 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Huge
Object Rushes Up From Ocean Surface
Feb. 21, 1951
Heading Toward Newfoundland from Iceland
Feb. 21, 1951
Heading Toward Newfoundland from Iceland
| 0300 local Duration 5 mins aircraft Navy ??? Newfoundland |
Military 9 observers No EMI No radar contact |
| Fran Ridge: February 21, 1951; Newfoundland (BB) 3:00 AM local. Lt. George Williams was piloting a Navy Fleet Logistics airplane cruising at 10,000 feet. At first he thought the object was a ship and then called the copilot forward. Nine witnesses saw the object approach at terrific closing rate. It veered to their port side and hovered momentarily, then rose at extremely rapid rate and disappeared off their port quarter. Size was estimated at 200 feet in diameter, flat elliptical or cigar shaped by side view and seemed to be producing a ring of red-orange exhaust all along the edge. The Moon was also visible and almost full. This indicates Bethune and his crew were not making up a story based on someone else's experience since their's was 11 days prior and that the Keyhoe rendition (Cmdr. "Benton" case) was probably the Feb. 21 event). Tue, 17 Feb
2009 19:40:57 -0500
Jan Aldrich:
Dewey Fournet
spoke to the US Naval Intellignece Class IX as part of
his duties. Several Naval officers related UFO
experiences to Fournet which they had previous
had. One of the officers, Lt George P. Williams,
told Fournet that he piloted a Navy Fleet Logistics
Air Wing aircraft aid he and 9 other crewmen had
encountered a UFO over the North Atlantic on 21 Feb
1951. They were heading towards Newfoundland at
10,000 feet when they encountered the object. Williams
mentioned that he saw the moon prior to seeing the
UFO. Except for the date, Williams' account sounds
like Bethune's....Bill Pitts had Fournet's brief case
which was filled with material he took when he left
the Service. Bill let Tom and I copy the
material. Tom was of the opinion that Lt. George
Williams' account does not relate to Bethunes' because
of the date.
Detailed reports and documents docs/510221incident26doc.pdf (Jan Aldrich) Incident #26 Operation Interloper - Recent Reports doc - Lt. Geo.Williams pdf (Jan Aldrich) Feb. Object (Kingdon on Bethune a/c) Similar But 11 Days Prior - MAXW-PBB8-1032-1039 (Fran Ridge) |