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F-61
"Black Widow" Radar Case
October 15, 1948
Kyushu/Fukuoka, JAPAN
October 15, 1948
Kyushu/Fukuoka, JAPAN
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Richard Hall: Features: Aerial encounter, radar-visual, cat-and-mouse pursuit. An F-61 "Black Widow" night fighter crew on patrol over Japan picked up a UFO target on radar moving at about 200 m.p.h. The crew made six attempts to close in on the object, and each time it rapidly accelerated to about 1,200 m.p.h. leaving the interceptor behind. Then it would slow down again until the interceptor began closing in once more. On one pass the crew saw the silhouette of an object shaped like a "rifle bullet and apparently 20-30 feet long. Francis Ridge: This original report includes the Hynek and McDonald versions, but more recently added reports (May 2005) include the report and analysis by NARCAP and the posting of official documents from the BB Microfilms. This case was listed among the original BB "Unknowns" and is carried in the Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns by Brad Sparks: Oct. 15, 1948. Fukuoka,
Japan.
11:05 p.m. USAF pilot 1st Lt. Oliver Hemphill Jr. and radar
observer
2nd Lt. Barton Halter flying a P-61 “Black Widow” night fighter made 6
interceptions
of the same or different objects tracked on airborne radar, only one
seen
visually. Dull or dark translucent object shaped like a dirigible
with
a flat bottom and clipped tail end. Speed varied from 200 to
about
1,500 mph. Pilot tried to close on visual object, but it dove
away
fast. (FOIA; Jan Aldrich)
2
RV
Detailed reports and documents Fukuoka Area Japan, October 15, 1948, UFO Report - MAXW-PBB4 375-400 (Dan Wilson) UFOs With Radar? (J. Allen Hynek) Case 3. Fukuoka (Kyusha), Japan (Dr. James E. McDonald) Case 1. October 15, 1948; Kyusha, Japan - NARCAP RADCAT (Martin Shough) Email Discussion The P-61 Black Widow |