Stories from the edge of explanation.
About 4 min readOn 1 October 1948, a decorated Second World War fighter pilot spent 27 minutes chasing a small white light over Fargo, North Dakota — out-turned, out-climbed, and twice flown at head-on. The Air Force called it a weather balloon.
About 4 min readAt 2:45 a.m. on 24 July 1948, two veteran airline pilots watched a glowing, wingless craft the size of a bomber flash past their DC-3 over Alabama. The Air Force first called it unidentified — then spent eleven years calling it a meteor.
About 3 min readOn 7 January 1948, Captain Thomas Mantell climbed after a huge object over Kentucky — and never came down. It was the first UFO case in which someone died.