Thomas Gambill bright light sighting near Oxford, Pennsylvania
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A man observed a bright yellow light traveling at approximately 2,000 feet altitude near Oxford, Pennsylvania on May 4, 1956, at 11:35 p.m., moving toward Baltimore.
“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.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1956-05-04
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Oxford, Pennsylvania, 121 Hodson Street; traveling toward Baltimore
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Branch
- FBI
- Unit
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- bright light
- Size
- twice as bright and twice as big as automobile headlight; twice as bright as evening star
- Altitude
- 2000 ft
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_8
Case ID: 1956-FBI-98DC10
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