Appearance / Description of Object(s)

cigar shaped, bright shiny metallic. In a tight formation horazontaly

Size of Object(s)

Less than a dimes width held at arms length. There wasn't any physical surrondings to make accurate comkparison. Guess between 50-100 feet.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

From my stand point, they were about 11:00 o'clock high, guesing again, 20,000+ feet.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Again, they were above Fort Jackson, South Carolina. We were in an open area near building, but they were not a factor in seeing the objects. At that time Fort Jackson was a large infantry training center, I don't know what else it was involved in.

Full Description & Details

Location: Outside our Company Arms room in an open area with no obstructions to sight.

Time: Afternoon weapon's cleaning .

My attention was drawn to the sky by the other soldiers. Almost directly above us were three

shiny metallic cigar objects hovering in the air. They were arranged to the best of my knowledge as this:

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I used "zeros" here to represent the formation they were holding. The actual objects were in a horizontal plane.

We used a plastic aircraft identification card we had, and IF they were the size of a B-52 or a B-29, not sure now which, they would have been at a height of 30,000 feet.

They were there so long, we lost interest in watching them. They may have still been there when we finished the afternoons work and put everything up.

Did we actually see something?

The next morning at Company formation, our whole Company was told by the Company Commander : "That if anyone such as newspaper reporters asked us what we saw, we should refer them to the Base Commander."

I (we) observed them so long that I can say this about them.

1. It was a bright , clear, sunny day that ruled out any atmospherical conditions.

2. They were metal, there can be no doubt about that.

3. They weren't any common aircraft or we wouldn't have been told what we were by the

Company Commander.

4. They were seen by others besides us, and others to such a number that the newspater

reporters were trying to interview those who saw the objects.

5. The official concern by the military was enough that a Post Commanding General

was acting as an official spokesman.

I may not have the exact month here, but we were outside without any winter gear so I am sure September is close.

If you know of other reports of this incident or any in formation on them, I'd appreciate hearing from you.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

No Way!!!! Not a plane, they were hovering in the same place the whole time. Any other object you mention would surely have moved from "here to there, " but they didn't. These objects although far from us, were close enough to rule out Venus, moon, stars ETC.

Witness Background

I graduated in 1960, join the Army in 1960, stayed in Army 11+ lyears, the last as an aircraft repairman and as Quality Control Technition. The rest of the time I worked as a repair technition until 1998 when I had to Medically retire due to complications related to my military service.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I had just graduated from high school that summer, 1960, and the objects were seen just three or four months after that. I didn't have any special interests in UFO's at that time. Although later in life, I'm now 64 years old, they impressed me so much then I have wondered every once in a while what they were.

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