Excerpted from: "Uninvited Guests" by Richard Hall.


                        April 25, 1952; San Jose, 
                               California


Features:  Scientist sighting, disc, oscillatory motion,
extraordinary implied propulsion.

Dr. W (biochemist) and Dr. Y (bacteriologist) both employed by a
private company, about 11:00 AM were driving to their office when Y
saw something odd overhead that seemed to be moving against the wind. 
They entered the company parking lot and got out of the car to look. 
Directly over a building across the street was a small,
metallic-looking disc, tilted at about a 20 degree angle and rotating
about a vertical axis, wobbling "like the motion of a disc in a water
meter".  The distance was estimated to be about 50 ft, and the disc
appeared to be about 4 - 5 ft in diameter.  The wobble allowed them
to judge the thickness as about 1.5 feet as the disc proceeded
directly over their heads, continuing to rotate and wobble.  No sound
or exhaust emission of any sort was detected.  In moved in an arc
about 40 - 50 feet overhead very slowly, perhaps 8 - 10 mph.  When it
neared some railroad yards, the disc curved around and made a fairly
distinct turn, heading back toward them.

At this point, Dr. Y suddenly saw something else overhead, which Dr.
W also then saw: a black object at high altitude hovering motionless
under an overcast (later determined to be about 10,000 ft.).  It was
round, and apparently much larger than the silvery disc perhaps 100
ft in diameter.  As they watched, two identical objects came into
position as if hey had dropped out of the cloud overcast, and the
three objects "jittered around like boats in a stream".  About this
time, the small disc had neared again, still moving slowly.  Suddenly
it stopped spinning, hung motionless for a moment, then rapidly
climbed towards the north-northeast in the direction of Mt. Hamilton. 
At the same time that the small disc began its climb, one of the
black objects left the formation and headed in the same general
direction.  The black object and the climbing disc seemed to be on a
converging course, when suddenly both seemed to disappear into the
overcast.

The remaining two black objects maintained their original position
for another minute or so, then one of them headed off to the north
and out of sight, while the other went directly up into the clouds
and disappeared, terminating the incident at about 11:15 AM.  The two
scientists immediately went into their offices and dictated accounts
of the sighting for a permanent record.

Dr. W felt obliged to make an official report and placed a call to
Moffett Field.  While waiting on the line for someone to be found to
take his account, he had second thoughts about exposing himself to
ridicule and hung up, so no report was made to the Air Force or other
agencies.

Special significance:  In addition to the observation by
scientifically trained witnesses, and loss of an official report due
to the ridicule factor, the scientists' reaction is instructive. 
They had found it "a most disturbing experience".  They had been
forced to the conclusion that they had seen some objects of such
unusually propulsion characteristics that it was difficult to think of
it as anything other than extraterrestrial.  As Dr. W said, "... it
utilized some propulsion method not in the physics books."  He had
been "worried ever since", mentioning historical evidence that
inferior civilizations tend to go under when contacted by more
advanced technologies.

Source:  Interview with Dr. W by Dr. James E. McDonald; complete
account including names and identifications in author's files.

                    Late 1956; CASTLE AFB, CALIFORNIA


Features:  Aerial encounter, Air Force interceptor "cat-and-mouse"
UFO pursuit, partial radar confirmation, evidence of official
cover-up.

A.A. and J.R., AIr Force interceptor pilots (now United Air Lines
pilots), were flying F-86's near modesto, California, on alert duty
due to civilian UFO reports in a nearby town.  As they were vectored
toward the town, a call came instructing them to return to the base
because a UFO was visible from the control tower.  Turning on full
military power, they closed rapidly on a luminous elliptical object
that alternately moved above and below a cloud cover at 10,000 to
12,000 feet as if to elude them.  The pilots positioned themselves
one above and one below the clouds and took turns chasing the UFO as
it emerged on their side of the clouds.

During the chase they saw the UFO from various angles, sometimes
closing to within an estimated few hundred yards before it
accelerated away from them again.  In planform, the UFO appeared
circular.  Ground radar at Madera was tracking the F-86's but not the
UFO.  Both pilots got transient returned from their airborne radars,
but were puzzled by the curious way in which they lost the echo
almost as soon as they picked it up (cloaking? J.W.).

