Cloud-Like Object Over Montgomery, Alabama
Lieutenant Colonel Robert B. Hughes, a pilot at Tyndall Air Force Base, observed a silver disc-shaped object with a parachute-like top approximately 8 feet in diameter and a dark cable with a suspended canister or ball beneath it. The object appeared to move at speeds exceeding his aircraft's 310 mph air speed.
“Lt.Col Robert B, Hughes first sighted the object_hefore completing an 160° left turn over the town of Montgomery, alabama. The to beobject, sighted at ten o'cl.ock o!t his left win g, aweared a silver disc . He immediatel.y completed a sharp bank to t he left ar¥i waa able to get a bet ter look at the object, and descr ibed it as follows: "Top part of the object approXimately eight !'eet in diameter , eilver 1n color, bad the appearance or a par achute."”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D088.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1948-04-09
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- Montgomery, Alabama
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Alabama
- Branch
- USAF
- Unit
- Tactics Division, Air Tactical School, Tyndall Air Force Base
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- silver disc with parachute-like top appearance
- Size
- top part approximately eight feet in diameter
- Altitude
- 16000 ft
- Duration
- 5s
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
Montgomery, Alabama / 1948
- DOW-UAP-D088.pdf — Written report of this sighting