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
documentation from these sources, including Projects SIGN, GRUDGE &
BLUE BOOK. |
Evening Duration ??? F9F United States |
Military 1+ observer No EMI No radar contact |
Richard Hall: Evening. A Marine Corps fighter pilot, alerted by a Navy
signal tower
at Norfolk, Va., chased a silver object which had been sighted from the
ground over an area near the Virginia-North Carolina border. After
cruising in his F9F Panther for half an hour without seeing anything
unusual, 1st Lt. Ed Balocco was returning to his base. "Over
Washington, North Carolina," he said, "I saw what looked like an
airplane with red lights which appeared below me. I was cruising at
about 20,000 feet. What caused me to look back at the object was the
fact that it moved from below me 10,000 feet vertically in a matter of
seconds." He turned and chased the object at better than 500 mph., but
was unable to gain on it. Balocco estimated the UFO was about 10 miles
from him during the 3-4 minute chase. At that distance, he said, it
appeared about 1/4" wide and about 3" long. "The object was the color
of white heat and it threw out a red glow behind it. It had two red
lights on the left hand side, bounding and flashing off the end,
encircling an arc." The Marine officer said he seemed to gain on the
object for a time, but it then dropped from his altitude and
disappeared toward the coast. Another pilot involved in the search,
Capt. Thomas W. Riggs,
reported he sighted an object flying low near the Carolina coast, but
couldn't identify it. (Associated Press, February 12, 1953).
Detailed reports and documents articles/530209washington_nc_%20Aviation_News.pdf (Dan Wilson) |