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'. |
Brad Sparks: May 22, 1952; Falls Church [or Alexandria],
Virginia (BBU)
Bet. 1 and 2 a.m. Top CIA
official and several dinner guests, including a
retired general, noticed noiseless red light approach
from W at about 5,000 ft then suddenly climb almost
vertically in the SE, stop, level out for a few secs,
go into near vertical dive, level off, disappear to
the E. (Ruppelt pp. 135-6; BB Status Rpt 7; Jan
Aldrich).
Dan Wilson: May 22, 1952; Alexandria, Virginia (BBU) One of the top people in the Central Intelligence Agency was having a lawn party at his home when at sometime between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. EST, he noticed an oval-shaped red glow in the sky moving very rapidly on a very erratic course at an estimated altitude of 5,000 feet in the general area southeast of Alexandria. Suddenly the object stopped for an instant and began to climb almost vertically. He said something to the other guests, and they looked up just in time to see the light finish its climb, stop, and level out. They all watched it travel level for a few seconds, then go into a nearly vertical dive, level out, and streak off to the east. Detailed reports and documents reports/520522alexandria_connors.htm (David Michael Hall/Wendy Connors) reports/520522alexandria_ruppelt.htm (Ed Ruppelt) reports/520522alexandria_report.htm (Dan Wilson) |