Norfolk, Virginia Flying Disc Photograph
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Billy Turrentine, a 15-year-old Norfolk school boy, photographed a large black object moving rapidly across the sky on July 8, 1947. He described the object as oval-shaped, moving much faster than an airplane, traveling from southwest to northeast direction, at an estimated altitude of 5,000 feet below the clouds.
“On July 8, 1947 BILLY observed a large, black object moving rapidly through space proceeding from the southwest to a northeast direction. He said the black object was followed by two smaller objects which also proceeded in the same direction. BILLY explained that the objects were moving at a very fast speed which appeared to him to be much faster than the speed of an airplane, and further, that the objects appeared to be extremely high.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1947-07-08
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- 410 West 14th Street, Norfolk, Virginia
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Virginia
- Branch
- FBI
- Unit
- SAC, Norfolk
- Sensors
- eyewitness, photo
- Shape
- large black oval object, resembling a football
- Size
- larger than an automobile
- Altitude
- 5000 ft
- Duration
- 30s
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_1
Case ID: 1947-FBI-5C6318
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This sighting
410 West 14th Street, Norfolk, Virginia / 1947 / 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_1
- 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_1 — Written report of this sighting