Subject:   Three Discs Attach Themselves to Navy Skyhook, Seen by Air Crew

Date:       August 29, 1952

Francis Ridge:
I had read about this one in late 2005 but it didn't "ring a bell".  Richard Hall had written about it in the Journal of UFO History, Vol. II, No. 4 (see below) and mentioned the Air Force Intelligence Report had been given to Maj. Donald Keyhoe circa 1953. Brad Sparks refreshed my memory and informed me we had the synopsis on the NICAP site in the 1952 UFO Chronology, which also had my note that it was on the Chop Clearance list (Item #2). Documentation will become available if this report is listed in the BB microfilms, but we're not up to August of 1952 as yet

Brad Sparks:
10:50 a.m.  2 U.S. Navy pilots flying a P4Y-2 patrol plane saw 3 white disc-shaped or spherical objects hover, then fly very fast in a triangular formation.  [May be same as Aug. 1952 sighting by P4Y-2 crew at 10,000 ft, pilot Lt. John C. Callaghan, copilot Lt JG Bill O'Flaherty, Merchant, following Skyhook balloon where 3 silvery discs briefly clustered on the Skyhook instrument package at 90,000 ft for several minutes then flew off with a vertical banking then climbed to disappearance in 3 secs.  Naval History Magazine Oct 2004, web version.]  (Berliner) 2-3 mins 2 witnesses [3?]

For reports, documentation, analysis or discussions - see below:
Aug. 29, 1952; North Atlantic Area - Richard Hall
Hand-written notation at bottom of Aug. 27-31, 1952 BB Sightings Listing - Tom DeMary

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