 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'. |
Huge
Flattened Oval At 10,000'
March 15, 1952
Sandia Mountains, New Mexico
March 15, 1952
Sandia Mountains, New Mexico
| Fran Ridge: March 15, 1952; Sandia
Mtns (Kirtland AFB?), New Mexico
4:30 PM MST, A dull aluminum object, shaped like a flattened oval and as large as a B-29 fuselage was observed by an Air Force officer. Estimated to be stationary at 10,000 feet over the Sandia Mountain range and later moving at 150-200 mph. Time in view: 15 mins. (McDonald list, BB Rep 7, Sparks) Detailed reports and documents docs/NARA-PBB85-652-653.pdf (Dan Wilson & Fran Ridge) |