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UFO
"Alters" Tracking of Navy Polaris Test
January 10, 1961
Air Force Test Range; Cape Canaveral, Florida
January 10, 1961
Air Force Test Range; Cape Canaveral, Florida
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Fran
Ridge:
Jan. 10, 1961; Cape Canaveral, Florida AM. A US Navy Polaris
missile was launched from a ground
pad. A flying disc, whose diameter
was close to the length of the
Polaris, altered its tracking, but
did not block the missile firing,
since the tracking system continued
to follow the object and later
returned to again to track the
Polaris downrange. The diameter of
the disc was approximately 20 to 25
feet and it was about 6-8 feet thick
at its center. It was visually lost
to ground observers and primary
witness (Clark McClelland with 10x50
binoculars) at the Cape as it
continued downrange. The original
investigation was conducted by
McClelland and his Florida NICAP
subcommittee. I contacted him on 10
March 2006 and he provided this
brief report. The file mentioned by
Dick Hall is still being sought.
Richard
Hall:
The documentation was 100% perfect, since we had the technical evaluation report from the Cape on the incident. But after I left NICAP and the files were transferred to CUFOS, I no longer have access to it. Jerry Clark tried to locate the report for me in the NICAP files but couldn't find it. I have a feeling that it was not in the regular files but in a "cover" file under the name of the contractor which was Pan American. Don Keyhoe and I showed the report to several board members who certified its existence. So, I KNOW it's absolutely authentic but can no longer prove it. |