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UFO case file · UFO-19640

North / Ft. Adams, MS being encounter — October 14, 1988

CE3United States1988-10-14

NORTH / FT. ADAMS, MS, Mississippi, United States

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — North / Ft. Adams, MS being encounter — October 14, 1988
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — North / Ft. Adams, MS being encounter — October 14, 1988

Case description

The imported catalogue places this report north of Fort Adams, Mississippi, on October 14, 1988, around 5 p.m. Three observers were associated with a saucer-shaped object bearing antennas and a forked projecting boom that appeared to spark. Vehicle or instrument effects are also coded in the record. The brief narrative goes on to mention approximately three hours of missing time and a reported jet pursuit. These are distinct claims: an unaccounted interval does not by itself document what happened during it, and aircraft in the account do not establish a verified military interception. No named aircrew, radar record, hypnosis transcript, or complete onboard recollection is supplied in the preserved abstract. Although a figure category is coded, no usable description of a being is provided. The source trail points to a formerly hosted electronic account and a local filename, FtAdams1988.TXT, rather than an accessible signed investigation. Its full sequence could not be independently recovered for this expansion. The illustration therefore reconstructs the three observers and the unusually described forked-boom object, while leaving out invented occupants and any scene of confinement. Its people, terrain, exact boom construction and lighting are artistic interpretations of a limited catalogue report.

Recorded details

Local time
17:00
Craft description
Craft / Vehicle
Entity description
Unknown
Coordinate precision
SOURCE_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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