 Case Directory Category 1, Distant Encounters Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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| A Hynek
Classification of Distant Encounter is usually
an incident involving an object more than 500
feet from the witness. At night it is
classified as a "nocturnal light" (NL) and
during the day as a "daylight disc" (DD). The
size of the object or the viewing conditions
may render the object in greater detail but
yet not qualify the sighting as a Close
Encounter which is an object within
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Object
Zig-Zags With Bursts of Speed
June 28, 1947
Maxwell Field, Alabama
June 28, 1947
Maxwell Field, Alabama
| Dan Wilson: June 28, 1947, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama
(BBU)
9:20-9:45 p.m. Capt. Wilson H. Kayko, Capt. John H.
Cantrell, 1st Lt. Theodore Dewey, and Capt. Redman,
observed a brilliant light to the west above the
horizon traveling to the east at a high rate of speed.
The object appeared to be at a high altitude and
traveled with frequent bursts of speed in a zig-zag
course. It continued until it was directly overhead
and changed course 90 degrees to the south. After
traveling in the above manner for approximately 5
minutes it turned southwest and was lost from sight in
the brilliancy of the moon. Two of the observers are
rated pilots and the other two are air intelligence
officers. 25-mins. (Ruppelt p. 19; FOIA; FUFOR Index;
Bloecher 1967, Brad Sparks)
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