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??-??-1067
A.D. 1067 from Geoffrey Gaimar's Lestoire des Englis: "In this year people saw a fire that flamed and burned fiercely in the sky. It came near the earth and for a little time brilliantly lit it up. Afterwards, it revolved, ascended on high, and then descended into the sea. In several places it burned woods and plains, and in the County of Northumberland this fire showed itself in two seasons of the year." We don't quite get the bit about its appearing in two seasons, but the implication is clear: simply that the British Isles were twice visited by some annoying form of UFO, circa 1066, which seems to have been on a rampage and which eventually went clown into the sea. They had their troubles even then. Similar affairs exercised the clergy and other authorities, and the common people, throughout the following centuries.
This reference: Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 32, © 1970
Original reference: Gaimar, Geoffrey, Lestorie des Engles solum la Translacion Maistre Geffrei Gaimar, 12th-century MS.

UFOCAT PRN – 73279
UFOCAT URN – 73279 Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 32, © 1970

Europe – United Kingdom
County of Northumberland – Latitude 55-15 N, Longitude 2-00 W ( D-M )
Reference: United Kingdom Gazetteer, Prepared in the Division of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., April 1950

Possible entry – North Sea at approximately Latitude 55-15 N, Longitude 1-00 W


??-??-1361
In 1361, a flying object described as being "shaped like a drum, about twenty feet in diameter" emerged from the inland sea off western Japan.
This reference: Passport To Magonia by Jacques Vallee, p. 6, © 1969
With thanks to Larry Hatch’s “*U* UFO DATABASE”, see http://www.larryhatch.net
Original reference : Unknown

UFOCAT PRN – 80358
UFOCAT URN – 80358 Passport To Magonia by Jacques Vallee, p. 6, © 1969

Sea of Japan
Approximate Latitude 40-00 N, Approximate Longitude 135-00 E ( D-M )


02-07-1580

Note: This case has been classified as non water related due to the methodical research of Chris Aubeck. The explanation follows so that we might have it as a source in the event that the case is offered again in the future as a water related event. –CF-

There is a small problem with the 1580 case I reported a short while ago.

I don't like using modern compilations as sources, so a couple of years ago I checked the case in an edited non-UFO reprint of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa's book "Relación de los viajes por el Estrecho de Todos los Santos" in Spanish. There I found:

"vimos salir de la mar una cosa redonda bermeja como fuego, como una (a)darga, que iba subiendo por cielo o viento. Sobre un monte alto se prolongó y estando como una lanza alta sobre el monte, se hizo como media luna entre bermeja y blanca. Las figuras eran de esta manera:"

which in English would read:

"we saw emerge from the sea a round thing, red like fire, like a shield, that rose up on the air or on the wind. It became longer as it went over a mountain and, in the form of a lance high above the mount, its shape became like a half-moon between red and white in colour. The shapes were like this:"

Now, somewhere along the line I misplaced my photocopy of the pages I used. This has meant that I've had to rely on my unsourced copy (when I jotted it down I didn't think I'd need to add the reference at that moment - now I've learnt my lesson!).

I trusted my copy, so I thought nothing else of it. In fact I later found the same paragraph quoted at:

http ://www.google.com/search?q=cache:Cc5b8rm7xB0:para.villanos.net/lista/afr/archivo/indice/61/msg/
66/+ovni+%22pedro+sarmiento%22&hl=es

and also in a book by Antonio Ribera, so I had no worries there. But as I wasn't satisfied with my own unsourced reference, the other day I asked a pupil of mine to search for the earliest edition he could find in the "Ateneo," one of the best libraries in Spain. He discovered that the library had it, in a safe (!), and got permission to see and photocopy it. But when he gave the copy to me I was surprised to read "vimos salir una cosa" rather than "vimos salir de la mar." That is, rather than "we saw a thing rise out of the sea" it would mean "we saw a thing come out" or "arise" or "appear [from somewhere]."

This old edition, "Viage al estrecho de Magallanes por el Capitán Pedro Sarmiento..." is dated 1768 and was printed in Madrid.

I next asked another friend of mine to check a few different versions of the book. I'm glad I did, as now I can say without a doubt that the object in question "appeared" rather than "arose from the sea." This is a significant difference.

The report is still interesting, of course.

"we saw a round [ round and flat ] thing appear, red like fire, like a shield, that rose up on the air or on the wind. It became longer as it went over a mountain and, in the form of a lance high above the mount, its shape became like a half-moon between red and white in colour."

I don't know where the "from the sea" bit sneaked in to some editions but it was not in the original.

Chris Aubeck

With thanks to Chris Aubeck for bringing it to my attention and for permission to use his translation (Translation © C. Aubeck 2001) and knowledgeable insights into this case.
caubeck@yahoo.com

UFOCAT - None

South America - Chile
Strait of Magellan – Approx. Lat. 54-00 S, Approx. Long. 71-00W ( D-M )
Reference: Chile Gazetteer, Prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., January 1967

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??-??-1639
Note: Included because of the physical effect on a boat in the water.
Extract
In this year one James [ Everell, ]² sober, discreet man, and two others, saw a great light in the night at Muddy River. When it stood still, it flamed up, and was about three yards square; when it ran, it was contracted into the figure of a swine: it ran as swift as an arrow towards Charlton, and so up and down about two or three hours. They were come down in their lighter about a mile, and, when it was over, they found themselves carried quite back against the tide to the place they came from. Divers other credible persons saw the same light, after, about the same place.³
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[ ²Everett ]
2 He was a man of reputation, activity and good estate in Boston many years afterwards. With his wife, Elizabeth, he had been received into Boston church 20 of July, 1634, being Nos. 239, 240. His will, made 11 December, 1682, proved 2 February following, is found in our Probate Registry, vol. VI. 400.
3 This account of an ignis fatuus may easily be believed on testimony less respectable than that which was adduced. Some operation of the devil, or other power beyond the customary agents of nature, was probably imagined by the relaters and hearers of that age, and the wonder of being carried a mile against the tide became important corroboration of the imagination. Perhaps they were wafted, during the two or three hours’ astonishment, for so moderate a distance, by the wind; but, if this suggestion be rejected, we might suppose, that the eddy, flowing always, in our rivers, contrary to the tide in the channel, rather than the meteor, carried their lighter back.
This reference: The History of New England from 1630-1649, from John Winthrop’s diary, published by Phelps & Farnham, Boston 1825, p. 290.
With Thanks to Barry Greenwood for finding & forwarding this text.

UFOCAT PRN – 150940
UFOCAT URN – NONE Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective, by Gordon I.R. Lore
and Harold H. Deneault. © 1968 by Prentice-Hall, Inc.
UFOCAT URN – NONE U.F.O.s and Extraterrestrials in History by Yves Naud, © 1978, Book
No. 2, pp. 154-155.
UFOCAT URN – 150940 A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies by George Eberhart, © 1980

North America – United States, Massachusetts
Charlton Latitude 42-08 N, Longitude 71-58 W ( D-M )
Reference: http://www.astro.com/cgi-bin/atlw3/aq.cgi?country_list=&expr=charlton&lang=e

UFO Location (UFOCAT): Latitude 42.36 N, Longitude 71.06 W ( D.% )


08-15-1663
ROBOZERO: THE BALL OF FIRE
The Robozero sighting is the most famous UFO case in the history of ancient Russia. Yuri Roszius and other Russian researchers of paranormal phenomena have studied it extensively. The event occurred "in the year 171" (that is, the year 7171 from "the creation of the world") which corresponds to the year 1663. The details of this amazing and enigmatic event have been preserved because of the efforts of the Archeological Commission. It published a collection of its historical acts in 1842, among which was an authentic 17th century document signed by Ivan (Ivashko) Rzhevsky, a "laborer," in which he bore witness to a remarkable event. According to Rzhevsky's testimony, on August 15, 1663, between 10:00AM and noon, a "great noise" resounded over Robozero Lake (located in the Vologda Region, about 80 miles southwest of Belozersk). From the north, out of a clear sky, appeared a huge flaming sphere not less than 130 feet in diameter. From its fore-part emitted two "flame" beams, about "20 sazhens ahead of it" (a sazhen is about seven feet). From its sides poured bluish smoke. This huge ball of fire, its height like that of a modern 15-story building, hovered over the lake. The phenomenon was observed by a multitude of people who had gathered for mass at the parish church, situated on the lake shore. The "great noise" occurred just as the thanksgiving singing had begun. Terrified by this noise, the people emerged from the church, but upon seeing the "frightful sight" they went back into the church and "prayed to the Lord and the Virgin Mary with tears and weeping." Shortly afterwards "the great flame and the two smaller ones vanished," but it reappeared on two or three more occasions, moving in a westward direction (seemingly becoming brighter each time) before finally dimming and disappearing from view a full hour and a half later. Peasants were sailing in a boat on the lake at the time, but the scorching heat forced them to the bank. They saw that light from the unknown object had penetrated the water and reached the bottom of the lake--"about four sazhens down" (28 feet). They saw "fish fleeing from the flame toward the shore."
Rzhevsky's story was corroborated by another eyewitness, a peasant by the name of Levko Fedorov, and he also received written confirmation from the local priests that "such a token was observed on that date." Only then did Rzhevsky report the occurrence to his superiors. However, despite providing a detailed description of the phenomenon, Rzhevsky does not offer any subjective interpretation of it.
Others have tried to interpret the Robozero phenomenon, Russian astronomer D. Svyatski, in his book Astronomical Phenomena in Russian Chronicles, claims that the eyewitnesses saw pieces of a meteorite that flew apart after an explosion--but this does not account for the sighting of the people in the boat approaching a hovering body? Others have Tried to explain it as ball lightning--but there was no storm or rain that day. The life span of lightning is short. Its diameter is no more than three feet--certainly not 130 feet.
Yuri Roszius analyzed Rzhevsky's report and came up with a fresh interpretation of the sighting. His detailed analysis included the study of one interesting episode related by eyewitnesses. The document notes a change in the outer appearance of the object: an increase in its brightness when it came into view for the third time. For some reason this change preceded the start of the object's progressive movement westward. In modern times, such an increase in brightness could be attributed to the firing-up of cruise engines (an increase in its thrust). Is it by chance that the object's brightness increased before its departure?
Mankind did not possess such advanced technology then, but it is feasible that the population of Robozero was being observed by an alien civilization. To this day no known scientific theory has explained the phenomenon.
This Reference: The Soviet UFO Files, by Paul Stonehill, pp. 16-17, published 1998

