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APRO Bulletin, November 1961

The Betty and Barney Hill case, which would not become public until 1965, was being quietly investigated. APRO was expanding its scientific advisory board and publishing increasingly technical analyses.

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Sighting Reports
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Countries
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Object Types
AustraliaBrazilJapanUnited KingdomUnited States
Disc/SaucerLight/GlowSphere/Orb

Sighting Reports

Tucson, Arizona, United States

The A. P. R. 0. Bulletin is the official copyrighted publication of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (A.P.R.O.), 4145 E. Desert Place, Tucson, Arizona, and is issued every other month to members only. The Aerial Phenomena Research Organization is a non-profit group dedicated to the eventua

Brazil

UFO Escorts DC3 Over Brazil A "flying saucer" accompanied a civil e cargo plane DC-3 for more than one unknown, Frank Edwards of WTTV, InA strange flying object seen and reported by people in the vicinity of GaulGundagai

Mr, Brazil

(The following listed individuals participate in planning and policy-making as Staff Members, in addition to coordinating investigative efforts in the areas indicated following their names.) Dr. Olavo T. Fontes, M.D. ________ Brazil K.Gosta Rehn ---------------------- Sweden Graham Conway ______ Eas

Exeter, United Kingdom
June 19, 1961

UFO Over England Dozens of people reported a huge UFO hovering stationary over Exeter, England on 19 June 1961. Wing Commander J. B. Pearse said it had been officially plotted at a height of 53 miles and "very big." "It was stationary or moving very slowly and appeared to change shape occasionally,"

United States
October 14, 1961

Minnesota, reported that at about 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 14, 1961 she saw an object about the size of an ore-carrier (a large ship) skid into the water of Lake Superior about a mile from shore where it bobbed on the surface. She summoned a neighbor, Jack Ray.

Mrs, Wisconsin, United States

81 letter from Mrs. John P. Val)icky of �urley, Wisconsin in which she tells of sighting the same or a similar object, except that her sighting took place on the 15th, or Sunday. She said she was driving home from Marquette with her ister Mrs. Norine Gribble when. they first sighted the object in th

Laverton Air Base, Australia
September 8, 1961

RAAF Cpl. Reports Disc Cpl. John W. Smith observed a discshaped object which hovered for a period of five minutes over Radar Hill, Laverton Air Base, Australia on 8 September 1961. Smith said the object gave off a dull we may have

Australia
March 16, 1961

Peter Norris and four colleagues examined the site and questioned the witnesses to the following incident: On March 16, 1961, Mr. F. Reynolds, a well known professional man of Albury, Northern Victoria, and his 15-year-old one standing near it) and dying down to almost nothing before flaring up agai

Japan

Procession of UAOs Over Japan year-old Tadashi Watanabe observed a procession of 14 steady, orange lights clearly defined and arranged in groups 3, each of which contained three lights, and one group of 2, as they went from east to southwest. Tadashi felt the entire formation was attached to an obje

Mt, Ohio, United States
July 4, 1961

July 4 Object Over Ohio Two couples observed a star-like uneven circle of light over Mt. Airy, NW Cincinnati at dusk on 4 July 1961. Although the husbands observed the object when first sighted, they laughed and didn't stay to observe it further. At first said object hovered for about 10 minutes at

Waterford, Michigan, United States
July 10, 1961

authorities received several calls reporting a UFO over a private lake in Waterford township, Michigan, near Mt. Clemens, on 10 July 1961. Two of the observers, Dewayne Hart and Mile Pietraza, both 17, said the object was round and gave the appearance of having spikes. They said it appeared at tree-

Pleasantville, New York, United States
April 3, 1961

Silver Ball-New York On April 3, 1961, Mrs. Theodore E manuel, of Pleasantville, New York, was persistently asked to look skyward by her small son, Mark, 4% years. Busy preparing outdoor furniture for use, she finally looked up in time to see a great, round, silver ball with approximate brightness o

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