suddenly, leaving a trail. (Berliner; cf. Vallée Magonia 751)

The AF is slated to soon test a long-delayed highly classified sensor system which will obviate the need for collection of anecdotal UFO reports by an ever more embarrassing Project Blue Book.  The plan for the sensor system and eventual closure of Blue Book was approved years before, on July 28, 1952, but numerous technical and budgetary delays kept giving Blue Book reprieves from termination.  Now, the AF command decides that for PR purposes after the tremendous beating it received in the press, from the public and now from Congress over its inept UFO explanations that it needs a scientific fig-leaf to cover its closure of Blue Book.  This results in the contract to University of Colorado in October 1966. (Sparks)

April 5, 1966; Heflin, AL
4:00 p.m. CST. An object emitting a humming sound was observed, and reportedly caused "anti-gravitational effects," finally disappearing in clouds. (Letter, NICAP report form, clipping.)

April 5, 1966; Kittery, ME (BBU)
7 p.m. 4 people saw a landed object through binoculars which took off, hovered for a while, and left. (Vallée Magonia 752)

April 6, 1966; Selkirk, NY
Time not reported. A huge grayish-white egg-shaped object with body lights and portholes hovered above trees, rocking back and forth. Finally it accelerated and sped away leaving a trail. (NICAP notes.)

April 5, 1966; Alto, TN (BBU 10384)
11:55 p.m. W. Smith and another stopped to watch an object hovering about 15 ft above a swamp, tried to follow it but it flew away. Object 100 ft long oval with a dark top, appearing cone-shaped when moving, making a high-frequency noise, and flying between a high­tension power line and a row of trees. Animal reactions wherever the object flew over. (Berliner; cf. Vallée Magonia 753)

April 7, 1966; Beulah, MI
Time not reported. A cigar-shaped object with red and green body lights flew ahead of a car, circled back emitting sound (unspecified), and settled down behind a ridge. (NICAP notes.)

April 7, 1966; Springfield, KY
Time not reported. A large object described as an "overgrown washtub" moved southeast over the airport, dog barked (animal reactions). (NICAP notes.)

April 7, 1966; Grove City, PA
Night. Motorists saw lights rise from the ground, then an unidentified object passed over their car causing E-M effects, noise (unspecified), physical and psychological effects.
Independent observation: Same day at Ligonier, 105 miles to the southeast in Pennsylvania, silver cigar-shaped objects were observed flying into a storm. (NICAP notes)

April 11 [10-11?], 1966; Greensburg, PA. (BBU)
12 midnight. Civilian man, 43, saw a well-defined cigar­shaped object 50 ft long with no wings, tail or wheels, with flashing red light, 15 ft above ground, 300 ft away. Object rose, was lost in the fog, then came back at treetop level with a strong whistling sound. (Vallée Magonia 756)

April 12, 1966; Dorchester, MA
7:45 p.m. EST. Witnesses reported a low-flying oval object with dome on top and colored lights around its perimeter, circling over a schoolhouse and bobbing up and down. Coincident power failure (EM effects) in nearby Roxbury. (Fowler 1974, p. 337; Boston Record American, Apr. 13, 1966, quoted in Flying Saucer Review, 12(4), pp. iii-iv.)

April 12, 1966; Brockton, MA
10:00 p.m. EST. An elongated elliptical (or cigar-like) object with a bright red-orange light at each end was seen hovering off Route 24. (Fowler, 1974, p. 337.)

April 13, 1966; Kalamazoo, MI
Time not reported. A police officer and other witnesses saw an elliptical object with flashing white lights, alternating red and green lights. (NICAP report; police department form.)'

April 17, 1966; Portage County, Ohio, bt. Atwater and Randolph, Ohio, to Pittsburgh, PN (BBU)
5-6:10 a.m. (EST). E of Akron Deputy Sheriff Dale F. Spaur and associate Wilbur Neff saw a 30-45 ft metallic object approach over the treetops from the woods, bathing the witnesses and the whole area in light while making a transformer-like hum, then headed E and they gave chase in the patrol car at speeds up to 105 mph for 85 miles. Officer Wayne Huston about 35 miles to the ESE saw the object he described as ice cream cone-shaped, point downwards, approach from the W and pass overhead at about 800-900 ft height with Spaur and Neff in pursuit to the SE and he joined them near Unity, Ohio, with the object about 1/2 to 3/4 mile ahead of them, reaching the Penna. state line at 5:35. They lost sight of object at Brady Run Park regained it in Bridgeport, Penna. At about this time officers Lonnie Johnson and Ray Esterly in Salem, Ohio, saw 3 jet fighters attempting to intercept a bright object at about 10,000-20,000 ft about 25° elevation to the E for about 2 mins. In Conway, Penna., at 6 a.m. they met with officer Frank Panzarella who had been watching the object for 10 mins to the E or SE which he described as 25­35 ft half-football-shaped object at about 1,000 ft height (or 1,500-2,000 ft according to the others), when it stopped in the NE towards Harmony, Pennsylvania, then rose. They watched as the object climbed to about 3,500 ft to the left of and level with the quarter moon in the ESE (which was at about azimuth 116° elevation 14° and 11 % illuminated at 6:00 a.m.) and Venus (at 122° azimuth 22° elevation) and it passed near a 707 airliner taking off from Pittsburgh Airport and disappeared shooting up vertically at about 6:10. (Hynek UFO Exp ch. 8; NICAP)

