 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. 8, 1967; Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, Canada (BBU) USAF MAC C-97 pilot and ground radar operators tracked object at 2,100 knots (2,400 mph). (Project 1947) Dan Wilson: Jan. 7, 1967; Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, Canada (BBU) 11:05 local time. (changes date to Jan 7). An airman radar operator of the 641at AC&W Squadron with his scope on 20 mile range picked up a target. The controller estimates its speed for the first eight sweeps to be 200 knots. During the next four sweeps its speed was 2100 knots (2,400 mph). The target was held for twelve sweeps then was lost off the scope. The radar was an AN/FPS-93. The object appeared on two different radar sets operating on different frequencies and then was seen by an experienced pilot of a MAC C-97 aircraft. |