(NICAP.org)
The whole UFO case report:
“Brad Sparks:
April 1947; Richmond, Virginia (BBU)
Fran Ridge:
There is a document which reads: "... Mr. Walter
Minezewski has observed this strange metallic disc on three occasions through
the theodolite while making his pibal observation during the last six months
(November, 1946 - April, 1947)" **.
In the other document:
"There is no astronomical
explanation for this Incident, which, however,
deserves considerable attention, because of the experience of the
observers ana the fact that the observation was made through a theodolite and
that conparison could be made with a pibal balloon. The observers had,
therefore, a good estimate of altitude, of relative size, and of speed much more reliable than those given in most
reports.This investigator would like to recommend that these and other pibal
observers be quizzed as to other possible un-reported sightings." *
James McDonald:
Here was a pre-Arnold sighting never reported
officially. It was quite clearly not an observation of "new American
military vehicles," nor can one readily square this with any phenomenon of
atmospheric physics or astronomy. It is a UFO observation, and a rather
interesting one. Bloecher's search has led to several other pre-Arnold 1947
sightings. Just a matter of days before this writing, I spoke on the telephone
with Walter A. Minczewski, the U. S. Weather Bureau observer whose April, 1947,
theodolite-tracking case is cited in the text. Minczewski emphasized that he
had never reported it to other than his Weather Bureau superiors and hence was
surprised to be called about it twenty years later. Yet his recollection of the
details of the whitish disc-like object he had tracked one clear morning in
Richmond, Virginia, was still distinct in his mind.”
The UFO incident occurred on 1 April 1947, according
to the book, UFOs and Government: A
Historical Inquiry.
NICAP.org presents a U.S.
government (U.S. Air Force) document that pertains to the UFO case.
Wikipedia article: “Theodolite”:
Related post:
“IMET Carl Gorski prepares to track a Pilot Balloon (PIBAL)”
(text by noaa.gov) (noaa.gov) (noaa.gov photo)
