May 27, 1949 — Hart Mtn, OR
2:25 p.m. Pilot and businessman Joseph Shell, ferrying an SNJ trainer for North American Aviation from Red Bluff, California, to Burns, Oregon, sees 5–8 oval objects, twice as long as wide and one-fifth as thick, around Hart Mountain, Oregon. They fly in trail formation, with an interval equal to 3–4 times their length, except that the second and third are closer together. [Eberhart]
Details:
BB Incident 392:
Source:
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns Catalogue, Case 237, p. 65;
NICAP, “Pilot Encounters 5–8 Egg-Shaped Metallic Objects”; [BlueBook Files]
FindAGrave, “Joseph Claude “Joe” Shell”;