APRO Microfilm Reel 1

Aerial Phenomena Research Organization | Digitised by Steve Kaesar

Historical UFO case reports compiled by APRO spanning 1558 through the 1950s. Thirteen parts covering pre-modern aerial phenomena, the 1896 airship wave, foo fighters, and the birth of the modern UFO era. Each part contains 200 digitised microfilm frames browsable in a page-scan viewer.

2,594 Microfilm Frames

13 Parts

1558 to 1950s Date Range

Browse by Part

Click any part to open its page-scan viewer. Each part contains approximately 200 microfilm frames organised chronologically.

Part 01 200 pages

Frames 0001 to 0200

Historical reports from the earliest known aerial phenomena through the mid-nineteenth century.

Part 02 200 pages

Frames 0201 to 0400

Late nineteenth century and early twentieth century reports including the 1896 to 1897 American airship wave.

Part 03 200 pages

Frames 0401 to 0600

Reports bridging the pre-war and early war years including foo fighter accounts and early military encounters.

Part 04 200 pages

Frames 0601 to 0800

Post-war sightings from the late 1940s including the Kenneth Arnold sighting period and the beginning of the modern UFO era.

Part 05 200 pages

Frames 0801 to 1000

Early 1950s case files covering the first major wave of civilian sighting reports compiled by APRO field investigators.

Part 06 200 pages

Frames 1001 to 1200

Mid-1950s reports including South American cases and APRO's expanding international investigation network.

Part 07 200 pages

Frames 1201 to 1400

Continued 1950s coverage with emphasis on close encounter reports and physical trace cases from the Americas.

Part 08 200 pages

Frames 1401 to 1600

Late 1950s case material including the 1957 global wave and Brazilian cases documented by APRO's South American correspondents.

Part 09 200 pages

Frames 1601 to 1800

Transition into the 1960s with increasing military encounter reports and multi-witness events.

Part 10 200 pages

Frames 1801 to 2000

Early to mid-1960s cases including occupant encounter reports that APRO was among the first organisations to investigate seriously.

Part 11 200 pages

Frames 2001 to 2200

Continued 1960s coverage with radar-visual cases and reports involving electromagnetic effects on vehicles and aircraft.

Part 12 200 pages

Frames 2201 to 2401

Late compilation material including index pages, cross-reference tables, and supplementary case documentation.

Part 13 194 pages

Frames 2401 to 2594

Final section containing remaining case summaries, correspondence, and administrative records from APRO's historical compilation project.

History

APRO Microfilm Reel 1 is a compilation of historical UFO reports assembled by the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization and later digitised by Steve Kaesar. The collection spans reports from as early as 1558 through to the 1950s, organised into thirteen parts covering different date ranges. APRO compiled these historical cases as part of its effort to document the phenomenon's deep historical precedent, drawing on newspaper accounts, official records, and private correspondence from across centuries.

Related in the Archive

APRO Bulletin (258 issues) Project Blue Book Microfilm Timeline Sightings Map Government Documents