Lockbourne, 7 de janeiro de 1948: relatos de luzes e comunicações de voo

Date 7 January 1948. Time 1925 EST. Location Lockbourne Army Air Base, Columbus, Ohio. Number of objects 1. Altitude 3000 ft approximately. Speed slow. Direction of flight West. Tactics Flashed on and off, on westward flight appeared to be fading and descending. Sound No noise. Color white later yellowish to orange. Shape Oval as if looking at spot light. Manner of disappearance descending and burning out.

Very bright white light southwest of the field. The light did not cast a beam and seemed the size of a flood light. From the ground the light appeared to move westward. It was further west and lower than I saw it in the air, also the light was similar to that of a lantern light in that it was glimmering. The light varied yellowish to orange and appeared to be descending and burning out.

At first it was very white and did not appear to be moving though when it flashed on and off it appeared as in a fast descent. With the naked eye I could at no time make out any shape other than the light being oval shaped as though looking at a large spot light. It was not a heavenly body of any type in that the sky was solid overcast in the Lockbourne area and the object's movement outweighs such a thought. I heard no noise in connection with the object.

Color white to amber as it moved southwest it changed from amber to red. Shape Glowing object with a cone-shaped streak to the right.

Saw what he thought was a star but then he noticed the sky was overcast so it couldn't have been a star. It was a glowing object with a cone-shaped streak to the right. It glowed from white to amber. He says he first noticed it over the Lockbourne Power Plant; just southwest of here. The object was moving southwest and it changed from amber to red and then disappeared.

Mr. Boudreaux, said the light was what he had been watching about 15 minutes or so and that through the field glasses it appeared to have bluish streaks like a jet effect out from the right. He stated that it went out while Capt. McGee was in the pattern. During the conversation he said it could be seen again (1935-1940).

Object first seen 15° above horizon in the West-Southwest of Lockbourne emitting a ruddy red light which changed to an amber-yellow at intervals not exceeding 1 to 2 seconds. Its size and magnitude were greater than that of any star - a good comparison of the size and magnitude would be a runway light at full intensity viewed from a distance of 500 ft. Shape - circular with the exception of a thin wisp of tail extending towards the horizon, the tail being 5 times the diameter of the object in length.

For approximately 10 minutes it remained motionless, thereupon it descended to the horizon in about 4", hovered on the horizon in 3", then ascended to its original position in about 3", the course being elliptical, counter clock-wise. It then faded and lowered toward the horizon disappearing at 1955. No sound was heard from the object at any time.

Large bright light off to the west. They estimated it below them, or about 3000 ft. It seemed stationery. The light was amber and looked like a large star or planet. It was about 15 miles away from them.

Lt C.W. Thomas and Lt Sims were making a regular cross country flight and reported in to Columbus Airways who asked them if they saw any unusual object in the sky. This report was relayed to Lockbourne - See Eisele's report - incident 30c.