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November-December 1968

Vol. 17, No. 3 · Tucson, Arizona · 13 sighting reports · 6 countries
APRO Bulletin November-December 1968, page 1 APRO Bulletin November-December 1968, page 2
Issue at a Glance
Reports
13
Countries
6 : Australia, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, New Zealand, United States
Date Range
1968
Top Shapes
Sphere, Football-shaped, Light
Notable
Entity report, Law enforcement, Pilot, Radar

The year closed with a burst of Brazilian cases and a cluster of reports from Florida. The Condon Committee was preparing its final report, which would recommend closing Project Blue Book, but the volume of global sightings showed no sign of abating. APRO documented cases the official channels were about to stop collecting.

Sighting Reports

1968-11-28 Between Maitland and Port Victoria, South Australia, Australia
Sphere · White changing to orange-red; brilliant · Extended - multiple miles of pursuit · A. Wyatt (21); Christophel Bolton (15); Constable M. Quincy

While driving between Maitland and Port Victoria, Wyatt and Bolton spotted a strange white light high in the sky travelling parallel to their course in a northwesterly direction. The object suddenly made a half-circle turn and crossed the sky, then came down at bright angle and hovered at tower height. It grew larger as it approached, changing from white to orange-red.

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1968-11-07 Southeastern Florida (near Immokalee), USA
Football-shaped · Bright sparkling; glowing red · 20+ miles of pursuit · Robert Holder (pilot); L.F. Duplantin (pilot, age 57); st…

Two pilots of small planes reported being followed by football-shaped objects for approximately 20 miles. Duplantin described four objects flying in formation about a quarter of a mile behind his plane. The flight characteristics were unlike anything he had ever seen.

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1968-00-00 Tucson, Arizona, USA
Bright blinking · Several minutes · L.J. Lorenzen (APRO International Director); Richard Gree…

At approximately 6:55 PM, APRO staff members stepped outside after receiving a telephone call from member Beverly reporting something manoeuvring over the northern section of Tucson near Lennon Air Force radar installations. Mr. Lorenzen observed through 10x35 power binoculars and Greenwell used 10x50 binoculars.

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1968-11-22 Near Albany, Georgia (Highway 91), USA
Ball/spherical · Yellow-orange; then tan; then reddish-orange · ~15 minutes total (5 min hover + 10 min observation) · Conway Jones (bank employee)

Driving south from Baconton on Georgia State Highway 91, about 5 miles south of Newton. A yellow-orange-shaped ball of fire appeared behind his car over the Deepstep road. Jones slowed his car. The radio, which had been playing, began to pick up static. The object came over his car and hovered. Radio quit completely and the engine stopped.

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1968-10-00 Sao Paulo, Brazil, Brazil
VW-sized vehicle (craft) · Light above building · VW station wagon sized (craft); 5-5.5 ft tall (beings) · Night watchman (Central Electric Station)

At approximately 3 AM, a nightwatchman at the Central Electric Station of Sao Paulo noticed a light climbing above the building. He approached and saw a figure with a covered head holding something. The being struck him several blows. He was thrown down. Three beings in total attacked him, one dressed in yellow clothing.

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1968-11-00 Between Chandeleur and Ship Islands, Gulf Coast, Mississippi, USA
Preston L. Mallet Jr. (skipper); Kenneth Mallet; William …

During Thanksgiving week, the Gulf Central, a 54-foot shrimp boat, was standing between Chandeleur and Ship Islands off the Gulf Coast on its way toward port. The skipper and two crew members all reported that an object trailed their boat, came in over it, and went straight up into the air and out of sight.

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1968-11-01 Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Indonesia
Disc · White · ~100 feet above trees · Extended · Government official; wife; multiple neighbours

At approximately 1:30 AM, a man holding an official government post and his wife noticed an unusually bright area in front of their house right after a power failure (though lights in houses across the street remained on). The wife went outside and observed a white disc about 100 feet above two trees in the yard. Others on the street were also watching.

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1968-07-02 Near St. Paul, Quebec, Canada, Canada
Ball of fire; egg-shaped (debris) · Luminous/fire · Mrs. Juliette Gagnon; hundreds of people; Paulette-Denis

Provincial police received several telephone calls on the night of July 2nd from people near a country road. Hundreds of people in the area reported sightings. Mrs. Juliette Gagnon reported a humming sound. A strange tumbling ball of fire observed. An egg-shaped piece of rock was found. About 60 miles north of Montreal, a large luminous object illuminated the sky and fell into a pond.

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Additional Reports

1968-10-04 Las Vegas, Nevada (Tropicana Boulevard), USA Between 11:30 and 11:45 PM, three objects were involved. The first was merely a group of coloured lights passing above. …
1968-11-17 Conway, Georgia (swamp), USA During the week of November 17th, while coon hunting in a swamp near Conway, Jim Beacham and his brother observed a 70-8…
1968-11-13 Takahiwai Township, near Waipu, New Zealand, New Zealand On November 13, two young men at Takahiwai Township spotted a red light in the sky which changed to green, then a longis…
1968-00-00 Taguatinga, Brasilia, Brazil, Brazil Residents of the Taguatinga area reported seeing an object above them , described as oval and round, looking like two ov…
1968-08-05 Highway 99, near Cereza, California, USA Two young men travelling from Seattle to Los Angeles watched two strangely lit and manoeuvring objects just north of Cer…

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