 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Three
Aircraft Crews Observe UFO
June 24, 1950
Daggett, California
June 24, 1950
Daggett, California
| 8:08 pm PST Duration 3 min+ aircraft 3 different United States |
Commercial/Military 3 crews No EMI No radar contact |
| Brad
Sparks: June 24, 1950; Daggett, California (BBU)
8:08 p.m. (PST). Numerous observers over Nevada
and Calif. United Airlines Capt. E. L. Remlin, First
Officer David Stewart, observer Capt. Sam B. Wiper,
and crew of 2, plus about 25 of 50 passengers on an
airliner at 290 mph at 14,000 ft saw a brilliant
bluish-center cylindrical or dirigible-shaped object
with orange-tint fly a parallel course with the
airliner for 20 miles [3-5 mins duration] at about
20-30 miles distance at 20,000 or 60,0000 or 80,000
ft then fade in the distance. Navy transport pilot
sighted dark gray or gunmetal cigar-shaped object
1/8 Full Moon angular size, with faint radiant
exhaust at estimated speed 1,000-1,500 mph, altitude
50,000-100,000 ft, 3 mins, traveling N then turned W
to disappearance. Lovelock, Nev., airport 30 pilots
sighted vapor trail persisting for 20 mins.
Witnesses in Ely, Pioche, and Briston Silver Mine,
Nev., sighted vapor trail or smoke in a “3” shape to
the W for ½ hour. (Jan Aldrich; David Rudiak;
Weinstein; UFO Evid.) 3 mins (1/2 hr duration of
contrail)
Fran Ridge: The crews of two commercial airliners and a
Navy transport sighted a cigar-shaped object about
100 miles northeast of Los Angeles, Calif. The
pilot of the Navy plane (name confidential) spent
22 years in Naval aviation and later was a project
administrator with a West Coast electronics firm.
He was alerted by a United Airlines pilot who had
seen the object and they both discussed the matter
with CAA (now FAA) ground stations at Daggett and
Silver Lake, Calif. The co-pilot of the Navy plane
was the first to see it, and pointed it out to the
pilot and navigator. The pilot described the
object as cigar-shaped, dark gray or gunmetal in
color and giving off a faint shimmering heat
radiation appearance at the tail end. He judged
its apparent size as about 1/8th that of the full
moon. Estimated altitude 50,000- 100,000 feet,
speed 1000-1500 mph. for the three minutes it was
in view. At first it was traveling north, but then
turned west presenting a tail end view as it sped
out of sight. F/O David Stewart, United Airlines
was identified at UFOE, 34 (Signed report on file
at NICAP, case certified by Paul Cerny, Chairman,
Bay Area NICAP Subcomrnittee, UFOE, 31)
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