Jackson, Mississippi: Private pilot and passengers see megaphone-shaped object cross path

At 5:00 p.m. pilot Thomas A. Rush and his wife were flying a private plane with two passengers east of Jackson, Mississippi, into North Jackson Airpark. They saw a cigar-shaped object, 60 feet long and 10 feet wide, cross their path at 1,500–1,600 feet, only about 500 feet away; it seemed dark blue or black. It was shaped like a megaphone, tapering from about 10 feet at the front to four feet at the trailing end. Its speed was about 200 mph before it accelerated to 400–500 mph; it made a 50° turn and was visible for 10–12 seconds. Eberhart cites NICAP, the Blue Book unknowns list (Sparks) and the PURSUE release. 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.