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/u/Shiny-Tie-126
1957 - "torpedo" shaped UAP circles Atomic Plant at Shippingport, USA, the top half green-coloured and the bottom half a reddish-orange, both separated by a strip of yellow
Witnesses
2 witnesses
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
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Field Intelligence
Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Nearby infrastructure
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Oct 1, 1957, 11:00 PM
Timezone
Eastern Time
Location
Shippingport, Pennsylvania
Observers
2 witnesses
Witness account
Narrative
Source: UFO Report "Torpedo" Circles Atomic Plant October 1, 1957; Shippingport, Pennsylvania About 7:00 p.m. A former Rochester councilman, John Karcher, owner of a farm in Daugherty township, was outside the city of Rochester with a friend, Lee Plunkett. They were outdoors with a clear view of the sky and from the direction of the nearby town of Ohioville something strange approached at an altitude of 2,000 feet. Both men spotted it and were astonished. The thing was a big luminous torpedo...
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Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Shippingport, Pennsylvania.
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telemetry
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