Report on the UFO Wave of 1947 - Squarespace

[Pages:190]REPORT ON THE UFO WAVE OF 1947

By Ted Bloecher

Introduction By Dr. James E. McDonald

Senior Physicist Institute of Atmospheric Physics

University of Arizona

? Copyright 1967 By Ted Bloecher All Rights Reserved This book was reproduced (2005) by Jean Waskiewicz, and Francis Ridge with exclusive permission from the author and is presented here in its updated form as an ongoing project. Working closely on this project is author Ted Bloecher and Project 1947's Jan Aldrich. We welcome any additional information or corrections on erroneous information already contained in the report, as part of this updated version. These can be sent to Jean Waskiewicz at etjean@

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION Abstract and Daily chart Introduction Preface

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iii xiii

Section I - Summary of the period

Reports Before June 1947 The Importance of Arnold's Sighting Other Reports, June 1 ? 24 The Element of Fear After June 24 Explaining the Inexplicable June Roundup The Buildup of July 1 ? 3 The July 4th Deluge The Voice of Confusion Crest of the Wave, July 6 ? 7 The Triumph of Ridicule The Crest Breaks, July 8 ? 9 Hoaxes and Mistakes Ebb tide, July 10 and After The Maury Island "'Mystery" Aftermath Addendum on CE III Reports

Section II - Patterns of Appearance and Behavior

Loose Formations Straight-line Formations

I (1 to 16)

1 2 3 3 4 4 6 7 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 New addition

II (1 to 20)

1 2

V and Triangular Formations Hovering Objects Abrupt Changes in Elevation Circling Maneuvers Sudden Stops and Reversals of Flight Various and General Maneuvers Low-swooping and Car-buzzing Reports Landings and Take-offs Protuberances: Domes, Fins or Knobs Appendages: Antennas, Legs, Propellers, or Tails Small Objects Torpedo or Cylindrical objects Cone-shaped objects Propeller shaped Objects V and Winged-shaped objects Satellite Object Reports

Section III - Special Types of Witnesses

Businessmen Educators Meteorologists and Weather Observers Army and Army Air Corps Personnel Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Personnel Newsmen and Editors Doctors Airline, Military, and Private Pilots Police and Law-enforcement officers Public Officials Engineers and Technicians Scientists

Section IV - Empirical Evidence

Animal Reactions Fragments, Ashes, and Traces Electromagnetic Effects Photographs

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3 6 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 16 16 17 17 18 18

III (1 to 19)

1 1 2 3 5 6 8 9 14 16 17 18

IV (1 to 6)

1 1 3 3

Section V - Chronology and References Case Number Cross Reference to Section/Page Numbers Terms Methods and Conventions Used Cases 1 to 853 Listed by Case Number (The chronology is now in a PDF document which is 108 pages) References Listed by Case Number Credits Section V Addenda

(88 pages) New addition

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2-76 77-88

88 New addition

Appendix Additional Data on Sightings Listing of Newspapers Consulted, by States Listing of Books and Magazines Consulted Map of United States Time Zones for 1947 Time Zone Chart Localities that Observed Daylight Saving Time Statistical Chart, by States, for June and July, 1947

1 to 14 1 7 10 11 12 13 14

Index

1 to 7

ILLUSTRATIONS

Maps

Map #1 (June 1 - 15) Map #2 (June 16 - 20) Map #3 (June 21 - 23) Map #4 (June 24) Map #5 (June 25 - 26) Map #6 (June 27 - 28) Map #7 (June 29 - 30) Map #8 (July 1 - 2) Map #9 (July 3) Map #10 (July 4) Local Map A Portland, Oregon, July 4 Local Map B Bay Area, California, July 5 Map #11 (July 5) Map #12 (July 6) Local Map C Bay Area, California, July 6 Local Map D Birmingham, Alabama, July 6 Map #13 (July 7) Local Map E Chicago, Illinois, July 7

Facing I - 2 Facing I - 2 Facing I - 3 Facing I - 3 Facing I - 4 Facing I - 4 Facing I - 5 Facing I - 5 Facing I - 6 Facing I - 7 Facing I - 8 Facing I - 8 Facing I - 9 Facing I - 10 Facing I - 11 Facing I - 11 Facing I - 12 Facing I - 13

Local Map F Seattle, Washington, July 7 Map #14 (July 8) Map #15 (July 9 ? 10) Map #16 (July 11 ? 15) Map #17 (July 20 ? 30)

Drawings

Chart Illustrating Number of Cases Daily Case 39 - June 24, near Mt. Rainier, Washington Case 306 - July 5, Bethesda, Maryland Case 84 - June 27, Seattle, Washington Case 46 - June 24, Seattle, Washington Case 838 - July 13, Gardner, Massachusetts Case 352 - About July 5, Seattle, Washington Case 675 - July 7, Phoenix, Arizona (1) (2) Case 790 - July 9 or 10, Morristown, New Jersey

Photographs

Case 257 - July 4, Lake City, Washington Case 651 - July 7, near Pontiac, Michigan Case 683 - July 7, Louisville, Kentucky Case 675 - July 7, Phoenix, Arizona (1) (2)

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Facing I - 13 Facing I - 14 Facing I - 15 Facing I - 16 Facing II - 1

Frontispiece I - 3 II - 15 II - 20 II - 20 III - 1 III - 19 IV - 5 IV ? 6

Facing IV - 2 Facing IV - 3 Facing IV - 4 IV ? 5

Abstract

The Report on the UFO Wave of 1947 discusses the first contemporary wave of UFO sightings in this country, which reached its peak on July 6 - 7, 1947. It includes a detailed chronology of more than 850 UFO cases for June and July with complete references, primarily from 140 newspapers in 90 cities in the United States and Canada, but also from the files of NICAP and Project Blue Book, as well as references from a number of publications on UFOs. About 250 of these reports are discussed in detail, with reference to patterns of appearance and behavior of the objects reported, to special types of witnesses, and to other special features. A summary of the period, the pattern of press coverage, and its effects on the subject, are discussed. Maps are provided to illustrate the daily distribution of sightings for the period.

? Copyright 1967 By Ted Bloecher All Rights Reserved

The little harlots will caper, and freaks will distract attention, and the clowns will break the rhythm of the whole with their buffooneries -- but the solidity of the procession as a whole: the impressiveness of things that pass and pass, and keep on and keep on and keep on coming.

The irresistibleness of things that neither threaten nor jeer nor defy, but arrange themselves in mass-formations that pass and pass and keep on passing.

So, by the damned, I mean the excluded.

Charles Fort, from The Book of the Damned

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