Walesville UFO Intercept: Jets Scrambled, Plane Destroyed (1954)
On July 2, 1954, an F-94C Starfire jet interceptor was scrambled from Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York, to investigate an unidentified radar contact over the Utica-Rome corridor.
Narration
Above upstate New York, a gleaming mirror-like object blazes impossibly fast.
Griffiss Air Force Base scrambles an F-94C Starfire interceptor on July 2, 1954.
Ground witnesses across the Utica corridor pointed at a brilliant fast-moving light overhead.
The chrome-white object hung above the interceptor as unbearable heat consumed the cockpit.
The Air Force ruled mechanical failure but the New York Times documented four civilian deaths.
The gleaming mirror-like object accelerated upward and vanished, leaving four civilians dead.