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From: daniel wilson <daniejon2000@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: U.S. Planes Alerted, April 19, 1952; 3 Plane Vapors Cause Alert at Alaska Stations, April 18, 1952
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
April 19, 1952
page 5

This one is not online at archive

Cleveland Plain Dealer
April 19, 1952
page 5

This one is not online at archive

U. S. PLANES ALERTED

"Readiness" Order Follows Brief Mystery on Radar Screens
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., April 18--(UP) -- The air defense command
disclosed today that the nation's military aircraft were placed in a
state of readiness for two hours yesterday when unknown objects were
picked up on radar screens almost simultaneously in the vicinity of
Newfoundland and Alaska.
   One group of objects sighted near Newfoundland later turned out to
be friendly aircraft, the air force said.
  The second group picked up in the vicinity of Alaska faded away on
radar and never were identified.
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Long Beach 12. Calif.,
Friday, April 18, 1952
Page 18, column 1

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3 Plane Vapors Cause Alert at Alaska Stations
        WASHINGTON, Apr; I7— (U.P.) Air defense forces were alerted last
night from coast to coast after a ground observer near Nome, Alaska,
reported sighting three vapor trails at high altitude, the Air Force
said today.
        The Air Defense Command, including the western, central and eastern
United States defense forces, were alerted and placed in state of
readiness, the Air Force said.
        The units resumed normal operations when nothing developed after a
few hours. The observer saw the vapor trails at 7 p. m., Alaska time,
the Air Force said, but nothing could be detected on radar. Aircraft
sometimes cause vapor trails in the sky.
        An Air Force spokesman said "there was no evidence that it was a plane"
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