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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'. 

Hat-Shaped Object Observed By Technician
Dec. 22, 1952
Larson AFB, Moses Lake, Washington


Brad Sparks:
Dec. 22, 1952; Larson AFB, Moses Lake, Wash. [??] (BBU)
7:30 p.m. Instrument technician stopped his car to watch a hat-shaped glowing object rising vertically in odd spurts right and left, then level off at high speed, glowing white with a red side when rotated, and halfway through a roll no light, then held stationary in the sky with jumpy movements, S of Jupiter (which was to the SSE at about 151 degrees azimuth 53 degrees elevation). 15 mins. (Battelle Unknown No. 6)

Detailed reports and documents
reports/521222larson_report.htm (Dan Wilson)




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