Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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AVCAT is a special
project being conducted
by NICAP, with the help and cooperation of the
original compiler of
AIRCAT, Dr. Richard Haines, and other sources,
to create a
comprehensive listing of sightings from
aircraft with detailed
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Projects SIGN, GRUDGE &
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4:45 a.m. local Duration Not given aircraft RB-36 Puerto Rico |
Military observer crew of 3 No EMI No radar contact |
Brad
Sparks: Dec. 31, 1952; NE of Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico. (BBU)
4:50 [4:45?] a.m. USAF crew of RB-36 saw a large
red-orange ball of light pass the plane.
(Weinstein; FUFOR Index)Fran Ridge: This report, aside from the red color, didn't seem like much at first, but it is yet another instance where documenting a suspected BBU paid off. Dan Wilson: Dec. 31, 1952; NE of Ramey AFB , Puerto Rico (BBU)
4:45 a.m. local time. An Aircraft Commander, Capt.
Robert P. Gennrich, the First Pilot, 1st Lt. John C.
Moore, and the left scanner, A/1C Anthony A. Eakovich,
of RB-36 #2007, sighted an unidentified flying object.
The object was first seen by the Aircraft Commander
and First Pilot on the horizon and was observed to
approach the aircraft which was flying on a course of
73 degrees at 8,000 feet altitude. The object was
spherical in shape and reddish-orange in color and
approximately 8 feet in diameter. It appeared to pass
over the the left wing of the aircraft at a distance
of approximately 300 feet or greater and travel away
from the tail of the aircraft at a high rate of speed
and then commence to climb until out of sight. The
left scanner, A/1C Anthony A. Eakovich, stated then
when he saw the object it was directly behind the
RB-36 at a distance unknown, and it veered off to the
right and began to climb sharply at a high rate of
speed until it was out of sight. At the time of the
sighting the aircraft was flying straight and level.
Detailed reports and documents reports/521231puertorico_report.htm (Dan Wilson) |