 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Huge
Oval Encountered By C-54 Crew
March 4, 1952
Sea of Japan, near Ashiya, Japan
March 4, 1952
Sea of Japan, near Ashiya, Japan
| 10:35 a.m. local Duration 1-1/2-2 mins C-54 aircraft Japan |
Military 3 observers No EMI No radar contact |
| Fran Ridge: An underestimated "sleeper" whose documents paint a picture of a daytime observation of a huge oval-shaped object viewed by the crew of a C-54, and a duration that eliminates any type of rare daylight meteor. Brad Sparks: March 4, 15 miles W of Ashiya AFB, Japan (BBU)
10:35 a.m. USAF C-54 crew with 53rd Troop Carrier Sq saw a
bright orange oval object at 10,000 ft. (Project 1947; FUFOR Index)
Dan Wilson: March 4, 1952, Sea of Japan, (BBU)
10:35 a.m. The pilot, 1st Lt. E.J. Weed, and crew, co-pilot 2nd Lt.
T.G. Camidge and
engineer S/Sgt. T. Dendy, of a USAF C-54 aircraft, 53rd Troop
Carrier Squadron, observed a bright orange oval-shaped object. The
object, approximately 50 to 100 feet in length and 50 foot thick, was
flying at a
terrific speed at an estimated altitude of 10,000 feet and was
observed for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Lt. Weed further stated that the
object was definitely not a
jet aircraft.Detailed reports and documents reports/520304seaofjapan_report.htm |