E-006331LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: yearRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Navy Commander Giant-Disc Formation Flight over Virginia
1955Virginia, Virginia, United States
An unnamed Navy Commander/missile expert reportedly saw a very large metallic disc flying formation approximately 75 feet away; when he tried to move closer, it tilted and accelerated away.
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“An unnamed Navy Commander reportedly saw a giant disc flying formation about 75 feet away and said it tilted upward and accelerated away when he tried to move closer.”
“The Commander described an apparently metallic object like two saucers face-to-face, roughly 100 feet in diameter, thick at the center, with a domed top showing amber light.”
“Hall states that several Navy cases came through Donald Keyhoe's personal military contacts and that two Army intelligence reports were supplied to NICAP by service members.”
SRC-002107 · Section provenance and NICAP military contacts; uploaded PDF pp. 44-47
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“Hall reproduces two military communications: a September 1957 First Air Force letter quoting a Fort Devens report and a February 1957 Army intelligence memorandum from Kagnew Station.”