April 17, 1966; Danvers, MA
7:15 p.m. EST. Several groups of witnesses reported an elliptical object with rotating white lights around its perimeter. The object circled slowly, then disappeared into clouds. (Fowler 1974, p. 337.)

April 17, 1966; Peabody, MA
7:30-7:45 p.m. EST. Fifteen minutes later 5 miles south of Danvers, a series of sightings was reported by independent witnesses. An oval object with dome on top, and red, green, blue, and white flashing body lights, was seen flying in circular and zigzag patterns. The object suddenly darted away at high speed and disappeared. One UFO hovered over a school, then moved away rapidly with up and down oscillatory motion. (Fowler 1974, p. 338.)

April 17, 1966; Wakefield, MA
8:30 p.m. EST. About 9 miles southwest of Peabody, witnesses reported an oval object making a humming sound. It bobbed up and down rapidly and emitted white, red, and blue light beams as it descended to low level above Lake Quannapowitt. (Fowler 1974, p. 338.)

April 18, 1966; Peabody, MA
7:15 p.m. EST. Several witnesses reported an oval object with blue glow, reddish-green flashing lights on each end. The object hovered, and sped back and forth several times. (Fowler 1974, p. 338.)

April 18, 1966; Cohasset, MA
9:45 p.m. EST. About 25 miles southeast of I Peabody, witnesses reported an oval object with flashing red lights around its circumference, and two smaller white body lights. The object reacted to searchlights (light reaction) shone on it by zigzagging, accelerating straight up and disappearing. (Fowler 1974, p. 339.)

April 18, 1966; Battle Creek, MI (BBU)
10:10 p.m. 42­year-old witness driving a car saw an egg-shaped object, 75 ft long, 15 ft high, gray-colored, following from a distance of 75 ft. Object had a cockpit with windows and 3 rows of lights, emitted red flames, and made the same noise as a heavy truck on wet pavement. (Vallée Magonia 759)

April 18, 1966; Lancaster, OH
11:55 p.m. A motorist almost struck a blindingly bright object which had landed on the highway. It had brilliant white lights and intense red body lights. When he turned back to investigate, the UFO flew off through a corn field, at one point illuminating the terrain. Then the lights blinked off and the object disappeared. Next day his eyes were sore and bloodshot (physiological effects). (U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. Ill, No. 8, May-June 1966, p. 7.)

April 19, 1966; Sharon, MA
12:15 a.m. EST. Citizens and police called to the scene to investigate saw an oval or egg-shaped object with a glowing rim that looked like lighted windows, and a steady red light on each end. The object hovered, then disappeared when an aircraft approached (aircraft avoidance), reappearing after it left. (Fowler 1974, pp. 128-130, 340; NICAP report.)

April 19, 1966; Peabody, MA
12:00 p.m. EST. On the north-northeast side of the Boston metroplex, witnesses reported an oval object with red, green, and white body lights, oscillating up and down when  in  motion. The object appeared to land in a field. Later two witnesses approached the field and saw unidentified lights rise and fly away. (Fowler, 1974, p. 339.)

April 19, 1966; Hartford, CT
8:00 p.m. EST. Two oval objects with red and green body lights hovered directly over the Rock Hill Veterans Home and Hospital. (Fowler 1974, p. 339.)

April 19, 1966; Bellingham, MA
10:00 p.m. EST. Two hours later about 80 miles east-northeast of Hartford, an elongated elliptical object with bright red lights on each end flew low, hovered, and made a hissing sound when moving. A separate report was received of a "piercing, humming object" two hours earlier at Stoughton. (Massachusetts NICAP Subcommittee report; Fowler 1974, p. 339)

April 19, 1966; Quincy, MA
11:45 p.m. EST. Several persons saw a large disc-shaped object accompanied by two smaller discs that flashed red and white lights, hovered and swung back and forth like a pendulum. (Fowler 1974, p. 339.) [Note: Bellingham, Cohasset, Quincy, Sharon, and Stoughton, Mass., all are within about a 30-mile radius of Boston, in an arc from the southeast to the southwest.] 

