June 24, 1950 — Daggett, CA
A cigar-shaped UFO paces a United Airlines plane (Capt. E. L. Remlin, First Officer David Stewart, and observer Capt. Samuel B. Wiper) for 20 minutes near Daggett, California. The object is also seen by the crew of another airliner and a navy transport plane. The Navy pilot sees for 3 minutes a dark gray object with heat radiation at the tail end. He estimates altitude as 50,000–100,000 feet and a speed of 1,000–1,500 mph. The crews discuss the matter with two CAA ground stations. The object is also reported by hundreds of witnesses over a distance of 300–400 miles from southern California to Nevada and southeastern Utah and was covered in local newspapers. [Eberhart]
Sources:
“Blazing Object Seen Speeding Over Nevada,” Los Angeles (Calif.) Times, June 25, 1950, p. 3;
“Fiery Object Reports Are Still Coming,” Nevada State Journal, June 28, 1950, p. 1; [or p.8 Morning Edition]
Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 31;
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 381, p. 93
NICAP, “Three Aircraft Crews Observe UFO”;
David Rudiak, “1950 California–Nevada Cigar-Shaped UFO,” Roswell Proof, 2005;