22 September 1948 :
Albany, Georgia, USA
Near Turner AFB
USAF Lieutenant Martin G. Rubisch, Asst. Combat Operations Officer. at Eglin AFB, Flor, the copilot of a C-47 flying from Eglin heading northeast into Turner AFB at 2,000 feet when he saw a shiny metallic object about the size of a radio-controlled target drone, but with no wings or rudder, approaching from about 1,500-2,000 feet away about 35° to the left heading 335° (or 155°?) at about 250 mph at 1,500 feet altitude, no trail. One metallic object was observed by one witness.
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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