 RADCAT Case Directory Category 9, RADAR Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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F-86
Unable to Close on Radar/Visual Target
October 19, 1955
Knoxville, Tennessee
October 19, 1955
Knoxville, Tennessee
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Sparks: Oct. 19, 1955; 40 miles NW of Knoxville, Tenn. (BBU)
8:30 p.m. (EST) F-86 case. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index)
Dan Wilson:
At 8:30 p.m. (EST), an Air Force pilot flying in an F-86D
at 25,000 feet observed a round, orange object flying straight and
level at about 10 to 20 thousand feet above him to the east at 20
NM. After the visual
observation, contact was made with the object on airborne radar (E-4)
and a chase was
attempted. The pilot was unable to close on the object. Total time of
observation was
two to three minutes.
(Dan Wilson)
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