March 23 [22?], 20 miles S of Yakima, Wash. (BBU 1076)
6:56 and 7 [6:05? 6:33?] p.m. USAF pilot and radar operator of F-94 jet interceptor made 2 sightings of a stationary red fireball that increased in brightness then faded over 45 secs. Note: Project Blue Book Status Report #7 (May 31, 1952) says target was also tracked by ground radar at 78 knots (90 mph) at 22,500 ft and 25,000 ft altitude. (Berliner)
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6:56 and 7 [6:05? 6:33?] p.m. USAF pilot and radar operator of F-94 jet interceptor made 2 sightings of a stationary red fireball that increased in brightness then faded over 45 secs. Note: Project Blue Book Status Report #7 (May 31, 1952) says target was also tracked by ground radar at 78 knots (90 mph) at 22,500 ft and 25,000 ft altitude. (Berliner)
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March 23, 1952, Yakima, Washington, (BBU 1076)
Object picked up on ground radar
at 0205Z and an Air Defense Command Alert Aircraft
(F-94) scrambled at 0233Z 23 March 1952
. USAF pilot and radar operator of F-94 jet
interceptor made 2 sightings of a stationary red fireball that
increased in brightness then faded over 45 secs.
Object observed visually from F-94 aircraft,
speed 360 TAS, at 22,500 feet and again at 25,000 feet.
No activity meteorlogical or otherwise,
which might account for the sightings reported.
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 Page ID (PID) : |
MAXW-PBB9-1112 |
| Collection : |
Maxwell Blue Book
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| Roll Description : |
Project Blue Book
Roll 9 |
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Frames 1112 - 1116