ACUFO-1941-00-00-GERMANY-2
In 1982 - 1984, Dr. Louis Winkler, an American astronomer at the Pennsylvania State University, compiled a catalog of “UFO-like phenomena” for the UFO Research Fund (FUFOR), in the United States.
Using a 1969 source without credibility, he noted as an observation of World War II in Germany:
Four objects that were pacing some airplanes made a 90° turn at a distance of 800 yd. When they approached the planes within 300 yd., they moved up and went away. In another instance an object passed over the airplane as the pilot attempted to overtake the object. Then the object descended like a helicopter.
| Date: | Between 1941 and 1945 |
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| Time: | ? |
| Duration: | ? |
| First known report date: | 1969 |
| Reporting delay: | 4 decades. |
| Country: | Germany |
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| State/Department: | |
| City or place: |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | ? |
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| Number of known witnesses: | ? |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Reporting channel: | Paranormal book John Macklin. |
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| Visibility conditions: | ? |
| UFO observed: | Yes. |
| UFO arrival observed: | ? |
| UFO departure observed: | Yes. |
| UFO action: | Follow, go away. |
| Witnesses action: | ? |
| Photographs: | No. |
| Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
| Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
| Witness(es) feelings: | ? |
| Witnesses interpretation: | ? |
| Sensors: |
[X] Visual: ?
[ ] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages: |
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| Hynek: | ? |
| Armed / unarmed: | Armed. |
| Reliability 1-3: | 1 |
| Strangeness 1-3: | 3 |
| ACUFO: | No credibility, totally insufficient information. |
[Ref. lwr1:] DR. LOUIS WINKLER:
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WW II/Germany/Macklin
Four objects that were pacing some airplanes made a 90° turn at a distance of 800 yd. When they approached the planes within 300 yd., they moved up and went away. In another instance an object passed over the airplane as the pilot attempted to overtake the object. Then the object descended like a helicopter.
The "Macklin" source is detailed at the end of the catalog as:
Macklin, J., "Look Through Secret Doors," (1969, Ace Books)
No information was provided.
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In a reader's review of Macklin's book, on the Goodreads Website, we read:
John Macklin was one of these mixed bag/leaning towards bore writers - looking at his books now, he was probably a newspaper/magazine or radio columnist and then repurposed his short pieces into books like this one. To me, he was a bore because his content was almost always the same - the shallow end of the paranormal pool: ghost stories, visions, sea serpents, the occasional UFO, prophetic dreams, curses, coincidences, disappearances, etc - a low-rent, faded copy of Fort or Elliot O'Donnell with a talent for giving his short pieces lurid titles ("The Skeleton Hand That Pointed To A Killer", "Horror Behind The Black Velvet Mask") that always promised more than they delivered.
Macklin wrote almost 30 books all fitting the above comments, with titles such as:
“Scary Stories for Sleepovers”
“Another Look at Atlantis”
“Scary Stories for Halloween Nights”
“Strange Destinies”
“Caravan of the Occult”
“Journey Beyond the Grave”
“The Dwellers in the Darkness”
Dr. Winkler often used such sources lacking credibility in his UFO sightings catalogue; and it should be said that as a "skeptic", he used them in a pseudo-statistic demonstration that UFO sighting reports are caused by... comets!
No credibility, totally insufficient information.
* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.
| Main author: | Patrick Gross |
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| Contributors: | None |
| Reviewers: | None |
| Editor: | Patrick Gross |
| Version: | Create/changed by: | Date: | Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | June 7, 2024 | Creation, [lwr1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | June 7, 2024 | First published. |
