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UFO case file · UFO-34376

Atlanta unidentified aerial event — July 25, 1966

CE1United States1966-07-25

ATLANTA, Georgia, United States

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Case description

On or during July 25, 1966, at or near Atlanta, Georgia, United States, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: SEE CASE REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS JULY 23 - 27, 1966 A. On the other hand, some appeared to be for a purpose stated as one object remained in the same position for two hours and then departed in a horizontal direction at an extremely high rate of speed disappearing over the horizon. However, I noticed that on those occasions when I observed the objects through binoculars, they were not moving in the erratic fashion that the object was. Description of objects: Due to the many objects observed and the many courses taken, it was often difficult to follow each object. In general, the courses were courses not followed by the stars. This difference in the observation point on the first night, due to the large number of people observing this phenomenin, can be explained in that each person saw a different portion of the same object from their individual viewpoint. Angle, elevation and azimuth as disappeared: In all but a very few cases, the 55-60 degree angle disappeared. In some cases, they disappeared over the horizon in various directions. Two of these are reported to have dipped below the horizon on the north horizon. Unless they chose to leave the area, in which case they generally left rather rapidly. How did object disappear (direction): As previously stated, most disappeared by simply fading away until they became no longer visible. July 26, 1966 no cloud coverage apparent until 0930 GMT when a cloud coverage of more than five-tenths less than three-tenths moved in to cover the sky.

Recorded details

Local time
0930
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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