 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
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Bullet-Shaped
Object At 500'
Feb. 6, 1953
Truk Island
Feb. 6, 1953
Truk Island
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Ridge: This report is case #35, on the official clearance list. of 41 formerly classified Air Technical Intelligence UFO reports cleared for Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe by Albert M. Chop, Air Force Press Desk. Dan Wilson: Feb. 6, 1953; Truk Island (BB) 11:10 p.m.local time. An Air Force Officer in charge of the
Weather Bureau Station on Truk sighted a bullet-shaped shiny object
traveling at 150 mph at an approximate altitude of 400 to 500 feet. The
object appeared to be larger than a C-47 aircraft.
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