June 21, 1950 — Hamilton AFB, CA
1:35 a.m. Control tower operators Cpl. Roger G. Pryor and S/Sgt. Ellis R. Lorimer and airways communications staffer S/Sgt. Virgil Cappuro watch a flying disc speeding at 1,000–1,500 mph over Hamilton AFB [now closed] in Novato, California. The object shoots blue flame and makes a roar like thunder as it makes five passes over the base. They observe it through binoculars for 25 minutes. [Eberhart]
Lorimer:
Record Card:
Sources:
Weird Science-Fantasy #4 (1993), Reprint from Weird Science-Fantasy (EC, 1954 series) #26 (December 1954);
“Saucer’s Roar ‘Like Thunder,’ Say Observers,” Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram, June 21, 1950, p. 1;
“Disc, ‘Roaring Like Thunder,’ Is Reported At Hamilton Field,” Dayton (Ohio) Daily News, June 21, 1950, p.1;
“GIs Report Seeing “Saucer” At Air Base on West Coast,” Dayton (Ohio) Journal Herald, June 22, 1950, p.2;
“Three Airmen Report Seeing Mysterious Flying ‘Object’,” Lexington (Kent.) Herald, June 22, 1950, p.2;
“Air Force Men Sure They Saw A ‘Flying Disc’,” New York (N.Y.) Daily News, June 22, 1950, p. 150;
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknown Catalogue, Case 379, p. 92;
NICAP, “Disc Makes Five Passes at Control Tower”;