 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'. |
B-36
Without Wings
April 2, 1952
Lake Meade, Nevada
April 2, 1952
Lake Meade, Nevada
| Fran Ridge: April 2, 1952, Lake Mead, Nevada (BB)
9:00 am MST. While on a fishing trip to Lake Meade
with his wife and a friend, Master Sergeant Sheldon
Smith observed a UFO. It was silver in color, very
large and at a tremendous altitude. It was described
as a B-36 without wings. Observed right after a flight
of F-86's overflew the area at about 15,000'. His
friend was also a M/Sgt Lester Gossett. After watching
the hovering object for about an hour, which was much
higher than the vapor trails from the F-86's, it
suddenly disappeared. Smith filed his report with an
intelligence officer in accordance with AF requests to
report such observations. (AIR, BB files).: Detailed reports and documents docs/MAXW-PBB9-1214-1219.pdf (Fran Ridge & Dan Wilson) |