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UFO enthusiasts visit Giant Rock and are interviewed by reporters in Mojave Desert, California.

Television broadcast shows the controversies regarding UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) in the United States. View of a convention or gathering of UFO fans at Giant Rock in the Mojave Desert in California. View of various book titles among the crowd gathered. Vehicles parked in front of the Giant rock in Mojave Desert, California. Book headlined 'Flying Saucers have Come'. Woman stands next to a board that reads 'My flight to Venus'. Reporter interviews her. She claims to be a UFO contactee and says during the experience she felt that her mind had become one with the entire universe. A man at the convention describes having met the late George Adamski, who had claimed to be a contactee and to have filmed UFOs and space saucers. View of footage reportedly shot by George Adamski of a flying saucer type of UFO flying in the sky that Adamski called a spaceship from Venus. Reporter interviews reported contactee Madeline Warterburger. She describes a UFO landing on her property. A man speaking at a podium mentions that 200-300 pilots have reported UFOs and yet they continue to fly.

Date: 1966
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064064
Reporter interviews officers at the North American Aerospace Defense Command regarding Unidentified Flying Objects in Colorado.

Exploration of UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) sightings in Colorado. Host talks about outer space and its various objects. Officials receive information at the NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) center, Peterson Air Force Base. Animated map on the screen in front of the NORAD officials. Air Force official talks about objects identified in their radar systems. Air Force officer shows a picture of object identified in the radar system.

Date: 1966
Duration: 5 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064067
Directors of the State Defense Council discuss war situations and tasks undertaken, at a meeting in Arkansas, United States.

A film 'Civilian Defense' shows Directors of the State Defense Council at a meeting in Arkansas, United States, during World War 2. One of the members of the State Defense Council takes the roll call of the officials present. The head of the board meeting talks about the war situation. Officials from various departments give a brief description of the tasks done by them. An official points at a map on board and talks about the tasks to be performed in those areas for civil defense and air raid preparations.

Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064131
American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States and scenes of aircraft bombing a bridge.

American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States. Enemy looks at target area of a city map for bombing. An aircraft drops bombs on targets on ground. Explosion near a bridge. Civilians walk on the bridge. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064133
American civilian volunteers serve as aircraft spotters in World War II and practice during a drill in Arkansas, United States.

Opening scene shows soldiers standing near a searchlight and others by an array of sound direction finders for use in detecting movements of aircraft over the United States during World War 2. A large formation of single engine fighter aircraft is seen in flight. A formation of Navy PT boats speeds through the water. A trained volunteer airplane spotter looks through binoculars. A tall observation tower in a wooded area. Other volunteer airplane spotters, including two women, are shown in various cities. One spotter is in an agricultural area. Scene changes to students at a United Services Organization (USO) benefit dance in their high school. Camera pans upward to an airplane spotter on duty, above the school. He hears the sound of an airplane and looks through his binoculars. He annotates a Flash Message report with his observations, and picks up a telephone announcing "Army Flash" to the operator. A woman at a telephone switchboard takes his call and relays it to a woman at an Information Center. Film shows volunteer airplane spotters being trained by the U.S. Army to identify enemy aircraft using charts of their Silhouettes. Closeups of civilians ostensibly reporting their observations using "Army Flash" calls. Closeups of telephone operators giving priority to such calls. View of volunteers inside an information center, where aircraft movement are plotted on a large table map and their flight number, number of aircraft, number of engines they have and whether they are at high, medium, or low altitudes. Officers from Army Air Forces interceptor units observe from a balcony. In a drill, alerted pilots are seen scrambling and taking off in interceptor aircraft. A P-38 fighter plane takes off directly toward a camera. A formation of Curtis P-36 Hawk fighter aircraft are seen in flight. A large "V" formation of U.S. Army single engine airplanes is shown.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064134
Operation of an Air Raid Control Center by American civilians in Arkansas, United States in World War II.

American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States during World War 2. The radio stations ordered to go off line. A woman sings at a radio station. Message through the radios given to the civilians not to use the telephones. Closeup views of different kinds of portable and console radios. The Commander at the Information Center orders all aircraft to be grounded. Artillery fired at simulated enemy aircraft. Women marking on a large map at the Information Center. Civilian Airways officer takes information on the phone. A woman places symbols on the map. Animated map of United States with the Information Centers. Vehicles drive past a police station. Men pass the message from the District Control Center. Mills and, hospitals are requested for a blackout. Doctors and nurses in a surgery operating theater perform an operation in the hospital. The entire organization on alert after information reaches all the departments. Blackout in the city on the sound of an alarm and building lights go dim.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064135