September 6, 1952 — Tucson, AZ
4:55 p.m. Ex-Congresswoman Mrs. Isabella King and Bill McClain see an orange teardrop-shaped object whirl on its vertical axis, descend very fast, stop, retrace its path upwards, while whirling in the opposite direction. The duration of the sighting is 1.5 mins.
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Sources:
Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, September–October, The Author, 1986, pp. 12-13;
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns Catalogue, Case 813, p. 172;
Don Berliner, The Blue Book Unknowns, FUFOR, p. 26;
NICAP, “Rotating Object Descends Then Ascends”;