Brad
Sparks:
Oct. 19, 1957; Mildenhall, England, UK. (BBU)
(McDonald list)
Dan Wilson:
GMT 19/1740Z. At 5:40 p.m., local time, A/2C Pringle and A/2C Warsewich
on
duty in the control tower at Mildenhall RAF Station, observed
a
circular disc-shaped object, yellow to orange in color to the SW of
the station. The object
appeared as large as a dime held at arm's length. The object when first
sighted was approx. 5
degrees above the horizon and appeared to be stationary. At 5:55
p.m., the weather observer working in the tower was notified. The
wx observer said he could not identify the
object , but it definitely was not a star or other celestial body. At
6:03 P.M., Lakenheath RAPCON was advised of the UFO. The UFO was
obscured from the tower's
vision at Mildenhall at 6:09 p.m. by clouds. At 7:28 p.m., Lakenheath
RAPCON advised Mildenhall tower
they could see an object to the SW of Mildenhall. At 7:30 p.m.,
Lakenheath advised
Mildenhall they had 3 targets on their radar. Two of the targets were
NW of Mildenhall at
approx. 11 miles. The two targets were also stationary. The 3rd target
was north and
moving slowly towards the station. Also the targets NW were visible
from Lakenheath.
Mildenhall GCA was notified and also picked up the targets which
coordinated with
Lakenheath. At 8:40 p.m., Sculthorpe WX station picked up the
unidentified targets on their radar. The positions coincided with those
of Lakenheath Control
and Mildenhall GCA had reported. The UFO
report's preparing officer, 1st Lt. David A.
Zillmer, wrote in his report on this incident. After investigating
possible confusion with some known object the sighting was considered
to definitely involve an unidentified object.
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