ACUFO:

ACUFO is my comprehensive catalog of cases of encounters between aircraft and UFOs, whether they are “explained” or “unexplained”.

The ACUFO catalog is made of case files with a case number, summary, quantitative information (date, location, number of witnesses...), classifications, all sources mentioning the case with their references, a discussion of the case in order to evaluate its causes, and a history of the changes made to the file.

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The Philippines, in June 1944:

Case number:

ACUFO-1944-06-00-PHILIPPINES-1

Summary:

In the British quarterly magazine The Contemporary Review, Volume 178 of 1950, this was published:

“Astonishing reports of strange objects in the skies were made by United states pilots flying over the Philippines in june 1944. One pilot logged what he saw as follows: ”Saw a huge mystery craft in sky. It turned at an angle of 90 deg. in an instant.” Japanese war-time fliers saw them over Japan and took them for United States mystery planes; but they were never Japanese nor United States [...]”

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	June 1944
Time:	?
Duration:	?
First known report date:	1950
Reporting delay:	6 years.

Geographical data:

Country:	The Philippines
State/Department:
City or place:

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	1
Number of known witnesses:	?
Number of named witnesses:	0

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	British magazine.
Visibility conditions:	?
UFO observed:	Yes.
UFO arrival observed:	?
UFO departure observed:	Yes.
UFO action:	Veers at 90° in an instant.
Witnesses action:	?
Photographs:	No.
Sketch(s) by witness(es):	No.
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es):	No.
Witness(es) feelings:	?
Witnesses interpretation:	?

Classifications:

Sensors:	[X] Visual: 1. [ ] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages:
Hynek:	?
Armed / unarmed:	?
Reliability 1-3:	1
Strangeness 1-3:	3
ACUFO:	Insufficient information.

Sources:

[Ref. crw1:] "THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW":

Astonishing reports of strange objects in the skies were made by United states pilots flying over the Philippines in june 1944. One pilot logged what he saw as follows: "Saw a huge mystery craft in sky. It turned at an angle of 90 deg. in an instant." Japanese war-time fliers saw them over Japan and took them for United States mystery planes; but they were never Japanese nor United States [...]

Aircraft information:

No information is given on the plane involved, except that it was an American plane.

Discussion:

The Contemporary Review was then a British quarterly magazine dealing with international subjects, home affairs, politics, literature, the arts, history, travel.

There is no information on the identity of the pilot and no exact date.

The report is quite striking as it resembles more a post-1947 UFO report than a typical WWII "Foo-fighter" report.

Even more striking is the mention of Japanese pilots having reported mysterious objects above Japan: so far, I found no contemporary reports by Japanese pilots, only dubious images with no sighting reports published by a Japanese UFO buffs group in the 1970's.

Evaluation:

Insufficient information.

Sources references:

* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.

[crw1] * The Contemporary Review, U-K., Volume 178, page 50, 1950.

File history:

Authoring:

Main author:	Patrick Gross
Contributors:	None
Reviewers:	None
Editor:	Patrick Gross

Changes history:

Version:	Create/changed by:	Date:	Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	June 5, 2024	Creation, [crw1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	June 5, 2024	First published.

This page was last updated on June 5, 2024.