The UFO Compendium

The UFO Compendium is the result of 30 years of research into the subject by Cherie Gierak and is intended for use by those serious in the phenomenon of UFO's. The compendium starts in the ancient past and moves forward into the 1980's. The Compendium is a collection of booklets in which each booklet contains from 100 to 150 sightings. The author has chosen the most viable of these sightings for your examination.

Updated section 9-13-97 begins at May 1946

DATE August 3, 989

Place Europe

Witness

Shape Round

Number 3

Color Brilliant

Size

Speed

Notes During a period of great social unrest, these objects were observed, later the 3 joined together into one

Length

Source The UFO Encyclopedia

DATE September 24, 1235

Place Sitting in Military camp

Witness General Yoritsume

Shape Lights

Number

Color

Size

Speed

Notes Lights in the sky were seen to be swinging, circling and looping

Length Throughout the night and into early morning

Source The UFO Encyclopedia

DATE January 2, 1458

Notes A bright object resembling the full moon was seen in the sky, and this apparition was followed by "serious signs" in heaven and earth.

DATE March 17, 1458

Notes Five stars appeared circling the moon. They changed color three times and vanished suddenly.

DATE March 8, 1468

Notes A dark object, which made a "sound like a wheel," flew from Mt. Kasuga toward the west at midnight.

DATE January 3, 1569

Notes In the evening a flaming star appeared in the sky.

DATE December 5, 1577

Notes Early in the morning something appeared out of the clouds, described as "resembling large, tall sided hats and they landed in great numbers and in a variety of colors."

Source The UFO Encyclopedia

DATE September, 1702

Notes The sun took on a bloody color several day in succession, and cotton-like threads fell down, apparently falling from the sun itself- phenomena reminiscent of the 1917 observations in Fatima, Portugal

Source The UFO Encyclopedia

DATE October 12, 1796

Place Bay of Fundy

Witness Girl and others

Shape "ships"

Number 15

Source Article in San Jose News 1/1/1968

DATE August 6, 1860

Place Norfolk, Virginia

Number 2

Color 1 red 1 green

Notes Flew overhead together, moving with an undulating motion

Source NICAP

DATE 1877

Place England

Notes 3 meteor-like objects moving together with "remarkable slowness" flew across the sky visible about 3 minutes.

Source NICAP

DATE May 15, 1879

Place Persian Sea

Witness Crew of the ship Vultur

Notes 2 very large "wheels" were seen spinning in the air and slowly coming to the surface of the sea. Some estimated the diameter as sixty meters, others as twice that; the speed was about fifty mph. The duration of the sighting was 35 minutes.

DATE August 20, 1880

Notes A member of the French Academy, Monsieur M. A. Trecul, reported a glittering, golden, cigar-shaped object which dispatched a smaller craft.

Source The UFO Encyclopedia Page 2

DATE November 17, 1882

Place Greenwich, England at the Royal Observatory

Time 2 hours after sunset

Witness E.W. Maunder and many others

Shape Disc, cigar-shaped, torpedo-shaped or shuttle-shaped.

Number 1

Color Greenish light

Size Great

Speed Quick and smoothly

Notes "It appeared to be a definite body, nothing could well be more unlike the rush of a great meteor or fireball than the steady..advance of the torpedo."

Source The UFO Encyclopedia

DATE July 3, 1884

Place Norwood, New York

Shape Saturn-shaped

Notes Globe with central ring flew slowly overhead

Source NICAP

DATE November 12, 1887

Place Aboard the sailing ship Siberian

Time Near midnight

Witness Several people

Shape Sphere

Number 1

Color Fire

Notes Observed rising out of the ocean. Rose to a altitude of 16 meters, then flew against the wind and came close to the ship, then "dashed off" toward the SE. The sighting lasted for a full 5 minutes.

Source The UFO Encyclopedia

DATE 1897

Source Article called UFO Potpourri No. 318 8/23/87 Although some UFO researchers choose to ignore the 1897 Aurora, Texas incident and refuse to consider the implications of the ultra-pure aluminum found there, it is still interesting from a technological viewpoint. Test on the Aurora sample showed it to be pure aluminum except for some specially located iron inclusions. Aluminum of that purity was not produced in the U.S. in 1897 or anytime soon thereafter. If the sample was really from an exploded flying object, than one must speculate how the material was used. Was it part of a propulsion system, power system, or protective layer within the vehicle? Maybe we should focus on the power system. Alcoa reported in the July 1987 issue of the Alcoa Technology Report that they had become the first U.S. producer of ultra-pure aluminum.

