May 10, 1952 — Ellenton, SC
10:45 p.m. Four employees of DuPont Corporation at the AEC’s Savannah River Laboratory near Jackson, South Carolina, see four disc-shaped objects approach, then two other discs pass high overhead from different directions. They are a luminous yellow-gold color and move at a high rate of speed. One of the discs approaches at such a low altitude that it must ascend to pass over some tall tanks at the facility. One witness says that the objects are weaving from left to right while continuing on a steady course. The case is investigated by the FBI and passed on to the Pentagon and the Atomic Energy Commission. Tim Printy thinks the objects may have been birds illuminated by ground lighting. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns Catalogue, Case 576, p. 132;
Loren E. Gross, “UFOs, a History 1952: January–May”, The Author, 1982, pp. 75–76;
Robert Hastings, UFOs and Nukes, p.84; [pp. 30-40 in First Edition]
Tim Printy, “The 701 Club: Case #1198, Ellenton, South Carolina, May 10, 1952,” SUNlite 15, no. 3 (May/June 2023): 5–6;
NICAP, “Objects Sighted near Vital Installation”;
memo from J. Edgar Hoover to USAF Director of Special Investigations, “Flying Disks Reportedly Seen in Vicinity of Savannah River Plant Atomic Energy Commission,” May 25, 1952, [p. 19];
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