 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Unidentified
Evades Interception By F-94
May 1, 1953
Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada
May 1, 1953
Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada
| 11:20 p.m. local Duration 30 mins aircraft F-94 United States |
Military 3 observer No EMI No radar contact |
| Brad Sparks: May 1, 1953; 10 miles S of Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, Canada (BBU 2555) 11:35 [11:20?] p.m. (AST). USAF 59th FIS pilot Capt. R. L. Emberry and radar operator 1st Lt. J. R. Morin of F-94 jet interceptor flying at 24,000 ft, and control tower operator, saw a white light or unidentified aircraft with afterburner but unlike any known aircraft, about 10,000 ft below the jet, evaded interception by F-94. Both object and F-94 climbed to 40,000 ft but object outpaced the jet and continued climb until out of sight. (Berliner; Joel Carpenter) Detailed reports and documents reports/530501goose_report.htm (Dan Wilson) |