ACUFO-1945-06-01-GERMANYORHOLLAND-1
The American ufologist Peter Davenport set up in the 2000s a website, the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), allowing people to submit, anonymously or not, their testimony of UFO sightings, which were then recorded in a database and visible on this website.
There is a testimony received on May 28, 2000, and published on December 2, 2000, about an observation of a "Cigar-shaped" object which would have occurred in June 1945 around noon, local time, over Germany or Holland, from a bomber, during a bombing raid during World War II.
The shape of what was seen is given as a "circle", the duration of observation as brief and the number of observers as 10.
The narrative told:
We were returning from a mission to Berlin. The object pulled up alongside of our B-17 and appeared to just observe us. One of our gunners ran a string of 50cal bullets down the length of the object,but we didn't see any effect on the craft. Therupon the object left our vicinity, rapidly. We had departed England for the run at about 0800 Many other crews sighted these objects during WW11
Peter Davenport specified that the witness described himself as a retired engineer.
| Date: | June 1945 |
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| Time: | Noon. |
| Duration: | Brief. |
| First known report date: | 2000 |
| Reporting delay: | 6 decades. |
| Country: | Germany or Holland |
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| State/Department: | |
| City: |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 10 |
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| Number of known witnesses: | 1 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Reporting channel: | By the Web to NUFORC. |
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| Visibility conditions: | Day. |
| UFO observed: | Yes. |
| UFO arrival observed: | Yes. |
| UFO departure observed: | Yes. |
| UFO action: | Came to plane, went away afst. |
| Witnesses action: | Fired with machine gun, wihout effect. |
| Photographs: | No. |
| Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
| Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
| Witness(es) feelings: | ? |
| Witnesses interpretation: | UFO |
| Sensors: |
[X] Visual: 10
[ ] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages: |
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| Hynek: | DD |
| Armed / unarmed: | Armed, 11 7.62 mm machine guns. |
| Reliability 1-3: | 1 |
| Strangeness 1-3: | 2 |
| ACUFO: | Possible extraterrestrial craft, unknown credibility. |
[Ref. nuc11:] "NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER":
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Occurred: 1945-06-01 12:00:00 Local
Location: Germany or Holland (from bomber), , Germany
Shape: Circle
Duration: Short
No of observers: 10
Reported: 2000-05-28 00:00:00 Pacific
Posted: 2000-12-02 00:00:00
Sighted Cigar shaped Object while on a bombing run in WW2
We were returning from a mission to Berlin. The object pulled up alongside of our B-17 and appeared to just observe us. One of our gunners ran a string of 50cal bullets down the length of the object,but we didn't see any effect on the craft. Therupon the object left our vicinity, rapidly. We had departed England for the run at about 0800 Many other crews sighted these objects during WW11
NUFORC Note:
Date is approximate. Witness describes self as a retired engineer. PD
The US B-17 "Flying Fortress" was a heavy bomber fitted with five 7.62 machine guns for its defense against enemy fighter planes.
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There is no "technical error" in the report, the B-17s had a crew of 10 men and 0.50 caliber machine guns. This is obviously not enough to rule out the possibility that this report is invented.
Possible extraterrestrial craft, 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 | January 27, 2024 | Creation, [nuc1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | January 27, 2024 | First published. |
