 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'. |
Five
Objects Grouped Around Larger Object
May 20, 1949
New Orleans, Louisianna
May 20, 1949
New Orleans, Louisianna
| Brad Sparks: May 20, 1949. Pontchartrain Beach, New
Orleans, Louisiana (BBU)
4:25 p.m. Tulane Univ. Associate Professor of Political Science (USAFR Lt Col) John E. Kieffer of 12th AF, Kelly AFB, San Antonio, Texas, was lying on his back at the beach when he sighted a bright, shiny silver flat spherical object in the ENE headed WSW [towards him] joined by 5 smaller similar objects grouped around the larger object which made a large circle over New Orleans Airport, then [main object] made a rotation around its horizontal axis and disappeared. At 45 degrees to 50 degrees elevation initially. No sound. No visible means of propulsion. (Sparks; BB files) 23 mins 1 witness |