ALSO

Spacecraft over Roboziero ?
Western Europe does not have the exclusivity, as can well be imagined, of these catastrophes and inexplicable phenomena.
Half a century after the terrible events reported in the manuscript of Nice from which we have just quoted, an immense ball of fire appeared on August 15, 1663, in the sky of Russia above the village of Roboziero and fell into a lake. Fishermen sought to approach and they received burns over their entire bodies. Later on, when this phenomenon was discussed, some people did not hesitate to postulate a space vessel over Roboziero.
Here are several extracts from the original documents of the period describing what took place:
“To His Holiness the Archimandrite Nikita, to his Eminence the Starets Paul, to their Lordships the Starets of the Synod of the Monastery of Saint-Cyrille, all honorable lordships, the greetings of your humble servant Ivachko Rievskoi.
“The peasant, Lievko Fiodorov, from the village of Mys, reported to me the following facts:
“On that Saturday, the fifteenth day of August, of the year 1663, the faithful of the District of Bieloziero had gathered together in great numbers in the church of the village of Roboziero. While they were inside a great uproar was heard in the skies and many persons went out of the House of God to go and see what it was. There, Lievko Fiodorov, the above named peasant, was among them and saw the following, which, for him, was a sign of God.
"At the stroke of noon, a great ball of fire descended over Roboziero, coming from the clearest part of the sky, without a cloud. It came from the direction from which winter arrives, and moved above the Church toward the lake. The ball of fire was some forty-five meters from one side to the other and over the same distance, in the front, there extended two burning rays. Suddenly, no more than an hour later, it reappeared above the lake into which it had disappeared. It hurtled from the south toward the west and must have been some five hundred meters distant when it vanished. But it came back again, to the great terror of all who were watching and moved toward the west, remaining over Roboziero for an hour and a half. Fishermen in their skiffs on the lake two kilometers away were profoundly burned by the fire. The waters of the lake were lit down to their greatest depth of nine meters and the fish sought to escape along the banks. The water seemed covered with rust under the reddening light.”
This reference: U.F.O.s and Extraterrestrials in History by Yves Naud, Geneva 1978, Book No. 2, pp.141-143.
Note differences in text between the two versions.
Original: Unknown

UFOCAT PRN – 114090
UFOCAT URN – 89199 UFOs From Behind The Iron Curtain by Ion Hobana, P. 54, © 1975
UFOCAT URN – 89200 UFOs From Behind The Iron Curtain by Ion Hobana, P. 55, © 1975
UFOCAT URN – 81990 Physical Traces Associated with UFO Sightings by Ted Phillips, p. 104,
© 1975
UFOCAT URN – NONE U.F.O.s and Extraterrestrials in History by Yves Naud, Geneva © 1978, Book No. 2, pp.141-143.
UFOCAT URN – 114090 UFO Chronicles Of The Soviet Union by Jacques Vallee, p. 135, © 1992
UFOCAT URN – 143543 World Atlas Of UFOs by John Spencer, p. 125, ©1992
UFOCAT URN – NONE The Soviet UFO Files, by Paul Stonehill, pp. 16-17, published © 1998

Europe - Russia
Belozërsk - Latitude 60-02 N, Longitude 37-48 E (D-M)
Reference: U.S.S.R. Gazetteer, Vol. 1, Geographic Names Division, U.S. Army Topographic Command, Washington, D.C., June 1970

09-??-1767

SCOTLAND UFO REPORT FROM THE YEAR 1767

Ilias Chrissochoidis writes, "As a doctoral student in the Humanities, I've been spending much time reading 18th-century British periodicals. In one of them I have found a report of an unexplained phenomenon. I leave it to your judgment and experience to decide its merits as a UFO sighting. Extract of a letter from Edinburgh, Sept. 8, 1767 follows:

"We hear from Perthsire, that an uncommon phaenomenon was observed on the water of Isla, near Cupor Angus, preceded by a thick dark smoke, which soon dispelled, and discovered a large luminous body, like a house on fire, but presently after took a form something pyramidal, and rolled forwards with impetuosity till it came to the water of Erick, up which river it took its direction, with great rapidity, and disappeared a little above Blairgowrie. The effects were as extraordinary as the appearance.

In its passage, it carried a large cart many yards over a field of grass; a man riding along the high road was carried from his horse, and so stunned with the fall, as to remain senseless a considerable time. It destroyed one half of a house, and left the other behind, undermined and destroyed an arch of the new bridge building at Blairgowrie, immediately after which it disappeared.

As few appearances of this kind ever were attended with like consequences, various conjectures have been formed concerning it. Thanks to Ilias Chrissochoidis Ph.D. candidate Stanford University

This source Thanks to: Filer’s Files #34, August 28, 2000 http://www.filersfiles.com/

Annual Register, 1767; Chronicle, pp. 127-128

Original source unknown “Extract of a letter from Edinburgh, Sept. 8, 1767”

UFOCAT PRN – 86898
UFOCAT URN – 76766 and 81385 Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 63, ©1970
UFOCAT URN – 65003 Computer Catalog Of Type 9 Cases (N=150) by Brad Sparks #002
No date of publication.
UFOCAT URN – 86898 Flying Saucer Review, November 1975 (?? Annual Register p. 54 ??).

Europe – United Kingdom

Note: City/Town name of Coupar Angus is on the river Isla Cupar is 30 km south and slightly to the east of this and not on the Isla river. The river Erick is now spelled Ericht.

River Ericht Latitude 56-34 N, Longitude 3-14 W ( D-M )

Coupar Angus Latitude 56-33 N, Longitude 3-16 W

Blairgowrie Latitude 56-35 N, Longitude 2-20 W

Cupar Latitude 56-19 N, Longitude 3-01 W

River Isla ( 2 ) Latitude 56-32 N, Longitude 3-22 W, and

Latitude 57-33 N, Longitude 2-47 W

Reference: United Kingdom Gazetteer, Prepared in the Division of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., April 1950.


08-12-1825

"The Diary of Andrew Bloxam," published in 1925 by the Bernice P. Bishop Museam,(Sp?) Honolulu, has an account of a strange object rising from the sea, a hundred years before:

"About half past 3 o'clock this morning (Aug. 12. 1825) the middle watch on deck was astonished to find everything around them suddenly illuminated. Turning their eyes to the eastward they beheld a large, round, luminous body rising up about seven degrees apparently from the water to the clouds, and falling again out of sight, and a second time rising and falling, it was the color of a red-hot [cannon] shot and appeared about the size of the sun... It gave so great a light that a pin might be picked up on deck."

This reference: UFO Investigator, a NICAP publication, Vol. 4, No. 5 p. 4, (March 1968) with Thanks to the Donald E. Keyhoe Archives.

Original: "The Diary of Andrew Bloxam," published in 1925 by the Bernice P. Bishop Museam, Honolulu

UFOCAT PRN – 69642
UFOCAT URN – 69642 UFO Investigator, a NICAP publication, Vol. 4, No. 5 p. 4, (March 1968)
UFOCAT URN – 73277 Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 29, © 1970
UFOCAT URN – NONE No Earthly Explanation” by John Wallace Spencer, pp. 94-102, © 1974

Pacific Ocean – Assumption based on the Honolulu reference.

No location given


06-18-1845
Report of the British Association, 1861-30:¹
That, upon June 18, 1845, according to the Malta Times, from the brig Victoria, about 900 miles east of Adalia, Asia Minor (36° 40’ 56'', N. Lat.: 13° 44' 36'' E. Long.), three luminous bodies were seen to issue from the sea, at about half a mile from the vessel. They were visible about ten minutes. The story was never investigated, but other accounts that seem acceptably to be other observations upon this same sensational spectacle came in, as if of their own accord, and were published by Prof. Baden-Powell. One is a letter from a. correspondent at Mt. Lebanon. He describes only two luminous bodies, Apparently they were five times the size of the moon: each had appendages, or they were connected by parts that are described as "sail-like or streamer-like," looking like "large flags blown out by a gentle breeze." The important point here is not only suggestion of structure, but duration. The duration of meteors is a few seconds: duration of fifteen seconds is remarkable, but I think there are records up to half a minute. This object, if it were all one object, was at Mt. Lebanon about one hour. An interesting circumstance is that the appendages did not look like trains of meteors, which shine by their own light, but "seemed to shine by light from the main bodies." About 900 miles west of the position of the Victoria is the town of Adalia, Asia Minor. At about the time of the observation reported by the captain of the Victoria, the Rev. F. Hawlett, F.R.A.S., was in Adalia. He, too, saw this spectacle, and sent an account to Prof., Baden-Powell. In his view it was a body that appeared and then broke up. He places duration at twenty minutes to half an hour. In the Report of the British Association, 1860-82, the phenomenon was reported from Syria and Malta, as two very large "nearly joined.”
1. James Glaisher, J.H. Gladstone, Robert p. Greg and E.J. Lowe “Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors, 1860-62”, Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 31 (1861):30-31.
This Source: “The Complete Books of the Charles Fort”, pp. 274 Copyright 1974 by Dover Publications.
Original source : The Malta Times (newspaper), 18 June 1845
“Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors, 1860-62”, Report of
the British Association for the Advancement of Science 31
(1861):30-31.

UFOCAT PRN – 79591
UFOCAT URN – Mysteries Of The Skies: UFOs In Perspective by Gordon Lore, Jr. p. 44,
© 1968 (Note: No Day or Month given in the date).

UFOCAT PRN – 79587
UFOCAT URN – 99077 British Assn Advancement of Science – Report 1886.30
UFOCAT URN – 85596 The Book Of The Damned by Charles Fort, p. 261, ©1919
UFOCAT URN – 79172 Flying Saucers Have Landed by Desmond Leslie, p. 25, ©1953
UFOCAT URN – 76505 Phenomenes Spatiaux (GEPA) December ©1964
UFOCAT URN – 69643 NICAP Investigator, March 1968, p. 4
UFOCAT URN – 79587 Mysteries Of The Skies: UFOs In Perspective by Gordon Lore, Jr. p. 42,
©1968
UFOCAT URN – 57223 Etudes Statistiques Portant sur 1000 Temoignag by Claude Poher
0046, No date of publication.

UFOCAT PRN – 85598
UFOCAT URN – 57452 Etudes Statistiques Portant sur 1000 Temoignag by Claude Poher
2655, Undated.
UFOCAT URN – 85598 The Book Of The Damned by Charles Fort, p. 261, © 1919

UFOCAT PRN – 99076
UFOCAT URN – 99076 British Assn Advancement of Science – Report 1848.05
UFOCAT URN – 85597 The Book Of The Damned by Charles Fort, p. 261, © 1919
UFOCAT URN – 77593 What We Really Know About Flying Saucers by Otto Binder, p. 153,
© 1967
UFOCAT URN – 79588 Mysteries Of The Skies: UFOs In Perspective by Gordon Lore, Jr. p. 42,
© 1968
UFOCAT URN – NONE Passport To Magonia by Jacques Vallee, p. 281, published ©1969
UFOCAT URN – 73280 Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 34, ©1970
UFOCAT URN – 10158 Computerized Catalog (N= 3073) # 0084 Jacques Vallee No date of
publication.
UFOCAT URN – 10159 Preliminary Catalog (N=500) #001 Jacques Vallee No date of
publication.

