Category 11 Case Directory
  SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT 
 
  Preliminary
Rating: 5  

                                   
     

AVCAT is a special project being conducted by NICAP, with the help and cooperation of the original compiler of AIRCAT, Dr. Richard Haines, and other sources, to create a comprehensive listing of sightings from aircraft with detailed documentation from these sources, including Projects SIGN, GRUDGE & BLUE BOOK.

UFO Paces B-25
June 18, 1952
100 mi east of March AFB, California

5:00 p.m. PST
Duration 30 mins
aircraft B-25
United States
Military
2 observer
No EMI
No radar contact

Brad Sparks:
June 18, 1952; 100 miles E of March AFB, Calif. (BBU)
A UFO paced a B-25  bomber for 30 minutes. No explanation could be found for the object and it was classified as an unknown.(Ruppelt p. 146; etc.)

Dan Wilson:
June 18, 1952, 100 miles east of March  AFB,  Calif. (BBU)
1700-1730 hours PST. Capt. Erie P. Ashton, USAF, and 2nd Lt. Clifton Ashley, USAF, sighted a silver object at approximately 11,000 feet in altitude off their left wing. The object was longer than it was wide and was in sight for approximately 1/2 hour.

Detailed reports and documents
reports/520618march_report.htm (Dan Wilson)


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