E-006324LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Navy Transport Cigar-Shaped Object Northeast of Los Angeles
June 24, 1950Northeast of Los Angeles, California, United States
Crews of two commercial airliners and a Navy transport reportedly saw a dark gray/gunmetal cigar-shaped object northeast of Los Angeles. The Navy pilot described a faint heat-shimmer-like appearance near the tail and a turn from north to west.
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“The Navy transport pilot described a dark gray/gunmetal cigar-shaped object visible for about three minutes, first moving north and later turning west, with a faint shimmering/heat-radiation-like appearance at the tail.”
“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.”