 RADCAT Case Directory Category 9, RADAR Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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DC-3
Encounters Two Objects Tracked on Gnd Radar
July 20, 1961
Houston, Texas
July 20, 1961
Houston, Texas
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Sparks: July 20, 1961; Houston, Texas (BBU 7510) 9 a.m. (CDT). Trans-Texas Airlines Capt. A. V. Beather, flying a DC-3, saw 2 very bright white lights fly in trail formation. Ground radar report vague. (Berliner) Dan Wilson:
July 20, 1961; East of Houston, Texas At 9:00 a.m. local time, Trans-Texas Airlines Capt. A. V. Beather, flying a DC-3, saw two very bright whte objects straight ahead of aircraft hovering between 6,000 and 7,000 feet over Bayton, Texas. The objects disappeared on a heading between 65 and 70 degrees at 10,000 feet. The objects followed an erratic flight path. They appeared to be traveling much faster than an aircraft. Weather radar showed small non-persistant blips on the scope in the general area of the sighting SW of Orange, Texas. These blips were apparently not ground clutter. (42 pages of document by Dan Wilson) |