Case: Incident at The Ward Sawmill (Hetty Pline Photograph)
Timeline: April, 1929
Location: Ward, Colorado. USA.
Type: Sighting
Classification: DD (see about classification)
VCM: (Verg Credibility Matrix): Pending
VAM: (Verg Abduction Matrix): N/A
Source: UFOEvidence.org
Synopsis: “This photo was taken by my father Edward Pline at the sawmill in Ward
where we lived at the time, I think it was 1929. I was about six years
old then. My father was there to photograph the sawmill for some reason
or another, and as he was taking the photo, he described a “terrible
thunderous bellow,” and a large round thing as big as a very large
boulder that moved through the air above them.You can see it in
the picture. None of the sawmill workers saw the thing in the photo, but
they all heard the sound and felt the ground shudder. Later in my life I
tried researching the incident at the County Historical Society, but I
did not find any references to it. My father passed on a few years after
the incident, and I have not found any serving sawmill workers from
that time. Perhaps you have more information about this incident.”Best wishes, Hetty Pline. SIC
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Old photo of a UFO taken April 1929 over a sawmill at Wards, Colorado
UFO Photographs, 20th Century, 1920s
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