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UFO. United States

ID #1548405289
Added Fri, 25/01/2019
Author July N.
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Incident date: 
29.05.1950 21:20
Location: 
около 7 миль на запад от горы Вернон
VA
United States

Captain Willis T. Sperry with about 10,000 flying hours, copilot bill gates, flight engineer Robert Arnholt, a flight attendant and 2-3 or 8 passengers on the airliner DC-6, heading 230° (South-West) from Washington (district of Columbia) in Nashville, at a height of 7,500 ft at 250 mph, we saw a metallic object like a 150-foot length in the form of a spindle with intense blue light (about -6 ISS) on the tail.

Sperry made a maneuver to the right (on a course of 275 °) to avoid a collision. The object passed from 11 to 7 hours (about 125 ° in the South-East) left on a slightly higher altitude. Sperry turned back on the original course to return the object in view. The object can remain motionless for about 30 seconds at this point. Then gates said that the object turned to the right, Sperry banked right again, while the object is moved exactly to the airliner about 20-30 seconds before rising at an angle of 30 ° with the "fantastic" speed and disappear.

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Capt. Willis T. Sperry with about 10,000 flying hours, copilot Bill Gates, flight engineer Robert Arnholt, a stewardess and 2-3 or 8 passengers on a DC-6 airliner headed 230° (about SW) out of Washington, D.C., en route to Nashville, at 7,500 ft at 250 mph, saw a spindle-shaped 150 ft long metallic object with intense blue light (about mag. -6) on the tail, beginning with Gates who sighted blue light from their DC-6 airliner on head on collision course. Sperry made evasive 45° turn to the right (to 275° heading), object passed from 11 o’clock to 7 o’clock position (about 125° or SE) to the left at slightly higher altitude meanwhile crossing in front of upper part of full moon to the S (at 145° or 159° azimuth 22° or 27° elevation, depending on whether EST or EDT time, 97% full) where submarine-like silhouette clearly seen, about 5 miles away. Sperry turned left back onto original course to get the object back in view, object may have stayed stationary about 30 secs at this point. Gates then noticed object circled around to the right side, Sperry banked right again, while the object paced the airliner about 20-30 secs before climbing to the E at a 30° angle at “fantastic” speed and disappearing.

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