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Aviation observation — Cook Springs, Alabama — 1947-07-08

United States1947-07-08

Cook Springs, Alabama, United States

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Case description

On 1947-07-08, an aviation observation was reported at or near Cook Springs, Alabama, United States. The catalogue lists the aircraft and observers as pilot. Its time field reads 07:05. A round form compared in size with a car wheel appeared to shrink and then vanished. Source: Dominique F. Weinstein, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: Eighty Years of Pilot Sightings (NARCAP TR-04, February 2001), PDF page 9, table row 8. 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/5106870

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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/5106870
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