ACUFO-1944-07-15-TAMPA-1
Peter Davenport, a US ufologist, set up the "National UFO reporting Center" so that anyone is able to report a UFO sighting by the Web.
One report was collected on June 14, 2001, and he reporter told that in July of 1944, with his brother, he saw a craft that they thought was a secret flying machine "of the Army Air Corps." They were watching P-38s dog fighting over the area of Lowery Park, North Tampa, when suddenly appeared over the P-38s, a very large black object that looked like a big piece of pipe. The P-38s quit dog fighting and quickly returned to base. The black object made several maneuvers and flew of very quickly. The sighting duration was noted as "3 or 4 minutes."
The reporter told that it would be years before he would realize that he had seen something very unusual and no doubt a UFO.
Peter Davenport noted that the reporting person submitted several reports to his National UFO reporting Center.
| Date: | July 15, 1944 |
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| Time: | ? |
| Duration: | 3 to 4 minutes. |
| First known report date: | June 14, 2001 |
| Reporting delay: | 6 decades. |
| Country: | USA |
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| State/Department: | Florida |
| City: | Tampa |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 2 |
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| Number of known witnesses: | 1 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Reporting channel: | Web report to NUFORC. |
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| Visibility conditions: | ? |
| UFO observed: | Yes. |
| UFO arrival observed: | Yes. |
| UFO departure observed: | Yes. |
| UFO action: | Maneuvers above dogfighting planes. |
| Witnesses action: | Planes go away. |
| Photographs: | No. |
| Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
| Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
| Witness(es) feelings: | Puzzled. |
| Witnesses interpretation: | Secret aircraft, later UFO. |
| Sensors: |
[X] Visual: 2
[N/A] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages: |
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| Hynek: | ? |
| Armed / unarmed: | ? |
| Reliability 1-3: | 1 |
| Strangeness 1-3: | 3 |
| ACUFO: | Possible invention. |
[Ref. nuc1:] NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER:
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Occurred: 1944-07-15 13:00:00 Local
Location: North Tampa, FL, USA
Shape: Cylinder
Duration: 3 or 4 minutes
No of observers: 0
Reported: 2001-06-14 00:00:00 Pacific
Posted: 2001-08-05 00:00:00
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby
A black cylindrical object appears over P-38s dog fighting
In July of 1944 my brother and I saw a craft that we thought was a secret flying machine of the Army Air Corps. We were watching P-38s dog fighting over the area of Lowery Park which is in North Tampa, when suddenly appeared over the P-38s, a very large black object that looked like a big piece of pipe. The P-38s quit dog fighting and quickly returned to base. The black object made several maneuvers and flew of very quickly. It would be years before I would realize that I had seen something very unusual and no doubt a UFO.
NUFORC Note:
Date is approximate. One of several reports submitted by same source. PD
Lockheed P-38 Lightnings had actually been in operation with the US Army Air Forces since 1941.
The P-38 (photo below) was a twin-engine, twin-boom plane, with a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament, developed as a long-range interceptor and used during the World War II as fighter, night fighter, long-range bomber escort, ground attack plane, and aerial photography plane.
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Possible invention.
* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.
| Main author: | Patrick Gross |
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| Contributors: | None |
| Reviewers: | None |
| Editor: | Patrick Gross |
| Version: | Create/changed by: | Date: | Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | November 19, 2023 | Creation, [nuc1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | November 19, 2023 | First published. |
