May 9, 1949 — White Sands Proving Ground — Cmdr. Robert B. McLaughlin White Sands Sighting

jeffknox · May 9, 2025, 1:13am

May 9, 1949 — White Sands Proving Ground
Naval Unit Commander Robert B. McLaughlin, with several other officers, witnesses a white object overhead during the launch of a WAC Corporal B rocket at White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico. It disappears “in a blinding burst of speed to the west.” [Eberhart]

Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns Catalogue, Case 225, p. 61;

R. B. McLaughlin, [Letter to J. A. VanAllen], May 12, 1949;

Robert B McLaughlin’s True Article:

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