 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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Silent
Object Makes SuddenTurn
July 26, 1948
Atlanta and Chamblee, Georgia
July 26, 1948
Atlanta and Chamblee, Georgia
| Brad Sparks: July 26, 1948; Atlanta and nearby Chamblee, Georgia
(BBU)
9 p.m. local. An Atlanta Naval Air Base tower
observer saw a blue-white object in horizontal level
flight at high altitude travel from NE to SE in a few
seconds then gain altitude and suddenly turn to the S,
completely noiseless. Right before that, at 8:45-9
p.m. 5-15 (?) students outdoors at Georgia Tech at
Chamblee observed green light with a silver tail about
the size of a football [at arm's length??] in steady
flight to the SE slowly descending as if for a
landing, completely silent. Independent witnesses
include City Editor of Atlanta Chronicle newspaper and
9 others. (FOIA) few secs?
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