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Altoona stacked cylinders

July 23, 1952, 12:50 p.m.
Over Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA

Unresolved
Representative drawing from the Cylinders page, not this specific sighting.
"three cylinders in a vertical stack"The witness's own shape words

What happened

The crews watched three cylinders stacked one above another, at an estimated 50,000-80,000 ft, for 20 minutes. They could not climb to them. The same day, F-94 crews near Pottstown reported a large object with a smaller one circling it (mothership page).

Witnesses

Two-man crews of two USAF F-94 interceptors, at 35,000-46,000 ft (names not given)

Explanation

Unresolved

Filed by Project Blue Book as unknown.

Sources

  1. The Black Vaulttheblackvault.com