April 20, 1966; Over PA
Early morning. An airline pilot observed an unidentified bright orange object. (Project 1947 reports, Aldrich fit Greenwood; cited in Weinstein, 1999, p. 34)

April 25, 1966; Towanda, PA
Night. As their car engine and headlights failed and they felt heat, motorists saw a UFO with four portholes hovering about 350 feet away, flames shooting off of it. (Rodeghier, 1981, p. 29)

April 30, 1966; Sacramento, CA (BBU)
3:15 a.m. Anita Miller saw a light move around the sky. No further detail in files. (Berliner)

April 30, 1966; Pasadena, CA
Cat. 11. Three objects near airplane.

May 4, 1966; Charleston, WV (BBU)
4:30 [3:40?] a.m. FAA air traffic controller tracked an unidentified non transponding target about 5 miles to the 11 o'clock position from Braniff Airline Flight 42 headed E at 33,000 ft, which crew saw high above as a white-blue object giving off brilliant flaming light of alternating white-green-red colors. Radar showed object veering away to 8-10 miles away at 10 o'clock position, then come at the Braniff airliner to 3 miles distance then made a 180° left turn to the NW again within a diameter of 5 miles at 1,000 mph [5 g's] which the Braniff crew confirmed with object descending from 20° elevation above horizon. (Hynek UFO Exp ch. 7, Case RV-2)

May 4, 1966; Cardington, OH
Time not reported. About 10 people watched a saucer-shaped glowing object hover above the trees for 30 minutes. Smaller lights, occasionally flashing, darted to and from it. The object departed when an aircraft approached the area (aircraft avoidance). (NICAP notes.)

May 6, 1966; Carnestown, FL
2:05 a.m. EDT. In Collier County, southwest Florida, vicinity of Naples, a shaken motorist made a statement to Naples police about his car being approached from behind by a "large white light" that came within about 100-150 feet of his car, changing color to blue-green. He tried to flee, but the UFO zoomed past him making a "whooshing" noise, and circled around to the left and disappeared. (NICAP notes, police statement in Donald E. Keyhoe Archives.)   

May 7, 1966; Goodfellow AFB, TX (BBU 10535)
9:55 p.m. A/3c W. L. Whitehead saw a short, cylindrical object with pointed ends, a yellow light at one end, blue light at the other, fly straight and level. (Berliner)

May 16, 1966; Temple City, CA
12:30 p.m. PDT. A newspaper editor and office manager were called outdoors to see a grayish-green object high in the northern sky changing shape from rectangular, or roughly diamond-shaped, to domed disc. The object, apparently metallic, was reflecting sunlight. Haze-like heat waves surrounded it. For 15 minutes the object moved around lazily, then suddenly sped off to the northeast and disappeared. The editor compared the departure speed to that of a jet aircraft.

June 6, 1966; Spooner, Wisc. (BBU 10626)
9:30 p.m. Dorothy Gray saw 2 domed discs with sparkling upper surfaces and square windows in their tops, revolve above a lake, apparently causing strange behavior of the lake water. (Berliner)

June 8, 1966; Between Kansas and Toledo, Ohio (BBU 10629)
6:45 a.m. Max Baker, 43, driving W on Sandusky Road, suddenly saw a bright silver, cigar-shaped object, as long as an airliner, silently buzz the witness' car to 100 ft distance then flew low to the NE. (Berliner; cf. Vallée Magonia 771)

June 8, 1966; Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada
11:00 p.m. LT. Three persons reported that their car was followed by an oval object about 6 feet in diameter moving about 10 feet above the power lines on a parallel path. The object was emitting a bluish glow, and two light beams extended from it, one pointing upward and the other downward. No sound was heard. (Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 12, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1966, p. iii; from the Castlegar News.)

June11, 1966; Westport, MA
3:45 a.m. EDT. A disc shaped like two plates one on top of the other, with a dome on top, white, yellow, blue, and green flashing lights around the circumference (body lights), buzzed over a car and hovered ahead over the road.  (Fowler, 1974, p. 341; Boston Traveler, June 13, 1966, quoted in Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 12, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1966, p. 30.) 

