10 February 1951
(U.S.
Navy, Washington , D.C.
Source: NICAP.org
Source: NICAP.org
The document pertains to the 9 February 1951 Lieutenant Graham E. Bethune UFO incident. Bethune was the pilot of the R5D Navy transport airplane.
The whole document (not written in U.S. Department of Defense document format):
“VR-1 PILOTS OFF LIGHT N-125 ENROUTE KEFLAVIK TO
ARGENTIA ON COURSE 225 TRUE AT 10000 FEET REPORTED AN UNIDENTIFIED RED AND
YELLOW OBJECT AT 100055Z INITIALLY BEARING 060 RELATIVE. OBJECT APPEARED TO BE
CLOSE TO SURFACE. SHAPE INDEFINITE WHEN FIRST SIGHTED LATER APPEARING CIRCULAR.
DIAMETER ESTIMATED IN EXCESS 400
FEET . OBJECT APPROACHED PLANE TURNED AND DISAPPEARED
OVER HORIZON ON COURSE 290 TRUE AT TREMENDOUS SPEED. 100055Z POSITION LATITUDE
49-50 NORTH LONG 50-03 WEST. SIGHTING REPORTED TO GANDER
The document was sent from Naval Station Argentia, Argentia , Newfoundland ,
Canada
Wikipedia article: “Naval Station Argentia”:
(U.S.