Flaming object with orange-red flames and black smoke (Incident 109)
A flaming object appearing as a very small airplane with orange-red flames and considerable black smoke trailing for 4000 to 5000 feet was observed due north of Bakersfield at 1000 feet altitude on the morning of 9 March 1948.
“On 13th March 194$, two informants, Mrs. Callie R. Wason, secretary , Haberfelde Building, Bakersfield, Californ ia, and Dr. J. E. Johnson , dentist Habe:rfelde Building, Bakers field, Cal ifomi a, stated that they were in Room 518, 11aberfelde Building , on the mor ning of 9 March 194,S. L1rs. tAason was a pat ient of Dr. Johnson. Both info rmants stated that t hey observed a !lamin g object which appeared at fi rst to be a very small air plane . Orange red nanes seemed to envelope the object w:i. th consid erab le black smoke trailing in a zigZag manner for approximately 4,ooo to 5, 000 feet.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D088.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1948-03-09
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- Bakersfield, California, due north seven to ten miles distant
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- Branch
- USAF
- Unit
- Fourth Air Force
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- appearance of a very small airplane
- Altitude
- 1000 ft
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
bakersfield / 1948
- DOW-UAP-D088.pdf — Written report of this sighting