 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Objects Fly Over & Under Aircraft
May 5, 1957
Nr. Santa Rosa Island, California
May 5, 1957
Nr. Santa Rosa Island, California
| 3:00 a.m. PST Duration 30 secs aircraft C-121 United States |
Military 1 observer No EMI No radar contact |
| Dan
Wilson: May 5, 1957; 170 miles SW of Santa Rosa Island, Calif. (BB) 3:00 a.m. PST. Two round orange colored objects the apparent size of a basketball held at arm's length were observed by 2nd Lt. Leland M. Martin flying in an RC-121D aircraft. The RC-121 was at 9,000 feet on a heading of 80 degrees at 190 mph. One of the objects passed over the aircraft going E to W at 10,000 feet and the other passed under the aircraft at 8,000 feet going W to E. The length of the observation was 30 seconds. Fran Ridge: Though the objects might have only "looked" like afterburners, this was only a description with the pilot knowing very well that these objects were observed head-on and over and under his aircraft. Blue Book wrote these off as aircraft. Detailed reports and documents reports/570505santarosa_report.htm (Dan Wilson) |