Sylvia L. Richards sighting near Henderson, NC
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An FBI employee and her fiancé observed an oval-shaped, spinning object with blue lights flying at low altitude near Henderson, North Carolina on April 6, 1956, around 5 a.m.
“On 4/5/56 Miss Richards left Washington by car with her fiance, Joseph L. Morris, Jr. (employee of National Security Agency), to go to Morven, North Carolina to meet the Morris family. Around 5 a.m. on 4/6/56 as dawn was breaking and while driving on Route 1 north of Henderson, North Carolina, the pair was startled by what appeared to be a round low-flying object coming directly towards the car.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1956-04-06
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Route 1 north of Henderson, North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North Carolina
- Branch
- FBI
- Unit
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- oval-shaped, spinning, round
- Size
- at least as wide as the highway and no more than two to four feet in thickness
- Altitude
- 25 ft
Resolution
Witnesses described the object as very real and difficult to explain, though they acknowledged it could have been an optical illusion.
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_8
Case ID: 1956-FBI-D0933C
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