 RADCAT Case Directory Category 9, RADAR Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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F-86's
Had Radar Contact With Slow-Moving Objects
Oct. 17, 1956
Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Libya
Oct. 17, 1956
Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Libya
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Sparks: Oct. 17 [18?], 1956; Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Libya (BBU)
10:17 p.m. (GMT). (McDonald list; FUFOR Index)
Dan Wilson:
Oct. 17-18, 1956; Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Libya (BBU)
11:17 p.m. local time. Two different tracks of unidentified
slow flying objects were carried on radar by the 663rd AC&W
Squadron. F-86D aircraft made radar contact with the objects and made
repeated intercepts with the E-4 weapons system through all phases to
Splash without any visual contact being made by the pilots. Both
objects gave a bright return on ground and airborne radar. At around
1:46 a.m., Oct.18, F/Blue 2 F-86D got a radar contact at two
miles from the target. This was 29 degrees and 28 nautical miles from
the ground radar. F/Blue got a Splash on this target at 1:48 a.m. This
was the last radar contact by any type of
radar.
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