1944.12 In December 1944… Major Leet, in a B-17 bomber, observed an amber disc which seemed to follow the manoeuvres of his aircraft over Klagenfurt. (UFOs 1947 – 1987: The 40-Year Search for an Explanation, Evans and Spencer) Army Air Major William D Leet: “My B-17 crew and I were kept company by a ‘foo-fighter’, […]
Speyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
1944.11.27 17.00c Lt Henry Giblin, of Santa Rosa, California, pilot, and Lt Walter Cleary, of Worcester, Massachusetts, radar-observer, were flying at 1,000 feet altitude when they saw a huge red light 1,000 feet above them, moving at 200 miles per hour. As the observation was made on an early winter evening, the men decided that […]
Vosges Mountains, Alsace, France, Europe
1944.11.23 22.00 The most widely quoted [foo fighter] sighting occurred on 23 November 1944 and involved the 415th, an American night fighter unit flying out of France. They seem to have been the location of most of the best-known 1944-5 reports and were the source of the “foo fighter” nickname. On this date, Lieutenant Edward […]
Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Asia
1944.08.10 00.30c On 10 August 1944, Capt Alvah M. Reida, Commander of 468 Bomber Group, 792nd Squadron based at Kharagapur, India, had an encounter with a UFO. In a later report to NICAP he said: “I was on a mission from Ceylon, bombing Palembang, Sumatra. The date was 10 August, 1944, time shortly after midnight. […]
Brno-Židenice, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, Europe
1913.08c 21.30c In the summer of that year, twenty-year-old François Zatloukal was travelling from Brno-Židenice in Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic) when he was startled by something in the sky. It was between nine and ten in the evening when he saw six objects at high altitude resembling fiery red stars. They seemed to […]
East China Sea, South Korea, Asia
1893.02.24 22.00 An Atmospheric Phenomenon in the North China Sea “During a recent wintry cruise in HMS Caroline in the North China Sea, a curious phenomenon was seen which may be of interest to your readers. The ship was on passage between Shanghai and the western entrance of the famous inland sea of Japan. On […]
Dartmouth, Devon, England, Europe
1881.12.11 20.00 On 11 December from Dartmouth harbour two lights were seen seven to twenty metres above the water moving rapidly at 8.00 pm. (UFOs 1947-1987: The 40-Year Search for an Explanation, Evans and Spencer) In the Standard, December 19, it is said that two bright lights were seen over Dartmouth Harbor, upon the 11th. […]
Windsor, Berkshire, England, Europe
1783.10.18 21.45 On 18 October 1783 Tiberius Cavallo made [an] interesting observation from the terrace of Windsor Castle: “To the north-east of the terrace, in a clear sky and in warm weather, I suddenly saw appear an oblong cloud moving more or less parallel to the horizon. Under this cloud could be seen a luminous […]