 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'. |
Aluminum-Like
Object Crosses Path Of Jet
October 15, 1950
Nr. Pope AFB, North Carolina
October 15, 1950
Nr. Pope AFB, North Carolina
| Fran Ridge: October 15, 1950; near Pope AFB, North Carolina 4:25 p.m. EST. An Air
Force pilot was following the flight of a jet when an
object, oblate and spheroid in shape, crossed the line
of flight of the jet plane and continued its movement
in a NW direction. Total length of observation, 10-12
seconds. Object appeared to be constructed of aluminum
or like substance...speed unknown...altitude unknown
...trail none. Object followed perfectly straight line
of flight. Pilot suggested that the object sighted was
the same or one of the same objects sighted and
reported by commercial airlines pilot of the Miami Air
Lines. (BB files; UFOs A History, 1950, 40)
Detailed reports and documents reports/501015pope2_report.htm (Fran Ridge & Loren Gross) docs/1950_10_15_US_NC_PopeAFB.pdf [see page 5] (Barry Greenwood & Robert Powell) |