 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Crew
Of C-46 Encounters Cream-Colored Disc
April 9, 1952
Shreveport, Louisiana
April 9, 1952
Shreveport, Louisiana
| 2:30 p.m. CST Duration 15 mins + (*) aircraft C-46 United States |
Military 2 + observer No EMI No radar contact |
| Brad Sparks: April 9, 1952; Bet. Shreveport and Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
(BBU)
2:30 p.m. (CST). USAF C-46 crew [pilot and copilot] flying E
at 90° heading at 9,000 ft saw a 30-40 ft cream color disc-shaped
object ahead of the plane at about 4,000 ft, object reversed course
heading E [but was overtaken by C-46 and passed under it ??], C-46 and
object both [?] made 360° turns, object climbing into clouds at
12,000 ft at 200-400 mph.(*) Similar sighting at 2:45 p.m. by
another
C-46 5-6 miles N of Barksdale AFB of an object disappearing on a N
heading at 11,000 ft. (BB Status Rpt 6; cf. NARCAP)
Detailed reports and documents reports/520409shreveport_report.htm (Dan Wilson) |