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Aviation encounter — 50 miles northwest of Monroe, Louisiana — 1956-05-22

United States1956-05-22

50 miles northwest of Monroe, Louisiana, United States

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Case description

Two USAF T-33 pilots reported an aerial observation at or near 50 miles northwest of Monroe, Louisiana on 22 May 1956. The observation involved a single metallic domed-disc, with a red light on top and a large window on the dome. Source: Dominique F. Weinstein, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: Eighty Years of Pilot Sightings (NARCAP TR-04, February2001), PDF page32, table row5. Approximate GeoNames populated-locality centroid; not the reported observation point. Exact source-country and named-place alias match. GeoNames CC BY 4.0, https://www.geonames.org/4396425

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Approximate GeoNames populated-locality centroid; not the reported observation point. Exact source-country and named-place alias match. GeoNames CC BY 4.0, https://www.geonames.org/4396425
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