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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]
Sources:
Keith Chester, Strange Company, pg.93-95;
Jo Chamberlin, "The Foo Fighter Mystery", The American Legion Magazine - December, 1945;
Zoe Crasney, “What Were the Mysterious ‘Foo Fighters’ Sighted by WWII Night Flyers?” Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine, August 2016;
smithsonianmag.com/air-space-maga…
project1947.com/articles/amlfo…
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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
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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
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Nov 29
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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
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Nov 28
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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 ImageImageImageImage
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 ImageImageImageImage
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; ImageImageImageImage
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November 25, 1952 -
1/ATIC Col. Donald L. Bower and Maj. Dewey Fournet brief CIA consultants Frederick C. Durant and Edward Tauss on ImageImageImage
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