On 28 June 1952, an article is published in the German newspaper “Saarbrücker Zeitung”[i] (and is republished in the German newspaper “Berliner Volksblatt” [ii] on 9 July 1952) alleging that a flying disc crashed on Spitsbergen/ Spitzbergen Island in 1952 and had been recovered by the Norwegian Air Force.
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Book References
For discussion of Spitsbergen/Spitzbergen Island see the following:
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Beckley, Timothy Green in his “MJ-12 and the Riddle of Hangar |
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Binder, Otto in his “What we really know about Flying Saucers” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 149 (in Chapter 13) of the Fawcett paperback edition. |
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Brenne, Ole in his article “Legend of the |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition : Volume 1:A-K” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 272 (forming part of an entry entitled “Crashes and Retrievals in the Twentieth Century” at pages 264-296) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “UFO Encounters” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 106 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Ultimate Secret”) of the Publications International hardback edition. |
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Condon Report (“Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects”, Edward U Condon (Director) and Daniel S Gillmor (Editor) (1969)) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 133-134 (in Section 3, Chapter 3 “Direct Physical Evidence”, by Roy Craig), 923 (in Section 5, Chapter 3, “Official UFO Study Programs in Foreign Countries” by Harriet Hunter) of the uncorrected version submitted to the Air Force (with the same page numbering in the 3 volume paperbound edition distributed by the National Technical Information Service, US Department of Commerce) at pages 90-91, 554-555 of the Vision hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Bantam paperback edition). The first of these editions has the same page numbering as the edition available free online at the following links: |
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Dutta, Rex in his “Reality of Occult/Yoga/Meditation/Flying Saucers” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 102 (in Chapter 7) of the Pelham Books hardback edition. |
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Edwards, Frank in his “Flying Saucers – Serious Business” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 44-47 (in Chapter 4) of the Bantam paperback edition, at pages 51-53 of the Mayflower-Dell paperback edition. |
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Erskine, Allen Louis in his “Why Are They Watching Us?” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 104-106 (in Chapter 12) of the Tower paperback edition. |
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Green, Gabriel with Smith, Warren in their “Let’s face the facts about Flying Saucers” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 122-123 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The True Facts About Flying Saucers”) of the Popular Library paperback edition. |
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Greenfield, Irving A in his “The UFO Report” (1967) at pages 99-100 (in Chapter 11) of the Lancer paperback edition. |
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Greer, Steven in his “Disclosure : Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 176 (in Section 3) of the Crossing Point softcover edition. |
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Harbinson, W A in his “Projekt Saucer” (1995) at pages 76-77 (in Chapter 4), 111 (in Chapter 7) of the Box Tree hardback edition. |
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Hynek, J Allen and Vallee, Jacques in their “The Edge of Reality” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 68 (in Chapter 3) of the Henry Regnery hardback edition. |
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Michel, Aime in his “The Truth about Flying Saucers” (1956) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 91-92 (in Part 1, Chapter 5) of the Robert Hale hardback edition, page 99 of the Pyramid paperback edition. |
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Picknett, Lynn in her “The Mammoth Book of UFOs” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 59-60 (in Chapter 2) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Randle, Kevin D and Schmitt, Donald R in their “UFO Crash at Roswell“ (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 250-251 (in Appendix B) of the Avon paperback edition. |
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Randle, Kevin in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 348 (in an entry entitled “Spitzbergen Island hoax”) of the NEL hardback edition. |
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Randle, Kevin in his “A history of UFO crashes” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 1 (in the Introduction), 194-195 (in Appendix A, “The UFO Crash Data Base”) of the |
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Randles, Jenny in “The UFOs that never were” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) by Jenny Randles, Andy Roberts and David Clarke at page 66 (in Chapter 3, by Jenny Randles) of the London House hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “UFO Retrievals” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 68-70 (in Chapter 4) of the Blandford softback edition. |
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Redfern, Nicholas in his “Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the heart of the Roswell Story” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 180-181 (in Chapter 14) of the Paraview Pocket Books softback edition. |
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Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 194-195 (in an entry entitled “Spitzbergen incident, |
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Ross, Daniel in his “UFOs and the Complete Evidence from Space: The Truth About Venus, Mars and the Moon” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 49-50 (in Chapter 3) of the Pintado softcover edition. |
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Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 75 (in an entry entitled “Crashed Flying Saucers”), 306-307 (in an entry entitled “ |
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Schellhorn, G Cope in his “Extraterrestrials in Biblical Prophecy” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 358, 360-361 (in Chapter 17) of the Horus softcover edition. |
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Shuttlewood, Arthur in his “Warnings from Flying Friends” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 82-85 (in Chapter 5) of the Portway Press hardback edition. |
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Sladek, John in his “The New Apocrypha” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 43 (in Chapter 3) of the Panther paperback edition. |
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Spencer, John in his “The UFO Encyclopedia” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 227 (in an entry entitled “Norway, Crash Retrieval”) of the Guild hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Avon softcover edition) at page 266 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Steinman, William and Stevens, Wendelle in their “UFO Crash at Aztec” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 353-361 of the Wendelle Stevens hardback edition. |
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Time-Life (Editors of) in “The UFO phenomenon: Mysteries of the Unknown” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 75 (in Chapter 3) of the Time-Life Book hardback edition. |
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Trench, Brinsley Le Poer in “Flying Saucers Have Arrived!” (1970) (edited by Jay David) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 139, 140, 142 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Landings”) of the World hardback edition. The relevant chapter is reprinted from “The Flying Saucer Story” by Brinsley Le Poer Trench. |
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Trench, Brinsley Le Poer in his “The Flying Saucer Story” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 133-134 (in Chapter 16) of the revised Tandem paperback edition. |
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Vallee, Jacques in his “Revelations: Alien Contact and Human Deception” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 21 (in Chapter 1) of the Ballantine Books paperback edition. |
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Wilkins, Harold in his “Flying Saucers on the Moon” (1954) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 151 (in Chapter 7) of the Peter Owen hardback edition, at page 144 of the Ace paperback edition published under the title “Flying Saucers on the Attack”. |
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Wilson, Clifford in his “The Alien Agenda” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 37-38 (in Chapter 4) of the Signet paperback edition. |
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Wilson, Clifford in his “UFOs and Their Mission Impossible” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 37-38 (in Chapter 4) of the Signet paperback edition. |
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Wood, Ryan in his “MAJIC Eyes Only” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 102-104 of the Wood Enterprises hardback edition. |
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Zarkon in his “The Zarkon Principle” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 59-60 (in Chapter 8) of the Everest paperback edition. |
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Other Material
[i] English translation of the “Saarbrücker Zeitung” article presented by Ole Brenne in his article “Legend of the
[ii] English translation of “Berliner Volksblatt” article included in Project Blue Book files referred to below.
Listed as Project Blue Book Case Number 1411 on the redacted US National Archives and Records Administration (“
Listed (without a Project Blue Book Case Number) on the unredacted Maxwell Air Force Base (“Maxwell”) microfilm records of Project Blue Book – see Maxwell microfilm roll number 30,363. An image of the relevant index page has been given the unique Page ID (“PID”) of MAXW-PBB2-288 (page 288 of 1352) at the link below. The relevant case file is included on Maxwell microfilm roll number 30,372 – at the link below from the page with the PID of MAXW-PBB11-708 (page 708 of 1558) to the page with the PID of MAXW-PBB11-724 (page 724 of 1558).
http://www.bluebookarchive.org