East of March AFB, California: B-25 crew watches silver object off the wing for 39 minutes
At 5:00 p.m. on 18 June 1952, USAF Capt. Erie P. Ashton and 2nd Lt. Clifton Ashley, flying a B-25 about 100 miles east of March AFB, California, watched a silver object off their left wing for about 39 minutes.
Background
At 5:00 p.m., USAF Capt. Erie P. Ashton and 2nd Lt. Clifton Ashley were flying a B-25 about 100 miles east of March AFB (now March Air Reserve Base) in southern California when they sighted a silver object at approximately 11,000 feet off their left wing. The object was longer than it was wide. It remained in sight for about 39 minutes. The case is cited by NICAP ('UFO Paces B-25'), in Sparks's catalog of Blue Book unknowns and by Ruppelt. 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.