 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Lodestar
Crew Sees Stationary Silver Elongated Object
Feb. 19, 1951
Nr. Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kenya
Feb. 19, 1951
Nr. Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kenya
| 7:20 a.m. local Duration 17 mins aircraft Lodestar Africa |
Commercial Observers, crew & 9 passengers No EMI No radar contact |
| Brad Sparks; Feb. 19, 1951; Near Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kenya (BBU) 7:20 a.m. East African Airways Lodestar crew and several passengers saw stationary silvery elongated object. (Project 1947; FUFOR Index) Dan Wilson:
7:20 a.m. An unknown object was seen by the crew and
passengers of an East African Airways "Lodestar" plane. The object was
bullet-shaped with a fin at one end. It appeared to be about 10,000
feet above Mt. Kilimanjaro
and hanging motionless. After about 17 minutes the object began to
climb rapidly and
moved eastward toward the coast. Captain J Bicknell, Master of the
plane,
obtained the signatures of all nine passengers to a document stating
they had personally observed the object.Feb. 19, 1951; Near Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kenya (BBU) Fran Ridge: One American was supposed to have taken a picture of the object and another American (both on board) allegedly used 30' of film to shoot the object, this according to the Foreign Service Dispatch. Neither the photos or films nor the men who took them were ever found. Detailed reports and documents reports/510219kilimanjaro_report.htm (Dan Wilson) reports/510219killimanjaro_shough.htm (Martin Shough) reports/510219killimanjaro_vj.htm (Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos) |