http://www.nicap.org/521206gulf_dir.htm Loren Gross:December 6th. 9,000 mph? Donald
Keyhoe
made much of the next case in his writings on UFOs.
If the reader of Keyhoe’s version wonders how the official
file
relates the event, here is the clearest and most complete statement in
the BLUE
BOOK record:
“On 6 December 1952, while flying
over the Gulf of Mexico towards Galveston, Texas, the flight engineer
finished
transferring fuel and I then turned on my radar set.
“I noticed an unidentified object
approaching our aircraft at a terrific rate of speed.
I timed it as best I could with my stopwatch over a known
distance and the instructor flight engineer computed the speed as 5,240
mph. I alerted the entire crew to look
for the object visually and some flashes of light were noticed. The closest the objects came were
approximately
20 miles. I saw about twenty objects in
all, sometimes as much as two and three on the scope at one time. I re-calibrated the set and there was no
change.
“The object was small and possibly
round, with the exception of one very large return shaped as follows:
“(“ __
moved as arrow indicated.
“I also noticed a large return come
up within 40 miles of our tail from behind, and then disappeared.
“To the best of my knowledge, I
believe that this object was real and moved at an extremely high speed
and was
not a set of malfunction or optical illusion.” 185.
The foregoing information was the
statement of 1st Lt. Norman Karas. His
crewmate, 1st Lt. William W. Naumann, had
this to add:
“Contact was broken off at 0535 after a group of the blips merged into
a ½ inch
curved arc about 30 miles from our a/c/ at 320 degrees and proceeded
across the
scope and off it at a computed speed of over 9,000 mph.” 196.
Footnotes:
185.
“Air
Intelligence Information Report,” by Lt. R. A. Reed, 3510th
Flying
Training Wing, RAFB, Texas. 10 December 52. Air Force BLUE BOOK Files. 186.
Ibid,
Statement: 1st Lt. William W. Naumann
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