June 13, 1966; Milan, MI (BBU)
Policeman who saw the object over Milan on March 17 saw another object on the ground at a street intersection. He drove toward it with his headlights illuminating the object, which took off like an airplane, flying away to the SE. (Vallée Magonia 773)

June 16, 1966; Mt. Sunapee, NH
Time not reported. A woman saw a large glowing object hovering near telephone lines. An articulated glowing pink to red-colored rod extended to the wires, withdrew, and then the object sped away over the mountains. (New Hampshire NICAP Subcommittee report.) The time probably is included in the NICAP file report.)

June 16, 1966; Elista, Kalmuk; USSR
Scientists report UFO maneuvering near missile test. (Joel Carpenter: No record of a missile launch for that date. However, see "1966", no exact date entry at top of this chrono from Larry Hatch *U* Database.)

June 17, 1966; Abington, Berkshire, England
8:50 p.m. LT. Two nuclear scientists reported seeing a very bright yellow object above a cloud bank on the western horizon, moving slowly. The object then accelerated northward and disappeared behind a tall bank of clouds. About 10 minutes later the same or a similar object appeared traveling from north to south, stopped and hovered in the northwest sky for about 30 minutes. The object then diminished in apparent size and was hidden by clouds near the horizon. When viewed through 10 x 60 binoculars, the object had a conical shape and was reflecting sunlight. Its length was computed to be about 60 feet. (Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 12, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1966, pp. 27-28.)

June 23, Placitas, NM
3:42 a.m. MDT. Julian Sandoval, a NASA contract flight engineer, also an experienced pilot and navigator, and two independent witnesses saw a glowing elongated object with a blunt end. It had a series of four body lights varying from brilliant green to a bluish tinge, and was hovering at an estimated 12,000 feet. When the object moved, its glow brightened and it appeared to be a powered craft (luminosity/motion correlation). The witness watched the object for an hour and a half, after which it climbed vertically, accelerated to a high velocity and disappeared to the northeast in about 12 seconds. In a report to NICAP, Sandoval estimated the departure speed at "Mach 6 or better." (Christian Science Monitor, July 11, 1966; I/. P.O. Investigator, Vol. Ill, No. 9, Aug.-Sept. 1966, p. 3.)

June 23, 1966; Hamburg, NY (BBU)
9:30 p.m. Civilian woman, 63, was reading when an intense red light lit the ground near her house. She went outside and saw a 3 ft lighted object 60 ft away, which backed up and flew away "like a bullet." 3 other witnesses in the next house. (Vallée Magonia 777)

June 24, 1966; Richmond, VA
3:30 a.m. EDT. A police officer on patrol saw a hovering elliptical object with body lights, surrounded by mist or vapor. The lights were alternately yellow and green. As he approached to investigate, the UFO began moving away, leading him on a cat-and-mouse chase. Finally the object accelerated and sped away. Separate police witnesses observed a UFO in the same general area about 40 minutes later. (U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. III, No. 9, Aug.-Sept. 1966, p. 3; Keyhoe & Lore, 1969a, p. 9.)

June 24, 1866; Charlotte, NC
Night. A school teacher, ex-member of Army intelligence saw a flattened ellipse with fuzzy edges, two or three port-like black spots along the body, flying overhead. The object was visible for about 2 minutes in hazy conditions. (NICAP report form.) 

June 27, 1966; Pacific, 400 miles E of Wake Island (BBU 10693)
4 a.m. Radio Officer Steffen Sorensen, of the S/ [SS?] Mt. Vernon Victory, saw a "cloud" expand with a light inside, then accelerate away. (Berliner)

June 27, 1966; Cistella, Spain
4:00 a.m. LT. A farm woman and farm hands saw a large disc-shaped object with bright green, red, yellow and blue body lights descend behind some woods about 500 meters away. A few minutes later two cylindrical objects also with body lights appeared, and the disc reappeared, taking up position between the two cylinders, which closed in on the disc, turned, and all three as a unit shot up at terrific speed and disappeared in less than a second. A column of smoke was then seen rising from behind the woods that spread and enveloped one of the men as the woman and the other man took shelter in their car. The three then went to the clearing beyond the woods to investigate and found a freshly broken tree branch and scorched potato plants (physical traces). The man who had been enveloped by the smoke cloud later experienced extraordinary sleepiness. (Investigated by Antonio Ribera. Flying Saucer Review Vol. 12, No. 6, Nov-Dec. 1966, pp. 3-4.) 

