1952: January UFO|UAP & Alien Sightings Archive
The January 1952 UFO sightings were characterized by a significant escalation in radar-visual intercepts involving high-performance jet interceptors and strategic bombers. This month is technically vital for documenting non-ballistic maneuvers, such as the F-94 chase in Nenana, Alaska, where an object executed a 5g reversal at speeds exceeding 1,500 mph. From the pulsating orange spheres trailing B-29s over Korea to the “shooting star” response in Wyoming, the January 1952 archive provides foundational evidence for mapping the electromagnetic (EM) interference and advanced propulsion signatures that defined the early 1950s wave.
For researchers, the January 1952 data offers granular detail on non-human biological entity (NHBE) encounters, including a reported 4-foot alien and humanoids in Brazil. The transition from aerial observation to direct tactical surveillance is prevalent this month, with reports of objects responding to light signals and performing coordinated maneuvers near sensitive military airbases like Mitchel AFB and Fairchild AFB.
Date: 1952: Bat Shaped Object seen over Shemya Island
Date: 1952: 4 foot alien spotted
Date: Jan. 1952 BBU
Location: Weston, Wyoming
Time: 10:30 p.m.
Summary: 38-year old rancher saw a “shooting star” suddenly stop in mid-air between him and a mountain, spinning clockwise, with one red window periodically facing the observer, went down toward the Little Powder River, come up again. He turned his car to send light signals, object seemed to respond by stopping its red window to face witness. Spinning resumed, object rose and came down. Similar object arrived, then both went into the deep valley out of sight.
Source: Vallée Magonia 88
Date: Jan. 9, 1952
Location: Kerrville, Texas
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Summary: Cat 3. Odd “roaring” interference on radio as UFO circled town.
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Date: Jan. 16, 1952 BBU 1037
Location: Artesia, New Mexico
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Summary: This case was incorrectly dated for years. A motionless dull-white, round object 5/3 larger than balloon. This incident occurred in 1951, not 1952.
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Date: Jan. 20, 1952 BBU
Location: Fairchild AFB, Wash.
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Summary: Two Air Force master sergeants, intelligence specialists, reported a bluish-white spherical object with a long blue tail that flew beneath a solid overcast.
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Date: Jan. 21, 1952
Location: Mitchel AFB, N.Y.
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Summary: A Navy TBM torpedo bomber pilot chased a dome-shaped circular white object that accelerated and pulled away from him.
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Date: Jan. 22, 1952 BBU
Location: Nenana, Alaska
Time: 12:20 am.(AHST)
Summary: Ground radar outpost and three airborne radar sets on F-94 interceptors tracked a distinct unexplainable target. USAF Lt. A. L. B. a CPS-6B radar operator at ADC radar site F-2, Murphy Dome AFS (about 19 miles WNW of Fairbanks), Alaska, tracked an inbound or outbound target at 210° azimuth at about 1,500 to 2,400 mph, and after 10-12 radar sweeps 12 secs each, urgently called twice (at 12:25 and 12:26 a.m.) for interception, and 2 USAF F-94 jets were scrambled [possibly multiple reversals of UFO direction in this time interval]. At 12:52-53 a.m., unidentified target was tracked inbound at 210° azimuth heading N at 45 miles range for about 1 min, first F-94 at 30,000 ft was vectored on 180° heading to attempt intercept at 20 miles projected range of target to radar site, but target reversed course over an 8-mile radius of turn (roughly 5 gs) and headed outbound at 1,500+ mph heading S and away from radar site and F-94. Pilot Lt. C. E. G. and radar observer Capt. V. D. R. on first F-94 tracked two targets, one strong one faint on. F-94 circled for an hour before getting another target at 12 o’clock low, dropped to 25,000 ft with 100-knot closure rate, no visual contact, had to pull up at 200 yards distance to avoid collision, F-94 released to return to base at 2:13 a.m. Pilot Capt. R. time also obtained radar lock on to a target at 12 o’clock high at 17,000 yards range for 2-3 mins.
Source: BB Status Rpt 7; McDonald files; Jan Aldrich; FUFOR Index; cf. Ruppelt
Date: Jan. 22 [21?], 1952 BBU
Location: SE of Mitchell AFB, New York
Time: 9:50 am. (EST).
Summary: USN TBM3W bomber chased a a white circular domed-disc which shot away and climbed out of sight.
Source: GRUDGE Rpt; Project 1947
Date: Jan. 29, 1952 BBU
Location: Wonsan, Korea
Time: 11:00 pm.
Summary: 30 miles SW of Wonsan, USAF crew of B-29 flying at above 20,000 ft and 148 knots (170 mph) ground speed saw an orange luminous rotating and pulsating 3 ft sphere [or disc?], with blue flame halo, follow the B29 at a distance of about 600 ft at the 8 o’clock position advancing forward to 9 o’clock then falling back to 8 o’clock [at one point almost withdrawing from view then returning?].
Source: LIFE Incident 9; Project 1947; Loren Gross
Date: Jan. 29-30, 1952 BBU
Location: Suncheon, South Korea
Time: 11:24 p.m.
Summary: USAF crew of B-29 at 20,000 ft and 125 knots (144 mph) ground speed saw an orange sphere follow the B-29 at their level or slightly below [sunlike in brightness and 600 ft away?].
Source: LIFE Incident 9; Project 1947; Loren Gross
Date: January-February 1952: Humanoid Sighting in Brazil
Date: March 1952
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Executive Summary: The Craig High-Speed Chase and Santana Dos Montes Landing
The January 1953 archive is headlined by the Craig, Montana encounter on New Year’s Day. Multiple witnesses observed a silver, saucer-shaped disc with a glowing red bottom and illuminated windows flying low over the Missouri River. This case is technically vital for its documented velocity of 3,600 mph, a signature that mirrors the strategic high-speed intercepts found throughout the 1953 Global Archive.
Simultaneously, the Santana Dos Montes landing in Brazil remains a cornerstone of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE3) research. An experienced witness encountered a metallic domed disc hovering just five feet above a hayfield. Two 5-foot tall humanoids in silver suits with “shining balls” on their square-toed shoes were observed performing a soil analysis with a specialized cylinder. This event, coupled with the instrument paralysis and physical trauma reported by the witness, confirms that January 1953 was a month of synchronized, high-intensity incursions targeting both biological assets and strategic rural zones.
“It looked like a silver saucer with illuminated windows… it hovered for a moment and then shot away with such fantastic speed that it felt like turning off a light.”
Witness Report, Craig, Montana, January 1953
