June 21, 1952 — Kelly AFB, TX — B-29 Encounters Flat Object with Pointed Front

June 21, 1952 — Kelly AFB, TX
12:30 p.m. T/Sgt. Howard Davis, flight engineer of a B-29 bomber flying at 8,000 feet altitude near Kelly AFB [now Kelly Field] in San Antonio, Texas, sees a small, flat object with a sharply pointed front and rounded rear. It is white with a dark blue center and red rim and trails sparks as it dives past the B-29 at a distance of 500 feet in one second. [Eberhart]

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Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 631, p. 140;

NICAP, “B-29 Encounters Flat Object with Pointed Front”;