Two UFO Sighting Reports, 1951, 1952.

Published: 1:08 PM 3/28/2009

My father, Stephen J. Short, passed away last year (2008) at age 91. He was a very honest man and an aviation pioneer who also trained as a control tower operator.

While working in a chemical plant in 1952, he and several others had a very good sighting of a domed UFO and a second sighting 7 months later of two identical craft.

In his own words:

"This UFO (similar to Billy Meier) is similar to the one I saw in May, 1951, at Torrance, California. It came from the west over the Pacific and flew east over Artesia Blvd. at about 4,000 ft. altitude at an estimated speed of near 1,000 mph based on the time it was in sight and a 4 miles per inch sectional chart I had at the time.

It was brick red on top, bright silver on bottom, and about 100 ft. in diameter.

The craft flew with a slight oscillating motion.

In January 1952, at Garden Grove, California, I saw two more like it. They came in from the east, and when directly overhead made a 90 degree to the north both traveling somewhat slower than the first sighting.

Weather on both days was CAVU altitude about 7,000 feet."

The picture he selected as closest was a discredited Billy Meier, so I drew up my own version.

Attached is his photo taken in 1935 which you may use as well as his name.

Raymond L. Short