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  Category 9, RADAR  
 
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RADCAT is a revitalized special project now being conducted jointly by NICAP & Project 1947 with the help and cooperation of the original compiler of RADCAT, Martin Shough, to create a comprehensive listing of radar cases with detailed documentation from all previous catalogues, including UFOCAT and original RADCAT.

Radar Tracks Object At 3,350 MPH
March 9, 1951
Tsushima Island, Japan

Brad Sparks:
March 9, 1951; About 20 miles SE of Tsushima Island, Japan (BBU)
2:25 p.m. Radar tracking of unidentified target at 3,350 mph. (Jan Aldrich) 

Dan Wilson:
March 9, 1951; About 20 miles SE of Tsushima Island, Japan (BBU)
2:25 p.m. This description was extracted from the Air Intelligence Information Report IR-29-52, Page 16 of 27.   A high-speed air target was tracked by a Mariner SA4 aircraft. The target was initially observed bearing 320 degrees true for approximately 60 seconds. During this time the target tracked 55 miles. The calculated speed was approximately 3,350 mph.  

Detailed reports and documents
reports/510309japan_rep.htm (Dan Wilson)

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