July 11, 1966; Union-Kirkwood, PA (BBU 10739)
7:45 p.m. Carl Wood and Charles Hawthorne [and 2 women?] saw a large (100 ft wide, 20 ft high) bright red luminous object with small windows and yellow lights 100 ft away in a field. Object had small openings, emitted a humming or whirring noise, seemingly from the outside, and a grinding noise from inside. (Berliner; cf. Vallée Magonia 779)

July 18, 1966; Baytown, TX
9:00 a.m. CDT. Service station personnel saw a white object shaped like two saucers face to face (disc) with a row of square windows in between. The object was hovering above a store about 100 yards distant, then it began moving, rapidly accelerated and sped away. (McDonald, 1968a, pp. 57-58; Houston Post, Oct. 8, 1966.)

July 20, 1966; Jaffrey, NH
10:30 p.m. EDT. An elliptical object with two rows of body lights passed over a religious center. As it progressed, the lights changed color from white to red to orange to yellow to green and back to white. (Fowler 1974, p. 341.)

July 22, 1966; Fremont, IN
11:25 p.m.. While driving his son home from the railway station, a realtor (retired WWII Navy officer) and his son saw an illuminated, 25-foot diameter disc with portholes on its lower convex surface. The object descended low over the car and hovered above it. When two other cars approached, the object extinguished its lights, then shot straight up into the sky leaving a trail of bluish light. (Hynek, 1972, pp. 95-96, 238; Ridge, 1994, pp. 12-13; NICAP notes.)

July 25, 1966; Between Greenville and Vanceboro, NC (BBU 10781)
1-2 a.m. College student James Clark saw a pulsating object change color from orange to red to blue to green and back to orange, which followed his car through the woods at high speed up to 100 mph, then stopped and hovered over the car from 300 ft away about 50 ft high, wobbling on its axis, approached to 100 ft, then shot out of sight vertically in <5 secs. (Berliner; cf. Vallée Magonia 782)

July 25, 1966; Fulton County Airport, GA
3:50 a.m. Federal Aviation Administration officials observed multi-colored oval objects that alternately hovered and moved around, confirmed on radar. One sped away. At 4:25 am another oblong object was observed hovering. Similar sightings occurred early the following morning, but this time not seen on radar. (Hitt, 1999.)

Aug. 6, 1966; Harlingen, TX (BBU)
2 p.m. Civilian man and his family saw a dark object hover near their isolated house. 3 children saw a dwarf in shiny black coveralls through a square door" emitting yellow light in the object, which left slowly with a soft humming sound. See later incident on Sept. 3. (Vallée Magonia 786; FUFOR Index)

Aug. 13, 1966; McDonald, OH
Time not reported. A policeman and others saw a large object accompanied by about 10 smaller objects. When an airplane approached, the smaller objects rushed to the large object, (aircraft avoidance). The sighting lasted 4 hours. (NICAP notes.)

Aug. 15, 1966; Wood Green, London, England
2:00 a.m. LT. A couple saw an intensely bright glowing disc approach and hover about 1 50 yards from their house above an old tree. After a short time two smaller brightly luminous discs emerged from the larger object and took up positions alongside. They them emitted two bright white conical light beams that illuminated the ground and surrounding terrain so brilliantly that the man was able to read the time on his watch (2:10 am). Next the two smaller discs extinguished their lights and re-entered the parent-object, which tilted slightly and moved slowly towards the house. A humming and/or jet-like sound could be heard as the object passed over the house, now appearing pear-shaped. Revolving colored lights were visible on the underside. Next morning the man had a rash resembling sunburn on his face, and he and his wife both had headaches and sore necks. Some apparent damage to foliage, circular holes in the ground, and a large depression with flattened grass were found beneath the area where the object had hovered. (Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 12, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1966, pp. 4-5.)

Aug. 15, 1966; Boston, MA
2:30 p.m. EST. An art instructor saw a thin disc with flat dome, and vertical ribbing visible on the dome, for 1-2 minutes. The object was beneath a cloud or fog layer. (Walter N. Webb report.)

Aug. 15, 1966; Forest Park, IL
5:40 p.m. CST. A Navy technician watched a flat, round object (disc) with red and yellow segments on the underside. The object had a dark center section, and colors around the rim. It flew slowly overhead for 5 minutes as a storm gathered. (NICAP report form.)

Aug.16, 1966; Duluth, MN
10:45 p.m. CST.  Three persons in a car saw a very large, spinning greenish-blue object that had  revolving red body lights. The object at one point emitted an extremely bright light beam that blinded the driver. (NICAP report form, newspaper clippings.)