UFOCAT PRN – 99077
UFOCAT URN – 99078 British Assn Advancement of Science – Report 1848.05

UFOCAT PRN – 99078
UFOCAT URN – 99050 UFO Register by Bernard J. Delair, January 1973, p. 122

NOTE 1: A researcher in Turkey has advised me that the city referred to in this text, of “Adalia”, is currently called “Antalya”, and is located 450 km south of Ankara, the capitol of Turkey.
NOTE 2: The coordinates given are in the vicinity of Malta, therefore the ship was not east of Adalia, but west.

Mediterranean Sea
Adalia, (Antalya), (Antaliyah) Latitude 36-53 N, Longitude 30-42 E ( D-M )
Ankara – Latitude 39-56 N, Longitude 32-52 E
Reference: Turkey gazetteer, Published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, D.C., September 1984.


09-15-1850

Another unexplained sighting occurred on September 15^th 1850, this time of a “large spheroidal mass” that was seen floating by the crew of the “Advance” in Wellington Channel in northern Canada. After a while a second, smaller object was seen close to it.

This reference: From a diary entry written by Dr. Elisha Kent, the ships medical officer. Lore and Deneault cite Kents book The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, New York: Harper Brothers.1854, p. 190. Translations and notes © Chris Aubeck 2001

With Thanks to Chris Aubeck for use of his material.

UFOCAT PRN – 79592

UFOCAT URN – 79592 Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in perspective by Gordon Lore, p. 45
© 1968. Note: Differences in the ship’s name and whether the object
was hovering or floating on the water, from the version above.

North America – Canada
Wellington Channel Latitude 75-10 N, Longitude 93-00 W ( D-M ) between Cornwallis Island and Devon Island in the Queen Elizabeth Islands chain.
Reference: Canada Gazetteer, Prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., November 1953


04-??-1875
Upon page 428 of this number of Nature, E. L. Moss says that, in April 1875 when upon H. M. S. Bulldog, a few miles north of Vera Cruz, he had seen a series of swift lines of light. He had dipped up some of the water, finding in it animalcule, which would, however, not account for phenomena of geometric formation and high velocity. If he means Vera Cruz, Mexico, this is the only instance we have out of oriental waters.
This reference: The Complete Books Of Charles Fort, p. 278, © 1974
Original reference: Nature No. 428, p. 428

UFOCAT PRN – 85607
UFOCAT URN – 85607 The Book Of The Damned by Charles Fort, p. 264, © 1919
UFOCAT URN – 76507 Phenomenes Spatiaux (GEPA) December 1964
UFOCAT URN – 88136 Flying Saucer Review, September 1967, p. 9
UFOCAT URN – 81389 Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 97, © 1970
UFOCAT URN - 10266 Computerized Catalog (N=3073) by Jacques Vallee – No date of
publication.
UFOCAT URN – 57225 Etudes Statistiques Portant sur 1000 Temoignag by Claude Poher
#0048. No date of publication.

North America - Mexico
Vera Cruz (Veracruz Llave) – Latitude 19-12 N, Longitude 96-08 W ( D-M )
Reference: Mexico gazetteer, Prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., February 1956.


05-15-1879

Report to the Admiralty by Capt. Evans, the Hydrographer of the British Navy:

That Commander J. E. Pringle, of H. M. S. Vulture, had reported that, at Lat. 26° 26' N., and Long. 53° 11’ E.--in the Persian Gulf--May 15, 1879, he had noticed luminous waves or pulsations in the water, moving at great speed. This time we have a definite datum upon origin somewhere below the surface. It is said that I these waves of light passed under the Vulture. "On looking toward the east, the appearance was that of a revolving wheel with a center on that bearing, and whose spokes were illuminated, and, looking toward the west, a similar wheel appeared to be revolving, but in the opposite direction." Or finally as to submergence--"These waves of light extended from the surface well under the water." It is Commander Pringle's opinion that the shafts constituted one wheel, and that doubling was an illusion. He judges the shafts to have been about 25 feet broad, and the spaces about 100. Velocity about 84 miles an hour. Duration about 35 minutes.

This reference: The Complete Books of Charles Fort, p. 277, © 1974, from the original reference “The Book Of The Damned”, by Charles Fort, © 1919.
Original Reference: Nature, 20-291,

UFOCAT PRN – 85606.
UFOCAT PRN – 85606 The Book Of The Damned, by Charles Fort, p. 264 © 1919.
UFOCAT PRN – 79217 Flying Saucers Have Landed by Desmond Leslie, p. 29, © 1953
UFOCAT PRN – 10298 Anatomy Of A Phenomenon by Jacques Vallee, p. 12, © 1965
UFOCAT PRN – 77594 What We Really Know About Flying Saucers by Otto Binder, p. 153,
© 1967
UFOCAT PRN – 88135 Flying Saucer Review, September 1967, p. 7
UFOCAT PRN – 10300 A Century Of Landings (N=923) #0004, Jacques Vallee © 1969
UFOCAT PRN – 81393 Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 111, © 1970
UFOCAT PRN – 10297 Preliminary Catalog (N=500) #001 Jacques Vallee No Date of
publication.
UFOCAT PRN – 10299 Computerized Catalog (N=3073) by Jacques Vallee – No date of
publication.

Southwestern Asia - Persian Gulf - is bounded by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Iraq and Iran
UFO Location ( UFOCAT ) Latitude 26.43 N, Longitude 53.18 E ( D.% )
Text Location Latitude 26-26 N, Longitude 53-11 E ( D-M )


05-??-1880

Seeing so many meteorological phenomena in your excellent paper, Knowledge, I am tempted to ask for an explanation of the following, which I saw when on board the British India Company's steamer Patna, while on a voyage up the Persian Gulf. In May, 1880, on a dark night, about 11:30 P.M.., there suddenly appeared on each side of the ship an enormous luminous wheel, whirling around, the spokes of which seemed to brush the ship along. The spokes would be 200 or 300 yards long, and resembled the birch rods of the dames' schools. Each wheel contained about sixteen spokes, and, although the wheels must have been some 500 or 600 yards in diameter, the spokes could be distinctly seen all the way round. The phosphorescent gleam seemed to glide along flat on the surface of the sea, no light being visible in the air above the water. The appearance of the spokes could be almost exactly represented by standing in a boat and flashing a bull's eye lantern horizontally along the surface of the water, round and round. I may mention that the phenomenon was also seen by Captain Avern, of the Patna, and Mr. Manning, third officer.

Lee Fore Brace.”

"P. S. --The wheels advanced along with the ship for about twenty minutes. --L. F.B."

This reference: The Complete Books of Charles Fort pp. 270/1, © 1974 by Dover Publications, from the original work “The Book Of The Damned” © 1919.

Original: Knowledge, Dec. 28, 1883

UFOCAT PRN – 85593
UFOCAT URN – 85593 The Book Of The Damned, by Charles Fort, p. 258 © 1919.
UFOCAT URN – 10309 Anatomy Of A Phenomenon by Jacques Vallee, p. 12, © 1965
UFOCAT URN – 88138 Flying Saucer Review, September 1967, p. 9
UFOCAT URN – 69644 UFO Investigator (NICAP) March 1968, p. 4
UFOCAT URN – 10308 Computerized Catalog (N=3073) by Jacques Vallee – No date of
publication.

Southwestern Asia - Persian Gulf - is bounded by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Iraq and Iran
No Location


06-05-1880

Nature, 21-410:

Reprint of a letter from R. E. Harris, Commander of the A. H. N. Co.'s steamship Shahjehan, to the Calcutta Englishman, Jan. 21, 1880:

That upon the 5th of June, 1880, off the coast of Malabar, at 10 P.M., water calm, sky cloudless, he had seen something that was so foreign to anything that he had ever seen before, that he had stopped his ship. He saw what he describes as waves of brilliant light, with spaces between. Upon the water were floating patches of a substance that was not identified. Thinking in terms of the conventional explanation of all phosphorescence at sea, the captain at first suspected this substance. However, he gives his opinion that it did no illuminating but was, with the rest of the sea, illuminated by tremendous shafts of light. Whether it was a thick and oily discharge from the engine of a submerged construction or not, I think that I shall have to accept this substance as a concomitant, because of another note. "As wave succeeded wave, one of the most grand and brilliant, yet solemn, spectacles that one could think of, was here witnessed."

This reference: The Complete Books of Charles Fort, p. 276, © 1974 , from the original work
”The Book Of The Damned” © 1919.
Original: Nature, 21-410

UFOCAT PRN – 10310
UFOCAT URN – 10310 Computerized Catalog (N=3073) by Jacques Vallee, #152. No date of
publication

UFOCAT PRN – 85602
UFOCAT URN –85602 The Book Of The Damned, by Charles Fort, p. 263 © 1919.

Malabar coast – Name long applied to the southern part of India’s western coast, approximately from Goa southward. (Ref. – The New Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 7, p. 720)

Southern Asia - India

Goa – Latitude 15-35 N, Longitude 74-00 E ( D-M )

This reference: Gazetteer – India Vol. 1, Division of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., April 1952.


02-24-1885

GLM-010 [MASS OF FIRE FALLS INTO SEA]

Anonymous; Science, 5:242, March 20, 1885.

The following account of unusual phenomena was received March 19, at the Hydrographic office, Washington, from the branch office in San Francisco. The bark Innerwich, Capt. Waters, has just arrived at Victoria from Yokohama. At midnight of Feb. 24, in latitude 37° north, longitude 170° 15' east, the captain was aroused by the mate, and went on deck to find the sky changing to a fiery red. All at once a large mass of fire appeared over the vessel, completely blinding the spectators; and, as it fell into the sea some fifty yards to leeward, it caused a hissing sound, which was heard above the blast, and made the vessel quiver from stem to stern. Hardly had this disappeared, when a lowering mass of white foam was seen rapidly approaching the vessel. The noise from the advancing volume of water is described as deafening. The bark was struck flat aback; but, before there was time to touch a brace, the sails had filled again, and the roaring white sea had passed ahead. To increase the horror of the situation, another 'vast sheet of flame' ran down the mizzen-mast. and poured in myriads of sparks' from the rigging. The strange redness of the sky remained for twenty minutes. The master, an old and experienced mariner. declares that the awfulness of the sight was beyond description, and considers that the ship had a narrow escape from destruction.

In the above report there is an interesting association between electric discharge phenomena and passage of an admittedly strange meteor.

This reference: “Strange Phenomena: a sourcebook of unusual natural phenomena” by William R. Corliss, ©1974, Which contains the original reference from Science 5:242, March 20, 1885
Original: Anonymous; Science, 5:242, March 20, 1885

UFOCAT PRN – 10363
UFOCAT URN – 10363 - Preliminary Catalog (N=500) #008 Jacques Vallee No Date of
publication.

