Category 11 Case Directory
  SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT 
 
  Preliminary
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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.

C-124 Encounters 1,000 MPH Jack 'o' Lantern
Feb. 11, 1955
Ryukyu Islands, South Japan

7:15 p.m. local
Duration ?
aircraft C-124
United States
Military
 observers, crew
No EMI
No radar contact

Brad Sparks:
Feb. 11, 1955; Ryukyu Islands, S Japan (BBU)
10:15 a.m. USAF MATS crew flying C-124 transport saw a yellow or amber object shaped like a Jack o lantern flying at 25,000' and 1,000 mph. (Project 1947)

Dan Wilson:
Feb. 11, 1955; Ryukyu Islands, S Japan (BBU)
Time correction: 7:15 p.m. local time (Date-Time 11/1015Z) USAF MATS crew flying C-124 transport saw a yellow or amber object shaped like a Jack o lantern flying at 25,000' and 1,000 mph. (Project 1947) All we have is the Project Record Card and "case missing". "Considering reliability of crew and good weather conditions, evaluations considered unknown, Duration and other factors missing and case carried as insufficient data."

Detailed reports and documents
reports/550211ryukyu_isles_report.htm (Dan Wilson)


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