May 31, 1948 — Wilmington, NC
1:20 p.m. A cigar-shaped object moves through the sky from the northwest at terrific speed over Wilmington, North Carolina. Mrs. H. D. Alspach, Mrs. Charles Colvin, and Mrs. Isabell Hufham see the object emit smoke. It appears about 3 feet long. It slows down over the Cape Fear River, veers off to the east, and then speeds away at a high altitude. [Eberhart]
Incident 129:
Source:
“Flying Object Reported Seen in Wilmington,” Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times, June 1, 1948, p. 10;
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns Catalogue, Case 90, p. 34;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed., p. 530;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., p. 580;
NICAP, “Cigar Slows Down Then Speeds Up”;