Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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AVCAT is a special project being conducted
by NICAP, with the help and cooperation of the original compiler of
AIRCAT, Dr. Richard Haines, and other sources, to create a
comprehensive listing of sightings from aircraft with detailed
documentation from these sources, including Projects SIGN, GRUDGE &
BLUE BOOK. |
4:15 p.m. + Duration aircraft Gloster Meteor England |
Military 3 observers No EMI No radar contact |
Richard Hall: October 4, 1954; Essex, England 4:15 p.m. +. An RAF pilot encountered a UFO over Essex. Flight Lt. J.R. Salandin of the 604th Fighter Squadron, flying a Meteor jet out of North Weald, Essex, nearly collided head-on with a huge, metallic appearing object. The UFO was shaped like two saucers pressed together, one inverted on top of the other. At the last second, it flipped to one side and streaked past at tremendous speed. Two round UFOs had been sighted speeding between two other Meteor jets in the vicinity just before Lt. Salandin's sighting. (NICAP UFO EVIDENCE, 122; London Illustrated News, December 2, 1954) Victor J. Kean:
Project FT: Timothy Good in "Above Top Secret" (Page 35) gives
the date as October 14th, 1954 with a detailed account in which he
corrected some inaccuracies which had previously appeared in FSR. Vol.1
No.1 1955 p2. Reprinted FSR Vol.30, No.2 1984. Detailed reports and documents reports/541004essex_wilson.htm (Dan Wilson) articles/541004essex_RAF_Flying_Review.pdf Original errored version of account from Flying Saucer Reader Corrected, more-detailed account - Timothy Good MISC-AFOSR4-289 [newsclipping in BB files] (Dan Wilson) NARA-PBB1-117 [no mention in listing] (Fran Ridge) |