UFOCAT PRN – 85594
UFOCAT URN – 85594 The Book Of The Damned, by Charles Fort, p. 260 © 1919.
UFOCAT URN – 79237 Flying Saucers Have Landed by Desmond Leslie, p. 31, © 1953
UFOCAT URN – 10363 Computerized Catalog (N=3073) #173 by Jacques Vallee No date of
publication.

Central Pacific Ocean

Yokohama – Latitude 35-27 N, Longitude 139-39 E ( D-M )

There are many Victoria’s, but none around the position given. The position given is close to the Hawaiian Island chain.

UFO Location ( UFOCAT ) Latitude 37.0 N, Longitude 170.0 E ( D.% )

Text position Latitude 37-0 N, Longitude 170-15 E ( D-M )


11-??-1885 NOTE: Several errors by the author. Wrong date and ocean. This event occurred on 11-12-1887 at Cape Race in the Atlantic Ocean.
Pacific
Another case, in November involved a British steamer, the crew of which saw a huge ball of light rise from the water, move close to the ship and then dash away.
This reference: “The Devils Meridian” by Kevin Killey and Gary Lester, Lester-Townsend Publishing, Sydney, Australia, 1980.
Original source not given: Unknown

UFOCAT PRN – None

This case has been deleted from the list of sightings, pending further substantiating reports. –CF-

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11-02-1885

The second report was made on November 1, 1885, at 9:30P.M., at Adrianople, Turkey, and reads: M. Mavrogordato, of Constantinople, calls our attention to the following strange observations which have been communicated to him.

(1) On November 1, at 9:30 P.M., there was seen, west of Adrianople, an elongated object giving off a strong luminosity. It seemed to float in the air and its apparent disk was four or five times larger than the full moon. It traveled slowly and cast light on the whole camp behind the station with a brightness about ten times greater than a large electric bulb.

(2) In the morning of November 2, at dawn, a very luminous flame, first bluish, then greenish, and moving at a height of five to six meters, made a series of turns around the ferryboat pier at Scutari. Its blinding luminosity lighted the street and flooded the inside of the houses with light. The meteor was visible for one minute and a half and finally fell into the sea. No noise was heard when the immersion took place.

Are these two meteors really bolides? One might doubt it. At any rate, these observations are quite interesting

This Reference: “Anatomy of a Phenomenon” by Jacques Vallee p. 14, ©1966

Original reference: L'Astronomie, 1885, and R. Vellith, “Lumieres dans la Nuit” (Vallee).

NOTE: In The complete books of Charles Fort, 1974, p. 288, from “The Book of the Damned” by Fort published 1919, is the Adrianople story with the same date as Vallee BUT the reference is given as L’Astronomie 1886-309.

UFOCAT PRN – 10373
UFOCAT URN – 10374 - Anatomy Of A Phenomenon by Jacques Vallee, p. 14, © 1965
UFOCAT URN – NONE Mysteries of the Skies, by Lore & Deneault, p. 54-55pub. © 1969
Note: date shown is 1886

UFOCAT URN – 10375 - A Century Of Landings (N=923) #0008, Jacques Vallee © 1969
UFOCAT URN – NONE Invisible Residents, By Ivan T. Sanderson, pp. 34-35, © 1970.

UFOCAT URN – 10373 - Computerized Catalog (N=3073) #178 by Jacques Vallee No date.of
publication.
UFOCAT URN – 63683 – World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, by Peter Rogerson #0010. No
date of publication.

Northern Middle East - Turkey

Scutari, Albania – See Üskudar Latitude 41-01N, Longitude 29-03E ( D-M )

Adrianople – See Edirne Latitude 41-40N, Longitude 26-34E

Reference: Gazetteer of Turkey, Published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, D.C. Sept., 1984

UFO Location (UFOCAT) - Latitude 41.03N, Longitude 29.03E ( D.% )


09-28-1887

100 Years Ago from Herald files

September 30, 1887.

Crew Sees Ball Of Fire Hit Sea

The schooner Christina arrived at about seven o'clock yesterday morning from Whangarei with a cargo of coal and dropped anchor off the Railway Wharf, where during the afternoon she was berthed to land her cargo.

From the master of the vessel we learn that on Tuesday last, whilst the schooner was working up the Whangarei Harbour, and at about nine p.m., when off Parua Bay, the weather came on very strong, with heavy rain and thunder.

Suddenly a loud noise was heard, and before the crew could hardly realise whence the sound proceeded a large ball of fire was seen to rush past the vessel at about a cable's length off, and dash into the water.

The light from the ball, which was about the size of a coal basket, was of such brilliancy as to completely dazzle those on the schooner, and it was not till some time afterwards that they could recover their sight sufficiently to see their way.

As the ball of fire fell into the fiver a dense smell of sulphur was noticeable, which proved almost choking to the crew of the Christina, and at the same time great atmospheric disturbances were noticeable.

This reference: New Zealand Herald 30^th September 1987 Section 1, Page 9. With Thanks to NZ researcher Peter Hassell for supplying the text of the newspaper article.

Included with the news text Peter added his own comments regarding this case from a layout that I had sent for his approval:

Notes: Sounds very much like ball lightning, especially considering the stormy conditions.

Tuesday would be the 28^th September, 1887 by my calculations. Your latitude and longitude look about right - my map isn't quite that accurate! I should point out that the other sighting is unrelated. It was on land in a different place. I had them together as both old sightings of BOLs.

UFOCAT PRN – None
UFOCAT URL – NONE The NZ Files: UFOs in New Zealand, by Peter Hassell, pp. 23-24, ©

1998

Southwest Pacific – New Zealand

Whangarei Latitude 35-43 S, Longitude 174-19 E ( D-M )

Reference:http://www.astro.com/cgi-bin/atlw3/aq.cgi?country_list=&expr=whangarei&lang=

Opotiki Latitude 38-80 S, Longitude 175-18 E

Parua Bay Latitude 35-76 S, Longitude 174-46 E

Waioeka Gorge.- Not found, however three others found as below:

Waioeka Latitude 38-03 S, Longitude 177-17 E

Waioeka Latitude 38-05 S, Longitude 177-15 E

Waioeka PA Latitude 38-05 S, Longitude 177-17 E

Reference: http://www.calle.com/world/


11-12-1887

GLOBULAR LIGHTNING

Anonymous; Science, 10:324, 1887.

The following report from the Hydrographic Office relates to one of the rarest and most inexplicable forms of lightning. Can any of the readers of Science give any information on the subject? A globe of fire floats leisurely along in the air in an erratic sort of a course, sometimes exploding with great force, at other times disappearing without exploding. On land it has been observed to go into the ground and then reappear at a short distance, and where it entered the soil it left a rugged hole some twenty feet in diameter. Although there is no doubt as to the facts regarding the phenomenon, no satisfactory explanation of the cause has ever been given. It is, of course, entirely different in character from St. Elmo's fires, so often seen on board vessels during thunder-storms: these remain stationary at the yard-arms and mast-heads, and are analogous to the 'brush discharge' of an electric machine.

Captain Moore, British steamship 'Siberian,' reports, "Nov. 12, midnight, Cape Race bearing west by north, distant ten miles, wind strong south by east, a large ball of fire appeared to rise out of the sea to a height of about fifty feet, and come right against the wind close up to the ship. It then altered its course, and ran along with the ship to a distance of about one and one-half miles. In about two minutes it again altered its course, and went away to the south-cast against the wind. It lasted, in all, not over five minutes. Have noticed the same phenomenon before off Cape Race, and it seemed to indicate that an easterly or south-easterly gale was coming on." (Science, 10:324, 1887)

This reference: “The Handbook of Natural Phenomena” by William R. Corlies. Sourcebook Project, Glen Arm, M.D.: 1977. Thanks to CUFOS for this article.

Original reference as shown: “Science” 10:324, 1887.

Also mentioned as references shown by Vallee & Fort: Original Reference: Nature, 37-187, and L’Astronomie, 1887-76

UFOCAT PRN – 85595

UFOCAT URN – 85595 The Book Of The Damned by Charles Fort, p. 261 © 1919.
UFOCAT URN – 79243 Flying Saucers Have Landed by Desmond Leslie, p. 31, © 1953
UFOCAT URN – 10394 Doubt Magazine by Tiffany Theyer, 1954_194
UFOCAT URN – 76510 Phenomenes Spatiaux (GEPA) December 1964
UFOCAT URN – 10395 Anatomy Of A Phenomenon by Jacques Vallee, p. 15, © 1965
UFOCAT URN – 10397 Flying Saucers-Serious Business by Frank Edwards, p. 23, © 1966
UFOCAT URN – 10393 A Century Of Landings (N=923) #0009, Jacques Vallee © 1969
UFOCAT URN – 73274 Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, pp. 27-28, © 1970
UFOCAT URN – 10392 Data-Net Report May 1970
UFOCAT URN – 100128 Flying Saucer (Ray Palmer), June 1970, p. 8
UFOCAT URN – 57487 Etudes Statistiques Portant sur 1000 Temoignag by Claude Poher
#2701. No date of publication
UFOCAT URN – 64708 Etudes Statistiques Portant sur 1000 Temoignag by Claude Poher
#0054. No date of publication
UFOCAT URN – 63684 World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, by Peter Rogerson #0011. No
date
UFOCAT URN – 10396 Computerized Catalog (N=3073) #185 by Jacques Vallee. No date of
publication

North America – Canada, Newfoundland

Cape Race – Latitude 46-40 N, Longitude 53-05 W ( D-M )

Reference: Canada gazetteer, Prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., November 1953.

UFO Location (UFOCAT) – Latitude 45.67 N, Longitude 53.13 W ( D.% )


10-??-1891

A correspondent writes that, in October 1891, in the China Sea, he had seen shafts or lances of light that had had the appearance of rays of a searchlight, and that had moved like such rays.

This reference: The Complete Books of Charles Fort, p. 277, published 1974. From the original Charles Fort book, “Book of the Damned”, published 1919.

Original reference: L’Astronomie, 1891-312

UFOCAT PRN - 85605
UFOCAT URN – 85605 The Book Of The Damned by Charles Fort, p. 264 © 1919.
UFOCAT URN – 79248 Flying Saucers Have Landed by Desmond Leslie, p. 32, © 1953
UFOCAT URN – 88139 Flying Saucer Review, September 1967, p. 9 (Note: Dated 10-??-1890)
UFOCAT URN – 81395 Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 112, © 1970 (Note: Dated
??-??-1891)
UFOCAT URN – 10419 Computerized Catalog (N=3073) #195 by Jacques Vallee No date of
publication.