Aug. 19, 1966; Donnybrook, ND (BBU 10872)
4:50 p.m. U.S. Border Patrolman Don Flickinger saw a bright, shiny, round disc, 30 ft in diameter and 15 ft high, colored white, silvery or aluminum, floating down the side of a hill wobbling from side to side about 10 ft off the ground. It moved across a valley from the SE climbing to 100 ft height, hovered for 1 min over a reservoir in a horizontal position when a dome on top became visible, appeared about to land in a small field about 250 ft away, then tilted on edge and rose up into clouds at high speed. (Berliner; cf. Vallée Magonia 788; Jan Aldrich, Phillips, 1975, p. 43; witness report to CUFOS; Hynek, 1977, p. 152; Gilmor, Condon report case 8, p. 273.) [Note: This occurred within the Minuteman Missile Launch Facilities area at Minot AFB, North Dakota. Donnybrook is in the Kilo Flight Launch Facilities area.]

Aug. 19, 1966; Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Time not reported. A disc like an inverted dinner plate, with red and green body lights on top and bottom and flashing lights on the circumference, hovered over the Algoma steel plant. The object abruptly took off to the north at high speed, seen over a wide area. (NICAP notes; U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. Ill, No. 9, Aug. -Sept. 1966, p. 4.)

Aug. 20, 1966; Unitah Basin, UT
Dusk, MDT. About a dozen witnesses saw a glowing orange disc that hovered, emitting a red light beam from the underside. When children ran toward it, the object took off and disappeared. (Salisbury 1974, Appendix B, Table 1.)

Aug. 22, 1966; Easton, PA
10:15 p.m. EDT. An orange-red mass of light undergoing apparent shape changes was reported. The object fluttered down, moved away, changed to cone shape, then to a thin line, and finally sped away disappearing in seconds. (NICAP report form.)

Aug. 23, 1966; Da Nang, Vietnam (BBU)
(McDonald list)

Aug. 23, 1966; Columbus, OH (BBU 10888)
7 p.m. Broomall and Gilpin saw a circular, luminous white object split into 5 objects, all streaking away to the W. (Berliner)

Aug. 24, 1966; Battle Creek, MI
8:20 a.m. EDT. A disc inclined at an angle was observed by a railroad conductor and his family for 5 minutes, using 7x50 binoculars. Super 8mm movie film reportedly was taken of the object, but the film was not made available for study. (NICAP report form.) 

Aug. 26, 1966; Gaylesville, AL [Rome, GA?] (BBU 10899)
8:50 p.m. Mr. Funk, wife and their 3 children saw a cluster of 4 small, glowing, orange­ yellow lights in a triangular formation, moving from E to W. (Berliner; FUFOR Index)

Aug. 27, 1966; Cicero, IL
9:30 p.m. CDT. A production engineer saw a lens-shaped disc with domes on top and bottom, surrounded by a soft bluish glow. The object was visible for 3 minutes. (NICAP report form.)

Aug. 31, 1966; Makklya, Finland
8:20 p.m. LT. A woman was called by her two daughters to observe from a balcony an object shaped like two plates, one inverted on top of the other (disc), flying at an altitude of about 200 meters. The edge was brightly illuminated and the top emitted a pulsating glow. The object appeared to be descending to land in a nearby field, then rose suddenly, accelerated and flew away, its light becoming brighter as its speed increased (luminosity/speed correlation). No sound was heard. (Flying Saucer Review, 12(6), November-December 1966; from the Hesinga Sanomet, Sept. 1, 1966.)

Sept. 1, 1966; Willsboro, NY (BBU 10917)
2:45 p.m. T. H. Ridman [Kidman?] saw an oval object with lights flashing red and white, occasionally blue, fly W, then disappear downward, returning several minutes later with a loud noise. (Berliner; FUFOR Index)

Sept. 3, 1966; Harlingen, TX (BBU)
2 p.m. 2 children went outside when the TV set became blurred and they saw a fantastic spinning light illuminating the house coming from an object hovering at the same location as the earlier sighting on Aug. 6. (Vallée Magonia 793 cf. 786; FUFOR Index)

Sept. 5, 1966; Finland AFS, MN (BBU)
Johnson. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index)

Sept. 5, 1966; Unknown location, TX (BBU)
Evening. Civilian man saw a peculiar light phenomenon and a small figure that appeared to enter a bedroom. The figure was not seen again. (Vallée Magonia 794)

Sept. 6, 1966; Suffolk County AFB, NY (BBU 10933)
6:50 p.m. Stahl and Ladesic saw a white cylinder of light come from the E at high speed, stop and hover for 3 mins, then turn and slowly disappear. (Berliner)

Sept. 8, 1966; Marquette, MI
11:50 p.m. EDT. A legal secretary saw a yellow-white disc shaped like a soup plate that made a soft swishing sound as it flew across the highway, climbed, leveled off, and flew away. (NICAP report form.) 

