1951 in UFO history
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1951 in UFO history
| Year | 1951 |
|---|---|
| Events | 3 |
| Decade | 1950s |
| Topics | Government programs (topic), Congress & law (topic), Ocean & underwater (topic), Beings & bodies (topic) |
| Timeline | 1951 on the UAP Timeline |
1951 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 3 events in 1951, mostly about government programs and congress & law. People named in these events include Urner Liddel, Anthony Mirarchi, Dewey Fournet, Edward Ruppelt, Donald Keyhoe.
Events
- Dewey Fournet's motion study and Navy inquiry (1951) — A Blue Book officer reportedly runs a private, Navy-assisted inquiry into undersea and aerial UAP.
- Urner Liddel's Skyhook balloon explanation (27 February 1951) — A Navy physicist publicly says all UAP reports are mirages or balloons.
- Anthony Mirarchi's challenge to the balloon explanation (27 February 1951) — The head of Project Twinkle tells reporters the Navy is misleading the public and real UAP show controlled motion.
People
- Urner Liddel — Office of Naval Research physicist who said in 1951 that Skyhook balloons explained saucer reports.
- Anthony Mirarchi — Air Force scientist behind Project Twinkle who publicly challenged the balloon explanation in 1951.
- Dewey Fournet — Pentagon Air Force intelligence liaison to Project Blue Book who produced a 1952 study of UFO motions.
- Edward Ruppelt — Head of Project Blue Book in 1952–53 and author of The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects.
- Donald Keyhoe — Retired Marine officer, author and director of NICAP who campaigned against UFO secrecy.
- Michael Swords — Historian of the Air Force UFO projects.
- Thomas Mantell — Air National Guard pilot who died chasing a UFO in 1948.
- Kenneth Arnold — Pilot whose 1947 sighting gave rise to the term "flying saucer".
- James E. McDonald — University of Arizona atmospheric physicist who campaigned for serious UFO research in the 1960s.
- Lincoln LaPaz — Meteor expert who argued the 1948–49 green fireballs over New Mexico were not ordinary meteors.
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