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TABLE 6 1939-1946: World War II; German rocket and jet technology advances; Bikini atoll atomic tests; Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bombs, 1945-46. 1944-1946: UFOs ("foo-fighters") observed by Allied and Axis pilots. 1947: V-2 and other rocket/missile tests; Nevada A- bomb tests; flight of X-1, first supersonic aircraft. 1947: First major wave of UFO sightings in U.S. initially focused in Northwest. June 25, 1950-July 26, 1953: Korean War; first American H-bomb detonated Nov 1, 1952. 1952: Major UFO wave June-December, including radar-visual, pilot sightings, jet interceptor chase cases; September NATO sightings during North Sea maneuvers. 1954: Bikini atoll H-bomb test March 1 injures Japanese fishermen with radioactive fallout; height of Cold War struggle over fate of Germany; maturation of ICBMs due to improved inertial guidance systems; Algerian War begins, Nov. 1. 1954: Major UFO sighting wave September-October, primarily in Europe, including numerous humanoid sightings for first time. 1957: British H-bomb test May 15 at Christmas Island; first Soviet ICBM successfully launched Aug. 26; Sputnik I, first earth satellite launch, Oct. 4; Sputnik II (carrying dog) launched Nov. 3. 1957: Major UFO wave October-December, primarily focused in southwest and Midwest United States. October 1958-September 1961: Moratorium by major powers on further nuclear testing; Sept.-Oct. 1959 Soviet lunar flights, including Lunik II impact on Moon, Sept.13; Soviet Venus probe launched Feb.12, 1961; Soviet nuclear testing resumed Aug. 29, 1961. Apr.12, 1961-June 16, 1963: First manned Earth-orbital flights, 12 in 26 months; British and American nuclear testing resumed Feb. 7, 1962; Ranger IV impacts on Moon April 26, 1962; Mariner 2 Venus probe launched Aug.27, 1962; American-Cuban crisis Sept- Nov.1962. Fall 1963: Nuclear test ban treaty signed Aug. 5; President John F Kennedy assassinated Nov.22. 1959-1963: Significant lull period in reported UFO sightings. 1964-67: Lunar landings and deep space probes; multiple-manned Earth-orbital flights, 13 between Oct.1964 and April 1967; Middle East war; height of U.S. involvement in Vietnam War. 1964: Ranger VII impacts on Moon July 31; Communist Chinese explode nuclear bomb for first time Oct.16; Mariner 4 Mars probe launched Nov.28. 1965: Ranger VIII launched Feb.17 for lunar impact; Ranger IX launched Mar.21 for lunar impact; Soviet Venus probe launched Nov.12. 1966: Soviet Union first successful lunar "soft landing" Feb. 3; Soviet probe impacts on Venus Mar 1; Soviet Luna 10 placed in lunar orbit March 31; Chinese H-bomb detonated May 9; Surveyor 1 launched May 30, lunar landing; Soviet Luna 13 Moon landing Dec.24. 1967: Surveyor 3 Moon landing Apr 19; third Israeli-Arab war begins June 5; Soviet Venera 4 launched, "soft landing" on Venus; Mariner 5 passes near Venus Oct.19. 1964-67: Renewal of UFO sightings after 7-year lull; largest volume sighting wave in UFO history 1966-67; Congressional hearings and Colorado UFO Project formed, 1966. August 24, 1968: First French H-bomb test. July 20, 1969: U.S. lands men on Moon. 1973: OPEC oil embargo, petroleum crisis and political turmoil in U.S., Agnew resignation; Israeli-Arab war Oct. 6-21. 1973: Major UFO wave October-November after 4-5 year lull, featuring numerous humanoid sightings and Hickson-Parker abduction. 1978: Continuing Middle East crises, petroleum short age, OPEC price rises. 1978: Sighting wave October-December in Middle East and Australasia (little publicized in U.S.), including Arab Nation sightings and oil field landing. (Sources: NASA Space Activities Summaries, 1960s; "Chronology of Major European Events;' University of S. Carolina, Feb. 8, 1978; Encyclopedia Britannica, 1969, atomic energy and space exploration entries) |
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TABLE 7 SIGHTING RANK/STATE
*ln a study by Ted Phillips (see Bibliography) analyzing 2,105 CE-lI physical trace cases through 1951, Missouri ranked 3rd in case frequency vs. 13th in population. |