Grays Harbor, 1948: tripulante de um F-82 vê de 10 a 20 formas amarelas no litoral de Washington

INCIDENT SUMMARY SHEET. Incident No. 199. 1. Date and Time of Observation: 30 Oct 1948 1430 PST. 2. Where Sighted: 15 miles northwest of Grays Harbor, Washington 10 miles off coast. 3. Observer's Position: Air while flying an F-82 type aircraft on a northerly course at 240 MPH. 4. Name and Address of Observer: Major Morris, Pilot and Lt Kunzman, 318th All Weather Fighter Sq, 325th Fighter Gp, McChord AF Base, Washington. 5. Occupation and/or hobbies: As above. 6. Attention Attracted by: N/S. 7. Number of Object(s) Seen: from 10 to 20. 8. Size of Object(s): No idea of size - could not be determined. 9. Color of Object(s): yellow then white. 10. Shape (Sketch if Possible): undetermined - thought they were egg-shaped. 11. Nature of Luminosity: N/S. No outstanding reflection. 12. Altitude of Object (estimated): Approx 8,000 ft. 13. Estimated Distance of Object from Observer: too far away to determine a definite shape. 14. Estimated Speed of Object: Could not be estimated. 15. Time in Sight: 20 seconds. 16. Tactics: horizontal flight with no apparent change of altitude - not trying to attack or to escape. 17. Sound Made by Object(s): no sound. 18. Direction of Flight of Object(s): Westerly course for about 17 seconds, then changed to a northerly course and disappeared. 19. Apparent Construction: Seemed translucent. 20. Effect on Clouds: N/S. 21. Exhaust Trail (Color of): No evidence of exhaust. 22. Manner of Disappearance: Seemed to dissolve - they didn't go far enough to fade from view. 23. Weather Conditions at Time of Sighting: 5 mile visibility - fog and smoke. 24. Peculiarities Noted: Appear translucent. 25. Summary of Incident: (over) (See attached page).

Incident: 199. When Lt Kunzman saw the objects they appeared as a very small compact group. At that time they were at 10:00 o'clock position. Later at a 1:00 o'clock position they seemed to string out to an in-line formation. At first Kunzman could not identify anything. At the time there were clouds up and down the coast but none in the observer's vicinity. The first color Kunzman noticed was yellow. At 1:00 position the color appeared white. At that time Kunzman thought they were sea-gulls. Thought there were from 10 to 20. At no time did Kunzman identify any object. He saw something and mentioned it to Maj Morris the pilot who was fairly busy at the time and didn't see the objects. Objects came around to a 3:00 o'clock position in approximately the same type formation and white in color, then made a turn back to a 2:30 position, paralleling the course of the F-82-F and then faded much as an exhaust fume from an airplane would. At first the object appeared yellow then changed to white. The shape seemed to change slightly. He thought that they looked egg-shaped. Part of the time they appeared rather translucent - immediately before disappearance. (In this respect it is pointed out that there was fog and smoke in the vicinity according to weather reports for the vicinity of Grays Harbor) No estimation could be made as to size. Objects disappeared on a northerly course. No evidence of aggressive or evasive tactics. Speed could not be estimated.