Choloy, France
1957 – 4 (F) Wing – Assorted Sources
Details:
12 June 1957 - F/O JL Robinson
Comments from Don Norrie:
F/O JL Robinson was a pilot with 422 Squadron at 4 (F) Wing, Baden Germany. He was killed when his aircraft (Sabre 23396) was involved in a mid-air collision with F/O Van Oene (Sabre #23514 - non-fatal) and crashed near Stuttgart in West Germany.
Extract from 2 Wing Historical Report
12 June 1957 - 421 Squadron had another unfortunate accident today. F/O Van Oene had a mid-air collision while on a practice Zulu intercept. Van Oene bailed out successfully and suffered only a cut forehead. The pilot from 4 Wing was killed.PROJECT BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS =============================================== MAP...............................
Notes: STAR ON MAP IS STUGGART, GERMANY. MIDAIR
COLLISION TOOK PLACE HERE. UFO SIGHTED AT MILAN(O), ITALY, NORTHERN
SECTION... APPROX. 120 MILES BETWEEN INCIDENTS...
June 12, 1957, ; Milan,
Italy. 7:30 p.m. Witness: G.U. Donadio,
translator for export-import firm. One
object "big as a hen's
egg" flew very fast, zigzagged, hovered and
revolved, then shot
up after 17 minutes.
July 27 or 29, 1957; Longmont, Colorado. Early
morning.
Witness: J.L. Siverly. One thick disc, ice
blue, with a top
like honeycomb (interconnected hexagons), hovered
and rocked
below the hill tops for 10 minutes. Middle
band was scalloped,
bottom had four kidney-shaped forms.
July 29, 1957; Cleveland, Ohio. 10:31 p.m.
Witnesses: Capital
Airlines Capt. R.L. Stimley, First Officer F.J.
Downing. One
large, round, yellow-white object dimmed once,
crossed the bow of
the airliner, which then gave chase but was unable
to catch it.
Sighting last 8 minutes.
July 29, 1957; Oldsmar, Florida. 11:45 a.m.
Witness: E.E.
Henkins. One pale yellow fireball glided into the
water and
exploded. Viewed for 1 minute.
Stuttgart
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
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