 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Three
Objects Shake Up Air Crew
August 29, 1952
W. of Thule, greenland, N. Atlantic
August 29, 1952
W. of Thule, greenland, N. Atlantic
| 10:50 a.m., local Duration 2-3 mins P4Y-2 aircraft North Atlantic |
Military Navy 3 observer No EMI No radar contact |
| Fran Ridge: This report is case #2, listed on Albert M. Chop's official Air Force clearance list. 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:
Aug. 29, 1952; W of Thule, Greenland, N. Atlantic (BBU) [CCL
Item # 2]
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?]
Detailed reports and documents Aug. 29, 1952; North Atlantic Area (Richard Hall) reports/520829thule_report.htm (Dan Wilson) docs/NARA-PBB1-80.pdf (Tom DeMary) |