June 23, 1952🇺🇸Military Encounter
Military base
McChord AFB, Washington: 2d Lt. K. Thompson watches very large light for ten minutes
At 9:00 p.m. on 23 June 1952, 2d Lt. K. Thompson saw a very large light flying straight and level for 10 minutes at McChord AFB near Tacoma, Washington.
Background
At 9:00 p.m., 2d Lt. K. Thompson saw a very large light flying straight and level for 10 minutes at McChord AFB (now Joint Base Lewis-McChord) near Tacoma, Washington. The case is listed among the Project Blue Book unknowns compiled by Brad Sparks and discussed by Michael D. Swords in the International UFO Reporter. 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.