Chamblee, Georgia - Blue-White Light from Observer Tower
An observer at Atlanta Naval Air Base's observation tower sighted a blue-white light traveling southeast to south, resembling a shooting star but maintaining uniform altitude and then gaining altitude before turning sharply south.
“iaali, +-1 -:Wi, n>yle L. Avery Obser7 er, Atlanta Naval Air :Base, Chamblee, Ga., wiile on dnty at the observation tower on 26 Jul y ~ about 2100 hours sighted a blue-white light traveling anutheast from the north~st It vas trave l in& very faet and maintained. a uniform altitude (undet ermined ) and speed. It looked like a ahootillg s tar except for the fact that it maintained the &ame altitude.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D088.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1948-07-26
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- Chamblee, Ga. - Observation tower at Atlanta Naval Air Base
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Georgia
- Branch
- USN
- Unit
- Atlanta Naval Air Base
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- not seen - only blue-white light observed
Resolution
Resembled shooting star but maintained constant altitude unlike typical meteors
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
Chamblee, Ga. - Observation tower at Atlanta Naval Air Base / 1948
- DOW-UAP-D088.pdf — Written report of this sighting