PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8278142

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1966

REPORTED LOCATIONFairborn Ohio

FRAMES2

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3. SOURCE 0. CONCLUSION
Civilian Aircraft (F-lll with Afterburner) √ Joit
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One . A/C tail number 775
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Seconds
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION following an aircraft. One observer stated they sc/a
parachute. Contact was made with base operations to find out
Ground-Visual it was a jet with an unusually large streak of fire as a
7. COURSE result of his afterburner being kicked in.
N/A
8. PHOTOS
Yes
XXNo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PHYSICA IDENCE
n Yes
XX No
FORM ITneI- ITDEI
FTO FTO ..-
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6 Oct. 66
Several calls
about 1015 EST 6 Oct. 66. One ob ver reported that the fire
seemed to be following an aircraft. Another reported nly the fire
was seen. One said
Contact was made with the Base Operations WP AFB, Ohio at l105 EST
6 Oct. 66. A F-lll took off from Patterson F Field at l006 EST
6 Oct. 66 and shortly thereafter kicked in his after-burner. They
had received several calls regarding this incident also. They
reported that an unusually y large e streak of fire was a result of
his afterburne kicked in.
CONCLUSION
F-111 with afterburner with afterburner