Form: 97BB
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:40:49 +0000 (GMT)
From: daniel wilson <daniejon2000@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: April 3, 1952; Benson, Arizona. (BBU)
Cat: 1
To: Francis Ridge <nicap@insightbb.com>

 
 
April 3, 1952; Marana, Arizona. (BBU)
8:15 [8:23-9:15? MST] a.m. Pilot of T-6 aircraft and 6 pilots on ground saw a bright aluminum shiny oblong object above 54,000 ft. 52-minutes.  (Project 1947; FUFOR Index)
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April 3, 1952; Benson, Arizona. (BBU)
 
Time: 8:23 MST
Location: Benson Airport
Observers: Paul Wilkerson, Flight instructor
                  Chauncey (Chick) P. Logan, Flight Instructor, Marana AFB
                  C. M. Jasper, Squadron Commander, Flight Instructor, Marana AFB
                  Cadet Plucinsky
                  Chuck (Skeet) Taylor, Airport Manager
Number of objects: One
Altitude: Estimated at 55,000 feet
Size: 5 or 6 times the size of a B-29
Shape: Circular
Maneuvers: Hovered for over 50 minutes then suddenly disappeared
Color: Silver
 
   C. M Jasper sitting in a landed T-6 aircraft at the Benson Airport, took a fix on the object in relation to the top of the canopy at 0823. Jasper kept continous fixes on the object and it did not move the slightest fraction until 0914 when the object disappeared.
 
   Cadet Plucinsky flying above Benson airport, said when he spotted the object; "It looks like a flying saucer."
 
http://www.bluebookarchive.org/page.aspx?PageCode=MAXW-PBB9-1260
 
PAGE INFO
Page ID (PID) :  MAXW-PBB9-1260
Collection :  Maxwell Blue Book
Roll Description :  Project Blue Book Roll 9
   
Frames  1260 - 1283