West End, Alabama

On August 4, 1947, Pan American Airways Captain Alpheus O. Powell and navigator Walter I. White separately sighted flying objects near Boston while piloting a Constellation from Gander, Newfoundland to La Guardia Field. Powell described a cylindrical, orange object about the length of a P-40 fuselage travelling at roughly 150 mph; White described a deep gold, elliptical object about 15 feet long travelling easterly at roughly 175 mph. Air Defense Command at Mitchel Field interviewed both men and forwarded the reports to Army Air Forces headquarters.