# September 22, 1948 — nr. Turner AFB, GA — Co-Pilot in C-47 Sees Wingless Metallic Object

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![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-DouglasC-47](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/3/3a0c4636b92781d8cdea10c55bc543c38f1a94cf.jpeg)

September 22, 1948 — nr. Turner AFB, GA  
3:30 p.m. USAF Lt. Martin G. Rubisch, Asst. Combat Ops Officer at Eglin AFB, Florida, is the copilot of a C-47 flying from Eglin heading northeast into Turner AFB at 2,000 ft when he sees a shiny metallic object about the size of a radio-controlled target drone, but with no wings or rudder, approaching from about 1,500–2,000 ft away, about 35° to the left, heading 335° (or 155°?) at about 250 mph at 1,500 ft altitude, with no trail.

Record Card:

 ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-BB-RecordCard](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/b/beb2c2926c16eceb609c3f64537d2366588088d7.jpeg)

Summary / Summary Information Sheet:

 ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-BB-Incident189-Summary](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/1/15bc86109fcd070539ac804e6d116d4e56f44670.jpeg)

 ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-BB-Incident189-IncidentSummarySheet](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/3/35eafac3dabe6bdf814583761781dc5a35b3510f.jpeg)

Essential Elements of Information:

 ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-BB-Incident189-EEI-p1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/2/202453c07a43f88ece2ccdc4401af97c96be0f0e.jpeg) ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-BB-Incident189-EEI-p2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/4/4bb146e1840d05bcef3b19a2c56d157e8cacd488.jpeg)

 ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-BB-Incident189-EEI-p3](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/0/02bdefeadc9f527e09a41fd71c3d80ced08d8716.jpeg)

Baxter Report:

 ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-BB-Incident189-BaxterReport-p1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/9bedaad3dd7087aa29b892b1ddce9c2c97ce312e.jpeg)

 ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-BB-Incident189-BaxterReport-p2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/2/274b0dcafbad290b88d895b80402e0b131b35115.jpeg)

Balloon Unlikely / Drone Likely:

 ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-BB-Incident189-BalloonUnlikely](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/9aaa70ee91195ac419201c3833f3f5073fbd670e.png)

 ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-BB-Incident189-DroneExplanation](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/6/6d3168894c908e5eb5abeb58cb24878adaa9ef41.jpeg)

Sources:  
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 115, p. 38;

 ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-Sparks-Case115-p38](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/98f56f8ff2f4f9e5048453f19443e6247cd4c542.png)

NICAP, “Co-Pilot in C-47 Sees Wingless Metallic Object”;

 ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-NICAPWebsite](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/8/8d1ab6a1a26bacfb669582b0608223e418872ba6.png)

> **[UFO Report](http://www.nicap.org/480922albany_dir.htm)**

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#### Post date: [September 21, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/t/september-22-1948-nr-turner-afb-ga-co-pilot-in-c-47-sees-wingless-metallic-object/347/2 "2026-09-21T22:06:10Z")

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[PURSUE release, pp. 37–38;]

[https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release\_1/38\_143685\_box7\_incident\_summaries\_173-233.pdf](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/38_143685_box7_incident_summaries_173-233.pdf)

 ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-SIGN-Incident189-p1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/1/1581794c3d4f6f5a6ed276b3dbe273f25363f78f.webp)

 ![09221948-nrTurnerAFBGA-SIGN-Incident189-p2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/6/6d6552a3883b002771c25cb037681e7264fcce35.webp)