Sept. 9, 1966; Franklin Springs, NY (BBU 10942)
9 p.m. Jacobson saw a solid object, larger than an army tank, with 3 horizontal bands of light-blue, red and green lights [or lighting] all around it, descend from a cloud bank with a low humming [or soft whirring] sound, slow down and land, and disappear into woods. (Vallée Magonia 796)

Sept. 13, 1966; Stirum, ND (BBU 10944)
7:30 a.m. Rotenberger, 11, saw a silvery-grey elliptical [or disk­ shaped] object with a clear bubble dome on top, tripod landing gear, 2 red lights, 2 white lights, 1 green light, hover about 1 mile away, then land within 900 ft making a low-pitched whine and taking off so fast it just "vanished." USAF Lt. Col. and a Gwinner, ND, businessman investigated, found compact landing indentations 7 inches deep and radiation level 100 micro roentgens/hr (5-10x background level). (Berliner; cf. Vallée Magonia 797)

Sept.17, 1966; Cranes Beach, Ipswich Bay, MA
4:45 a.m. EDT. A glowing cigar-shaped object oriented vertically, tilted at times, was observed for about an hour near the edge of the water. Two smaller glowing objects were seen to approach the larger object, moving around erratically, with up and down skipping motions. The two rendezvoused with the larger object, when a third smaller object was seen. The smaller objects periodically left the larger object and flew around the area. One flew low over the water toward the witnesses' home. At closer range it showed an elliptical shape illuminated by a faint glow. (Massachusetts NICAP Subcommittee report; U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. Ill, No. 10, Oct.-Nov. 1966, p. 4; Fowler 1974, p. 341.)

Oct. 23 [30?], 1966; Southhampton, Long Island, NY (BBU)
6 p.m. Mr. Acquino [Aquino?] saw an object with arms in front of it which sparkled like an arc-light, fly S along some power lines, then turn SW, with a slight humming sound. [Same as Oct. 30 case?] (Berliner)

Oct. 23, 1966; Randolph Twp, NJ
8:45 p.m. EDT. A policeman watched as a bright yellow oval UFO approached slowly at low altitude, then sped away when he shone a spotlight on it (light reaction.). (NICAP notes, from newspaper story-)

Oct. 26, 1966; Cold Bay AFS, AK (BBU 11092)
No time given. Civilian control tower operator Ralston saw a white object approach runway at 50 ft altitude. When runway lights were turned on the object accelerated and climbed away so fast the witness was unable to use binoculars. (Berliner)

Oct. 26, 1966; La Plata, MD
11:45 p.m. EDT. A drug store owner reported that he was paralyzed with fear as he observed a large round "craft" with flashing red and green lights on the underside, and a central light beam that illuminated a field. During the sighting he heard a whirring sound and experienced heavy static (EM effects) on his car radio. (Washington, D.C, NICAP Subcommittee, report.)   

Oct. 28, 1966; Lawrence, MA
1:00 a.m. EDT. A newspaper editor responding to phone calls saw a glowing white, cigar-shaped object hovering at a 45-degree angle over water towers. A closer witness saw bright white lights along its side. (Fowler 1974, p. 342.)

Nov. 4, 1966; Alton, VA
10:30 p.m. EST. While watching television, a woman saw her set experience severe interference, then black out completely (EM effects). She glanced out the window and saw a huge red light that appeared to be rotating behind a glassy surface of some kind. Above the light was a very large object surrounded by a halo of white light. The entire phenomenon was close to the ground when first sighted, then rose to a height of about 100 feet, then quickly descended to its original position. It bobbed up and down in this fashion three times, finally moving across the road, under some utility lines, and glided away across a field. (U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. HI, No. 11, Jan.-Feb. 1967, p. 3) 

Nov. 6 or 13, 1966; 3 miles W of White Plains, NY (BBU)
7:30 p.m. Chief Engineer of radio station WFAS and his Asst. saw rectangular object emitting steady bluish light moving slowly to the N while beaming light towards stations parking lot. No sound. Object had blue-black sky appearing through the middle [?]. [Plastic hot-air balloon?] (Tony Rullan)

Nov. 8, 1966; Saginaw, MI (BBU 11135)
Night. College graduate Annis saw a group of lights flash and change color while hovering, almost touching the road, then abruptly vanished. (Berliner)

Nov.10, 1966; Pinellas Park, FL
9:20 p.m. EST. A young boy saw a very bright red, self-luminous, cigar-shaped object emerging from clouds. Then 10 smaller objects like dishes approached and entered the larger object. The parent object had what looked like portholes near its upper edge. (NICAP report in Donald E. Keyhoe Archives.)

