 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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F9F
Encounters "Shooting Star"
May 13, 1952
El Centro Naval Air Station
May 13, 1952
El Centro Naval Air Station
| 3:15 a.m. PST Duration not stated aircraft F9F United States |
Military 1 observer No EMI No radar contact |
| Dan Wilson: May 13, 1952; El Centro Naval Air Station, California (BB) At 3:15 a.m. PST, an F9F pilot taking off from El Centro NAS saw what appeared to be a shooting star diving at an angle of 60 degrees. At around the same time there was a report from the El Centro Sheriff's Office of five "Flying Saucers" as large as B-36's with a light underneath. They disappeared to the southwest at terrific speed. All told there were four separate reports of unidentified aerial object in the El Centro area on this date. (Blue Book docs, Dan Wilson) Detailed reports and documents reports/520513elcentro_report.htm (Dan Wilson) |