1951
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SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS
| DATE/th> | TIME (Local)/th> | LOCATION/th> | DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT/th> | LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED | SOUND/th> | SPEED/th> | ALTITUDE/th> | HEADING/th> | SOURCE/th> | ACTION |
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| 25 Aug 51 | 2110 | Lubbock, Texas | Group of lights that have been seen on many occasions (See Appendix I). | 4 sec. | None | 30° arc/Sec. | Unknown | 180° | Varied | See Appendix I |
| 25 Aug 51 | 2158 | Albuquerque, N.M. | Dark flying wing type aircraft with about 1 1/2 times the wing span of a B-36. (See Appendix II). | 30 sec. | None | 300-400 mph | 1000 ft. | 260° | Sandia Base guard and wife | See Appendix II |
| 27 Aug 51 | 2000 | Vandalia, Ill. | Bright orange light seen from the ground and again from two aircraft. | Unknown | None | High | Unknown | Varied | Commercial pilots and Ground Obs. | No further investigation. No conclusions. |
| 31 Aug 51 | 1245 | Matador, Texas | Peer shaped aluminum object seemed to hover then leave the area at high speed. (See Appendix III). | Several seconds |
None | Hovering to high speed | Low to High | 90° | Two ladies | See Appendix III |
| 3 Sept 51 | 2220 | Spokane, Wash. | Bluish white light with fiery trail. About the size of an automobile headlight. | Seconds | None | High | Low | 225° | AF Captain and wife | Believed to be meteor or fireball. No conclusions. |
| 3 Sept 51 | 1400 | Spokane, Wash. | Three objects appeared out of NW. Appeared to be a disk when viewed through a monocular. | 3-4 Min. | None | Erratic | Unknown | 225° | AF Major | No conclusions. |
| 5 Sept 51 | 1400 | Spokane, Wash. | Bluish-white light about the size of an automobile headlight leaving a fiery trail. | Seconds | None | High | Low | 225° | AF 1st Lt | Believed to be meteor or fireball. No conclusions. |
| 10 Sept 51 | 2100 | Goose AFB | Radar return - GCA radar observed two objects near the airfield. | Several | None | 240 mph | 4,000 ft | Varied | GCA Operator | No further investigation. Insufficient Information. |
| 23 Sept 51 | 1210 | March AFB, Calif. | Object sighted over long beach. Four F-86's scrambled and sighted object over Muroc. Intercept was unsuccessful due to altitude of object. Orbitted March AFB at 55,000 ft. (See Appendix V). | Unknown | None | Unknown | 55,000 ft. | Varied | F-86 pilots and Ground Obs. | See Appendix IV. |
| 9 Oct 51 | 1342 | Terre Haute, Ind. | Round, silver colored object passed over airport at high speed. (See Appendix V). | 15 Sec. | None | Very high | Unknown | 135° | CAA Chief aircraft Communicator | See Appendix V. |
| 9 Oct 51 | 0515 | Paris, Ill. | Round, silver colored object seen by private pilot. (See Appendix VI). | Unknown | None | Very high | 5,000 ft. | 45° | Private pilot | See Appendix VI. |
| 10 Oct 51 | 1010 | Minneapolis, Minn. | Round, silver object seen by pilots tracking a balloon. (See Appendix VII). | Two Min. | None | High | High | SE | Balloon Obs. | See Appendix VII. |
| 11 Oct 51 | 0630 | Minneapolis, Minn. | Round, silver object seen by pilots tracking a balloon and by ground observers team. (See Appendix VII). | Several minutes | None | High | High | Unknown | Balloon Obs. | See Appendix VII. |
| 11 Oct 51 | 0845 | Neubiburg AFB, Germany | Object seen by two airmen who described object as "some form of flying disk". | Unknown | None | Unknown | 20,000 ft. | Unknown | Two airmen | No conclusions. |
| 21 Oct 51 | 1250 | Battle Creek, Mich. | Disk-shaped object 30 ft. - 40 ft. in diameter. Pilot in Navion met object head on. Object was disk-shaped, with a highly polished surface. | Several Seconds | None | High | 3,000 ft. | 85° | Civilian pilot 14 years experience | No conclusions. |
| 21 Oct 51 | 0500Z | 62°N 15°W | Bright yellowish flash on the horizon. | Unknown | None | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Scientist | No conclusions. |
| 25 Oct 51 | 2000 - 2030 | Buena Vista, Col. | Greenish blue brilliant light with an incandescent glow in the form of a tail. | 15-20 Sec. | None | Unknown | Unknown | N to SW | AF Major | Example of green fireball phenomena. No conclusions. |
| 30 Oct 51 | 1930 | Four Corners, Col. | Object appeared white first, then red. Core glowed with brilliant green color like neon tube. | Unknown | None | Unknown | Unknown | N to SW | Civilian | Example of green fireball phenomena. No conclusions. |
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