1 February 1954 15:15
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Six objects fly over and around the balloon, hover then vertically ascend
Crew of USN Office of Naval Research aircraft, 35 miles southwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, heading east towards a cosmic-ray balloon at 90,000-100,000 feet and 15-30 miles away saw six objects fly over and around the balloon, hover then vertically ascend out of sight. Objects were observed and photographed. They departed by rapidly flying straight up until lost to sight.Six white stars were observed in clear weather by over two male witnesses, two of them an experienced observors, in-flight for five minutes.
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: BBB:
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