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Tombstone Repeated Hover-Reverse Circular-Object Report

June 1952Tombstone, Arizona, United States

Lt. Cmdr. John C. Williams, his wife Josephine, and a guest reported a large circular cup-and-saucer/derby-hat-like object approaching, stopping, hovering, reversing and returning repeatedly before a rapid final departure.

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Encounter · Reported Encounter Observation

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CLAIM-689066reported
“Williams, his wife and a guest reported a huge circular object that repeatedly approached, stopped, hovered, reversed course, returned, oscillated/tilted and repeated the sequence before final departure.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Tombstone Williams report; uploaded PDF pp. 48-48
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Hall Army, Navy & Marine Corps Observation Dossier · Investigation Source Caveat

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CLAIM-689056reported
“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.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Section provenance and NICAP military contacts; uploaded PDF pp. 44-47
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CLAIM-689057reported
“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.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Reproduced Fort Devens and Kagnew official communications; uploaded PDF pp. 45-46
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