DATE February 28, 1904

Place North Pacific off San Francisco

Time 6:10 a.m.

Witness 3 members of the USS Supply

Shape 1 egg-shaped 2 others perfectly round

Number 3

Color

Size Egg shaped one was the size of 6 suns, other 2 were smaller

Speed

Notes As the UFOs approached the ship they began soaring, rose above the cloud layer, and climbed into space in echelon formation

Length 2 minutes

Source NICAP

DATE June 30, 1908

Place Isolated forest of Siberia , the Tunguska region

Time 7:00 a.m.

Witness Many hunters and fishermen in the area

Shape Object

Number 1

Color More brilliant than the sun

Notes In the 1920s and expedition to the region discovered that there had apparently been something like an airborne explosion, rather than the meteorite impact that the team had expected to find. The debris in the forest was very similar to the debris at Hiroshima following the airborne explosion of an atomic bomb in 1945. In other words, there was total devastation radiating out from one central point, but at the point of 'ground zero' the destroyed trees still standing while the others radiating out from the central point were felled.

Source The UFO Encyclopedia

DATE December 22, 1909

Place Massachusetts, Massachusetts

Shape Mysterious Airship

Notes Ship emitted a bright beam of light and appeared to be moving SE to NW hovered over city, moved away to south and turned east. Observed over Boston and Lynn, Massachusetts the next night.

Source NICAP

DATE July 19, 1916

Place Huntington, West Virginia

Shape Dirigible

Notes Unidentified luminous object observed over city

Source NICAP

DATE Early 1918

Place Near Waco, Texas

Shape Cigar

Color Reddish

Notes Object with no motor or rigging, passed silently from SW to NE

Source NICAP

DATE 1923

Place Greencastle, Indiana.

Witness 2 people

Shape Revolving object

Color Red

Notes Passed overhead from NE to SW

Source NICAP

DATE January 24, 1924

Place Oklahoma

Shape Oval

Color White

Notes Lit up ground and moved out of sight over the horizon

Source NICAP

DATE August 5, 1926

Place Himalayan Mountains

Witness Explorer Nicolas Roerich and other in his caravan

Shape Oval

Number 1

Color Shiny

Size

Speed

Notes Object moved overhead and changed course

Source NICAP

DATE November 1928

Place Milton, North Dakota

Shape Round

Notes "like an inverted soup plate," sped overhead emitting rays of light which illuminated the ground and startled cattle

Source NICAP

DATE January 1, 1931

Place Cobden Ontario, Canada

Time Early morning

Shape UFO

Notes Had bright light on front which lit up tree tops, flashing lights on rear. Object made sweeping curve sped up and climbed out of sight

Source NICAP

DATE April or May 1932

Place Durham, New York

Shape Disc with periphery of yellowish lights or "portholes" on the underside

Source NICAP

DATE 1932 or 1933

Place Oakland, California

Notes About 7 brilliant objects in a group flew from 30 degrees elevation in the east to 45 degrees elevation in the west, in an arc.

Source NICAP

DATE September 1, 1936

Place Stone in Staffordshire, England

Witness Daughter of a farmer

Shape Cigar

Number 1

Color Brown

Notes UFO displayed five portholes along its side as it came within a few feet of the girl at ground level which scared her so badly she felt paralyzed. After it left she discovered she had drawn a pail of water from the well but she could not remember doing so.

Source The UFO Encyclopedia

DATE Spring 1941

Place Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Time 9- 9:30 p.m.

Witness Reverend William Huffman

Shape Rounded debris found

Color Shiny metallic

Notes Reverend told family of crashed object that contained 3 dead bodies not human, they were covered from head to foot in what looked like wrinkled aluminum foil. No hair, Ears, 4' tall large heads, longer arms, large oval eyes, no nose, just holes, no lips, just slits. You could see inside one section of the craft and he saw what looked like a metal chair with a panel with many dials and gauges, none that looked familiar to the Reverend Pictures were taken and they showed aliens about 4' tall when being held between 2 men (not the April Fools picture) about up their waists. They were holding the alien under the armpits with the arms outstretched across in front of them. The men were wearing slacks one with a white dress shirt with sleeves rolled up; the other had a short-waisted jacket with a dress shirt, not trench coats. Pictures were lost years later when son loaned to a friend

Source Stringfield paper "Cape Girardeau, Missouri

DATE August 29, 1942

Place Columbus, Mississippi near Army (Air Corps) Flying School

Witness Michael Solomon, control tower operator

Shape Round

Number 2

Color Reddish

Notes The objects descended, hovered, accelerated and sped away

Source NICAP

DATE March 1944

Place Carlsbad, New Mexico

Witness AF B-17 pilot

Notes Saw a high speed glowing green object which lit cockpit and moved out of sight over the horizon

Source NICAP

DATE July 1944

Place Brest, France

Witness 2 men of the 175th Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Division

Shape Rectangular

Notes No apparent source of propulsion moved steadily over the front lines and out to sea. It at one point passed in front of moon briefly obscuring it.

