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UFO case file · UFO-25998

85m NWJacksonville reported irregular observation — March 1950

CE1United States1950-03-01

85m NWJacksonville, Florida, United States

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Case description

On or during March 1950, at or near 85m NWJacksonville, Florida, United States, the source reports the following sequence: OF OBJECTS: 1 REMARKS: Pilot of military jet aircraft sighted object while on routine training flight. The document is a Spot Report of an Unidentified Flying Object, addressed to the Commanding General. SUBJECT: Spot Report of Unidentified Flying Object TO: Commanding General Headquarters Air Force Wright-Patterson AFB Dayton, Ohio ATTENTION: Chief of Intelligence 1. Hahn saw a blue-white flame about 60 to 75 feet long coming at him from his 1 o'clock position. This flame, thinking it was a falling star, passed under his aircraft, Lt. Looking back to see whether the flame had passed under as he noticed there was completely insignificant. Neither co-pilot or engineer had noticed anything. Performing OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on the text in the document: UNCLASSIFIED Spot Report or Unidentified Flying Object (cont'd) dtd 29 mar 50 T/Sgt. Young, a passenger aboard the aircraft, was at the time of the incident looking from a window of the cargo bay, saw the blue white flame approach the C-47 but saw no object from which they could have been ejected. Young ran to the other side of the ship and also noted that the flame had disappeared.

Recorded details

Local time
0030
Craft description
Irregular; Reported object in 85m NWJacksonville reported irregular observation — March 1950
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
MONTH_ONLY

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