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'. |
Fran Ridge: Last week of May, 1947; Near Beaufort, South
Carolina
11:00 a.m. Dr. Battey, a physician in Augusta, Georgia,
had been fishing ten miles off St. Helena Sound, near
Beaufort, South Carolina. He noticed a formation of four
disc-like objects flying overhead in a southeasterly
direction at a terrific rate of speed. The discs
appeared to be spinning on their axes and were at an
estimated altitude of about 20,000 feet. They were
silvery and appeared highly polished, and on their
under-sides, Dr. Battey could see a circular rim, or
projection, about one-quarter of the way from the edges.
No sound was heard as they flew overhead. The
formation sped out of view in less than twenty seconds.
Dr. Battey's report of the sighting did not appear in
print until July 6th, when the Augusta Chronicle gave it
prominent front-page coverage. INS sent it out on the
wires, where it was picked up by numerous newspapers
around the country. (Bloecher) |