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Cigar Observed & Tracked On Radar
July 26, 1956
Rio de Janeiro / from the USS FDR
July 26, 1956
Rio de Janeiro / from the USS FDR
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Ridge: Originally this incident was listed as occurring around the 25th or 27th of July, 1956 and location unknown. Dan Wilson located the ship's logs and not only found the exact date and location, but the listing mentioned the UFO!: "560726 UFO sighting - Rio de Janeiro". Carl Feindt: July 26, 1956; nr. Rio de Janeiro, aboard Aircraft
Carrier FDR
A a cigar-shaped
object was seen and tracked on radar. And the CIC radars said it went
off the scope in two or three sweeps. That was witnessed by John C.
Hau, Chief Warrant Officer."
Detailed reports and documents reports/560726acc_fdr_rep.htm (Fran Ridge & Carl Feindt) reports/560726acc_fdr_rep2.htm [Ship's Logs] (Dan Wilson) |