Nov. 12, 1966; Montevideo, Buenos Aires, South America
Local astronomer took twelve slides of the sun and a saucer like object was visible in the foreground. (See Dec. 19, Dept. of State AIRGRAM)

Nov.12, 1966; Fort Ontario, NY
9:35 p.m. EST. A number of witnesses including a former Navy radar man reported a dark domed disc with a row of orange portholes along the lower portion. The object, illuminated by a faint glow, first hovered and then shot upwards out of sight. (NICAP report form.)

Nov.13, 1966; Fords, NJ
5:35 p.m. EST. Several witnesses including a private pilot saw a very bright, round, pulsating orange light that hovered over a school emitting a humming sound. (NICAP notes.)

Nov.15, 1966; Gaffney, MA
7:15 a.m. EST. Two hunters in a boat off the coast saw two cigar-shaped objects hovering in a horizontal position over the Beverly Farms area. (Fowler 1974, p. 342.)

Nov.17, 1966; Gaffney, SC
4:00 a.m. EST. Two police officers saw a round, glowing object with a wide, flat rim around the center resting on the ground. They estimated the diameter to be about 20 feet. As they watched from less than 50 feet away, a door opened and a small humanoid being descended. The observation lasted several minutes. Footprints later were found at the site. (Phillips 1975, p. 44.)

Nov.18, 1966; McMinnville, OR
12:25 a.m. PST. Several witnesses in a car reported an elongated greenish-white oval that hovered or moved slowly at low altitude. The driver felt and heard a deep vibration. (NICAP report.)

Nov.18, 1966; Hawkinsville, GA
9:30 p.m. EST. Several witnesses including the chief of police saw a dark gray or black disc, with red, blue, green, and white body lights around its perimeter, hovering silently. It had a length to width ratio of 4:1. After a while the object started to move away, and receded into the distance where six more objects were visible (rendezvous). After 5-10 minutes, the objects suddenly disappeared. (Hitt, 1999.)

Dec.1, 1966; Middleboro, MA
6:35 p.m. EST. An object with a curved surface, apparently oval, with two large bright red pulsating lights, dived in front of a car and hovered over woods just off the road. (Fowler 1974, p. 342.)

Dec. 2, 1966; Lake Sarah, MN
2:00 a.m. CST. A farmer saw a disc-shaped object an estimated 40 feet in diameter hovering over a corn field, making a noise like whirling wind. The object moved away, returned and hovered again, then lifted straight up and moved away to the east emitting a red glow. (NICAP notes based on newspaper story.)

Dec.13, 1966; Rowley, MA
1:00 a.m. EST. A glowing red-orange oval object with a halo of light around it descended and approached the witnesses, it then disappeared behind an embankment. (Fowler 1974, p. 343.)

Dec. 19, 1966 - Department of State AIRGRAM
Sent to Embassy, Buenos Aires, for Scientific Attaché, reporting the Nov. 12 sighting by local astronomer. (John Schuessler)

Dec. 30, 1966; Coast of Peru
3:00 a.m. LT. A Canadian Pacific DC-8 airliner traveling on a northwest course at 35,000 feet observed a pair of pulsating, luminous objects hovering to their left. The objects descended at a slight angle and took up position off their left wing, pacing the plane for 1-2 minutes. Some members of the crew thought there was a connecting structure between the two lights. The lights were separated by about 3-4 degrees. A V-shaped pair of thin light beams emanated from the objects, first pointing upward, then downward. Finally, the objects accelerated, pulled away, and climbed out over the Pacific Ocean to the west, disappearing in the distance. (Volunteer Flight Officers Network report via Herb Roth; Gilmor, Colorado Project Case 11, pp. 280-82; McDonald, 1968b, reprinted in Vaughan, 1995, pp. 7-8; Hall, 2001, pp. 129-130.)

Dec. 30, 1966; Peruvian Coast (near)
Cat. 11. Three UFOs pace Canadian airliner.

References:
1. To DEFEND AND DETER: THE LEGACY OF THE UNITED STATES COLD WAR MISSILE PROGRAM, John C. Lonnquest and David F. Winkler, USACERL Special Report 97/01, November 1996, A study sponsored by the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program Cold War Project.

2. THE USAF-SPONSORED COLORADO PROJECT FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF UFOS, The 1995 MUFON Symposium Proceedings Presentation by Michael D. Swords, Ph.D., Professor Natural Sciences Western Michigan University

Back to NICAP Chronology Home Page 

Back to NICAP Home