Post by auntym on Sept 22, 2013 12:11:45 GMT -6
ufodigest.com/article/ufo-invasion-0922
September 22, 2013
THE 1960'S UFO INVASION OVER OKLAHOMA
By Doc Vega
The unfortunate aspect of the massive UFO flaps that descended upon America in the 1960’s is that by that time Project Blue Book, the official investigative branch of the US Air Force’s aerial phenomenon branch had been severely marginalized. Unlike Project Sign and the first three years under the Director Captain Edward Ruppelt, when a very serious effort had been fielded, Project Blue Book by the 1960’s had been reduced to a public relations department with scant funding and a skeleton crew. With the USAF merely going through the motions of investigation, many opportunities for serious research and fact finding had been intentionally overlooked.
The persistence of an enigma
With police cruisers chasing UFOs along highways in such incidents as the "Portage County UFO Chase" where Ohio police officers pursued a nocturnal airborne metallic object across state lines into Indiana April 17, 1966, this incident epitomized the kind of sightings that were routinely dismissed by Project Blue Book with such mundane explanations as the planet Venus or a communications satellite. Yet, with all the official denial inherent by the military as well as the newspapers and TV coverage, apparently UFOs weren’t listening. They simply continued their siege upon the airspace of the US whether over sensitive federal government installations or sleepy neighborhoods.
Oklahoma hosts another flap
Such was the case in the state of Oklahoma as a multitude of UFO sightings made themselves known to shocked observers who could only stare wide eyed as the presence of the unknown dared mankind to find out just what was really happening. The Sooner State was the site of an incredible number of flying saucer reports that occurred over every region north, south, east, and west. To this day, despite much analysis, jet interceptor pursuits, and law enforcement reports the phenomenon has never been explained, as the turbulent 1960’s unfolded against a backdrop of civil rights riots, rock and roll, the Vietnam War, and a general cultural reassessment that questioned the traditional American way of life.
Radar contact
July 31, 1965 Tinker AFB near Oklahoma City reported 4 unidentified radar targets. In nearby Edmond, Oklahoma a UFO was made an incredible appearance as a huge white glowing object with a green aura that emitted red flashes. Yes, you’ve got that right according to author David A. Farris in his book, More Mysterious Oklahoma. Wes Pitchford and his wife were stunned to see a low flying unknown aerial object that moved with terrific speed. An anonymous weather observer at Tinker AFB stated they observed the object for 5 minutes which climbed at a high rate of speed to 22,000 feet before disappearing from contact. According to the officer’s description, when viewed through binoculars the UFO projected a blue halo and was clearly disk shaped. This event was observed at 9:30 that evening.
The typical official response could have been anticipated as the secretary of the US Air Force issued another of their infamous faulty explanations saying that sightings reported over the previous 2 nights were the planet Jupiter, or such stars as Belegeux, Aldeberon, Capella, and Rigel. Not so fast, countered the curator for the Oklahoma Science and Arts Foundation planetarium who publicly stated these astrological objects were on the other side of the earth at the time reported and were incapable of being observed!
A national night siege
On that hot summer night the Oklahoma towns of Pauls Valley, Lindsey, Stratford, Fort Sills, Pawnee, Yukon, Durant, McAlester, Vinita, Eufaula, Miami, Sapulpa, Wewoka, and Coalgate were host to strange lights reported in their skies as UFOs made their massive presence known. It didn’t stop there as UFO sightings were reported from Kansas to New Mexico, Dallas, Texas to Nebraska, from Colorado to Wyoming. A seeming nocturnal invasion of the airspace of the US was taking place while the US Air Force did its best to dismiss these numerous incoming reports. Despite the official denial 2 US Air Force bases did acknowledge tracking UFOs!
A truth that cannot be denied
Just to demonstrate the disparity between the dismissive verdict over UFOs by officialdom and the very officers of agencies that deny the credibility of eye witness reports, was the account given by Ray C. Hall Public Relations Officer for Oklahoma Civil Defense Agency. In a letter, Hall admitted to witnessing a UFO sighting while he was driving between Oklahoma towns of Moore and Norman. Duration of the visual contact was 30 minutes from 10:30 to 11:00 pm on that Monday night. As he was driving he acknowledged that a local radio station KNOR was even broadcasting a talk show that made reference to a gathering of 40 people who were using binoculars and an portable telescope in a parking lot to observe the very aerial light that he was observing! With the top down on his convertible, Ray Hall was stunned by the sight of 4 to 6 bright objects that were large enough to be a quarter of the size of the moon in the sky, and they were all rhythmically blinking! In relation to air traffic he observed, Hall stated that these UFOs were many times brighter than conventional aircraft. He observed the objects moving northeast of his location when they flashed yellow or white and then they changed their flight paths to a southwestern direction.
