Depiction of the 1952 West Palm Beach sighting investigated by Project Blue Book.
THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTING REPORT
Date: August 19 1952
Sighting Time: 2145
Day/Night: Night
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Urban or Rural: Rural
Hynek Classification: CE-III (Close Encounter III) Close observation with animate beings associated with the object.
Duration:
No. of Object(s): 1
Size of Object(s): huge
Distance to Object(s):
Shape of Object(s): disc
Color of Object(s): gray
Number of Witnesses: 4 – Desvergers described a “huge smooth gray disc” and claimed to have encountered three humanoids with a “sweaty odor”.
Special Features/Characteristics: 3 humanoids in grayish clothing that had a sweaty odor.
Source: Project Blue Book
Summary/Description: Sonny Desvergers, a scoutmaster, driving with 3 boy scouts after dark, noticed a light in the woods and went in to investigate. In a clearing it became oppressively hot & humid, he smelled a pungent smell, and he had the feeling of being watched. Looking up, he saw a dark body above him. Backing up & shining his flashlight on it, he saw a huge smooth gray disc, somewhat concave on the bottom, with vanes around the edge and a dome in the middle.
Then he heard a slight sound, and a small red fireball began to drift toward him, expanding into a cloud of red mist; as this enveloped him, he lost consciousness. On recovery he ran for the road, & encountered the car of a deputy sheriff summoned by the boys, who had seen the red fire strike him. His arms face, & cap showed slight burns, and his hair was singed. At the site the grass showed scorched roots. In later accounts, Desvergers said that he had got aboard the rim of the saucer and had fought there with 3 humanoids in grayish clothing that had a sweaty odor.
