 RADCAT Case Directory Category 9, RADAR Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Arrowhead-Shaped
Object Tracked At 600 Knots
January 6, 1953
Duncanville, Texas
January 6, 1953
Duncanville, Texas
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Ridge: This report is case #6, listed on Albert M. Chop's official Air Force clearance list. . Brad Sparks: Jan. 6, 1953; Duncanville, Texas (BBU) 1/1:05 a.m. (CST). The 147th AC&W Squadron, Duncanville,
Texas, was notified by the CAA ARTCC at Meecham Field, Fort Worth,
Texas, that they received numerous calls of an unidentified flying
object northeast of Dallas, Texas. The AC&W unit at Tinker AFB,
Oklahoma, reported that they had picked up a target by radar twenty
miles southwest of Paris, Texas. This target was moving moving west at
an estimated speed of 600 knots at 7,500 feet in altitude. An
arrowhead-shaped object was seen by some witnesses. (McDonald list;
FUFOR Index)
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