The South China Sea :
Is bounded by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Approximate location of The South China Sea: Latitude 10-0 N, Longitude 115-0 E.( D-M )
This reference: The Hammond World Atlas, p. 108/L8, published 2000.


04-04-1901

That, upon April 4, 1901, about 8:30, in the Persian Gulf, Captain Hoseason, of the steamship Kilwa, according to a paper read before the Society by Captain Hoseason, was sailing in a sea in which there was no phosphorescence--"there being no phosphorescence in the water."
I suppose I'll have to repeat that:
"... there being no phosphorescence in the water."
Vast shafts of light--though the captain uses the word "ripples"--suddenly appeared. Shaft followed shaft, upon the surface of the sea. But it was only a faint light, and, in about fifteen minutes, died out having appeared suddenly, having died out gradually. The shafts revolved at a velocity of about 60 miles an hour.

Phosphorescent jellyfish correlate with the Old Dominant: in one of the most heroic compositions of disregards in our experience, it was agreed, in the discussion of Capt. Hoseason's paper, that the phenomenon was probably pulsations of long strings of jellyfish.

This reference: The Complete Books of Charles Fort, pp. 275-6, © 1974. The original book was “The Book of the Damned” published 1919.

Original reference: Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 28-29

UFOCAT PRN – 10639
UFOCAT URN – 10639 Catalog through 1950 by H. Edward Hill, #001, No Date of publication.

UFOCAT PRN – 10640
UFOCAT URN – 10640 Computerized Catalog (N=3073) #236 by Jacques Vallee No date.

UFOCAT PRN – 85601
UFOCAT URN – 85601 The Book Of The Damned by Charles Fort, p. 262 © 1919.

UFOCAT URN – 79277 Flying Saucers Have Landed by Desmond Leslie, p. 34, © 1953

UFOCAT URN – 88140 Flying Saucer Review, September 1967, p. 9

UFOCAT URN – 81396 Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 112, © 1970 (Note: Dated
??-??-1901)

UFOCAT PRN – 85601
UFOCAT URN – 88141 Flying Saucer Review, September 1967, p. 9 (Dated 04-09-1901)

Persian Gulf:
is bounded by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Iraq and Iran. Approximate location of the Persian Gulf is Latitude 27-5 N, Longitude 51-25 E ( D-M )
This reference: The Hammond World Atlas, p. 126/3EF, published 2000


10-28-1902

Zoologist, 4-7-38--that, according to the log of the steamship Fort Salisbury, the second officer, Mr. A. H. Raymer, had, Oct. 28, 1902, in Lat. 5° 31' S., and Long. 4° 42' W., been called, at 3:05 A.M., by the lookout, who reported that there was a huge, dark object, bearing lights in the sea ahead. Two lights were seen. The steamship passed a slowly sinking bulk, of an estimated length of five or six hundred feet. Mechanism of some kind---fins, the observers thought---was making a commotion in the water. "A scaled back" was slowly submerging.

One thinks that seeing for such details as "a scaled back" could not have been very good, at three o'clock in the morning. So doubly damned is this datum that the attempt to explain it was in terms of the accursed Sea Serpent.

Phosphorescence of the water is mentioned several times, but that seems to have nothing to do with two definite lights, like those of a vessel. The Captain of the Fort Salisbury was interviewed. "I can only say that he (Mr. Raymer) is very earnest on the subject, and has, together with the lookout and helmsman, seen something in the water, of a huge nature, as specified."

One thinks that this object may have been a large, terrestrial vessel that had been abandoned, and was sinking.

I have looked over Lloyd's List, for the period, finding no record by which to explain.

This reference: The Complete Books of Charles Fort, pp. 642-643 This article coming from his book “Lo !” published 1931.

Original reference: Zoologist, 4-7-38 Note is was an error by Fort. The correct reference is Zoologist, s. 4, 7 (January 1903):pages 38-9

UFOCAT PRN – 10653
UFOCAT URN – NONE “Lo !” by Charles Fort, p. ??? © 1931.

UFOCAT URN – NONE Flying Saucers on the Attack, by Harold T. Wilkins, © 1954
Note: Wrong date ( ??-??-1882 ) & No reference.

UFOCAT URN – NONE Invisible Horizons, by Vincent Gaddis, pp. 98-99, ©1965

UFOCAT URN – 10653 Anatomy Of A Phenomenon by Jacques Vallee, p. 20, © 1965
UFOCAT URN – 10656 A Century Of Landings (N=923) #0032, Jacques Vallee © 1969
UFOCAT URN – 73275 Invisible residents, by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 28, © 1970
UFOCAT URN – 100127 Flying Saucers (Ray Palmer), June 1970, p. 8 (Note: Dated
??-??-1902)
UFOCAT URN – 71522 Flying Saucer Review, May 1972, p. 18
UFOCAT URN – 111521 APRO Bulletin, December 1979, p. 5
UFOCAT URN – 155673 UFO Scotland: The secret history of Scotland’s UFO phenomenon by
Ron Halliday, p. 98, © 1998.
UFOCAT URN – 10654 Computerized Catalog (N=3173) by Luis Schoenherr, #0002. No date
of publication
UFOCAT URN – 10655 Catalog through 1950 by H. Edward Hill, #004, No Date of publication
UFOCAT URN – 68652 World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports by Peter Rogerson, #0054. No
date. of publication

Africa

The location given in the text is off the coast of Sierra Leona and Liberia.

This reference: The Hammond World Atlas, p. 133/4A, published 2000

UFO Location (UFOCAT) Latitude 5.52 S, Longitude 4.7 W ( D.% )

Text Location Latitude 5-31 S, Longitude 4-42 W ( D-M )


??-??-1906

Extract from a letter from Mr. Douglas Carnegie, Blackheath, England. Date some time in 1906—

"This last voyage we witnessed a weird and most extraordinary electric display." In the Gulf of Oman, he saw a bank of apparently quiescent phosphorescence: but, when within twenty yards of it, "shafts of brilliant light came sweeping across the ship's bows at a prodigious speed, which might be put down as anything between 60 and 200 miles an hour." These light bars were about 20 feet apart and most regular." As to phosphorescence--"I collected a bucketful of water, and examined it under the microscope, but could not detect anything abnormal." That the shafts of light came up from something beneath the surface---"They first struck us on our broadside, and I noticed that an intervening ship had no effect on the light beams: they started away from the lee side of the ship, just as if they had traveled right through it.”

The Gulf of Oman is at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.

This Reference: The complete books of Charles Fort, pp. 276-7, 1974. From original book, “The Book of the Damned”, published 1919.

Original: Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 32-280

UFOCAT PRN 85603. NOTE: Dated 06-02-1906 (from scientific journal)

Southwester Asia

The Gulf of Oman: Is located between Oman and Iran. Approximate location is Latitude 24-0 N, Longitude 60-0 E ( D-M )

This reference: The Hammond World Atlas, p. 127/4GH, published 2000

UFO Location (UFOCAT) Latitude 24.53 N, Longitude 58.37 E ( D.% )


06-02-1906

Extract from a letter from Mr. Douglas Carnegie, Blackheath, England. Date some time in 1906—

"This last voyage we witnessed a weird and most extraordinary electric display." In the Gulf of Oman, he saw a bank of apparently quiescent phosphorescence: but, when within twenty yards of it, "shafts of brilliant light came sweeping across the ship's bows at a prodigious speed, which might be put down as anything between 60 and 200 miles an hour." These light bars were about 20 feet apart and most regular." As to phosphorescence--"I collected a bucketful of water, and examined it under the microscope, but could not detect anything abnormal." That the shafts of light came up from something beneath the surface---"They first struck us on our broadside, and I noticed that an intervening ship had no effect on the light beams: they started away from the lee side of the ship, just as if they had traveled right through it.”

The Gulf of Oman is at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.

This Reference: The complete books of Charles Fort, pp. 276-7, 1974. From original book, “The Book of the Damned”, published 1919.

Original: Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 32-280

UFOCAT PRN 85603. NOTE: Dated 06-02-1906 (from scientific journal)
UFOCAT URN – 85603 The Book Of The Damned by Charles Fort, p. 263 © 1919.
UFOCAT URN – 79284 Flying Saucers Have Landed by Desmond Leslie, p. 34, © 1953
UFOCAT URN – Flying Saucer Review, September 1967, p. 9
UFOCAT URN – 81392 Invisible residents, by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 102, © 1970
UFOCAT URN – 10695 Computerized Catalog (N=3073) #251 by Jacques Vallee No date of
publication.
UFOCAT URN – 10696 Catalog Through 1950 by H. Edward Hill, #011. No date of publication.

South-western Asia

The Gulf of Oman: Is located between Oman and Iran. Approximate location is Latitude
24-0 N, Longitude 60-0 E ( D-M )

This reference: The Hammond World Atlas, p. 127/4GH, published 2000

UFO Location (UFOCAT) Latitude 24.53 N, Longitude 58.37 E ( D.% )


10-30-1906

A SHOWER OF METORS AROUND THE ST. ANDREW

One, Weighing Tons, Hit the Sea a Mile Away.

A GREAT SHOW, EVEN BY DAY

Chief Officer Thinks Such Messengers from the Blue Have Sent Many a Ship Down.

When the Phoenix Line steamship St. Andrew arrived from Antwerp yesterday Capt. Fitzgerald, reported that the steamer had passed through a meteoric shower at 4:30 o'clock on Tuesday about 600 miles northeast of Cape Race. The largest meteor observed fell into the sea less than a mile away. Had it struck the St. Andrew all hands would have perished.

Yesterday afternoon Chief Officer V. E. Spencer, who was on the bridge when the meteors appeared, told what he saw there.

“On Tuesday afternoon," said Mr. Spencer, "the weather was clear and bright, although there was little sunshine. Just after one bell, 4:30 o’clock, I saw three meteors fall into the water dead ahead of the ship one after another at a distance of about five miles. Although It was daylight they left a red streak in the air from zenith to the horizon.

"Simultaneously the third engineer shouted to me. I then saw a huge meteor on the port beam falling in a zigzag manner less than a mile away to the southward.

“We could distinctly hear the hissing of the water as it touched. It fell with a rocking motion, leaving a broad red streak in its wake. The meteor must have weighed several tons, and appeared to be from 10 to 15 feet in diameter. It was saucer shaped, which probably accounted for the peculiar rocking motion.

“When the mass of metal struck the water the spray and steam rose to a height of at least forty feet, and for a few moments looked like the mouth of crater. If it had been night, the meteor would have illuminated the sea for fifty or sixty miles. The hissing sound, like escaping steam, when It struck the water, was so loud that the chief engineer turned out of his berth and came on deck, thinking the sound came from the engine room. I have seen meteors all over the world, but never such a large one as this."

Asked what would have happened it the meteor tumbled on the St. Andrew, Mr. Spencer said:

"The ship would have been burned out Immediately and every soul on board destroyed. I have no doubt that many of the vessels which have been lost at sea in apparently fine weather have been destroyed by falling meteors."

