Category 11 Case Directory
  SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT 
 
  Preliminary
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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.

B-47 Pilot Sees Circular Object
March 16, 1955
Salton Sea, California

9:24 a.m. PST
Duration 3 mins
aircraft B-47
United States
Military
3 observer
No EMI
No radar contact

Brad Sparks:
March 16 [17?], 1955; 35 miles N of Salton Sea [or Ripley?], Calif. (BBU)
9:24 a.m. USAF SAC pilot flying B-47 saw a silver circular object on a steady course S fading in the distance. (Project 1947)

Detailed reports and documents
reports/550316saltonsea_report.htm (Dan Wilson)


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