I'll never forget it! My Mom and Dad were at a gas station (called a filling station in those days) in San Pedro, California on a clear day in the summer of 1951. At least twenty people, including my parents, observed a cigar-shaped craft in the sky, hovering. I never asked them for an estimate of how high they thought it was, but from all accounts it was very visible, and it WASN'T "swamp gas", it was a solid silver metal-looking vehicle. After it hovered for a few minutes, it suddenly took off at astonishing speed. It definitely wasn't an airplane.
It was reported to the local newspaper, but nothing about it was printed. At least twenty people witnessed it, including people from neighboring businesses and homes. I wish I had been one of them, but I wasn't. This is an event that my old-fashioned parents and other observers actually witnessed and were willing to swear to, but the news just disappeared. My Mom in later years said that she wished she had had a camera with her, but people didn't carry cameras around with them like they do now. True story.
Thanks tons.
NO doubt about the validity at all.
Appreciate your confirmation.
They sure have effective ways of squelching true reports having propper airing in the news.
Thanks.