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. “ : ‘ -_— am .Incident 7124 -~ North Atlantic -- 18 April 1948 On the basis of the information given about Sighting, no astronomical explanation of the inoident likelye Could tho sishting possibly refer to a flook birds? this radar is at all
This target was contacted on the air search radar at 1500 GOT on Lo Avril lid. tie first contact was made at 65C0 yards and was tracked to 16,000 yards giving a velocity of aporoaxinmately 30 mepel.s Ths area in wich the . | target was contacted «as thorong: ly soarc!: visually and were “ere no . clowds aor weather fronts in said areca. “hore vere no target indications | on the surface radar. ‘the target stren¢th was 55 fadingat 1,000 yards. !
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CHECK=LIST = UNIDENTIFIBD FL
Date =—s-«—AS April 1945
Time 4500 CT
Location iorth -tlantic, 62°06".
Name of observer jj/5
Occupation of obgorvor
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YING OBJECTS
55°00"!
Jeather station satrol
Address of.,observor Pygi, Const Guard Lis rict
Placo of obsorvation Aig
Numbor of objects Ue
Distanco of object from obsorver
Timo in sight /s
Altitude w/5
Speod 30 uph
Diroction of flight u/S
Tactics l/s
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Siz JS
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Odor dotoctad u/s
Apparent construction /5
exhaust trails n/3
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5500 vards ~ 16000 vardsAddress Reoly + NITED SATBS COAST GUARD THs CO. ..ANDSNT “UuyD) Washington 25, D. OC, Refer bo Pile 19 May 1948 from: Commandant TO: deadquarters Air Moteriel Command Wright-Patterson Air Sorce Base, Dayton, Ohio = Asta: MOLA(XD.3) Subj: Ranort on unidentified radar target; renort of sighting of flying dises, ete.; forwarding of | The attached cony of renort from the Commanding Offic regarding an unidentified radar target, is 231f-explanat ory an nA USC CGC Dis vOTy fo your information. rwarded for Ze Also inclosed ars two conies of a renort received fromthe Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Air Station, San Diego, California with reference to ithe sighting of venor trails. ‘his renort was annarently submitted by Coast Guard aviation personnel because of the local attention they attracted and to throw light on sudsequent wild renorts that mignt be received from unqualified observers from that area, By direction of the Commandant, S. Y. HAMMOND Lieut, Comdr, Us0G Uni -f, Intellizence & Lew Enforcement Division
COPY (ey) U. 8. ¢. GC. BIBS
Commanding Officer .
USCGO SITES (WP&31), Boston 13, Mass. 12 May 4g
601
Prom: Commanding Officer, USCGO Siss
TO: The Commandant f{IN?)
Via: Commander, First Cost Gurd District (aii)
Subj: Unidentified Radar Target; rerort of
Ref: (sa) Intdligence and lew Enforcement Circular No, 1-46
2, In accordance with reference (2), the following report is submitted
covering an unidentified radar target tracked while this ship was on Ocean
\ eather 3 Station patrolon Station Able (62-00 N, 33-00%) from 3 to 2b April
1946,
2. ‘this target was contacted on the air search radar oa GOT on
18 Aorillcus, The first contact was made at 6500: pies Dy ond was tracked ¢
18, 000 3 yards giving a velocity of spproxinately 30 mph. The ) rea in
which + ne target was contacted was thoroughly searched vismally and there
were no clouds nor weather fronts in sai d ares there were no auaah indi-
cations on the surface radar, ‘The target strength was > fading at 18,000
yards.
}* The ibove time and cate was tne only time this phenomenon wes observed
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Boston 13, wp cn
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~_ “=~De HYNEK'S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPORT. INCILENT INDEA 1. Astrononical a. Eish probability: 726, 27, 30, $1, 32, 33, 4, 48, 49, 59, 60, 56, 69, 70, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 116, 119, 1352, 156, 94, 140, 147, 148, 158, 174, 184, 185, 187, 197, 203, 204, 208, 216, 21°, 238. b. Fair or low probabilitys OA FS, 20, 25, 24, 28, 3d, 35, 45, 50, 63, 67, BU, B82, S35, 100, 112, 120, 121, 129, 130, 144, 153, 165, 166, 167, 175, 192, 199, 202, 205, 220, 230, 240. 2. Yon-astroncaival tut suggestive of other explanations a. Balloons or ordinary aircraft: #3, 11, 22, 41, 42, 53, 54, 73, 81, 83, 91, 92, 11s, 114, 115, 126, 131, 138, 141, 145, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 165, 169, 171, 173, 175, 180, 182, 198, 190, 194, 195, 196, 198, 200, 201, 209, 21U, 217, 222, 255, <o7, 5% b, Kookets, flares or falling bodies: #4, 5, &, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 14, 15, 16, 25, 56, 65, 78, 106, 107, 106, 109, 133, 170, 211, 219. - c» MMisoellansous (reflections, aurora #39, 89, 123, S, Son-astronouical, with no sxplanation evident 7~ a» Lack of evidence precludes explanatioas . , 7; ’ f 4 ~~ 3 ”~ > = sr? 7 ; “ m* Cc ._* 4 ” ~ a4 J — ty : J J ; 7¢ r } ; 3 , mu 9. : ./ . 7 - ) > - ; ) 922 ~ Jy » be Ww '\/ @ ; : Fi! ~ > 5° _ 1 > die eee Ls — . a4 * fd Lei.Ce ) | 4 Su ¢ti ww 4 ) | > b? we | ont zt ~ " ,- ns ; = | a ge | ‘ > 4 ~ &J 4 rd » > 5 . ) > , 1 streamers, birds, ato.) 124, 128, 145, 164, 181, 199, <14, 221i, 251, 254-6 ss aie ong