 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'. |
Spinning
Top Hovers 20 Minutes
Aug. 24, 1952
Levelland, Texas
Aug. 24, 1952
Levelland, Texas
| Brad Sparks: Aug. 24, 1952; Levelland,
Texas (BBU 1969)
9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sharp saw an object, shaped like a spinning top, changing color from red to yellow to blue, with a fiery tail, hover for 20 mins with whistling [shrill?] sound, then fly away on a NNW course in 3 mins. Same or similar object returned 1 hr later repeating maneuvers. 23 mins. (Berliner; cf. Hynek-CUFOS re-eval; Jan Aldrich) Detailed reports and documents reports/520824levelland_report.htm |