 RADCAT Case Directory Category 9, RADAR Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Three
F-86's Unable To Close On Object / GCI Radar Vector
May 14, 1954
Nr. Great Yarmouth, England
May 14, 1954
Nr. Great Yarmouth, England
| Brad
Sparks: May 14, 1954; 10 miles NNW of Great Yarmouth, England, UK.
(BBU)
3:40 p.m. Three USAF F-86 jets flown at 40,000 ft Mach 0.85 (560 mph) by Capt. Kenneth J. Scott, Jr., 2nd Lt. Harry Joseph Ickes and 2nd Lt. David B. Clardy, 91st Fighter Sq, were vectored by GCI radar Type 7 at RAF Bawdsey to unidentified object at 8 miles at 1 o'clock to their course traveling at 240 knots IAS, to the S [N?] at 10° azimuth, sighted visually as about 30 ft silver or gray round object as seen from below, showing thin silhouette while turning, at 50,000-60,000 ft. Fighters unable to close on object which made 180° turn and disappeared at high speed beyond conventional aircraft capability, climbing high above ground radar range. (Jan Aldrich) Dan Wilson:
May 14, 1954; 10 miles NNW of Great Yarmouth, England, UK.
(BBU)
The PROJECT 10073 RECORD BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS states that
the radar maneuvers of object considered
improbable for
conventional aircraft. |