Source NICAP

DATE Summer 1944

Place Normandy, France

Notes Los Angeles columnist George Todt in a party of 4 Army officers including a Lt. Colonel, watched a pulsating red fireball sail up to the front lines, hover for 15 Minutes then move away.

Source NICAP

DATE Summer 1944

Place Grenda, Mississippi

Witness An artist

Notes Watched as a "Parent Object" (oval) emitted 3 smaller discs from under- side, which hovered, moved away in different directions.

DATE August 10, 1944

Place Mission from Ceylon, bombing Palembang, Sumatra

Time About 20 to 30 minutes after bombing, sometime after midnight

Witness Captain Alvah M. Reida , flyer of B-26's B-24's and B-29's

Shape Spherical

Number 1

Color Intense red or orange seemed to have halo effect

Size 5-6' in diameter

Notes It seemed to throb or vibrate constantly. Went into evasive maneuvers but the object followed our every maneuver for about 8 minutes, staying at app. 500 yards & about 2 o'clock until it turned and disappeared.

Source NICAP Page 7

DATE October, 1944

Place Southeast Holland

Witness 489th Field Artillery Officer, Captain J.B. Douglas Jr. and his men

Shape Object

Number 1

Color Brilliant

Speed Crossed a 90 degree arc in about 45 minutes

Source NICAP

DATE November, 1944

Place France

Witness 415th Night Fighter pilot, Lt. Ed Schlueter

Shape Ball

Number 8-10

Color Orange

Notes Objects in-line formation, sometimes moving at high speed

Source NICAP

DATE December, 1944

Place Austria

Witness B-17 pilot, Major William D. Leet and crew

Shape Lighted object

Number 1

Color Amber

DATE 1944 a Sunday morning

Place Near the beach of Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii

Witness EL , served as Carpenter Mate 1st Class, Hqt. Co. 112 th Construction

Notes Witness claimed that he found a Globular craft about 50' in diameter near the woods not far from the radar installation. "On the top was a clear glass dome about a foot high with a gold device, like a weather vane, spinning inside." A group of "people" about 4 1/2" tall, slight build, no buttocks, heads topped with short, lush black hair, large dark eyes, heavy eyebrows. One he was later told was a female and she had large, fanged teeth. Each wore a heavy belt with a box-like apparatus attached in front. El claimed to have done battle with one and to have been saved by the others. He also claims to have taken black box from dead alien. He was asked to return the next day and when he did he was told where the aliens were from , a place some 21 light years away. He was also told that this was the beginning of a period of world visits to check on the Earth they colonized eons ago. Another swabbie who had witnessed EL's meeting reported the activity to Naval Intelligence, after which EL was summoned to Intelligence to explain his escapade to a Lt. Lewis. After lengthy interrogation he was forced to surrender the black box and to designate the location of the alien craft. He says that they captured the female and shot down the craft as it attempted to take off. It was towed to San Diego but they never were able to penetrate the crafts metal skin.

Source Stringfield Case A-12

DATE January 1945

Place Germany

Time

Witness 415th Night Fighter Squadron pilot

Shape Lighted objects

Number 3

Color Red and White

Size

Speed UFOs followed the plane's evasive maneuvers

Source NICAP

DATE January 2, 1945

Place

Time

Witness Lt. Donald Meiers

Notes Pilot reported two sightings of UFOs; one paced plane at 360 mph, "then zoomed up into the sky."

Source NICAP

DATE March, 1945

Place Aleutian Islands

Witness 14 men on the USAT Delarof (an attack transport)

Shape Spherical

Number 1

Color Dark

Notes Object rose out of water, circled the ship and flew away

Source NICAP

DATE August 28, 1945

Place Near Iwo Jima

Time

Witness Lenoard Stringfield, on board C-46

Shape

Number 3

Color

Size

Notes Plane had engine trouble, lost altitude, as 3 UFOs were seen from plane

DATE March 1946

Place Bernardston, Massachusetts

Witness Fred J. Strange

Shape Disc

Number 3 then 2 more

Color

Size

Speed

Notes First saw three discs in a group, then 2 other single objects. Photo show all five , lead object of V-formation is largest image.

