April 22, 1954 — San Nicolas Island, CA
2:00 p.m. USN Seaman Apprentice James B. Stephens Jr. and Seaman Bernard G. Klein Jr., are driving a vehicle on the Naval Outlying Field San Nicolas Island, California, when they see a 4–6-foot long, gray, cigar-shaped object with a pointed nose traveling just above the ground on a near-parallel course. The object suddenly hits the ground, sends up a cloud of dirt, and disappears from sight. They stop and search for 20+ minutes but find nothing. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 1025, p. 212;
NICAP, “April 22, 1954: San Nicholas Island, Calif.”;