 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
500'. |
Officer
& Wife Observe Seven Objects
August 11, 1952
Hampton, Virginia
August 11, 1952
Hampton, Virginia
| Brad Sparks:
Aug. 11, 1952; Hampton, Virginia (BBU)
9/10 p.m. USAF Capt. and wife driving to town saw
a series of seven yellowish-orange low-flying
objects climb away. 5 mins. (Hynek-CUFOS re-eval;
Jan Aldrich)
Detailed reports and
documentsMartin Shough: To save future readers a lot of
head-scratching, it's worth noting that the 8-page
"observer's questionnaire" here is NOT a part of
the report on the Record Card made by the AF
captain and his wife. The latter sighting was
three observations of multiple steady lights, all
made from the officer's car during a drive near
Hampton on Aug 11 1952. The questionnaire relates
to a sighting of a single "blinking" light seen by
a nurse and her children from her yard on "Aug 12"
or "Aug 13". Both answers are given in different
places - witness "not sure of the exact day" so
one supposes it might even have been Aug 11. (See
full report on this below)
reports/520811hampton_report.htm (Dan Wilson & Bill Schroeder) reports/520811hampton_report2.htm (Martin Shough) |