1955: May UFO & Alien Sightings
Date: May 1955
Location: Dinan France
Time: 0015A
Summary: On closing the gate to the courtyard of his residence, M Droguet was temporarily blinded by a beam of bluish green light, and paralyzed, either by the beam or by fear. Then he saw an enormous object hovering 5 ft above the courtyard. Near it were 2 short men wearing metallic one-piece gray overalls, and bulky helmets; they somewhat resembled the Michelin “tire man” trademark. On the abdomen they had black boxes with wires attached. One seemed to be picking up pebbles. They walked with difficulty. After a few minutes they entered an opening in the under part of the craft by means of a ladder; the vessel rose vertically without sound, its outer part rotating, and its light then went out.
Source: J Cresson, FSR Case Histories 10/70
Date: May 4 1955 BBU 3523
Location: Keflavik Airport, Iceland
Time: 12:38 p.m.
Summary: USAF Lt. Col. E. J. Stealy and 1st Lt. J. W. Burt saw about 10 round, white objects, one of which left a brief smoke trail, flying in an irregular formation, some of them making erratic movements.
Source: Berliner; FUFOR Index
Date: May 11 1955 BBU
Location: Thurmon, Colo.
Time: 6:06 p.m. MST.
Summary: Crew of American Airlines DC-7 saw an object flying on a SE course at 20,000 ft.
Source: Project 1947; FUFOR Index
Date: May 13 1955 BBU
Location: Duluth, MN
Time: 8:30 PM.
Summary: Two airmen flying in a F-89D at 26,000 feet on an air intercept mission locked onto an object on the RO’s radar scope. The target was at 8 miles distance and move to 6 miles distance. The target moved to within 6000 yards and stopped dead. The object immediately began going out in range faster that it came in. The estimated speed at the time target indication was going out in range, according to scope interpretation and pilot’s and RO’s experience in running interception, would be over 1000 knots. Air-electronics: APG-40; APA-84 Observers were: 1/Lt. Charles M. Middleton, pilot, and 2/Lt. Donald. G. Fisher, radar observer, both of the 11th FIS, and both rated as completely reliable.
Source: BB files, Dan Wilson
Date: May 13 1955 BBU
Location: Duluth, Minn.
Time: 8:30 p.m. (CST)
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Source: McDonald list
Date: May 17 1955 BB
Location: Mojave, California
Time: 8:15 p.m. PST.
Summary: Two independent observers saw 9 round, red objects the size of a grapefruits (at arm’s length?) moving overhead across the sky. The 9 objects were 2 in front, then 3,2 and 2. Interference on T.V. was noticed – lost voice and picture. Six of the objects faded out, 1 flared and 2 disappeared.The objects were observed for 10-15 minutes. Project Blue Book Evaluation: Aircraft.
Source: Dan Wilson, BB files
Date: May 18 1955 BB
Location: Niagara Falls AFB, New York
Time: 8:40 p.m. .
Summary: One spherical, white object, approximately 10 feet in diameter was observed by the pilot of an F-86D jet aircraft while flying over Niagara Falls AFB. The object was observed for about 2-3 seconds
Source: Dan Wilson
Date: May 20 1955 BB
Location:
Time: 4:45 p.m. (20/0745Z)
Summary: A military pilot made an air-visual sighting of a swept wing object at approximately 60,000 feet between Tokyo Radio and Daigo Homer. It was observed for approximately 14 minutes then the object disappeared leaving puffs of smoke. The observer pilot was very experienced.
Source: Blue Book files, Dan Wilson
Date: May [23-24?], 1955 BBU 3565
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Time: 12 midnight.
Summary: USAF Airman/Basic I. J. Shapiro and E. C. Ingber saw 2 slender, vertical rectangles low on the horizon, and two ovals with tops, dark, with dark blue illumination, which flew higher.
Source: Berliner; FUFOR Index
Date: May 25, 1955
Location: Alexandra Park, London, England
Time: y.
Summary: Circular, luminous object approached B-47, quickly reversed direction and shot awa
Source: UFOE, II
Date: May 25, 1955
Location: Branch Hill, Ohio
Time: 0330A
Summary: Robert Hunicutt was driving home at 0330A when his headlights illuminated 3 short figures standing beside the road. The one closest to him was holding something like a rod or chain above his head, and sparks were passing along this. As Hunicutt got out of the car, this one bent down and seemed to “tie it around his ankles.” The beings were about 3.5 ft tall and gray, with very wide lipless mouths, & corrugations rather than hair on their heads; their chests were lopsided, with a very prominent bulge on the right side. They seemed to be wearing garments only below the waist. Hunicutt watched them at 20 ft distance for 4 or 5 minutes before he drove away to wake up the local police chief. He noted a strong odor “like fresh cut alfalfa, with a trace of almonds.”
Source: Ted Bloecher & Leonard Stringfield
Date: May 29 1955
Location: Smithfield, near Cairns Australia
Time: 1920
Summary: Approximate date. Three farmers, among them Thomas Robinson, saw a light growing in size for 2 min and flying between them and Mt. Williams. Looking like a “light airplane on fire,” it changed course, losing altitude and trailing flames. It touched the ground, lighting up the whole area, rose again, and began to “feel its way along the crooked edge of the cane field and the swamp toward our house.” It returned to earth four times. The dogs ran out barking as it landed within 100 m of the witnesses before taking off again.
Source: Magonia 363
Date: May 31 1955
Location: Puy-Saint-Gulmier (France
Time: 1110
Summary: A farmer, 74-year-old J. B. Collange, was watching his cows on a clear, calm morning when he suddenly observed, in an easterly direction, a vertical circular object about 3 m away, the bottom edge about 30 cm from the ground. It measured about 1.10 m in diameter, was very luminous, white, but not blinding. Many filaments of various colors were radiating from the disk. Their length varied between 0.5 and 2 m. The object rose over a hedge and was lost to sight behind some woods.
Source: Magonia 364
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