 RADCAT Case Directory Category 9, RADAR Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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FPS-6A
Height Finder Tracks UFO
January 22, 1962
Kirksville, Missouri
January 22, 1962
Kirksville, Missouri
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Sparks: Jan. 22, 1962; Kirksville, Missouri (BBU)
(McDonald list) Dan Wilson:
At 12:45 p.m. local time, one object appeared on a FPS-6A
height finder radar at 72,000 feet in altitude at a range of
65 miles. The
object ascended to 80,000 feet then started a steady descent at 1500
feet per minute on a
heading of 55 degrees at a speed of approx. 100 knots. When the object
reached
9,000 feet the radar would no longer paint it. Length of
observation was 65
minutes. (Dan Wilson)
Jan. 22, 1962; Kirksville, Missouri |