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26 Jul 1948 - Chamblee, Georgia, USA
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26 July 1948 20:45
Chamblee, Georgia, USA
Green light with a silver tail about the size of a football seen by many witnesses. Explanation: Meteor.
5-15 students outdoors at Georgia Tech at Chamblee saw a green light with a silver tail, about the size of a football at arm's length, in steady flight to the southeast slowly descending as if for a landing, completely silent. At nine p.m. Atlanta Naval Air Base tower observer saw a blue-white object in horizontal level flight at high altitude travel from northeast to southeast in a few seconds then gain altitude and suddenly turn to the south, completely noiseless. Independent witnesses include City Editor of Atlanta Chronicle newspaper and nine others. An unusual object was sighted, that had unconventional appearance and performance.One blue-green ball was observed by 16-26 witnesses in a town for a few minutes.
Hynek rating: NL: Nocturnal Lights
Vallee rating: MA1: A UFO has been observed which travels in a discontinuous trajectory. i.e. vertical drops, maneuvers or loops.
Other sightings in this areaGoogle map of this location.
Sources:
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