Houston, Alaska: Coal company man sees four saucer-shaped objects flying north
At 10:30 a.m. on May 11, 1949, George A. Mertz of the Houston Coal Mining Company in Houston, Alaska, saw four saucer-shaped objects flying north at an estimated speed of over 1,000 mph; he reported similar objects on May 14 and 15.
Background
At 10:30 a.m. on May 11, 1949, George A. Mertz of the Houston Coal Mining Company in Houston, Alaska, saw four saucer-shaped objects flying north. They were not in formation, appeared thicker on the upper half than on the lower, and flew with a noticeable tilt to the port side. Mertz estimated their speed at over 1,000 mph, their diameter at roughly 80 to 100 feet and their thickness at 15 to 20 feet. He saw similar objects again on May 14 and 15. 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.