 RADCAT Case Directory Category 9, RADAR Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Ground
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Airborne Contacts / Radio Signals Received
May 12, 1953
Pacific Northwest & Oregon States
May 12, 1953
Pacific Northwest & Oregon States
| Brad Sparks:
May
12, 1953. W coast of
Washington State. 8:15
p.m. (PST). Using FPS-3
search radar and FPS-5
height-finder radar, USAF
Capt. D. V. Jensen, GCI
Director [and other radar
operators], Naselle AFS,
Wash., ADC 759th AC&W Sq,
(46°25'20"N, 123°47'53"W,
elev. 1,926 ft) tracked 2 UFO
targets separated by about 80
miles at overlapping times.
Other stations detected
500 kHz radio signals possibly
emitted by UFO's.
First UFO radar track on
Naselle's radars from 8:15 p.m. to
9:14 p.m. on both search and
height-finder radars, were of
target at 90 knots (104 mph) at
6,000 ft approximately straight
course heading 340° throughout.
Jet interceptor and two
non-radar-equipped aircraft unable
to locate UFO. Second
UFO tracked at 8:56-9:36 p.m. at
80 knots (92 mph) at 6,000 ft
initial heading 340° then
zigzagged to about 40° (about NE)
[at about 9:00 p.m.] then 300°
(about WNW) [at 9:04 p.m.] until
disappearance. Jet
interceptor unable to reach within
about 150 miles of UFO before it
disappeared. Coast Guard
radio station Westport, Wash.,
detected 500 kHz CW (continuous
wave) weak intermittent signals
for 30 secs to 1-1/2 mins at a
time seemingly from 3 transmitters
operating as homing beams for
rendezvous, from just before 9
p.m. until shortly after 10 p.m.
Confirmed by radio signal
detection by Port Hardy Radio
Range Station, Vancouver Island,
Canadian Dept of Transport.
ADC radar site Maka AFS,
Neah Bay, Wash., unable to detect
targets. (Sparks; BB
files) 2
hrs 21 mins 5+
witnesses
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