August 9, 1953🇺🇸Military Encounter
Historical
Moscow, Idaho: Ground Observer Corps reports glowing disc, F-86s scrambled
At 9:40 p.m. PST on August 9, 1953, Ground Observer Corps supervisor L. E. Towner and other observers reported a large glowing disc over Moscow, Idaho; three F-86s were scrambled and the duration was reported as 6 hours 35 minutes.
Background
At 9:40 p.m. PST on August 9, 1953, supervisor L. E. Towner and other Ground Observer Corps observers reported a large glowing disc over Moscow, Idaho. At 10:10 p.m., the first of two F-86s was scrambled. The object lingered, with other lights also seen, until around 5:00 a.m. 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.