# July 5, 1952 — Norman, OK — Three Dark Discs Sighted from State Patrol Airplane

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July 5, 1952 — Norman, OK  
7:58 p.m. Oklahoma State Patrolman Arthur Myers Hamilton is flying five miles south-southeast of Norman, Oklahoma, in a State Patrol airplane when he sees three dark discs 4–8 miles away at 6,000 feet hover for 15 seconds then fly away, silhouetted against a dark cloud. [Eberhart]

AF 112:

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Questionnaire:

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Sources:  
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns Catalogue, Case 662, p. 145;

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NICAP, “Three Dark Discs Sighted from State Patrol Airplane”;

> **[UFO Report](http://www.nicap.org/520705norman_dir.htm)**