June 1, 1945🇺🇸Sighting
Historical
Morganton, North Carolina: Shiny tubular object with blue flame vanishes, explosion heard
At 7:30 p.m. on 1 June 1945, witnesses in Morganton, North Carolina, saw a shiny tubular object streak northwest with a blue flame and heard an explosion after it vanished near Lake James.
Background
At 7:30 p.m., a shiny, tubular object estimated at 5–6 feet long was observed over Morganton, North Carolina. It streaked toward the northwest with a blue flame shooting from its rear. After it disappeared in the mountains near Lake James, witnesses heard an explosion. 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.