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Mr. Les Buchner, Bakersfield, California

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1947-09-24 / Hobson, Ohio / unresolved

Headquarters Eleventh Air Force forwarded a report to USAF Headquarters and Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in May and June 1948 documenting a flying disc sighting at Hobson, Ohio on the night of 8 May 1948. The report, sourced from FBI Special Agent D.K. Brown in Cleveland, described a round, phosphorescent object appearing nine inches in diameter from ground level, traveling at heading 90 degrees at an altitude of 6 to 8 miles, witnessed by New York Central System employees and a patrolman.

Round shape, appeared to be nine inches in diameter from ground level, phosphorescent color, great amount of speed, heading 90 degrees, altitude 6 to 8 miles, phosphorescent trail in the sky (Hobson, Ohio, night of 8 May 1948)

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1
Period
1947-09-24 / 1947-09-24

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Hobson, Ohio
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