Springfield, Ohio large ball with fire tail
1948-07-27·Springfield, Ohio·unresolved
A witness observed an object resembling a large ball traveling north at jet-plane speed with a bright red tail of fire in a straight line for three seconds during thunderstorm conditions.
“On night of 27 July 48, at 2200 hours observer saw object which resembled a Imge ball in the sky. It come from the south and wes headed north traveling at speed of jet planes which often fly over observer's house. Object trailed a bright red tail of fire and traveled in a straight line.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D088.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1948-07-27
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- Springfield, Ohio
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Ohio
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- Large ball
- Duration
- 3s
Source document
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This sighting
Springfield, Ohio / 1948
- DOW-UAP-D088.pdf — Written report of this sighting