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7/16/52 - Paul Hill, Hampton, VA; 8PM
| Report Summary | "... they came... up over the southern horizon... side by
side at [what was determined later by triangulation to be] 500 mph... 15,000-18,000
foot altitude... they looked like amber traffic lights a couple of blocks
away, which would make them spheres 13-20 feet in diameter... they slowed
into a left turn... came to a [near] stop... [and] started their strange
jitter... First one leaped ahead of the other ... then the other seemed
to jump ahead... for a few seconds... Maintaining their spacing of about
200 feet, they revolved in a horizontal circle around a common center...
at least once per second... after a few... they switched their revolutions
into a vertical plane... "Within seconds of the circling maneuver, an identical sphere came in from the Atlantic... and joined the others, falling in below... they seemed to float along, then began accelerating slowly toward the south as a fourth amber sphere came in from the James River... "Using [a] formula, we can compute the approximate acceleration of the circling spheres, estimated to have a turning radius of 100 feet.... [as] approimately... 100g."[footnote 1] |
| Hynek Classification | NL |
| Original Vallee Classification | Type IIIe |
| Current Vallee Classification | MA1 |
| Minimum Distance | 3 miles (vertically) |
| Object Appearance | Amber luminous sphere, 13-20' diameter. |
| Object Behavior | Flew in from horizon as a pair, circled, horizontally / vertically, then joined by a third and fourth object, and flew away. |
| Physical Effect | None |
| Medical Effect | None |
| Comments / Conclusion | Exceptional sighting in that the witness was an aeronautical engineer, and was able to find other witnesses for triangulation which allowed direct calculation of UFO acceleration. |
Footnotes
1. Unconventional Flying Objects: A Scientific Approach, Hill, ISBN 1-57174-027-9, p 48