November 23, 1948 — Vaughan, NM
9:30 p.m. US Army Col. William P. Hayes sees a bright white, round light “larger than a basketball” descend slowly as he is driving 10 miles east of Vaughan, New Mexico. It explodes without a sound some 100–200 feet above the ground. [Eberhart]
SIGN Incident 225:
Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 142, p. 43;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed., p. 539;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., p. 598;
NICAP, “Another Object in Vertical Descent Explodes near Colonel”;
