 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
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Team
Watches 35-Meter Disc
April 5, 1948
Holloman AFB, White Sands, New Mexico
April 5, 1948
Holloman AFB, White Sands, New Mexico
| Brad Sparks: April 5, 1948; Holloman AFB, New Mexico (BBU 139) Afternoon. Geophysics Lab and/or AMC Watson Lab balloon observers Olsen, Johnson, Chance, saw 1 to 2 irregularly round, gray-white or golden objects, indistinct in outline like a majors insignia ... slightly concave on top, one [?] estimated 100 ft size. Both were rising straight up then one veered to the right, dropped, made a large loop, went upward again, then disappeared suddenly not due to distance. The other object arced off to the W at terrific or tremendous speed made 3 vertical loops or violent maneuvers then disappeared suddenly not due to fading away in the distance. (Berliner; cf. Ruppelt p. 71; Vallée?; Loren Gross Jan-July 1948 orig ed p. 25) Jacques Vallee:
In the afternoon of April 5 (1948) Holloman (New
Mexico) AFB personnel reported having witnessed an
object in the shape of a disk, 35 m in diameter,
executing a series of violent turns and maneuvers -
it is worth making a note of the dimensions of the
disk as estimated by these competent observers.
Another disk was seen the same day displaying
similar behavior at Manila (?)"
Detailed reports and documents fold3.com/image/#9670311 - PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD [pdf] (Dan Wilson) reports/480405holloman_report2.htm (Dan Wilson) reports/480405holloman_report3.htm [ more docs] (Dan Wilson/Mike Swords) WHITE SANDS,NM:5 SCIs/THEODOLITE:MOON-SIZE
DISK/VLNT
MNVRS:29000kph:/r242p155
Ref# 29 RUPPELT,E.J.:The REPORT ON UFOS. Page No.
71 MIL. BASE#1276: 1948/4/5 0:0 5 106:33:0W 33:31:0N
3331 NAM USA NMX 8 10
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