The Christmas Card This is a Christmas card that was sent to pioneer physical trace UFOlogist Henry McKay from his good friend Dr. J. Allen Hynek. Date unknown. There are two images. The first image is the front of the card, the second image is the inside of the card. Hynek coined the term “Close Encounters”, and was the astronomy consultant to the U.S. Air Force’s UFO projects including Project Bluebook. Inside the card (which is the second image) Hynek wrote: “Merry Christmas! How’s this for a close encounter of the third kind! Mimi and Allen. Hope to see you soon.” Mimi was Hynek’s…
Author: John Greenewald
Henry McKay (pioneer physical trace UFOlogist) was the Deputy Director of the “North American UFO Federation”, and was on the Board of Directors. Here is documentation of the North American UFO Federation which lists the elected positions (board members, etc..). The date of this document is not known. The North American UFO Federation was headed by NASA scientist Dr. Richard F. Haines, Ph.D.
Background Note from The Black Vault: The following letter was submitted, and the person requested to remain anonymous. They submitted a high resolution copy of the very well known Aguadilla, Puerto Rico UFO sighting. This was submitted to The Black Vault in September of 2014. When The Black Vault was redesigned, and the case file was rebuilt into the new database, it was noticed that the original YouTube video that was uploaded by the witness (the high resolution version archived here on The Black Vault) was mysteriously removed. There was no reason given by YouTube. The video is archived…
My son woke us at 3:00am when there were 4 loud booms and bright flashes of light and firework sounds (but NO FIREWORKS in the sky) like cracking and popping. Looked like it came from over the 215 fwy at the 210 fwy area. Anyone else see or hear it? We are located near 17th St and Campus Ave. in Upland CA. Please reply or post if you saw or heard anything. We lost power for 1-2 minutes each time, bedside clock started blinking, so I had to reset it over and over.
The following is a transcribed diary/journal of UFO sightings in January of 1977 in Rhode Island. It was submitted, anonymously, by the witness’ Great Nephew, and preserved here by request. UFO EXPERIENCE (PHENOMENA) (JANUARY 28, 1977) UFO EXPERIENCE (PHENOMENA) TUESDAY JANUARY 18, 1977 AT 5:45 P.M. I LEFT MY PARENTS HOME LOCATED IN EAST PROVIDENCE DESTINATION 195 EAST TO, R.I. FOR THE COACHMAN RESTAURANT, 1143 MAIN ROAD. ALSO HAD AN APPOINTMENT AT 8:45 P.M. IN THE AREA. WHILE DRIVING ON 195 EAST & BEING A UFO ENTHUSIAST, I AUTOMATICALLY SCAN THE SKY SEARCHING FOR THE BRIGHTEST STARS. I SPOTTED TWO…