Capt. Russ of the Hamburg-American steamer Brazilia, which, arrived yesterday, about the same time as the St. Andrew, reported having seen a large meteor at 7 P.M. on Tuesday, Oct. 30. in latitude 47 degrees north and longitude 48 degrees west. This is believed to have been part of the intermittent meteoric shower observed by the St. Andrew earlier in the evening.

This is the original reference. The New York Times, November 5, 1906, p. 1

UFOCAT PRN – 96825
UFOCAT URN – 96825 The New York Times, November 5, 1906, p. 1 [Above]
UFOCAT URN – NONE Fate Magazine, March 1965, pp. 80-82.

UFOCAT URN – 73273 Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 27 © 1970
UFOCAT URN – NONE Unexplained Mysteries of the 20^th Century, by J & C Bord, p. 173,
© 1989
UFOCAT URN – 68662 World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports by Peter Rogerson #0063. No
date

North America – Canada, Newfoundland

Cape Race – Latitude 46-40 N, Longitude 53-05 W ( D-M )

This reference : Canada gazetteer, Official Standard Names Gazetteer, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., November 1971, p. 58

UFO location (UFOCAT) Latitude 46.67 N, Longitude 53.13 W ( D.% )


03-14-1907

Extract from a letter by Mr. S. C. Patterson, second officer of the P. and O. steamship Delta: a spectacle which the Journal continues to call phosphorescent:

Malacca Strait, 2 A.M., March 14, 1907:

"... shafts which seemed to move round a center--like the spokes of a wheel--and appeared to be about 300 yards long." The phenomenon lasted about half an hour, during which time the ship had traveled six or seven miles. It stopped suddenly."

This reference: The Complete Books of Charles Fort, p. 277, © 1974. Original book was “The Book of the Damned” published in 1919.

Original reference: Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 33-294

UFOCAT PRN – 81397
UFOCAT URN – 81397 Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 112, © 1970. (Note: No
Month or Day given - ??-??-1907)

UFOCAT PRN – 85604
UFOCAT URN – 85604 The Book Of The Damned by Charles Fort, p. 264 © 1919. [Above]
UFOCAT URN – 79285 Flying Saucers Have Landed by Desmond Leslie, p. 34, © 1953
UFOCAT URN – 88143 Flying Saucer Review, September 1967, p. 9
UFOCAT URN – 10699 Catalog Through 1950 by H. Edward Hill, #012. No Date of publication
UFOCAT URN – 10700 Computerized Catalog (N=3073) #255 by Jacques Vallee No date of
publication.

Southern Asia

The Malacca Strait: Is located between Sumatra and Kuala Lumpur. Approximate location is Latitude 5-0 N, Longitude 100-0 E ( D-M )

This reference: The Hammond World Atlas, p. 103/J9, published 2000


??-??-1908

1908 Coast of Delaware. The English ship "Mohican," piloted by Capt. Urghart, was going to Philadelphia when it was surrounded by a thick, luminous cloud which "magnetized" everything on board. The compass was observed to swing wildly. When seamen tried to move some chains on the bridge, they found that they were glued to the metal floor. Suddenly the cloud rose and was seen above the sea for some time.

This Reference: Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee, p. 18, © 1969.

Original Reference: New York Herald, 1908. Exact date unknown

UFOCAT PRN – 10727
UFOCAT URN – 96828 Newspaper Clipping, New York Herald, 1908
UFOCAT URN – 68663 Passport to Magonia :A Century of Landings by Jacques Vallee # 0034,
© 1969
UFOCAT URN – 10726 Data-Net Report, January 1971
UFOCAT URN – 10727 Computerized Catalog (N=3173) #2373. No publication date.
UFOCAT URN – 10730 World Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, #0065. No publication date.

North America – United States, Delaware

Approximate location – Latitude 38-4N, Longitude 75-0 W ( D-M ). This is based on the ship being outside the Delaware River, which it would have had to travel to get to Philadelphia.

Reference: Hammond World Atlas, p. 194/C4, published 2000.


06-10-1909

That, in the Nautical Meteorological Annual, published by the Danish Meteorological Institute, appears a report upon a "singular phenomenon" that was seen by Capt. Gabe, of the Danish East Asiatic Co.'s steamship Bintang. At 3 A.M., June l0, 1909, while sailing through the Straits of Malacca, Captain Gabe saw a vast revolving wheel of light, flat upon the water--"long arms issuing from a center around which the whole system appeared to rotate" So vast was the appearance that only half of it could be seen at a time, the center lying near the horizon. This display lasted about fifteen minutes. Heretofore we have not been clear upon the important point that forward motions of these wheels do not synchronize with a vessel's motions, and freaks of disregard, or, rather, commonplaces of disregard, might attempt to assimilate with lights of a vessel. This time we are told that the vast wheel moved forward, decreasing in brilliancy, and also in speed of rotation, disappearing when the center was right ahead of the vessel-or my own interpretation would be that the source of light was submerging deeper and deeper and slowing down because meeting more and more resistance.

This reference: The Complete Books Of Charles Fort, p. 278, published 1974 by Dover Publications, Inc. From Fort’s original work “Book of the Damned”, published in 1919
Scientific American, 106-51
Original reference: Nautical Meteorological Annual, published by the Danish Meteorological Institute

ALSO

The next month, on June 3, 1909, at 3:00 A.M., men on the Danish steamer "Bintang," cruising in the Malacca Strait, saw a brilliantly lighted wheel under the surface of the ocean. This peculiar object came to the surface and was seen spinning.

This reference: Anatomy of a Phenomenon by Jacques Vallee, p 21, © 1965

Note: Date of sighting in this work is shown as June 3, 1909 and his reference was not given. Also the sequence of emergence & submergence are the opposite of Fort’s. Needed here is the Original references.

UFOCAT PRN – 10773
UFOCAT URN – 10770 Anatomy of a Phenomenon by Jacques Vallee, p 21, © 1965
[Dated 06-03-1909]

UFOCAT PRN – 85608 (Not in date order as date of sighting varies)
UFOCAT URN – 81398 Invisible Residents, by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 112, © 1970
[Dated 06-03-1909]
UFOCAT URN – 100123 Flying Saucer (Ray Palmer), June 1970, p. 8
[Dated 06-03-1909]
UFOCAT URN – 146088 From Airships To Arnold (Catalog), by Richard H. Hall, # 007, © 2000.
[Dated 06-03-1909]
UFOCAT URN – 10771 Catalog through 1950 by H. Edward Hill, #023, No Date of publication.
[Dated 06-03-1909]

UFOCAT URN – 85608 The Book Of The Damned by Charles Fort, p. 265, © 1919
[Dated 06-10-1909]
UFOCAT URN – 79290 Flying Saucers Have Landed by Desmond Leslie, p. 35, © 1953
[Dated 06-10-1909]
UFOCAT URN – 10772 Catalog through 1950 by H. Edward Hill, #024, No Date of
publication[Dated 06-10-1909]
UFOCAT URN – 10773 Computerized Catalog (N=3073) #255 by Jacques Vallee No date of
publication. [Dated 06-10-1909]

Southern Asia

The Malacca Strait: Is located between Sumatra and Kuala Lumpur. Approximate location is Latitude 5-0 N, Longitude 100-0 E ( D-M )

This reference: The Hammond World Atlas, p. 103/J9, published 2000

UFO Location (UFOCAT) Latitude10.38 N, Longitude 102.83 E ( D.% )


06-16-1909

M. Beljonne, at Phu-Lien Observatory, Tonkin, sends us peculiar bolide observations. The first one, especially remarkable, was made at Dong Hoi, Annam, by M. Delingette, Inspector in the Civil Guard, head of the meteorological station. At Dong Hoi, on June 16 at 4:10 A.M., a bolide of an elongated shape, truncated at both ends, flew over the city on a west-east course, casting a great luminosity. The witnesses--Hoang Nic, of Dong Hoi; Tran Ninh, of Sa-Dong-Danh; Quyen, of Dong-Duong-Hoi; and Danh Lui, of the same village--who were fishing at sea, reported that the phenomenon lasted from eight to ten minutes, between the time the object appeared and the time it fell into the sea, at about six kilometers from shore.

This Reference : Anatomy of a Phenomenon by Jacques Vallee, p. 21, © 1966

Original Reference : Lumieres dans la Nuit & L’Astronomie 22, 1909, p. 28

UFOCAT PRN 10775
UFOCAT URN – 10774 Anatomy of a Phenomenon by Jacques Vallee, p. 21, © 1966
UFOCAT URN – 10776 A Century of Landings (N=923), by Jacques Vallee, #0037, © 1969.
UFOCAT URN – 73282 Invisible Residents, by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 35, © 1970
UFOCAT URN – 100124 Flying Saucer (Ray Palmer), June 1970, p. 8
UFOCAT URN – None Unexplained Mysteries of the 20^th Century, by Janet & Colin Bord, p.
168, © 1989.

UFOCAT URN – None UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union, by Jacques Vallee, p. 28, © 1992

UFOCAT URN – 146089 From Airships To Arnold (Catalog), by Richard H. Hall, # 007, © 2000
UFOCAT URN - 10775 Computerized Catalog (N=3073) #255 by Jacques Vallee No date of
publication
UFOCAT URN – 10777 Computerized Catalog (N=3173) by Luis Schoenherr, #2374. No date
of publication
UFOCAT URN – 68671 World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, by Peter Rogerson #0073. No
date of publication.

Indochina - Annam is now Vietnam.

Tonkin X

Dong Hoi Latitude 17-29 N, Longitude 106-36 E ( D-M )

Sa-Dong-Danh X

Dong-Duong-Hoi X

Note: Many of these may be old names. I have tried several sources but cannot come up with an exact match.

UFO Location ( UFOCAT ) – Latitude 17.53 N, Longitude 106.58 E ( D.% )

02-23~26-1910

COMET ELECTRIFIES SHIP LEAVES COMPASS LOONEY

MISSING HEAVENLY BODY STRIKING SEA NEAR VESSEL, DEMAGNETIZES INSTRUMENTS AND SETS CREW A-TREMBLING.

CARDIFF. Feb 26. -- Weird in the extreme was the story told by Capt. Davies of the steamer Trafalgar, now in port, with his ship disabled by an unaccountable magnetic visitation that rendered the compass useless.

"We have been struck by a comet or a thunderbolt, and our ship is disabled," he said. "We were bound from Port Talbot to Bastia with coals, leaving port on Wednesday, and this morning we were about ten miles southwest of the Wolf Rock when the vessel trembled violently, and there was a loud sharp report like the explosion of a cannon. The foremast seemed a mass of flames, and the whole ship became aglow.

