1949: January UFO & Alien Sightings

Date:  January 1949
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Time: 23:00
Summary: One white ball, of huge size, was observed by two witnesses at an airport for five minutes. A huge white ball of light circles airport twice. Both ATCs flee tower in a panic!
Source: Hatch, Larry

Date: January  1, 1949      
Location: Jackson, Mississippi      BBU
Time: 5 p.m.
Summary: Pilot Tom Rush and his wife were in a private plane and saw an object described as cigar-shaped, 60′ long and 10′ wide cross their path at 1500-1600′ altitude. This estimate also placed the strange object at 500′ which is a close encounter range. The speed was approximately 200 m.p.h., accelerating to approx 400-500 m.p.h. The object made a 50-degree turn and was visible for 10-12 seconds.
Source: Project 1947; McDonald list; FUFOR Index

Date: January 4, 1949    
Location: Hickam Field, Hawaii        BBU #275
Time: 2 p.m.
Summary: USAF pilot Capt. Paul R. Stoney, on the ground at Pacific Command HQ, saw an object which appeared to be a large round piece of flat cardboard the size of a T-6.  It was white underneath and dark on top. It approached from a 25-mile distance, at 3,000 ft, and circled the area at 85. The object seemed to “blink” a “whitish reflection” regularly. It departed climbing at a 25-degree angle.
Source:  Jan Aldrich

Date:  January 4, 1949
Location: Se Part, Georgia
Time: Around 2200
Summary: One object was observed by three witnesses for 48 seconds (Underwood).
Source: NICAP 

Date: January 5, 1949
Location: Sea of Japan
Time: 10:07 p.m.
Summary: At 10:07 p.m. local time, an unknown object was picked up on radar. The length of the observation was 4 minutes. The source of information was the Far East Air Force
Source: Dan Wilson FEAF

Date: January 5, 1949
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Date: January 6, 1949    
Location: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico     BBU & OSI Case 16.
Time: 1730
Summary:  Bright White Diamond shaped object in horizontal flight much faster than a jet.
Source: OSI Case 16.

Date: January 6, 1949    
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico     BBU & OSI Cases 16 & 17
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Summary: Unusual sounds heard. The report mentions a Jan 5 incident An object was observed. Metallic traces found. A crashed disc was reported by a male witness near a nuclear test site (Von Poppen).
Source: OSI Cases 16 & 17

Date:  January 9, 1949
Location: Southport, England
Time: Noon
Summary: One object was observed.
Source: Doubt Magazine

Date:  January 10, 1949
Location: South Gardiner, Maine
Time: 17:15
Summary: One object was observed by one witness briefly (Savage).
Source: Newspaper 

Date:  January 10, 1949
Location: Auburn & Oxford, Maine
Time:  17:30
Summary: More than one object was observed by several witnesses briefly (Wardell).
Source: Newspaper 

Date:  January 16, 1949
Location: Endicott, West Virginia
Time:  06:30
Summary: Hovering objects were observed. Two objects, the size of the moon, were observed by one male 16-year-old witness at a mountain (Riter).
Source: CUFOS

Date:  January 16, 1949
Location: Paris, Kentucky
Time:  16:30
Summary: An object was observed and photographed. One walnut-shaped object was observed by two female experienced witnesses for ten minutes (Brannon; Miller).
Source: Project Bluebook

Date: January 23, 1949   
Location: 4 miles S of Tillamook, Oregon    BBU
Time: 11:05 a.m.
Summary: Burt Leckington and wife while driving S on Hwy 101, about 1/4 to 1/2 mile SE of Pleasant Valley, saw a shiny, silvery, round stationary object about 10-15 ft size glinting in the sun to the SE at about 35° elevation about 500 [or 2,000] ft height about 1/2 to 3/4 mile away. When he went inside his shop to get binoculars the object disappeared. No sound or trail. Witness Smith in Tillamook saw for about 1 min the polished silver saucer-shaped object reflecting sunlight nearly overhead at 45° elevation stationary at first about 1,000-2,000 ft altitude, the angular size of a full moon (0.5°), then moving NE at about 30-50 mph, for about 1 min. 2.5-3 mins
Source: FOIA; FUFOR Index

Date: January 24, 1949    
Location: About 250 miles SW of Bermuda Island, Atlantic      BBU
Time: 12:00-2:10 a.m. (Z/GMT/UT)
Summary: USAF pilot and crew of RB-29 bomber in the 373rd Recon Squadron based at Kindley AFB, Bermuda [on classified Atomic Detection System service] was searching for a lost BOAC aircraft. At 1,500 ft and at 200 mph saw to the left (in the N) a red glow on the ocean 1 to 1-1/2 miles in size extending up to 2,500-3,000 (or 4,000-6,000) ft altitude with 2-4 white searchlight-like beams of light within the red glow. At 12:25 a.m. B-29 turned toward the light and by 12:40 approached so close, estimated 100-150 ft [?] distance at 6,000 ft altitude, that pilot made a sharp bank to avoid a collision. B-29 crew was unable to take nuclear fallout sample of air around red glow because in haste to take off on search mission they failed to bring filter paper. B-29 circled the red glow from all directions for 44 mins as the glow slowly moved [at about 10 mph headed W], when they finally departed the area at 1:24 a.m. Red glow still visible on landing in Bermuda [at about 2:10 a.m.].
Source: BB Maxwell Microfilm Roll 5 pp. 167-233; Project 1947; Saunders/FUFOR Index

Date:  January 27, 1949
Location: Seattle, Washington
Time:  17:35
Summary: One object was observed by a male witness briefly (Victor).
Source: Newspaper 

Date: January 27, 1949: Cortez-Bradenton, Florida Sighting

Date: January 30, 1949      
Location:  Near Amarillo to near Lamesa, Texas        BBU
Time: 5:54 p.m. (MST).
Summary: Thousands of witnesses over several states saw a spectacular green fireball, N-S trajectory triangulated by Dr. Lincoln LaPaz as 12-mile altitude over the Amarillo area descending slightly on a nearly horizontal 143-mile path to near Lamesa disappearing about 8 miles altitude. No noise except slight hissing. 100+ witnesses interviewed. 10-20 secs
Source: Sparks; FOIA

Date: January 30, 1949
Location:  Roswell, New Mexico AFOSI 19 Also seen at Alamogordo (AFOSI 20) and Fort Worth, Texas (AFOSI 21)
Time: 5:55 p.m.
Summary: Approximately 200 observers. W-E, 2000′, horizontal flight, blue-green, moving slowly, disappeared in a shower of lighted fragments. Also seen at Alamogordo (AFOSI 20) and Fort Worth, Texas (AFOSI 21)
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Date:  January 31, 1949
Location: Orlando, Florida
Time: Dawn
Summary:  One object was observed by a male witness.
Source: Doubt Magazine

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