Official BS UFO Explanations.

[Karl12]

• Redlands UFO, Feb 4th, 1968.


Multiple separately located town residents witness huge, low-flying, disk-shaped object with a row of eight to ten lights which were alternating in colour. 

The UFO was reported to have  proceeded at a low altitude (about 300 feet) in a northeasterly direction for about a mile, stopped, hovered, jerked forward, hovered again then 'shot straight upward with a burst of speed'.

On February 4, 1968, about two hundred residents of Redlands, California, either saw or heard what was apparently the same huge, low-flying, disk-shaped object as it passed overhead.

The object apparently came down just west of Columbia Street and north of Colton Avenue, then proceeded slowly in a northwestern direction for about a mile or less, at an altitude of about 300 feet. Coming to a stop, it hovered briefly, jerked forward, hovered again, then shot straight up with a burst of speed. (Total time of the sighting must have been less than five minutes).

The object’s size and altitude were estimated by Dr. Sanderson. The object seemed (if at 300 feet altitude) to be around 50 feet in diameter.

The artist’s conception was based on a series of interviews with witnesses by Professor Brownfield. His composite painting was verified by witnesses. The composite painting was obtained from witnesses seeing the object at different angles. Therefore composite is probably a very accurate representation of the object.

Composite witness sketch:

Pic

The lights on the base appeared to expel jets of bright orange flame and were seven in number. The light on the top (eight to ten in a row) were alternating in color (red and green), giving the impression that the object was rotating.

Link / Redlands 1968 Ufo Sighting report

Bluebook explanation

'Aircraft'


Dr Hynek's response:

"The discrepancy between what was reported and the Blue Book evaluation is so great as to be laughable"

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