4 Jan 1959 - Taft, California, USA
4 January 1959 23:30
Taft, California, USA

Pilots saw a silver oval object with silver trail flying at 20,000 ft. Explanation: Meteor.

Pilots of TWA C-54 and TWA Constellation saw a silver oval object with silver trail flying at 20,000 feet and ten miles from aircraft (?).


An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation.

One silver oval object was observed by two witnesses for six seconds.


Hynek rating: CE1: Close Encounters of the First Kind
Vallee rating: FB1: A simple sighting of a UFO traveling in a straight line across the sky.
Other sightings in this area

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