 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Strange
Parachute-Like Object & P-51
April 9, 1948
Montgomery, Alabama
April 9, 1948
Montgomery, Alabama
| 3:10 p.m. Duration 5 secs P-51H aircraft United States |
Military 1 observer No EMI No radar contact |
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bold;">Brad
Sparks:
April 9, 1948; Montgomery, Alabama (BBU)
<>3:10 p.m. Lt. Col. Hughes, Air Tactical School instructor,
Tyndall AFB, Panama City, Florida, while flying a P-51H fighter at
16,000 ft and just before completing a 180° left turn spotted a
silver parachute-shaped 8 ft disc with a 5 ft long cable or shroud
underneath suspending a silver canister or ball, at his 10 o'clock
position (to the SE) off his left wing headed NW, about 300-500 ft away
and 200-300 ft below him. He banked sharp left to try to follow
the object, at 310 mph IAS, but it disappeared in 5 secs without
dropping in altitude. (FOIA)Detailed reports and documents reports/480409montgomery_report.htm (Dan Wilson) |