Saturday, 14 May 2016
UFO Case Directory:
“Category 1, Distant Encounters –
Disc Makes Five Passes At Control Tower –
June 21, 1950 –
Hamilton AFB, California”
(NICAP.org)
The whole UFO case report (by Dan Wilson):
“June 21, 1950; Hamilton AFB, California (BB)
1:35 a.m. Corp. Roger G. Pryor, a control-tower
operator, and S/Sgt. Ellis R. Lorimer, another control-tower operator, and
S/Sgt. Virgil Cappuro, member of the airways communications staff, observed an
object the airmen described as circular, thick in the center and tapering to
the sides. They used binoculars in following its course. The men said the disc
was accompanied by a roar like thunder and the blue flame looked like an
acetylene torch. They described its approach altitude at between 2000 and 5000 feet . The object
made five passes near the base moving at speeds estimated to be between 1000
and 1500 mph .
The whole affair lasted for approximately 25 minutes. The PROJECT 10073 RECORD
CARD, states that the evaluation on this case is INSUFFICIENT DATA - Report not
in file, card not in file, case missing. [UFO Evidence, Section III].”
NICAP.org presents U.S.
government (U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.
Hamilton Air Force Base (1937), Novato, California
(wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)