Running low on fuel, A.A. started descending to land.  When he looked
back up and saw the UFO was now following his wingmate, he elected to
go back up despite his fuel situation.  Then the UFO shot off and
disappeared in the distance terminating the sighting.  The pilots
were debriefed by several officers in from another base who
seemed to be seeking "confirmation not information", as if they knew
just what they wanted to find out.  The pilots were told not to 
discuss the sighting with each other, nor to make any kind of 
statement about it.  Local citizens, who had seen the UFO and heard
the roaring jets, were told that the pilots had been chasing ducks
or geese.

Special significance:  Numerous cases are known to the author in
which military witnesses were debriefed by officers who displayed
detailed knowledge of UFOs and sometimes carried notebooks of UFO
photographs and drawings for identification purposes.

Source:  Interview by Dr. James E. McDonald including names and
affiliations of witnesses.

                November 2/3, 1957; Levelland, Texas


Features: Multiple landings on roadways, E-M effects, heat, sound,
wind, illumination of ground.

From shortly before 11:00 PM to about 1:30 AM, citizens in and around
the city repeatedly saw reddish or bluish-green oval or elliptical
objects sitting on roadways, then taking off.  Vehicles in the
vicinity of the UFOs experienced electromagnetic failures, typically
the headlights and engine.  In one probably significant report at
12:45 AM, Ronald Martin saw the glowing red UFO land ahead of his
truck, then turn to bluish-green.  The truck's electrical system
failed.  When the UFO took off, it turned reddish again.  Among the
witnesses during the evening was Sheriff Weir CLem, who was searching
the roads as a result of earlier reports and saw a reddish oval cross
the road, illuminating the pavement.

At 12:15 AM Frank Williams saw a bluish-green UFO on the road close
to where an independent witness had reported a sighting about 15
minutes earlier.  Both his engine and headlights failed.  The light
from the UFO was pulsating steadily on and off; each time it came on,
Williams' lights went out.  Finally it rose swiftly making a noise
like thunder, after which the car functioned normally.  The first
sighting that evening, at 10:50 pm, involved a glowing UFO that rose
out of a field and swooped over a farm truck causing the engine and
lights to fail.  The terrified driver jumped out and hit the deck as
the UFO passed overhead with a sound like thunder and a rush of wind
which rocked the truck.  He also felt heat from the object.

Within the next few hours, and Army jeep patrol at White Sands, N.M.
reported an egg-shaped UFO that descended to a point about 50 yards
above the bunker used during the first atomic bomb explosion, and a
major wave of UFO sightings continued for 2-3 weeks.

Sources:  The UFO Evidence (NICAP, 1964), p. 168; "Levelland (Texas)
Sightings" in Encyclopedia of UFOs (N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980) P. 210;
UFOs and the Limits of Science, by Ronald D. Story (n>y>: Morrow,
1981) pp. 155-159; The UFO Experience, by Dr. J. Allen Hynek
(Chicago: Henry Regerny, 1972) pp. 123-128.

                September 4, 1964; Cisco Grove, California

Features: Humanoids and "robots" harassed bow and arrow hinter,
physiological effects.

Donald Schrum, 28, and his friends were bow and arrow hunting in an
isolated area of Placer County, and Schrum had become separated from
his companions.  At sunset he decided to sleep in a tree for the
night.  Later, he saw a white light zigzagging at low altitude and,
thinking it was a helicopter, jumped out of the tree and lit fires to
attract its attention.  The light turned toward him and stopped about
50 - 60 yards away.  The object's strange appearance frightened
Schrum, so he climbed back up in the tree.

After a while, two humanoid being and a robot-like creature
approached the tree.  From then on, Schrum was in a state of siege as
the beings tried to dislodge him from the tree.  At one point, a
white vapor emanated from the robot's mouth and Schrum blacked out,
but woke up again, nauseous and began lighting matches and throwing
them down to frighten the beings away; they backed away.  Finally, he
shot an arrow at the robot; when it hit there was an arc flash and
the robot was knocked backwards.  This was repeated two more times,
and the humanoids scattered each time.  A second robot now appeared
and a vapor again rendered Schrum unconscious.  When he awoke, he
discovered that the two humanoids were climbing up the tree toward
him, so he shook the tree and threw things down at them to ward them
off.  The same actions were repeated all night.

