Sightings1950

Chicago and Southern airliner crew reports a lighted disc over Arkansas

Name: Chicago and Southern airliner crew reports a lighted disc over Arkansas
Start: 1950-03
Location: Stuttgart, AR

When: Mar 1950
Where: Stuttgart, AR
Sources: 2 public sources

A Chicago and Southern Air Lines DC-3 of the era; a C and S crew reported the disc over Arkansas RuthAS, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Capt. Jack Adams and First Officer G. W. Anderson, flying a Chicago and Southern DC-3 from Memphis to Little Rock, reported a fast object with a row of glowing ports near Stuttgart, Arkansas. They told United Press they believed it was a secret aircraft; the Air Force reached no firm answer.

Sources

OtherThe Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (Edward J. Ruppelt, 1956) (opens in a new tab)Project Gutenberg / 1956
OtherThe Flying Saucers Are Real (Donald E. Keyhoe, 1950) (opens in a new tab)Project Gutenberg / 1950

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