Memphis, Tennessee: Kaiser household sees 50–60 shiny objects, Project Sign investigates

On the afternoon of May 7, 1948, Mr. and Mrs. Fordyce J. Kaiser and their housekeeper Jean Bray, at 251 W. Waldorf Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, saw 50–60 unusual objects, apparently moving very high and fast in straight lines with slight zigzagging. The objects were shiny like bright aluminum and left silvery trails. Lt. Col. James C. Beam of Project Sign went to investigate. On the way back he consulted astronomer Paul Herget of the Cincinnati Observatory, who thought the objects were meteors and recommended Ohio State University astronomer J. Allen Hynek as a project consultant. 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.