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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Lake Fields, Louisiana, USA, on September 10, 1945:

Case number:

ACUFO-1945-09-10-LAKEFIELDS-1

Summary:

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.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	September 10, 1945
Time:	?
Duration:	?
First known report date:	1981
Reporting delay:	Years, decades.

Geographical data:

Country:	USA
State/Department:	Louisiana
City or place:	Lake Fields

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	3
Number of known witnesses:	?
Number of named witnesses:	0

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	Ufology book by Charles Garreau.
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:	?

Classifications:

Sensors:	[X] Visual: 3. [ ] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages:
Hynek:	?
Armed / unarmed:	Armes, machine guns.
Reliability 1-3:	1
Strangeness 1-3:	3
ACUFO:	Unknown credibility.

Sources:

[Ref. cgu1:] CHARLES GARREAU:

THE AMERICAN FILE

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.

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Aircraft information:

It is only stated that the planes involved were fighter planes.

Discussion:

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.

Evaluation:

Unknown credibility.

Sources references:

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

[cgu1] * "Alerte dans le Ciel - le dossier des enlèvements", book by Charles Garreau, Alain Lefeuvre publisher, France, page 17, 1981.

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	April 30, 2024	Creation, [cgu1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	April 30, 2024	First published.

This page was last updated on April 30, 2024.