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Maneuvering
Object Tracked on Two Radars
July 11, 1955
China Lake NAS, California
July 11, 1955
China Lake NAS, California
| Dan
Wilson: July 11, 1955; China Lake Naval Air Station, California.
(12/0510Z;July
1955) At 9:10 p.m., a round orangish-red
object, the size of a dime held at arm's lenght was observed from the
tower with 60 power and 8 power binoculars. The object seemed
to have a tail 4 times the length of the object. F-86D's were scrambled
but failed
to contact anything. Type of observation: Ground-Visual and
Ground-Radar. The object was observed for 20-30 minutes. Charles P.
Chitwood, control tower operator gave this description of the object.
The object was in the northern sky at a 340 degree heading. The object
moved on a heading of 240 degrees for 7 minutes, then suddenly
reversed its course and sped away at an 80 degree heading. The object
then reversed its course again and disappeared on a measured
course of 277 degrees. At 9:06 p.m. (12/0506Z), the AC&W Squadron
at Boron,
Calif., had an object on their scopes. They made a call to Edwards AFB,
who in
turn notified China Lake NAS. (Dan Wilson)
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