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Today In UFO History - UN Meeting Cont.
November 28, 1978 -
1/Wellington Friday, UN ambassador at large for Grenada, addresses the United Nations on the seriousness of the UFO phenomenon and the need for global cooperation in investigating them. He is
2/aided in his statement by ufologist Leonard Stringfield. Friday appeals to UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim to convene UFO hearings. The next two days are focused on preparation of a draft resolution to be presented to the General Assembly on November 30. The United States
3/says that it can “sympathize” with Grenada’s efforts but cannot support the draft resolution. On November 30, the US delegates, Coast Guard Cmdr. John Feigle and John Krindler, meet with Grenada Prime Minister Eric Gairy in a closed-door session to make the resolution more
4/moderate. [Eberhart]
See yesterdays post for more information on this UN meeting.
Sources:
MUFON UFO Journal, October 1978;
Journal of UFO History Vol.2 No.4;
Article sent to John F. Schuessler of MUFON around the time of the UN meeting in the 90s.
Antonio Huneeus, “Rare Footage of Famous 1978 UN UFO Hearing Found,” Open Minds, May 13, 2011
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Today In UFO History - Belgium Triangle Wave
November 29, 1989 - nr. Eupen, Belgium
1/5:15 p.m. While patrolling on the road between Eupen, Belgium, and the German border, two federal policemen, Heinrich Nicoll and Hubert von Montigny, see
2/an intense light in a nearby field. Above the field is a triangular object with three spotlights shining down and a red flashing light in the center. Without making a
sound, it moves slowly toward the German border for 2 minutes and then suddenly turns back toward Eupen. Nicoll
3/ and von Montigny follow it.
5:24 p.m. About 250 witnesses, in 143 separate observations, watch the same or similar triangular or delta-winged craft maneuvering overhead at Eupen, Belgium. Two police officers in a patrol car are illuminated by a brilliant light beam from a
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Today In UFO History - Foo Fighters
November 29, 1944 - Rhine River, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
1/Night. A Bristol Beaufighter crew (pilot Lieut. Edward A. Schlueter and radar observer Lieut. Donald J. Meiers of the 415th Night Fighter
2/ Squadron, and intelligence officer Capt. Fred B. Ringwald as observer) is on a bombing mission and flying above the Rhine River north of Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. They see “eight to 10 bright orange lights off the left wing…flying through the air at high speed.” Neither
3/the airborne radar nor ground control registers anything nearby. Schlueter and Meiers also see red lights on November 26 above Mannheim, Germany. [Eberhart]
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Today In UFO History - Hairy Dwarves in Venezuela
November 28, 1954 - Petare, Caracas, Venezuela 1/ 2:00 a.m. Meat merchants José Ponce and Gustavo Gonzáles are driving a panel truck along Calle Bella Vista in Petare, Caracas, Venezuela. They
2/find their way blocked by a 10-foot-wide, glowing ball hovering 6 feet above the street. When they get out to investigate, they are confronted by a dwarfish creature covered with stiff, bristly hair. Gonzáles grabs it, but it tosses him to one side. Two more dwarfs, gathering
3/dirt and rocks nearby, approach. Ponce sees them and runs to find a police station. Gonzáles recovers in time to see two of the entities climb through an opening in the UFO. The third comes toward him, claws extended, and Gonzáles tries to stab it in the shoulder with his knife
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Today In UFO History - United Nations Meeting
November 27, 1978 - Special Committee, UN
1/J. Allen Hynek, Jacques Vallée, Stanton T. Friedman, Lawrence J. Coyne [UFO witness from Coyne Helicopter CE2 case], and Grenada Ambassador at Large
2/Wellington Friday speak before the UN Special Political Committee. Grenada seeks to interest the UN in a three-member panel to initiate a formal UFO study program, but its efforts are unavailing. [Eberhart]
Sources:
Jerome Clark,"United Nations and UFOs", The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rdEd, pg.1190;
Bowen, Charles. “UFOs Debated at the United Nations.” Flying Saucer Review 24, no. 6 (April 1979): 5–11;
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Today in UFO History - Two Objects Tracked By A/A Gun Radar - Al Chop Clearance Case
Nov. 25, 1952 - Canal Zone - Panama 1/ 6:06 P.M. to 11:47 p.m. Two objects traveling at an estimated speed of 275 mph were detected by radar attached to antiaircraft
2/ guns. The objects remained over the Canal Zone for 5 1/2 hours. Three Air Force bombers and a Navy patrol plane were sent up but were unable to catch the elusive objects. Maneuvering from 1000 feet to 28,000 feet in altitude. [Fran Ridge]
#41 on original Chop clearance list
Sources:
Gillmore, Daniel, (ed.) Final Report of the Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects. Bantam Books: New York, NY, 1968, pp.168-170;
NARA-PBB92-585;
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Today In UFO History - Bower/Fournet brief CIA consultants Frederick C. Durant and Edward Tauss
November 25, 1952 -
1/ATIC Col. Donald L. Bower and Maj. Dewey Fournet brief CIA consultants Frederick C. Durant and Edward Tauss on
2/Blue Book’s top three cases: the Tremonton UFO film of July 2; a dubious sighting of an object seen at Presque Isle and Limestone AFB [now Loring International Airport], Maine, on the night of October 10–11 (which Hynek has already explained as a theodolite miscalibration
3/causing Jupiter and its 4 prominent moons to be visible); and the problematic Florida scoutmaster case of August 19. USAF wants the CIA to think these are good cases until they unravel at the proposed Robertson Panel meeting. [Eberhart]