12 Apr 1953 - Sweetwater, Nevada, USA
12 April 1953 15:10
Sweetwater, Nevada, USA

USAF C-47 incident. Explanation: Aircraft.

USAF Major, two second Lts, military pilots and navigator, in C-47 en route Long Beach to Homestead AFB, Nevada at altitude. 10,500 feet saw 9-10 flat metallic discs seen against terrain.Fuzzy edges, flashed beneath aircraft descending RA


Flying discs were observed.

10 metallic discs were observed by three experienced male military witnesses for two minutes (Padelford, Maj.).


Hynek rating: DD: Daylight Discs
Vallee rating: FB1: A simple sighting of a UFO traveling in a straight line across the sky.
Vallee reliability rating: 323: Reliable source, firsthand; site visited by persons familiar with the phenomena; natural explanation requires major alteration of several parameters.
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