Corning, California: Two Highway Patrolmen Pursue 150-Foot Football-Shaped Object with Radio Interference
On August 13, 1960, near Corning, California, two highway patrolmen pursued a 150-foot, football-shaped object with red and white lights that performed aerial acrobatics, caused radio interference, and was radar-confirmed by the sheriff's office.
Background
A pair of California highway patrolmen witnessed an enormous vehicle descend from the sky at 11:50 p.m., August 13, 1960, two miles from the town of Corning. They presumed at first it was an impending plane crash. The object pulled up short, rose back up to 500 feet and performed aerial acrobatics over a lengthy period.
Description
Shaped like an elongated football at 150 feet long and 40 feet in breadth, it was covered in white luminescence, with red lights at either end and, intermittently, five white lights along the side. Its movements combined incredible speeds, inertia-defying changes of direction, and frequently a sweeping red beam.
Radio Interference
The patrolmen radioed the local sheriff's office to request a radar assist, which soon confirmed the target. Whenever the object approached the cruiser, radio interference resulted. One officer remarked: 'We made several attempts to follow it and we were more successful remaining motionless and allow it to approach us.' Then an identical craft joined the first. Eventually both flew over the horizon.