Declassified UFO / UAP Document

NUFORC Sightings Report: 08/1949

📅 1949 🏛 NUFORC 📄 sighting_report

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A summary report of six UFO sightings occurring in the United States during August 1949, as compiled by the National UFO Reporting Center. The report includes descriptions of various shapes, including disks, cigars, and cylinders, and notes one instance where a photograph was taken.

This document is a compilation of UFO sightings reported to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) for the month of August 1949. It details six distinct incidents across the United States. On August 25, 1949, in Steilacoom, Washington, a disk-shaped object was observed by a girl, her sister, and their father at dusk. On August 20, 1949, in Slidell, Louisiana, a silent, glowing, cigar-shaped object was seen flying at low altitude along a train trestle from south to north. Three sightings occurred on August 15, 1949: in Tarrant City, Alabama, a large glowing orange ball was observed; in Mill Valley, California, three lights were seen maneuvering rapidly at impossible flight angles before disappearing; and in Wilmington, Delaware, a very large, wide cylinder appeared in the evening sky above a witness ascending an external staircase. Finally, also on August 15, 1949, in Excelsior, Minnesota, a large ball of bright light was observed above pine trees, which illuminated the treetops and was photographed by the witness's father.

3 lights appeared, manuevering rapidly and at impossible flight angles, changing formation until winking out after little more than a m