January 22 and 23, 1952, Nenana, Alaska
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT: Unusual Unidentified Radar Targets
At 1020Z Radar site F-2 made contact with an unusual target. The scope
presented the target clearly but on a slant of 15-20 degrees instead of
perpendicular to radii, the normal manner of presentation. The speed of
the target was estimated at 1350 to 1500 knots. At 1030Z an F-94 was
airborne and vectored to Nenana. The F-2 radar site lost
the target prior to the F-94's arrival.
Later at 1200Z while the F-94 was approaching Ladd AFB, the radar
operator picked up a target in the Nenana area. An intercept run was
made by the F-94 from 24,000 yards to 200 yards with a good target on
the radar scope. Radar contact was lost and no visual sighting was
made by the pilot, Lt. C. E. Garret or the radar operator, Capt. V. D.
Ramey.
On January 23, 1952, from 1020Z to 1140Z, the same F-94 (pilot, R.
R. Diment: radar operator, C. A. Hayward) was sent on a mission to
see if a target similar to that of 22 January could be found. At
approximately 1050Z a radar contact was made at 20,000 yards. The F-94
was between Clear and Nenana at 18,000 feet. An intercept run was begun
and followed through to 2700 yards, at which time the target
disappeared. Later the F-94 was checked for radiation by a team with
negative results.
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