Near dawn, more beings approached and "large volumes of smoke"
drifted up and he blacked out.  He awoke hanging from his belt and
the creatures were gone.  Later, when reunited with his companions,
Schrum found that one of the other hunters, who also had gotten lost
and separated from their camp, had seen the UFO.

Source:  Strange Effects from UFOs (NICAP, 1969) p. 17;  The Hynek
UFO Report (N.Y.:  Dell Books, 1977) pp. 210-212.

                March 15, 1965;  Everglades, Florida

Features: Sound, animal reactions, light beam, reaction to witness,
physiological effects, physical traces.

James W. Flynn, 45, was training hunting dogs in the Everglades when
at about 1:00 AM he saw a cone-shaped UFO hovering about 200 feet
over some cypress trees.  The UFO moved rapidly and changed positions
several times, and Flynn thought it was a helicopter until he looked
at it through binoculars.  Then, thinking it was "some new device
from Cape Kennedy", perhaps in trouble, he tried to approach and
offer help.  The cone-shaped object appeared to be about 25 feet high
and had four tiers of windows emitting a yellowish glow.  Flynn could
hear a noise "like a diesel generator", which disturbed one of his
dogs who "was howling in his cage and trying to get out".

Within 200 yards of the UFO, Flynn jumped out of his swamp buggy
waving his arms.  At that point, the UFO emitted a jet-like noise and
a blast of wind that knocked him off balance.  As he continued to
approach within a few yards, the UFO emitted a light beam like a
welder's torch and Flynn blacked out.  "I felt a blow like a
sledgehammer between the eyes - and that's all I know", he told the
local newspaper.  When he awoke, the UFO was gone and his vision was
severely impaired.  About 24 hours had passed.  Flynn sought aid from
an Indian acquaintance who helped him back to Fort Myers.  Flynn
required medical treatment, and had a small dark spot on his
forehead.  He suffered impaired vision in one eye, numbness, and 
loss of hearing.  Extensive physical trace evidence was found at the
site, including an area of burnt sawgrass 72 feet in diameter.

Sources:  Strange Effects From UFOs (NICAP, 1969) p. 12, including
ophthalmologist's report on Flynn's injuries; Fort Myers, Fla.,
News-Press March 18, 1965, and editorial endorsement of Flynn, March
19, 1965.

                        July 3, 1965; Antarctica


Features:  Scientific witnesses, photographs, extraordinary
maneuvers, E-M effects, instrumental data.

Argentine, British, and Chilean military and scientific personnel at
scientific stations, observed a "curious celestial body" for about 20
minutes.  At the Chilean station, where 10 color photographs of the
object were taken, Air Force Commander MArio Jahn Barrera described
it as, "Something that moved at a frightening speed, zigzagging and
giving off a blue-green light. ... it was something solid, which
caused interference in the base's electromagnetic equipment. ... no
apparatus constructed by man to date has anything like this, either in
shape, speed, maneuverability or other characteristics."

At one point the UFO stopped in midair and "we were amazed to see it
hover motionless for several minutes."  (Quotes from reference 1,
below.)  Various news accounts described the UFO as being lens or
lentil shaped, or like a "flying saucer".  Daniel Perisse, commander
of the Argentine station "Orcadas", confirmed that the UFO
alternately hovered, accelerated and maneuvered at tremendous speed. 
While being tracked by theodolite and watched through binoculars, the
UFO also registered on magnetograph tapes and caused strong
interference with variometers used to measure the earth's magnetic
field.  Strong radio interference occurred at the Chilean station,
temporarily blocking efforts to report the UFO to the other bases.

Special Significance:  Multiple scientific witnesses and simultaneous
instrumental and photographic confirmation.  Apparent official
secrecy since the photographs, scientific data, and witness reports
have never been made public.  Personal efforts by the author to
obtain analysis reports through embassies in Washington, D.C. were
unsuccessful.

Sources:  Manitoba Standard, July 9, 1965 (dateline Santiago, Chile,
July 7); Baltimore Sun July 7, 1965 (Santiago, Associated Press, July
6); La Razon, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 6, 1965.

