Location not stated radar-visual unidentified-object report — November 14, 1956

On or during November 14, 1956, at or near Location not stated, the source reports the following sequence: COMMENTS Reporting officers believe object was reported as sighting. NO CASE (INFORMATION ONLY) 14 NOVEMBER 1956 MOBILE, ALABAMA BY ROBERT SERLING UNITED PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. - PILOT WHO ONCE DENOUNCED "FLYING SAUCERS" AS "BUNK" HAS REPORTED ENCOUNTERING A MYSTERIOUS UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT NEAR MOBILE, ALA. THOUGHT IT WAS TITLED "THE GIANT AIRLINERS STRUCK BY METEORS". EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT WE SAW IT, I CAN'T GET OVER IS WHY IT DID NOT APPEAR ON OUR RADAR. While flying the same route over the Gulf of Mexico near Mobile, Alabama, Captain Hull was startled to see a brilliant light appear suddenly off the left wing of his plane. Captain Hull was left dumbfounded, his skepticism thoroughly shaken. As he remarked later, "I'm convinced that what I saw was no simple reflection or hallucination. It was a real, physical object of extraordinary capabilities." This incident, together with other sightings reported by air crews along the Gulf coast, has caused renewed interest in the UFO problem. The text in the document states: "CAPITAL AIRLINES' PILOTS SEE ACROBATIC NIGHT LIGHT (The sighting which follows is of particular interest because it was made by an expert observer - a veteran airline pilot who was formerly extremely skeptical on the subject of flying saucers. Barharts of Capital Airlines, on flight from Toronto to Washington, sighted an acrobatic light which he was able to observe easily for some 2 or 3 minutes with his permission. A slightly condensed excerpt from the letter to CSI President...) On the night of November 11, 1956 I was flying a Viscount at high attitude from Los Angeles to Chicago. We were flying south-southwest and it fell across the path from right to left, stopping at the top of the windshield, and I saw what we thought was a brilliant meteor.