17 July 1948 16:50
San Acacia, New Mexico, USA
Group of seven aluminum circular possibly spherical objects. Explanation: Natural.
Two Kirtland AFB sergeants. were on a fishing trip with their families. Five miles S of San Acacia Dam, New Mexico, they saw a group of seven aluminum, circular object, possibly spherical objects, approach from the S at 20,000 feet pass overhead at 1,500 mph if the altitude was correct (5°/sec angular velocity), at first appearing like snub-nosed jet fighters of unknown type, shifting from V formation to L formation to circular formation to no regular formation, at which point a regular pulsating flashing light appeared in the group at 30° from zenith to the N, and at this oblique angle the objects did not appear circular. No noise or trail. Unidentified objects were sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation.Several balls were observed by two military witnesses at a dam for ten minutes.
Hynek rating: DD: Daylight Discs
Vallee rating: FB1: A simple sighting of a UFO traveling in a straight line across the sky.
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