Bright yellow light observed near Oxford, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1956
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Thomas Gambill observed a bright yellow light traveling at approximately 2,000 feet altitude near Oxford, Pennsylvania on May 4, 1956, which initially matched his car's speed then accelerated beyond it.
“Mr. Thomas Gamble, 102 Center Street, Oxford, Pennsylvania, telephone 1177R, called 11:35 p.m., May 4, 1956, and advised that he had just observed a bright light traveling about 2000 feet in the air toward Baltimore. He described the object as a solid, bright, yellow light, visible from all directions which he described at one point as being more than twice as bright and twice as big as the headlight of an automobile and another time as twice as bright as the evening star.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1956-05-04
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Oxford, Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Branch
- FBI
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Size
- Twice as bright and twice as big as automobile headlight; twice as bright as evening star
- Altitude
- 2000 ft
Resolution
Object made no noise; initial speed matched automobile traveling 80 mph, then accelerated beyond pursuit; two witnesses also present
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_8
Case ID: 1956-FBI-4EC492
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