"At that moment we saw a large fiery body, with a tail about 30 feet to 40 feet long, strike the sea about 20 feet from us. Its appearance was accompanied by a loud hissing noise, and as it disappeared a column of water rose in the air.

Sets Fo'c's'le "on Fire."

"Directly after the men came running out of the forecastle, saying it was on fire. The whole of the interior was glowing with a brilliant light. The effect of the phenomenon in the engine room was most awe-inspiring, the whole place glowing in a faint violet light, from which millions of sparks emanated. All the men rushed upon deck.

"The second mate happened to be sounding the (well) at the time and received a violent shock from the steel rod which he held in his hand. The phenomenon did not last many seconds. When we had recovered from our surprise we looked at the compasses and found them all demagnetized and awry.

"In that predicament I decided to put back for the nearest port, but as we were experiencing blinding snowstorms and could get no assistance from our compasses, it was a difficult task. At last we picked up the Lizard, and by following coasting vessels put into Falmouth."

Strange to say, when the compasses were taken ashore they resumed their normal condition and were strictly accurate. It is feared that the ship has become highly magnetized, and experts will go on board to decide how the problem can be solved.

This reference: Indianapolis STAR 27th February 1910

With Thanks to Chris Aubeck for the use of his material. Translations and notes © Chris Aubeck 2001

UFOCAT PRN – None

Europe – Southern England & Wales

Bastia – Two Found. France (Corsica) Latitude 42-42 N, Longitude 9-27 E and Italy Latitude 43-04 N, Longitude 12-33 E ( D-M )

Reference: http://www.astro.com/cgi-bin/atlw3/aq.cgi?country_list=&expr=bastia&lang=e

Port Talbot Latitude 51-36 N, Longitude 3-47 W

Wolf Rock Latitude 49-57 N, Longitude 5-48 W

Falmouth Latitude 50-09 N, Longitude 5-05 W

Reference: United Kingdom Gazetteer, Prepared in the Division of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., April 1950.


07-EE-1910

There was a series of occurrences, in the summer of 1910. Early in July, the crew of the French fishing, smack, Jeune Frédéric, reported having seen, in the sky, off the coast of Normandy, a large, black, bird-like object. Suddenly it fell into the sea, bounded hack, fell again, and disappeared, leaving no findable traces. Nothing was known of the flight of any terrestrial aircraft, by which to explain

This reference: The Complete Books Of Charles Fort, p.639, © 1974, Copyright Dover Publications, Inc. , New York. From the Original Book “Lo !” © 1931

Original source: London Weekly Dispatch, July 10, 1910

UFOCAT PRN – 68676
UFOCAT URN – NONE The Complete Books Of Charles Fort, p.639, © 1974, From the Original
Book “Lo !” © 1931

UFOCAT URN – NONE Unexplained Mysteries of the 20^th Century, by Janet & Colin Bord,
p. 165, © 1989.

UFOCAT URN – 68676 World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, by Peter Rogerson #0078. No
date of publication.

Europe - France

Normandy Latitude 49-00 N, Longitude 0-00 ( D-M )
This reference: France, United States Board on Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., September 1964


08-12-1910

The Danish Meteorological Institute reports another instance: That, when Capt. Breyer, of the Dutch steamer Valentijn, was in the South China Sea, midnight, Aug. 12, 1910, he saw a rotation of flashes. "It looked like a horizontal wheel, turning rapidly." This time it is said that the appearance was above water. "The phenomenon was observed by the captain, the first and second mates, and the first engineer, and upon all of them it made a somewhat uncomfortable impression."

The reference: The Complete Books of Charles Fort, pp.278-279, © 1974. The original book was “The Book of the Damned, © 1919.

Original: Nautical Meteorological Annual, published by The Danish Meteorological Institute

UFOCAT PRN – 85609
UFOCAT URN - 85609 The Book Of The Damned by Charles Fort, p. 265, © 1919.
UFOCAT URN – 79298 Flying Saucers Have Landed by Desmond Leslie, p. 35, © 1953
UFOCAT URN – 10869 Anatomy Of A Phenomenon by Jacques Vallee, p. 21 © 1966
UFOCAT URN – 88145 Flying Saucer Review, September 1967, p. 9
UFOCAT URN – 81399 Invisible Residents, by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 112, © 1970
Note: Wrong date 08-13-1910.
UFOCAT URN – 100125 Flying Saucer (Ray Palmer), June 1970, p. 8
UFOCAT URN – NONE Als die Gelben Gotter Kamen (As the yellow gods came) by Peter
Krassa, published in Vienna: Kremayr & Scherau, © 1973.

UFOCAT URN – NONE The Chinese Roswell, by Hartwig Hausdorf, p. 146, © 1994

UFOCAT URN – 10868 Catalog through 1950 by H. Edward Hill, #037, No Date of publication
UFOCAT URN – 10867 Computerized Catalog (N=3073) by Jacques Vallee, #276. No date of
publication.
UFOCAT URN - 10870 Computerized Catalog (N=3173) by Luis Schoenherr, #0011. No date
of publication. Note: Wrong date 08-20-1910.

The South China Sea
is bounded by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Approximate location: Latitude 10-0 N, Longitude 115-0 E ( D-M )
This reference: The Hammond World Atlas, p. 103/L8, published 2000.


??-??-1912

Ponder this example. It is not a myth, but supposedly a true story--as true, at least, as any modern claim you will read in the rest of this book. It was first documented in 1937 by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor and so owes nothing to the UFO legends that it so dearly presages. It occurred on the Island of Muck off the coast of Scotland in the year 1912.

Two boys were playing on the beach when they saw a strange boat and were approached by two small beings dressed in green. On board the boat was a small woman with a dog that was to her scale but in our terms about the size of a rat. The beings asked the boys many questions about their lives, talking to them fluently in both English and Gaelic. Then they were given some bread which had the appearance of a walnut. They ate this without question, feeling elated and at peace as they did so. The entities, who said they had to leave, tried to entice the boys to go with them, but the two declined the offer of a trip to fairyland. They were told instead to remain watching the boat until it reached a certain point far out to sea, and then they would be free to go home. The boys complied and were left with the news that other beings of this strange race would be coming in the future. Shortly afterward, their sister found the youths with glazed eyes, staring upon an empty sea, lost in a trance.

This Reference from: “Alien Contacts & Abductions” by Jenny Randles, © 1993

Original Reference Book – The Peat-Fire Flame by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, (Ettrick Press, 1937) Thanks to Chris Aubeck for the Orig. Ref.

UFOCAT PRN – None

Europe – United Kingdom

Island of Muck Latitude 56-50 N, Longitude 6-15 W ( D-M )
This reference: United Kingdom Gazetter, United States Board on Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., April 1950, p. 479


08-27-1917

27 August 1917

Witnesses: Neriku Calleja and Captain Stewart

Location: Outside Grand Harbour, Malta

Object: "White Cloud"

Sound: None

Notes: "We had just left the Grand Harbour when a large wave rocked the ship. The captain became angry and asked me if I knew what I was doing. He was right to be angry because I was guiding the ship and he must have thought I was a little drunk. I told him that I was sure that there weren't any reefs (sandbars?) in this area. When he came out to look he saw a "white cloud" coming out of the sea. It was as if the water was being drawn up to it and when the water fell back there were splashes. The "cloud" rose slowly, but as soon as it left the water completely it shot up like lightning and we never saw it again."

Story translated from Maltese from the personal account of an 80 year old man who remembered his father telling this story.

This reference: From the Website: http://www.mufor.org/ ( Note MUFOR stands for “Malta UFO Research” )

Original reference: "UFOs fuq iI-Gzejjer Maltin" by David Pace

UFOCAT PRN – None

Mediterranean Sea - Malta

Grand Harbour Latitude 35-54 N, Longitude 14-31 E ( D-M )
Reference: Malta gazetteer, U.S. Army Topographic Command, Washington, D.C., November 1971

08-??-1921
Diego Rivera (1886-1957), the most important Mexican muralist painter of the twentieth century, described an interesting sighting that he had in August 1921. During a sea voyage from Hamburg to Mexico with his friend David Alfaro, “an incident occurred that left a deep impression on me. It was a brilliant red sphere that suddenly came out of the sea and, after flying silently above us, settled on a distant bank of greenish white clouds.” Rivera added no more information about his observation in his autobiographical notes.
This reference: “El extraordinario encuentro de Diego Rivera,” by Miguel Riberto Foreo-Garcia Enigmas IV:33 , p. 24-29.
With Thanks to Chris Aubeck for bringing this to my attention. Translations and notes © Chris Aubeck 2001

UFOCAT PRN – None

Location: Unspecified. Between Hamburg, Germany and Mexico.


09-09-1922

In the London Daily Express, Sept. 11, I922, it is said that, upon September 9th, John Morris, coxswain of the Barmouth (Wales) Life Boat, and William James, looking out at sea, from the shore, at Barmouth, saw what they thought was an aeroplane falling into the ocean. They rushed out in a motor boat, but found nothing. In the Barmouth Advertiser, of the 14^th it is said that this object had fallen so slowly that features described as features of an aeroplane had been seen. In newspapers and aeronautical journals of the time, there is no findable record of an aeroplane of this earth reported missing.

This reference: The Complete Books of Charles Fort, pp. 638-639, © 1974 from Charles Fort’s book “Lo !” © 1931.
Original reference: London Daily Express, Sept. 11, I922

UFOCAT PRN – 11037
UFOCAT URN – NONE The Complete Books of Charles Fort, pp. 638-639, © 1974 from
Charles Fort’s book “Lo !” © 1931
UFOCAT URN – 11037 A Century of Landings by Jacques Vallee, #0045, © 1969.
UFOCAT URN – 11035 Catalog through 1950 by H. Edward Hill, #073, No Date of publication.
UFOCAT URN – 11036 Data-Net Report March 1971
UFOCAT URN – 11038 Computerized Catalog (N=3173) by Luis Schoenherr, #045. No date
of publication
UFOCAT URN – 69698 World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, by Peter Rogerson #0100. No
date of publication

Europe - United Kingdom, Wales

Note: “looking out at sea” and “falling into the ocean” would be … The Cardigan Bay.

Barmouth Latitude 52-45 N, Longitude 4-04 W ( D-M )

Reference: United Kingdom Gazetteer. Prepared in the Division of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., USA, April 1950

UFO Location (UFOCAT) – Latitude 52.72 N, Longitude 4.05 W ( D.% )


??-??-1927

And now, more Italian X-files...

1927, morning, Corbola (Rovigo), near the Po river. The young 11-years-old Francesca was taking water in the Po river when she saw a round, shining thing coming down into the river at 8 meters from her. The thing, a few minutes later, came out again from the boiling water and sped up to the sky, but not before the girl noticed a small man within it, visible from the neck up. A sound was also heard.

This reference: Thanks to http://members.tripod.com/-ufocun/index0n.html on Italy’s National UFO Center.

