ACUFO-1945-09-10-LAKEFIELDS-1
In his 1981 book "Alerte dans le Ciel", the French journalist and ufologist Charles Garreau stated that the first UFO sighting report reaching A.T.I.C. (Air Technical Intelligence Center) of the US Air Force was about a case that occurred on September 10, 1945, over Lake Fields, in which three fighter planes had spotted a flying disc about thirty meters in diameter, and tried to chase it. But the craft quickly and easily escaped.
Date: | September 10, 1945 |
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Time: | ? |
Duration: | ? |
First known report date: | 1981 |
Reporting delay: | Years, decades. |
Country: | USA |
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State/Department: | Louisiana |
City or place: | Lake Fields |
Number of alleged witnesses: | 3 |
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Number of known witnesses: | ? |
Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
Reporting channel: | Ufology book by Charles Garreau. |
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Visibility conditions: | ? |
UFO observed: | Yes. |
UFO arrival observed: | ? |
UFO departure observed: | Yes. |
UFO action: | Escaped. |
Witnesses action: | Pursuit. |
Photographs: | No. |
Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
Witness(es) feelings: | ? |
Witnesses interpretation: | ? |
Sensors: |
[X] Visual: 3.
[ ] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages: |
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Hynek: | ? |
Armed / unarmed: | Armes, machine guns. |
Reliability 1-3: | 1 |
Strangeness 1-3: | 3 |
ACUFO: | Unknown credibility. |
[Ref. cgu1:] CHARLES GARREAU:
The first observation report received by the A.T.I.C. (Air technical intelligence center = intelligence service of the U.S. Air Force) is not the spectacular observation of Kenneth Arnold, on June 24, 1947, which will reveal to the general public the existence of the "flying saucers".
On September 10, 1945, above Lake Fields, three fighters spotted a flying disc about thirty meters in diameter, and tried to chase it. But the craft quickly and easily "escaped" them.
[... other cases...]
It is only stated that the planes involved were fighter planes.
I am not certain that the place was the "Lake Fields" in Louisiana, as there are some other, "smaller" places in the USA with the same or similar names.
I found no record of this alleged incident in any other source.
Unknown credibility.
* = 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 | April 30, 2024 | Creation, [cgu1]. |
1.0 | Patrick Gross | April 30, 2024 | First published. |