Source NICAP

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DATE May 1946

Place La Grange, Florida

Shape Elliptical

Number 1

Color

Size

Speed

Notes UFO banked overhead

Length

Source NICAP

DATE June 1946 within a week or so of the witnesses 6th birthday 6/10/46

Place Wright Field

Witness Jack Martin's 6 year old son Tex

Shape Domed

Size 18'-20' diameter encircled by a flat band around it

Color Off -white

Notes While being treated to a soda at his Dad's work place Tex saw through a open door several low-boy trucks inside the hanger with tarpaulin-covered loads. Through the open door, inside the main hangar soldiers were working and quite a crowd was gathering. Tex saw 3 or 4 small bodies laying on stretchers in front of a large, dome-shaped object supported on tripodal legs. The bodies were small, brownish in color, and had large pear-shaped heads. The domed object appeared to be about 18-20' in diameter. A Colonel noticed Tex looking through the door and a week or so later Jack Martin lost his job. Tex's grandfather who also worked at the field told the family that a portion of a space vehicle had been brought in.

Source Stringfield The Wright Stuff

DATE August 1, 1946

Place Florida

Time 6 p.m.

Witness Captain Jack Puckett, copilot, Lt. H.Glass and engineer of C-47

Shape Long, cylindrical shape

Number 1

Size About twice the size of a B-29

Speed

Notes It trailed a stream of "fire" about one-half its own length

Length 2 1/2 to 3 minutes

Source NICAP

DATE 1946 or 1947

Place Raymond Concrete Pile Co. Arizona or New Mexico

Time Dusk

Witness Ralph Scheibly, John Perry and John Jones the crew of pile driving co.

Notes The witnesses heard a loud explosion nearby and went to investigate. What they saw was a strange craft--not an airplane-causing a lot of dust and smoke Also they saw 3 small beings outside the craft, one crawling away from the debris. The witnesses and 1 live alien were taken, in seperate vehicles to a building where they were told they had witnessed a US secret project failed and not to talk about the incident, they were brainwashed for several hours before being released

Source Stringfield

DATE January 1947

Place Papagos Indian Reservation west of Globe Arizona

Time 5 p.m.

Witness WH & CC

Shape Disc with dome

Number 1

Color

Size 30' diameter and 18' high

Speed Half sunk in the desert sand

Notes On its outer edge were 2 rings which seemed to have windows between It appeared the military had just arrived and WH were challenged Length

Source Stringfiled Case A-10

DATE June 21, 22, or 23, 1947

Place Puget sound near Maury Island, just off Tacoma, Washington

Time

Witness Harold Dahl, his son and dog and a 2 man boat crew

Shape Ring or doughnut

Number 6

Color Metallic golden & silvery

Size 100' wide with a 25' hole in center Altitude appox. 2,000'

Speed 5 were Hovering and circling around 6th that seemed to be having trouble

Notes There was a sudden explosion and a shower of silver and aluminum flakes, then hot bulky slag like material fell on boat, water and beach. The boys dog was killed by the falling debris and the boys arm was injured. After the explosion the 5 remaining UFOs gained altitude and disappeared. The boat radio was malfunctioning, Dahl gathered debris and took some film. Which he gave to his partner F.L. Crissman The next day Dahl and Crissman visited Maury Island to inspect debris while there another UFO swept across the island. Crissman confirmed. After Kenneth Arnold had his sighting he began the job of investigating the Maury Island incident. But only after insisting on and receiving "credible support". 2 Military Intelligence officers, Lt. F.M. Brown and Captain W. Davidson flew to join Arnold in their B-25 bomber. When Arnold arrived in town he found that a room had been reserved for him in the best hotel in town. When Dahl and Arnold got together Dahl told of being visited by a man who gave Dahl a description of the event that was as if he had been there. And told Dahl, "I know a great deal more about this experience of yours than you will want to believe." Dahl showed Arnold a chunk of the debris, it appeared similar to volcanic rock. The intelligence officers were called in and given some of the debris which they took half heatedly. They gave the impression that they thought this was some sort of a hoax. But a carton of debris was loaded onto the B-25. 20 minutes after take off the plane exploded. The pilot and a military hitchhiker parachuted to safety but Brown and Davidson apparently died in the explosion. It has been suggested that the material in some way belonged to the 'Atomic Energy Commission.' They are alleged to have been over Maury Island to dump radioactive slag and got caught by the witnesses.

Source The UFO Encyclopedia

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