April 3, 1952; Benson, Arizona. (BBU)
Time: 8:23 MST
Location: Benson Airport
Observers: Paul Wilkerson, Flight instructor
Chauncey (Chick) P. Logan, Flight Instructor, Marana
AFB
C. M. Jasper, Squadron Commander, Flight Instructor, Marana AFB
Cadet Plucinsky
Chuck (Skeet) Taylor, Airport Manager
Number of objects: One
Altitude: Estimated at 55,000 feet
Size: 5 or 6 times the size of a B-29
Shape: Circular
Maneuvers: Hovered for over 50 minutes then suddenly
disappeared
Color: Silver
C. M Jasper sitting in a landed T-6 aircraft
at the Benson Airport, took a fix on the object in relation to the
top of the canopy at 0823. Jasper kept continous fixes on the object
and it did not move the slightest fraction until 0914 when the object
disappeared.
Cadet Plucinsky flying above Benson
airport, said when he spotted the object; "It
looks like a flying saucer."