Original source not mentioned

UFOCAT PRN – 125584 (possibly)
UFOCAT URL – 125584 ITACAT by Verga Maurizio [Note sighting dated as 07-??-1927]

CISU Case #002
Location: Corbola (RO)
CISU Classification: B
Evaluation: Insufficient Information

***A little girl saw an object sinking into the Po River; after few minutes it re-emerged, disappearing in the sky.
This reference: USOCAT by The Italian Center for UFO Studies (CISU) © 1996 by Marco Bianchini. http://www.cisu.org/

Originial reference: “Giornale dei Misteri” (Mysteries paper) no. 212, p.59
report of P. Fiorino; document “Blitz” 24, 2
“ItalCat” case no. 2701.

Europe – Italy, Rovigo

Rovigo Latitude 45-02 N, Longitude 11-50 E ( D-M ) [Province ]

Po River Latitude 45-00 N, Longitude 12-04 E

Carbola Latitude 45-00 N, Longitude 12-05 E

This reference: Italy Gazetter, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956, pp. 100, 242 and 272.


02-19-1942 or SUMM-1942 MICKEY MOUSE VS. THE CHESHIRE CAT
This case has several references for it, however, they go back primarily to two case both published in 1955.
The first is “The Saucerian” #6, Spring of 1955, pp. 30-31, written by Vaughn Maynard Greene and published by Gray Barker. Note: NO DATE OR SEASON GIVEN.
The other reference is from the book “Flying Saucers Uncensored” pp. 215-216 by Harold T. Wilkins, published 1955. NOTE: DATE GIVEN AS SUMMER OF 1942 (NOT LONG AFTER THE JAPANEESE ATTACK ON DARWIN - WHICH WAS 2-19-1942).
I received the article from Frank Reid at CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies) with the following note attached.
“I knew Gray Barker. When he visited Chicago in 1956, I actually remarked on Wilkins having a version of Greene’s story---Barker wasn’t puzzled. I got the impression he published the story simply because it amused him, not because he found it at all believable. As the latest items in Wilkins’ book are 35 pages on and dated June 1955, and the book is essentially a scrap-book, it’s quite possible that Wilkins’ source just reworked the Saucerian tale just enough to make the average naïve kid (like me) worry the differences like a puppy worries a bone.
Anyway, for this case, the unnamed ness of the source (s) make me not take it seriously.”
Bill Chalker who has also researched this case writes : “ I think we can be fairly certain the tale has no validity and should not be listed as a credible event, unless of course the “source” story turns up

UFOCAT PRN – 121364 [All dated MM-??-1942]
UFOCAT URN – 121364 Aircraft UFO Encounters by Dominique Weinstein, 006-11, © 1999
UFOCAT URN – 146156 From Airships to Arnold, by Richard Hall, p. 162, © 2000
UFOCAT URN – 11212 Computerized Catalog (N=3173) by Luis Schoenherr. No date of
publication.
UFOCAT URN – 143559 World Atlas of UFOs by John Spencer, p. 162 © 1992
ALSO
UFOCAT URN – 151405 The Oz Files by Bill Chalker, p. 35, © 1996 [dated 08-??-1942]
Note I could not locate the above case in my copy of the book.

Note: The following cases might in some way, have been the inspiration for the above case.

UFOCAT PRN – 96941 [Date of sighting: ??-??-1942]
UFOCAT URN – 96941 Newspaper clipping, Date unknown, City of Korumburra, Victoria,
Australia.

UFOCAT PRN – 60012 [Date of sighting: 08-12-1942]
UFOCAT URN – 136565 UFOs and the National Security State by Richard Dolan, 492-
005, © 2000.
UFOCAT URN – 96941 – 60012 Civilian Saucer Intelligence (NY), Newsletter undated
UFOCAT URN – 96941 – 79733 Mysteries of the Skies by Gordon Lore, p. 126, © 1968

UFOCAT PRN –157782 [Date of sighting: 08-12-1942]
UFOCAT URN –157782 – Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO by Richard Haines, p. 55,
© 1994

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03-??-1945 [ Date from correspondence by Richard Hall and a letter by an acquaintance of the witness. ]

Most Detailed Case

The most detailed of these cases involved a large UFO seen in 1945 by crew members of the U.S. Army Transport "Delarof," which had been hauling munitions and supplies to Alaska. The reporting witness, recently interviewed, was Robert S. Crawford, now a consulting geologist with the Indiana Soil Testing Laboratory, Griffith, Ind. Crawford is a graduate of the University of North Dakota, and while at the college he reported the sighting to Prof. N. N. Kohanowski, Dept. of Geology, who is a NICAP adviser. In 1967, Mr. Crawford was interviewed by Dr. James E. McDonald, a scientist at the University of Arizona, who under a university grant has personally investigated numerous UFO reports.

The Delarof incident occurred in the summer of 1945, while Crawford was serving as one of the Army radiomen aboard. The ship, heading back to Seattle, was in the open sea past Adak. It was about sunset, and Crawford was on the port side near the radio room. when he heard shouts from some of the crew. He turned and saw a Large round object which had just emerged from the sea. (Several crewmen saw the UFO actually appear from underwater, an estimated mile or so from the "Delarof”)

The unknown craft, showing darkly against the setting sun, climbed almost straight up for a few moments, then it arced into level flight, and began to circle the ship. All the observers were convinced it was a large object. Comparing it with the width of a finger held out at arm's length, Crawford estimated the UFO to be 150 to 250 feet in diameter.

As it circled the Delarof, the flying object was in easy range of the ship's guns. But the gun crews held their fire, though on the alert for any sign of hostility.

The UFO circled the vessel two or three times, moving smoothly and with no audible sound. All the witnesses felt it was self-propelled; otherwise, the strong winds would have visibly affected its movements.

After several minutes, the flying object disappeared to the south or south-southwest. Suddenly the crew saw three flashes of light from the area where it had vanished. The Delarof captain posted an extra watch as tile ship moved through that sector later, but nothing was seen.

At Seattle, 14 crewmen signed a summary of the sighting. Attempts are being made to locate the report, mainly so as to interrogate other witnesses and perhaps learn more details.

This reference: UFO Investigator, a NICAP publication, Vol. 4, No. 5, p. 4, (March 1968), and various letters sent to governmental departments in reference to the case. With thanks to the Donald E. Keyhoe Archives for this material.

UFOCAT PRN – 119966
UFOCAT URN 119966 A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, by George Eberhart, #0006, © 1980

UFOCAT PRN - 11307
UFOCAT URN – 11307 The UFO Evidence, by Richard Hall, p. 105, © 1964
UFOCAT URN – 87685 Piece for a Jigsaw, by Leonard G. Cramp, p. 128, © 1966
UFOCAT URN – 79744 Mysteries Of The Skies: UFOs In Perspective by Gordon Lore, Jr. p. 131,
© 1968
UFOCAT URN – 69645 UFO Investigator, a NICAP publication, Vol. 4, No. 5, p. 4, March 1968
UFOCAT URN – 11308 A Century Of Landings (N=923) #0054, Jacques Vallee ©1969
UFOCAT URN – NONE Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee, published p. 190, ©1969
UFOCAT URN – 73283 Invisible Residents, by Ivan T. Sanderson, pp. 35-36, © 1970
UFOCAT URN – NONE No Earthly Explanation by John Wallace Spencer, pp. 95-96 © 1974

UFOCAT URN – NONE Unexplained Mysteries of the 20th Century, by J & C Bord, p. 169, 1989
UFOCAT URN - 131940 The Field Guide to UFO’s, by Dennis Stacy, p. 28, © 2000
[Dated MM-??-1945]
UFOCAT URN – 136572 UFO’s and the National Security State, bu Richard M. Dolan,
p. 492-012, © 2000
UFOCAT URN – 68751 World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, by Peter Rogerson #0153. No
date of publication.
UFOCAT URN - 146189 From Airships To Arnold (Catalog), by Richard H. Hall, # 025, 2000.
[Dated 06-03-1909]
UFOCAT URN - 11306 Catalog through 1950 by H. Edward Hill, #105, No Date of publication.
UFOCAT URN - 11313 Computerized Catalog (N=3173) by Luis Schoenherr, #0002. No date
of publication

Bering Sea – Aleutian Islands

Adak Island : Latitude 51-49 N, Longitude 176-40 W ( D-M )

This reference : The Columbia Lippincot Gazetteer of the World, Published by Columbia University Press, 1952, 1962.

Note: Of interest from this reference – Sweeper Cove (E) is main harbor. U.S. Army, Navy and air bases, established here (1942)in World War 2, were important in Sleutian campaign, and whose mission was to monitor Russian submarines; closed 1995.


07-18-1946

Observations of unidentified submarine objects in Norway

by Ole Jonny Brænne

On Thursday, July 18, 1946, a "ghost rocket" crashed into Lake Mjøsa (in southeastern Norway). Between 12 and 12:30 p.m. several witnesses observed a V1-like object coming in low from the west, at about 50 meters' height. The witnesses first heard a strong whistling sound, not exactly like that associated with known aircraft. The object flew so low as to cause the trees to sway. It impacted in lake Mjøsa, about two kilometers from the western shore and seven kilometers from Minnesund, where the depth is 300-400 meters. It was cigar-shaped, about 2.5 meters long, with about one-meter-long wings placed one meter behind the nose. The front and back parts were shining like metal, but the middle section including the wings was dark. The wings seemed to flap a little, as if made of fabric. No fire, exhaust, or light was seen.

When it hit the lake, the water splashed several meters into the air. There was no explosion. The sky was clear, and the water quickly calmed. Some witnesses thought they saw two objects, one in front of the other. The Norwegian Defense High Command conducted an investigation; according to press reports of the period, but the documents have never been recovered. There is a distinct possibility that all documents on the 1946 ghost-rocket wave have been destroyed. If so, this is a disaster for UFO historians, who will be left with only newspaper accounts as source material.

This reference: IUR, January/February 1995 pp. 12-13 & 17

Ole Jonny Brænne is associated with UFO-Norway, that nation's leading UFO-research group.

Need: FSR Vol. 15, No. 2, March/April 1969, page unknown.

UFOCAT PRN – 67984
UFOCAT URN – 67984 Flying Saucer Review March 1969, p. 18 by Overbye Bjorn © 1969
[Note: Dated 07-20-1946]
UFOCAT URN – NONE IUR, January/February 1995 pp. 12-13 & 17

UFOCAT URN – 120977 UFOs: A History: 1946, by Loren Gross, p. 18, © Date unknown.

Europe - Norway

Lake Mjøsa Latitude 60-40 N, Longitude 11-00 E ( D-M )

Minnesund Latitude 60-23 N, Longitude 11-14 E

Reference: Norway, Official standard Name Gazetteer, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., May 1963