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Radar/Visual;
F2H Fighter & FPS-6 Radar
August 22, 1957
Cambria AFS, California
August 22, 1957
Cambria AFS, California
| Dan Wilson: August 22, 1957; Cambria AFS, Calif. (BBU)
At 7:35 p.m. local time, two or three round, red and orange
objects the size of a pea at arm's length were observed in a stack
formation one above the other to the southwest at 15 degrees elevation.
The objects were observed through binoculars. FPS-6 radar HRI was
detecting objects in the same direction. Two F2H Navy fighter aircraft
out of Moffet Field were sent to the area and made visual contact. When
the fighters got within 50 miles of the objects both fighter's IFF
disappeared from PPI of FPS-3 radar. The fighter aircraft IFF did not
reappear until the fighters were approximately 70 miles from the
objects. Total length of observation was approx. 1 hour and 30 minutes.
(Dan Wilson, Brad Sparks, McDonald List, FUFOR Index)
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