The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap)

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Date	Location	Witnesses	Number	Type	Other Features
1-24-57	Indianapolis, Ind.	Airline pilot	4	In-line	Last larger, egg-shaped [Section V]
5-7-57	Sioux City, Iowa	Several	7-11	V
6-18-57	North Pacific	Ship's captain and crew	3	V	Paced freighter [Section X].
7-17-57	Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio	Two	5	V
8-57	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Singer	7	V
10-22-57	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Family	3+3	In-line, Vertical V	Second group 2 hovering, third made V, moved away
11-11-57	San Fernando, Calif.	Engineers	3	V	Accelerated, ascended. [Section VI]
11-20-57	Murphysboro, Ill.	Housewife	3	V
1-5-58	Beechwood, Ohio	Housewife	3	V	Elliptical rotation around vertices of triangle, departed in different directions
1-9-58	Marion, Ill.	Construction workers	7	In-line	Slow, some pulsated
4-9-58	Cleveland, Ohio	Family	9	V	Split to 2 groups, 5 & 4
4-9-58	Tucson, Ariz.	Bus driver	4-6	V
8-7-58	Near Fairlington, Va.	Translator	4	In-line	Pulsated rapidly
8-28-58	Darlington, Ind.	Two persons	3	V	Changed course, SW to NW
10-3-58	Central Indiana	Train crew	4	In-line abreast	Paced train, reacted to light. [Section II]
10-6-58	Near Mt. Vernon, Ohio	Family	6	In-line	Jets passed above UFOs, which then took off.
6-11-59	Henderson, Nev.	Security guards	4	Square, in-line	Changed to in-line [Section VII]
7-8-59	Columbus, Ind.	Family	3	V	Pulsating, maneuvered
2-3-60	Intervale, N.H.	Former PT Boat Cmdr.	3+2	In-line	2 joined formation [Section VII]
3-4-60	Dubuque, Iowa	Flying Instructor	3	In-line	[Section V]
5-24-60	Ocumare..., Venezuela	Doctors, police	3	In-line	Last UFO largest, ovoid
9-5-60	Sonoma County, Calif.	Sheriffs	6	V	Bouncing motion. [Section VII]
8-17-61	Stillwater, Minn.	Five persons	Unspecified	V	Vertical orientation
10-30-61	Derry, Pa.	Engineer	4	In-line	Band of lights or "ports" [Section I]

## (b) Clusters

In some cases clusters, or groups, of UFOs not in any clear geometrical pattern have acted in concert.

## Discs Filmed by Navy Officer

The best known case of this type was documented on film by Navy Warrant Officer Delbert C. Newhouse, July 2, 1952. [See Section VIII, Photographs.] About 10 or 12 disc-shaped objects milling around in a group were observed by Newhouse and his wife near Tremonton, Utah. The 16 mm. color film shows bright round lights, occasionally tilting and appearing elliptical in outline. From film analysis report: The UFOs "often seem clustered in constellations, or formations which are recognizable for as long as 17 seconds. . . [they] seem to cluster in groups of two's and three's. . . the edges of the images are sharp and clear on many of the properly exposed frames. . . their pattern of motion is essentially a curvilinear milling about. . . sometimes the objects appear to circle about each other." [8]

## Airliner Crew Watches Flight of Discs

An early cluster case, also from responsible witnesses, took place July 4, 1947. At about 9:12 p.m. Capt. E. J. Smith and the crew of a United Airlines plane were enroute to Portland, Oregon

(where earlier that day formations of disc-shaped UFOs had been reported; see chart). Five disc-shaped objects in a loose group or formation were seen silhouetted against the western sky for several minutes, opening and closing formation. Then a second group of objects appeared, three discs together and one off by itself. [9]

Other examples of cluster or group formation cases appear in the UFO Chronology in Section XI.

## (c) Satellite Objects

Some of the most startling formation cases on record are those in which a large central object is observed in the process of launching or taking on board smaller objects, very much like an aircraft carrier or "mother ship." An example of this was observed by Maj. Paul A. Duich, Air Force Master Navigator, and other officers, September 8, 1958 at Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska. [See Section III.] An elongated object tilted at an angle was seen in the western sky. Then small dark objects were seen maneuvering around the large object. Finally, the formation moved away to the west, the parent object still tilted at an angle.

In at least one instance, this phenomenon apparently was recorded on radar. December 6, 1952, over the Gulf of Mexico, the crew of a B-29 on a training mission repeatedly tracked UFOs