 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Ten
Round
Flat Objects Changing Formation
April 12, 1953
Sweetwater, Nevada
April 12, 1953
Sweetwater, Nevada
| 3:10 a.m. PST Duration 2 mins aircraft C-47 United States |
Military 3 observer No EMI No radar contact |
| Brad
Sparks:
April 12, 1953; Sweetwater, Nevada (BBU)
4:10 p.m. (MST). Ten round flat metallic colored
objects
changing formation traveled at an estimated high rate
of speed on a
heading of 110 at an estimated altitude of 7,500 ft.
No trail, sound,
or exhaust were noted. Objects passed under the right
nacelle of the
observers C-47 type aircraft, and were observed by the
co-pilot. He
took control of the C-47, and turned to the right in a
tight 300 degree
turn for a better view of the objects. Objects were
then picked up
unassisted by two more members of the crew. The
objects were observed
in a right turn of greater radius than that of the
C-47, and at a lower
altitude. The objects were observed for approximately
120 degrees of
their turn, and disappeared on a heading of 300
degrees. Observers were
unable to estimate the speed of the objects because of
the distance and
the objects large radius of turn. (BBU, Sparks;
McDonald list)
Fran Ridge: At first, this very interesting and brief, once-SECRET, case summary almost gets lost in the shuffle of bigger cases but paints a picture of an encounter much opposed to the Air Force conclusion of aircraft as the possible cause. Then Dan Wilson uncovered 20 more documents. Detailed reports and documents reports/530412sweetwater_report.htm (Fran Ridge) |