19 Oct 1959 - Poquoson, Virginia , USA
19 October 1959 18:15
Poquoson, Virginia , USA

Teen shoots at 4' diameter black disc with silver ring around it. Altitude 80 feet Heard clank, then UFO gone. Explanation: Hoax.

An object was observed. It buzzed a witness. One black disc, about 5 feet across, around 100 feet away, was observed by two male teenage witnesses in a swamp for over one minute (Moore; Musa). A whirring sound was heard.


Hynek rating: CE1: Close Encounters of the First Kind
Vallee rating: CE1: UFO comes within 500 feet of the witness, but no after effects are suffered by the witness or the surrounding area.
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