 RADCAT Case Directory Category 9, RADAR Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Radar/Visual
With
Two Radars
Jan. 7, 1967
Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, Canada
Jan. 7, 1967
Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, Canada
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Sparks: Jan. 7, 1967. Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, Canada
11:00-11:05 p.m. (AST). Goose AFB Radar Air
Traffic Control (RATCON) radar detected target at 30
miles SW, when target was at 4-6 miles S traveling at
very high speed, Goose RATCON notified ADC radar site
FPS-93 ground radar operators at the 641at AC&W
Squadron, which tracked target at 180° (S0 degrees
for first 8 sweeps at 200 knots (230 mph) then 4
sweeps at 2,100 knots (2,400 mph). Target lost
over Goose AFB. Radars on different
frequencies. USAF MAC C-97 [C-54?] pilot Lt Col
Gorecki was on approach to Goose runway 27 [heading W]
when he sighted moving star-like steady white light
visually at estimated 5,000 to 7,000 ft overtaking his
160-knot [180 knots?] aircraft [at 7,000 ft? headed N
?]. [Object heading 015 degrees True at high
speed, disappeared in the N.] (Sparks; BB
files; NICAP; Project 1947) 5+ mins 3+
witnesses radar-visual)
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