CONTINUE READING: ufodigest.com/article/ufo-invasion-0922
September 22, 2013
THE 1960'S UFO INVASION OVER OKLAHOMA
By Doc Vega
The unfortunate aspect of the massive UFO flaps that descended upon America in the 1960’s is that by that time Project Blue Book, the official investigative branch of the US Air Force’s aerial phenomenon branch had been severely marginalized. Unlike Project Sign and the first three years under the Director Captain Edward Ruppelt, when a very serious effort had been fielded, Project Blue Book by the 1960’s had been reduced to a public relations department with scant funding and a skeleton crew. With the USAF merely going through the motions of investigation, many opportunities for serious research and fact finding had been intentionally overlooked.
The persistence of an enigma
With police cruisers chasing UFOs along highways in such incidents as the "Portage County UFO Chase" where Ohio police officers pursued a nocturnal airborne metallic object across state lines into Indiana April 17, 1966, this incident epitomized the kind of sightings that were routinely dismissed by Project Blue Book with such mundane explanations as the planet Venus or a communications satellite. Yet, with all the official denial inherent by the military as well as the newspapers and TV coverage, apparently UFOs weren’t listening. They simply continued their siege upon the airspace of the US whether over sensitive federal government installations or sleepy neighborhoods.
Oklahoma hosts another flap
Such was the case in the state of Oklahoma as a multitude of UFO sightings made themselves known to shocked observers who could only stare wide eyed as the presence of the unknown dared mankind to find out just what was really happening. The Sooner State was the site of an incredible number of flying saucer reports that occurred over every region north, south, east, and west. To this day, despite much analysis, jet interceptor pursuits, and law enforcement reports the phenomenon has never been explained, as the turbulent 1960’s unfolded against a backdrop of civil rights riots, rock and roll, the Vietnam War, and a general cultural reassessment that questioned the traditional American way of life.
Radar contact
July 31, 1965 Tinker AFB near Oklahoma City reported 4 unidentified radar targets. In nearby Edmond, Oklahoma a UFO was made an incredible appearance as a huge white glowing object with a green aura that emitted red flashes. Yes, you’ve got that right according to author David A. Farris in his book, More Mysterious Oklahoma. Wes Pitchford and his wife were stunned to see a low flying unknown aerial object that moved with terrific speed. An anonymous weather observer at Tinker AFB stated they observed the object for 5 minutes which climbed at a high rate of speed to 22,000 feet before disappearing from contact. According to the officer’s description, when viewed through binoculars the UFO projected a blue halo and was clearly disk shaped. This event was observed at 9:30 that evening.
The typical official response could have been anticipated as the secretary of the US Air Force issued another of their infamous faulty explanations saying that sightings reported over the previous 2 nights were the planet Jupiter, or such stars as Belegeux, Aldeberon, Capella, and Rigel. Not so fast, countered the curator for the Oklahoma Science and Arts Foundation planetarium who publicly stated these astrological objects were on the other side of the earth at the time reported and were incapable of being observed!
A national night siege
On that hot summer night the Oklahoma towns of Pauls Valley, Lindsey, Stratford, Fort Sills, Pawnee, Yukon, Durant, McAlester, Vinita, Eufaula, Miami, Sapulpa, Wewoka, and Coalgate were host to strange lights reported in their skies as UFOs made their massive presence known. It didn’t stop there as UFO sightings were reported from Kansas to New Mexico, Dallas, Texas to Nebraska, from Colorado to Wyoming. A seeming nocturnal invasion of the airspace of the US was taking place while the US Air Force did its best to dismiss these numerous incoming reports. Despite the official denial 2 US Air Force bases did acknowledge tracking UFOs!
A truth that cannot be denied
Just to demonstrate the disparity between the dismissive verdict over UFOs by officialdom and the very officers of agencies that deny the credibility of eye witness reports, was the account given by Ray C. Hall Public Relations Officer for Oklahoma Civil Defense Agency. In a letter, Hall admitted to witnessing a UFO sighting while he was driving between Oklahoma towns of Moore and Norman. Duration of the visual contact was 30 minutes from 10:30 to 11:00 pm on that Monday night. As he was driving he acknowledged that a local radio station KNOR was even broadcasting a talk show that made reference to a gathering of 40 people who were using binoculars and an portable telescope in a parking lot to observe the very aerial light that he was observing! With the top down on his convertible, Ray Hall was stunned by the sight of 4 to 6 bright objects that were large enough to be a quarter of the size of the moon in the sky, and they were all rhythmically blinking! In relation to air traffic he observed, Hall stated that these UFOs were many times brighter than conventional aircraft. He observed the objects moving northeast of his location when they flashed yellow or white and then they changed their flight paths to a southwestern direction.
CONTINUE READING: ufodigest.com/article/ufo-invasion-0922