RADCAT Case Directory Category 9, RADAR Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:57:17
-0500 Fran Ridge: 10:30 p.m. (GMT). RAF pilot of Mosquito pursued
unidentified radar target showing efficient
controlled evasive action at 22,000 ft speed equal
or greater than Mosquito, headed W? towards Norfolk,
Eng. (FOIA) This was five months before the Kenneth
Arnold sighting and the beginning of the Wave of
1947, followed by the crash at Roswell in early
July. The incident was also linked to another "X
raid" tracked by radar earlier that same day. An FBI
document from July of 1947 quoted the Air Ministry
case summary stating that: "no explanation has been
forthcoming, nor has it been repeated." This
information was not entirely accurate, because a
very similar incident had occurred just 24
hours after the North Sea incident. As a direct
result, Fighter Command immediately extended its
night radar watch.
Dan Wilson: At 11:30 at night in the North Sea an RAF Mosquito pilot picked up a strange object on radar 50 miles north of the coast of Holland. The UFO seemed to be taking evasive maneuvers when approached by the fighter aircraft. The UFO was pursued for 30 minutes until over the Norfolk, England coast, at which point the object darted away. (Source: APRO Bulletin, December 1977, p. 7). See report from Project Blue Book files below. Jan Aldrich: The U.S. got a full report on this which (Captain
Edward) Ruppelt saw and summarized. The
summary was in Hynek's files now at CUFOS, Operation
Charlie, which Martin Shough and Dave Clarke dug out
of the UK archives. This impressive case
involves more than one incident, and the British
archives is missing some information.
Apparently the Americans got a report on the
incident including information that is now missing
from the UK archives.
Detailed reports and documents BB Documents: USAF-SIGN8-303-304 (Dan Wilson) reports/470116_opcharlie.pdf (Martin Shough) reports/70116northsea_shough4.htm (Clarke/Shough/Aldrich/Project 1947) |