 Case Directory Category 1, Distant Encounters Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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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
500'. |
200'
Ellipsoidal Object Sighted By La Paz Family
July 10, 1947
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
July 10, 1947
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
| Brad Sparks: July 10, 1947; Fort Sumner, New Mexico 4:47 p.m. Dr. Lincoln LaPaz with wife and 2 teenage daughters were driving W on Hwy 60 when they saw a sharply outlined, white ellipsoidal seemingly luminous 200 ft object (±40 ft, major/minor axis ratio 2.45) wobbling in the distance to the W [probably 272° azimuth initially] about 25 miles away (±5 miles; distance from triangulation of the cloud bank by driving around it by about 90° over 50 miles along Hwy 84 and weather data). Object about 30 secs almost motionless at a low speed of about 150 mph (±30 mph) then disappeared behind a cloud at 273° azimuth elevation 1° but reappeared 5 secs later further to the right, or N, and higher at 275° azimuth 2° elevation, about 1 mile distance traveled thus an average speed of roughly 600-900 mph [peak velocity about 1,400 mph at about 13 gs], but no sound, no trail. Object continued to slowly drift N about 2 mins [in level flight] until disappearing in the cloud bank [at about 287° azimuth]. 2.5 mins. (LIFE Incident 2; Hynek astronomer survey Aug. 1952; etc.) Fran Ridge: If we did not have the LIFE Magazine article and Hynek's survey, all we would probably have about this one is a listing in LaPaz's catalog of 200 green fireball events. Detailed reports and documents "There Is A Case For Interplanetary Visitors" [htm] (LIFE Magazine, 1952) No other documents located |