 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Air
Crew
Encounters Light That Splits In Two
Sept. 13, 1947
Midway Island to Oahu, Hawaii
Sept. 13, 1947
Midway Island to Oahu, Hawaii
| 6:58 p.m. local Duration 6 secs aircraft Nr. Hawaii |
Civilian Observers, crew No EMI No radar contact |
| Brad
Sparks: Sept. 13 [11? 12?], 1947; Midway Island to Oahu,
Hawaii,
past Necker Island (BBU)
6:58 p.m. Pan Am airliner crew [military air
flight?] saw a
bright light with no blue or red tinge split in 2 move
towards the
plane then disappear [first heading 350° then 109° at
9,50010,000 ft traveling at 1,000 knots or about
1,200 mph].
[Possible meteor?] (McDonald list; Project 1947; FOIA;
FUFOR Index;
Mary Castner/CUFOS)
Dan Wilson:
Sept. 12, 1947; Midway Island to Oahu, Hawaii, past
Necker Island
The CHECK LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, gives the
time of
the sighting at 45 minutes past sunset. Seems to be
a civilian
flight. Duration, 6 seconds.Detailed reports and documents reports/470913midway_report2.htm (Loren Gross/Fran Ridge) reports/470913midway_report.htm (Dan Wilson) |