Flagstaff, Arizona: Meteorologist Hess tracks round gray object at Lowell Observatory

At 12:15 p.m. meteorologist Seymour L. Hess was strolling the grounds of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, when he noticed a round, gray-colored object approaching from the southeast at about 12,000 feet altitude. He followed it with a 4x spyglass as it passed in front of a small cumulus cloud. Hess estimated that it was about 4 feet in diameter and moving about 100 mph. The Salem Oregon Statesman reported the sighting on May 23, 1950; James E. McDonald discussed it in his statement to the House Committee on Science and Astronautics in July 1968, and the Condon report also treats it. 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.