UFO News Article: “Flying Cone With Vapor Trail Hunted”

9 February 1950 (Los Angeles Times, California)

Source: Project Blue Book (Fold3.com)

Quote from the article:

“Six observers, including Lt. Comdr. J. L. Kraker of the Alameda Naval Air Station, reported seeing a giant object passing over the station yesterday. The report was passed along to the western air defense zone intelligence office at Hamilton Field, which made it public today.”

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Naval Air Station Alameda, California, about 1946-1947

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