July 17 or 18, 1952 — Lockbourne, OH
10:10 p.m. T/Sgt. Thurman C. Mahone and A/3c Gene A. Jennings at Lockbourne AFB [now Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base] in Lockbourne, Ohio, see an amber-colored, elliptical-shaped object with a small flame at the rear, periodically increasing in brightness. It moves swiftly, giving off a resonant beating sound. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns Catalogue, Case 685, p. 151;
NICAP, “July 18, 1952: Lockbourne, Ohio”;