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UFO case file · UFO-26816

28DEGN92DEGw Off Coastof unidentified aerial event — December 6, 1952

CE1United States1952-12-06

28DEGN92DEGw Off Coastof, Louisiana, United States

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Case description

On or during December 6, 1952, at or near 28DEGN92DEGw Off Coastof, Louisiana, United States, the source reports the following sequence: ITEM FOUR OBSERVED FROM 30 DEGREES NORTHEAST TO 30 DEGREES NORTHWEST. LIEUTENANT CASSIDAY SAID THAT'S THE DARNEDEST THING I EVER SAW. FOR AN INSTANT IT SEEMED THEY WOULD MEET HEAD-ON, THEN COLEMAN SAW THE OBJECT STREAKING TOWARD THE S.20 0 NW. IT SEEMED THEY WOULD MEET HEAD-ON, THEN COLEMAN SAW THE OBJECT STREAKING TOWARD S-20 NW. ONE APPROACHED ON THE RIGHT, HE CALLED OUT, "HAS THAT SOMETHING STREAKED OUT THERE?" COLEMAN SAW A BLUR,IT SEEMED TO FLASH BY, THEN HE SAW A BLUISH-WHITE PROJECTHADING FROM FRONT TO REAR LIKE A COMET. IT HAD HARDLY DISAPPEARED WHEN ANOTHER GROUP OF ALIENS CAME. THREE MINUTES PASSED, THE MEN WERE SLOWLY RETURNING TO RELAX WHEN THREE MORE OBJECTS APPEARED ON THE SCREEN. AN INCREDIBLE THING HAPPENED BEFORE HIS EYES - THEY VANISHED. THESE CAME IN - FEW SECONDS - SLOWED DOWN AND PRACTICALLY STOPPED. HIS HALF-INCH SPOT SCALES ACROSS, STOPPED SLOWLY, HIS AFTER-IMAGE A CONFUSED BLUR ABOVE THE SCOPE. FAST THAT HARTER SUDDENLY TURNED IT FLASHED ACROSS WILLIS' SCOPE AND WAS GONE. THE OBJECTS COULD BE SEEN FOR MILES, BUT WHEN OBSERVED UP CLOSE, THEY DISAPPEARED AS SUDDENLY AS THEY HAD APPEARED.

Recorded details

Local time
11:40
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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