 RADCAT Case Directory Category 9, RADAR Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Air,
Radar/Visual Over Arkansas
July 11, 1950
Nr. Osceola, Arkansas
July 11, 1950
Nr. Osceola, Arkansas
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Ridge: July 11, 1950; Osceola, Arkansas
Evening. The crews of two Navy planes saw a disc-shaped UFO whose presence was confirmed by airborne radar. Lt. (j.g.) J. W. Martin, enlisted pilot R.E. Moore, and electronics technician G.D. Wehner said the object first appeared as a round ball, ahead and to the left of their planes. As it crossed their flight path, disappearing in the distance to the right, the UFO resembled a "World War I helmet seen from the side, or a shiny, shallow bowl turned upside down." Wehner said he "caught it on the radar scope," at the closest point, it was estimated to be about a mile away. (Source: UFOE, 31) |