 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 3 |
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Object
Has 3 Ascents & 3 Descents
Aug. 12, 1965
Springfield, Ohio
Aug. 12, 1965
Springfield, Ohio
| 11:15 a.m. EST Duration < 1 min aircraft T-29 United States |
Commercial 1 observer No EMI No radar contact |
| Dan
Wilson: August 12, 1965; Springfield, Ohio (BB) At 11:15 a.m. EST, Major Jack D. Bond, sitting in a passenger seat of a T-29 aircraft observed an unidentified flying object. The aircraft was on a heading of 300 degrees and was descending from 4000 feet to 3000 feet at the time of the sighting. The object was ascending and descending and was slightly higher than the T-29. The object appeared to be 5 to 7 miles away and moving in a general direction of 90 degrees. The object's speed was highly erratic during the 3 ascents and 3 descents that the object made. On its third descent the object appeared to level off and accelerate away at a speed of 600 knots or more. Project Blue Book evaluated this sighting as a Mirage. Martin Shough: This one I think I'd rate at 3. Clearly BB's
explanation rates a fat Zero, and their desperation
implies that they were unable to place an plane in the
area - which would have been the obvious theory. If it
wasn't a plane I don't know what it was, so it is
unknown. Nevertheless I would say the available info
is not sufficient to make it a strong unknown.
Detailed reports and documents reports/650812springfield_report.htm (Dan Wilson) reports/650812springfield_report2.htm (Martin Shough) |