 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Blimp
Outdistances Airplanes At High Speed
December 28, 1949
Bt. Hamlet and Greenwood, North Carolina
December 28, 1949
Bt. Hamlet and Greenwood, North Carolina
| 4:30 p.m. EST Duration 1/2 hr aircraft Light planes United States |
Military 6+ observers No EMI No radar contact |
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Brad Sparks:
Dec. 29 [28?], 1949; Bet. Hamlet and Greenwood,
North Carolina (BBU)
5 p.m. James and 3 other pilots of military light
training planes saw a blimp-shaped object outdistance
the [4?] planes at high speed. (Project 1947; FUFOR
Index)
Dan Wilson:
Dec. 28, 1949, from Fayetteville, NC, to Greenwood,
SC (BBU)
At 4:30to p.m. a blimp-shaped object flying
erratically was observed by several people on the
ground and by four pilots who rose in light planes at
Hamlet, NC, and at Greenwood, SC. They were unable to
catch up with the object.
Detailed reports and documents reports/491228hamlet_report.htm (Dan Wilson & Bill Schroeder) |