White ball of fire and surface lights encounter

An aircraft observed a large white ball of fire ahead and slightly above, followed by white lights on the water surface and a reciprocal-course aircraft that did not respond to radio contact.

“A large white ball of fire was ob served some f our to f i ve miles directly ahead of and sl18btly above the aircraft. I t was obser ved for ?nly a apli t second and vas comparable t o the explos ion of a shell”

Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D088.pdf · View original on war.gov