1952: January UFO & Alien Sightings Archive
The January 1952 archive details a series of significant aerial anomalies, highlighted by a high-speed radar-visual chase over Nenana, Alaska, where F-94 interceptors tracked a target performing 5g maneuvers at speeds exceeding 1,500 mph. In the United States, military pilots reported domed-disc objects near Mitchel AFB and spherical craft with long blue tails over Fairchild AFB. International reports include multiple B-29 crew sightings of pulsating orange spheres following their aircraft at 20,000 feet over Korea. With this documented testimony, this collection captures a period of intense technological interaction between unidentified objects and global defense systems.
Date: 1952: Bat Shaped Object seen over Shemya Island
Date: 1952: 4 foot alien spotted
Date: Jan. 1952 BBU
Location: Weston, Wyoming
Time: 10:30 p.m.
Summary: 38-year old rancher saw a “shooting star” suddenly stop in mid-air between him and a mountain, spinning clockwise, with one red window periodically facing the observer, went down toward the Little Powder River, come up again. He turned his car to send light signals, object seemed to respond by stopping its red window to face witness. Spinning resumed, object rose and came down. Similar object arrived, then both went into the deep valley out of sight.
Source: Vallée Magonia 88
Date: Jan. 9, 1952
Location: Kerrville, Texas
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Summary: Cat 3. Odd “roaring” interference on radio as UFO circled town.
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Date: Jan. 16, 1952 BBU 1037
Location: Artesia, New Mexico
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Summary: This case was incorrectly dated for years. A motionless dull-white, round object 5/3 larger than balloon. This incident occurred in 1951, not 1952.
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Date: Jan. 20, 1952 BBU
Location: Fairchild AFB, Wash.
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Summary: Two Air Force master sergeants, intelligence specialists, reported a bluish-white spherical object with a long blue tail that flew beneath a solid overcast.
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Date: Jan. 21, 1952
Location: Mitchel AFB, N.Y.
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Summary: A Navy TBM torpedo bomber pilot chased a dome-shaped circular white object that accelerated and pulled away from him.
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Date: Jan. 22, 1952 BBU
Location: Nenana, Alaska
Time: 12:20 am.(AHST)
Summary: Ground radar outpost and three airborne radar sets on F-94 interceptors tracked a distinct unexplainable target. USAF Lt. A. L. B. a CPS-6B radar operator at ADC radar site F-2, Murphy Dome AFS (about 19 miles WNW of Fairbanks), Alaska, tracked an inbound or outbound target at 210° azimuth at about 1,500 to 2,400 mph, and after 10-12 radar sweeps 12 secs each, urgently called twice (at 12:25 and 12:26 a.m.) for interception, and 2 USAF F-94 jets were scrambled [possibly multiple reversals of UFO direction in this time interval]. At 12:52-53 a.m., unidentified target was tracked inbound at 210° azimuth heading N at 45 miles range for about 1 min, first F-94 at 30,000 ft was vectored on 180° heading to attempt intercept at 20 miles projected range of target to radar site, but target reversed course over an 8-mile radius of turn (roughly 5 gs) and headed outbound at 1,500+ mph heading S and away from radar site and F-94. Pilot Lt. C. E. G. and radar observer Capt. V. D. R. on first F-94 tracked two targets, one strong one faint on. F-94 circled for an hour before getting another target at 12 o’clock low, dropped to 25,000 ft with 100-knot closure rate, no visual contact, had to pull up at 200 yards distance to avoid collision, F-94 released to return to base at 2:13 a.m. Pilot Capt. R. time also obtained radar lock on to a target at 12 o’clock high at 17,000 yards range for 2-3 mins.
Source: BB Status Rpt 7; McDonald files; Jan Aldrich; FUFOR Index; cf. Ruppelt
Date: Jan. 22 [21?], 1952 BBU
Location: SE of Mitchell AFB, New York
Time: 9:50 am. (EST).
Summary: USN TBM3W bomber chased a a white circular domed-disc which shot away and climbed out of sight.
Source: GRUDGE Rpt; Project 1947
Date: Jan. 29, 1952 BBU
Location: Wonsan, Korea
Time: 11:00 pm.
Summary: 30 miles SW of Wonsan, USAF crew of B-29 flying at above 20,000 ft and 148 knots (170 mph) ground speed saw an orange luminous rotating and pulsating 3 ft sphere [or disc?], with blue flame halo, follow the B29 at a distance of about 600 ft at the 8 o’clock position advancing forward to 9 o’clock then falling back to 8 o’clock [at one point almost withdrawing from view then returning?].
Source: LIFE Incident 9; Project 1947; Loren Gross
Date: Jan. 29-30, 1952 BBU
Location: Suncheon, South Korea
Time: 11:24 p.m.
Summary: USAF crew of B-29 at 20,000 ft and 125 knots (144 mph) ground speed saw an orange sphere follow the B-29 at their level or slightly below [sunlike in brightness and 600 ft away?].
Source: LIFE Incident 9; Project 1947; Loren Gross
Date: January-February 1952: Humanoid Sighting in Brazil
Date: March 1952
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