April 17, 1897🇺🇸Sighting
Historical
Trenton, Tennessee: Cigar-shaped object with large white light passes over town
On 17 April 1897 at 8:30 p.m., a large white light attached to a cigar-shaped object passed over Trenton, Tennessee, at about 1,500 feet and disappeared to the east after five minutes.
Background
At 8:30 p.m. on 17 April 1897, a large white light attached to a cigar-shaped object passed over Trenton, Tennessee, at an altitude of about 1,500 feet. The object showed a red light on its left side and a green light on its right. It remained in view for about five minutes and then disappeared to the east. The report was published the next day in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.