Woodside, California Metal Shower
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A shower of white-hot metal pellets burned across a road surface in Woodside, California on August 27, 1954, leaving burn marks on pavement and starting grass fires; officials could not determine the source.
“Woodside, California officials and residents were baffled by a shower of white-hot metal pellets, Aug. 27, 1954. The furore was triggered when a woman motorist saw a "circle of fire" along Pertola Road.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1954-08-27
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- Pertola Road, Woodside, California
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- Branch
- USAF
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Size
- pellets ranging from dime to 50 cent piece size
Resolution
Irregular markings; Deputy Sheriff reported metal appeared to come from cylindrical object; no military jets in area
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_8
Case ID: 1954-USAF-1BB9D2
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This sighting
Pertola Road, Woodside, California / 1954 / 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_8
- 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_8 — Written report of this sighting