January 06, 2021

Signs, Grudges & Blue Books - Early UFOlogy

46 minutes

EPISODE 23 | Signs, Grudges & Blue Books - Early UFOlogy

Hidden inside the new COVID relief bill is a mandate for US Congress to be fully briefed on UFOs, so it might be worth it to take a look at the early days of UFO sightings and American investigative efforts.

And tomorrow is the anniversary of the Mantell UFO Incident, called by some the first UFO-related death on record. But is it? Depends on who you believe.

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SECTIONS

03:06 - The Mantell UFO Incident - January 7, 1948

07:13 - Suspicions Are Raised

08:51 - The Chiles-Whitted UFO Encounter - July 24, 1948

10:47 - The Gorman UFO Dogfight - October 1, 1948

16:50 - Early Days - UFOs 1883-1947 - cows in space, racist aliens, dead aliens & Foo Fighters

21:47 - Maury Is. & Mt. Rainier - June 1947 - origin of "flying saucers" & "Men in Black"

25:17 - SAUCER to Sign; Great (Green) Balls of Fire - Investigations & green fireballs

29:47 - Grudge Match

32:23 - Sidebar: The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter - August 21, 1955: origin of "little green men"

38:04 - The Golden Age of Blue Book - Origin of "UFO" plus the Hynek Scale

39:56 - The Robertson Panel puts a lid on it

42:14 - End of an Era - Blue Book dies, "UFO" into "UAP", AATIP dies, UAPTF ongoing

Music by Fanette Ronjat

Referenced in this episode:

US government documents on Mantell Incident

The UFO Phenomenon: The Phenomenon from the Beginning by Jerome Clark (out of print)

The Bonilla Observation

The 1897 Cow Abduction Hoax

Ned - The Aurora Alien

Aurora Texas 1897 UFO Crash: The Real Story? by Stan Haydon

Mysterious UFOs Seen by WWII Airman Still Unexplained on History.com

Ängelholm UFO Memorial

‘Flying saucers’ became a thing 70 years ago Saturday with sighting near Mount Rainier - Seattle Times

UFOs Over Washington article on spokesman.com

The UFO Sightings That Launched 'Men in Black' Mythology on History.com

Report on Project Mogul

Mystery of Green Fireball 'UFOs' Solved on Live Science

Project Twinkle SlideShare presentation

The Kelly-Hopkinsville UFO and Alien Shootout by George Dudding

Little Green Men Days Festival website

Project Blue Book Part 1 (UFO Reports) by Dr. Deborah Kidwell, OSI Command Historian

The Hynek-Scale Is A Six Item System For Classifying UFO Sightings And Alien Contact (Astronomy)

Durant Report on the Robertson Panel

The Report On Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt, former head of Project Blue Book

To the Stars... Academy

Article on creation of UAPTF

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