February 1, 1950 — Tucson, AZ
A meteor-like object spewing smoke is seen by many people over Tucson, Arizona. The radio operator at Davis-Monthan AFB asks 1st Lieut. Roy L. Jones Jr. to investigate it in his B-29, but he cannot catch up with it. Edwin Francis Carpenter, head of the University of Arizona astronomy department, says he is certain the object is not a meteor. [Eberhart]
Sources:
Bob Campbell, “Flying Saucer over Tucson? B-29 Fails to Catch Object,” Tucson (Ariz.) Daily Citizen, February 2, 1950, p. 1;
Ace Bushnell, “Sky Mystery? Tucson People Differ Widely,” Tucson (Ariz.) Daily Citizen, February 3, 1950, p. 1;
Donald Keyhoe, The Flying Saucers Are Real, 1950, pp. 10–12;
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 831, p. 81;
