Mrs. G. H. Stockton and Hugh Jennings Shoun Tennessee sighting
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Mrs. G. H. Stockton and her son-in-law Hugh Jennings reported seeing an object shaped like a football moving in a southerly direction at constant altitude of approximately 2,000 feet near Shoun, Tennessee on September 6, 1947.
“MRS. G. H. STOCKTON, ONE SIX NINE A VIEW AVENUE, OCEAN VIEW, VA., REPORTED SIGHTING FLYING DISC AT SHOUNS, TENN., SEPTEMBER SIXTY, LAST. SON-IN-LAW, HUGH JENNINGS, ONE ONE ONE BELLGRAVE, [redacted] OCEAN VEWXX [redacted] VIEW, CONFIRMS SIGHTING OF THIS OBJECT WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS BEING SHAPED LIKE FOOTBALL, MOVING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT CONSTANT ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY TWO THOUSAND FEET, AND TURNING END OVER END IN THE AIR.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1947-09-06
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Shoun, Tennessee
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Tennessee
- Branch
- FBI
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- shaped like football, turning end over end
- Altitude
- 2000 ft
- Duration
- 300s
Resolution
Jennings speculated it might have been a loose meteorological balloon
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_2
Case ID: 1947-FBI-597CE4
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