(NICAP.org)
The whole UFO case report:
“Francis
Ridge
This report is case #20, on the official clearance
list. of 41 formerly classified Air Technical Intelligence UFO reports cleared
for Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe by Albert M. Chop, Air Force Press Desk. In Donald
Keyhoe’s book, ‘Flying Saucers From Outer Space’, the account on page 107
mentions that at 10:51 a.m. (Ohio
Brad Sparks:
Aug. 1, 1952; Nr. Troy [radar at Bellefontaine], Ohio
(BBU)
10:51-11:13 a.m. (EST). USAF ADC radar site 664th
AC&W Sq at Bellefontaine atop Campbell Hill at 1549 ft elevation
(40°22'20" N, 83°43'10" W). tracked target 20 miles NNW of
Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, traveling 400-450 knots (500 mph ) on a heading of
240° about WSW and vectored 2 F-86's piloted by Major James B. Smith and Lt.
Donald J. Hemer, located 10
miles SW of the UFO. Jets made visual contact in 4 mins
at 10:55, climbed to 48,000
ft , fell off, climbed again to 48,000 ft and Smith got a
weak return on his radar gun sight, shot gun camera film of the 24-40 ft white round object or
silver-colored sphere or disc estimated at 60,000-70,000 ft and filmed by
gun camera a white round object [which then took off at high speed ?]. F-86s
broke off intercept at about 11:05 or 11:13 a.m., apparently about 100 miles WSW of Dayton.
Film reportedly shows UFO image in the upper right of the frames with noticeable
motion to the lower left. 22 mins. (BB Rpt 8; cf. Ruppelt pp. 174-6; Keyhoe
1953 p. 107)”
Related posts:
Hovering object scanned by radar and seen by ground
watchers, caught on film by a climbing jet pilot. These unretouched 35 mm gun - camera movie frames, released to TRUE
by the Air Force, were taken at 30,000 feet , near Wright Field, at 11 a .m. on August 1, 1952.
(text by nicap.org) (nicap.org image)
(tageo.com photo)
