Mather AFB, California: Brig. Gen. Garland and command pilots see silvery round object
One evening in 1949, USAF Brig. Gen. William M. Garland and a few others, including command pilots, saw a bright, silvery, round object moving too fast for an airplane from his yard at Mather AFB near Sacramento, California.
Background
USAF Brig. Gen. William M. Garland was stationed at Mather AFB (now Sacramento Mather Airport) in Sacramento, California. One evening he and a few other people, including some command pilots, were sitting in their yard when they saw a “bright, silvery, round object” moving too fast to be an airplane. The episode is documented in Jan L. Aldrich's profile of Garland. 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.