The
following pdf file contains all of the resized Project Blue Book
documents below and is now housed on the NICAP site for security
reasons. The original over-sized docs from the footnotes.com site are listed below: Dan Wilson:
Its appears that the USS Oriskany, heavily involved in the
Korean War, was on its way to join the Pacific Fleet when this sighting
occurred. Read articles below. Below is a photo of an AJ-1 Savage
Attack Bomber aboard the USS Oriskany in 1952. The AJ Savage was the
first U.S. bomber designed especially to carry the atomic bomb.
This could very well mean that there were atomic bombs on board the
Oriskany at some time in 1952.
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Brad Sparks:
Good sighting report. Too bad we don't have the radar
data. This case either never made it into the BB files or it did
but was removed. If so it must have disappeared at a very early
date from BB files because it is not on the typed monthly BB case
indexes. But as for "nuclear" ? The Oriskany loaded up ammunition
at Norfolk before heading out to a Latin American and Pacific
tour. But what evidence is there that the Navy had nukes at
Norfolk? In fact the Navy's nuclear weapons Operational Storage
Site J at Skiffes Creek Annex was at Yorktown not Norfolk and did not
receive its first nuclear weapons until 1954. In 1952 it was
still under construction, not completed until 1953.
Joel Carpenter:
It appears that the witness was a civilian contractor rep
for the Vickers hydraulics company's St Louis office. Reading between
the lines, he may have been there to work on the hydraulic
systems of the McDonnell Banshee jet fighters built in St Louis. The
fighters are on the deck in this shot.
found here
(Just of interest because the man was apparently a
technician and probably knew about jet fighters)
REPORT
May 29, 1952, near the Florida Keys, OSI UFO report.
At approximately 1700 hours two eliptical in shape objects
larger than a fighter type aircraft were observed from the USN aircraft
carrier Oriskany CV-34. One observer watched the objects through a
telescope. The Radar Officer viewed the objects on the radar scope. The
objects appeared to have a bubble on the top. Each object was leaving a
white vapor trail. The objects' course paralleled that of the carrier.
Size of Objects: Estimated to be larger than a jet fighter
Altitude: Estimated at 10,000 to 15,000 feet
Speed: Above the sonic range
Time in sight: 15 to 20 seconds
PAGE INFO
Page ID (PID) : NARA-PBB90-1166
Collection : NARA Blue Book
Roll Description : Project Blue Book Roll 90
Frames 1166 - 1167
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USS Oriskany (CV 34)
Having swept from ports of Italy and France to those of
Greece and Turkey, thence to the shores of Tripoli, ORISKANY returned
to Quonset Point, R. I. 4 October 1951. She entered Gravesend Bay, New
York, 6 November 1951 to offload ammunition and to have her masts
removed to allow passage under the East River Bridges to the New York
Naval Shipyard. Overhaul included the installation of a new flight
deck, steering system, and bridge. Work was complete by 15 May 1952 and
the carrier steamed the next day to take on ammunition at Norfolk 19-22
May. She then got underway to join the Pacific Fleet, steaming via
Guantanamo Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Horn, Valparaiso, and Lima,
arriving San Diego, Calif. 21 July.
Note: Below is a photo of an AJ-1 Savage attack bomber
aboard the USS Oriskany CV-34 in 1952. The AJ Savage was the first U.S.
bomber designed especially to carry the atomic bomb.
North American History
AJ Savage
AJ SAVAGE BOMBER
First Flight: July 3, 1948
The AJ Savage was the first U.S. bomber designed especially
to carry the atomic bomb. It was North American's first attack
bomber for the U.S. Navy and was designed shortly after the end
of World War II. It was a large twin-engine Heavy Attack aircraft
for the Navy, as big as the Air Force medium bombers of the time, such
as the <http://www.boeing.com/history/bna/b45.htm>B-45
Tornado.
In those early years of jet aircraft development,
manufacturers were exploring ways to provide power using piston engines
and a jet engine on the same airframe. The AJ-1 attack bomber used two
2,400 horsepower piston engines to power four-bladed propellers for
long-range cruise. It then fired a 4,600-pound-thrust turbojet engine
for extra speed over the target.
The AJ Savage had a crew of three and a single tail unit.
Its folding wings allowed it to be stored on an aircraft carrier. After
building three XAJ-1 prototypes and a static test model, North American
began delivering the AJ-1.
The Savage entered service in September 1949 and carrier
operations began in April 1950 on the USS Coral Sea. North American
built more than 140 in the series. Later, some AJ models were converted
into aerial tankers. Others, the AJ-2Ps, with a modified radome,
carried 18 cameras. Their night shots were illuminated by a photo-flash
unit in the fuselage. These models were standard equipment for the Navy
heavy photographic squadrons until the early 1960s.
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