Bakersfield, California: Pilot Richard Rankin sees ten flat discs in V-formation
On the afternoon of June 14, 1947, disabled stunt pilot Richard Rankin saw ten flat, circular objects fly in a V-formation over his house in Bakersfield, California; about two hours later seven of them flew back in the opposite direction.
Background
In the afternoon disabled stunt pilot Richard Rankin watched 10 flat, circular objects flying in a V-formation over his house in Bakersfield, California. About two hours later, 7 of the objects were seen flying in the opposite direction. It appears in NICAP's case files, in Brad Sparks's list of Blue Book unknowns and in several case documents of the PURSUE release. The Portland Oregonian reported on it on July 3, 1947. 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.