Phoenix, Arizona: Brilliant white object seen by many residents for three hours
On the afternoon of June 29, 1950, many residents of Phoenix, Arizona, watched a brilliant white object in the western sky for three hours; William A. Rhodes observed it through an 80x telescope, an American Airlines pilot placed it west of Wickenburg, and weather bureau observers described a round body with a sharp cone below and a round protuberance on top.
Background
On the afternoon of June 29, 1950, a brilliant white object was seen in the western sky by many residents of Phoenix, Arizona, for three hours. William A. Rhodes watched it through an 80x telescope and estimated that it was 50 to 62 miles high and 225 miles west of Phoenix. American Airlines pilot Bob Rentz placed the object west of Wickenburg at 6:00 p.m. Weather bureau observers described it as round, with a sharp cone projecting from its base and a round protuberance at its top. The Arizona Republic reported the sighting on its front page the next day under the headline 'City Agog over Strange Object in Sky'; the entry also cites pages 170 to 172 of a document in 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.