                   April 17, 1966; Ravenna, Ohio
                        to Conway, Pennsylvania


Features:  Police witnesses, confrontation, light beam, brilliant
illumination, light engulfment, sound, cat and mouse chase, rapid
upward departure.

Deputy Sheriffs Dale Spaur and Wilbur Neff of Portage County were
investigating an abandoned car about down when a brilliant glowing
object rose out of the woods to treetop level and stopped overhead,
illuminating them and the surroundings.  A humming sound like an
overloaded transformer was audible.  They fled to the patrol car and
notified the station, and were instructed to keep the object in view
until a camera car could reach the scene.  The UFO began moving away
about 300-500 feet above the road emitting an inverted cone of light
(narrower at the bottom) to the ground.  The light beam rocked back
and forth in unison with a slight wobble of the UFO.  A dark area and
a projection like a large antenna were visible at the upper rear.

The officers chased after it at speeds up to 100 mph when it pulled
away, and each time found it hovering over the road as if waiting for
them.  At East Palestine, Ohio, near the Pennsylvania border, Officer
Wayne Huston heard the frantic radio calls and waited at an
intersection they were headed toward, to see what was going on. 
Shortly he saw a glowing object racing along over the highway with
the police cruiser in hot pursuit.  He wheeled around and joined the
chase, guiding Spaur and NEff (whom he had not previously known)
through territory that was unfamiliar to them.  Running low on gas
and with tires worn out by the grueling chase, Spaur pulled up in a
gas station in COnway, PA., where Officer Frank Panzanella called his
dispatcher and the Pennsylvania police alerted the Air Force, who
sent fighter planes to investigate.  The UFO had moved on to the east
and was visible hovering in the distance.  Spaur, Neff, Huston, and
Panzanella, from three different police jurisdictions, stood watching
and saw the Air Force planes approaching.  Spaur: "When they started
talking about fighter planes, it was as if that thing heard every
word that was said; it went PSSSSHHEW, straight up; and I mean when
it went up, friend, it didn't play no games; it went STRAIGHT up."

Sources:  UFOs: A New Look (NICAP, 1969), p. 8; "UFOs: Greatest
Scientific Problem of Our Times?" by Dr. James E. McDonald, 1967;
interview transcript and other supplementary material in the author's
files; UFOs and the Limits of Science, by Ronald D. Story (N.Y.: 
Morrow, 1981) pp. 163-173;  The UFO Experience, by J. Allen Hynek
(Chicago:  Henry Regnery, 1972) pp. 99-108.

                November 2, 1967; Ririe, Idaho

Features: Vehicles encounter, confrontation, humanoids, steering
control loss, green illumination, levitation, mass displacement,
animal reactions.

Guy Tossie and Will Begay, Indian youths, were driving on Highway 26
about 9:30 pm.  Suddenly there was a blinding flash of light ahead,
and a small domed UFO appeared.  Through the transparent dome they
saw two small beings.  As the UFO hovered about 5 feet above the
road, the car was slowed and brought to a stop by some external
force.  The UFO had flashing green and orange lights around its rim
and the area was bathed in a vivid green light.  The dome opened as
if on a hinge and one of the beings emerged and floated down.  It was
about 3-1/2 feet tall, with a kind of "backpack", its face oval and
heavily lined, with small eyes, slit-like mouth, and large ears.

The being approached the driver's side of the car, opened the door
and slid behind the wheel, as the terrified pair pushed over to the
right.  Then the car began to move and was displaced in to an
adjacent field of stubble wheat as the UFO kept a fixed position a
few feet in front.  Tossie then bolted out of the door and fled to
the nearest farmhouse, as Begay cowered in the front seat in near
shock.  The being emitted high-pitched unintelligible sounds "like a
bird".  A second being, who apparently had followed Tossie, then
returned to the car and the two being floated back up to the UFO,
which then ascended in a zig-zag path and disappeared.

A number of local farmers reported that their cattle had bolted
during the evening for unknown reasons, and a second witness was
found who reported a similar encounter that same night.

Source: UFOs: A New Look (NICAP, 1969) p. 31.

END OF REPORT