◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The Cylinder at 9,000 Feet
On 1 March 1945 reconnaissance pilots of the 107th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron reported an aluminium-coloured cylinder hanging upright in the air at 9,000 feet with fins and a mast at its lower end. When it was attacked it partly deflated and gave a smokeless red flame, but it did not break up. The squadron's photographs failed. This is the record of what the pilots reported, not a verdict on what hung over the front.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The Cylinder at 9,000 Feet is a reported UAP case in Map reference F-5710, European theatre (IX Tactical Air Command area), 1 March 1945, 10:30.
- Reconnaissance pilots reported an aluminium-coloured cylinder about 12 feet long hanging upright at 9,000 feet with small fins and a mast at its lower end.
- The signal says the object was attacked and partially deflated, a red flame resulted without smoke, and the cylinder did not disintegrate.
- A pilot of the 107th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron photographed it, but IX Tactical Air Command reported that the photos were unsuccessful.
- The released file offers no explanation and gives the location only as an undecodable map reference, F-5710.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source, 1 corroborating primary document and 1 claimant on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD — a released government record names who saw it, the top of our scale, though no independent testimony sits beside that record.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
1 March 1945, 10:30
LOCATION
Map reference F-5710, European theatre (IX Tactical Air Command area) · unknown (European theatre)
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
1
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
