UFO Case Directory (SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT): “Marine Fighter Asked To Check On Amber Object Jan. 28, 1953 Eltoro [El Toro] Marine Base, California”

(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:

“9:00 p.m. PST Duration 5 mins aircraft marine fighter United States

Military mult observers No EMI No radar contact

Dan Wilson:

Jan. 28, 1953; El Toro Marine Air Base, Calif. (BB)
9:00 p.m. PST. A bright object was first observed at the El Toro Marine Air Base by a tower operator who said it was at about 1000 feet over the field and moving in a westerly direction. The tower operator then ordered an all weather jet fighter which was coming in for a landing to make an investigation. The pilot, Major Harvey N. Patton and his radar operator Sgt. Rothblatt began to chase the object. Just before getting this message Patton had seen the object which was moving at various elevations and was amber. The Marine jet chased the object described as a round amber light for approximately 5 minutes until the jet ran low on fuel and was forced to turn back to the base. Major Patton said that during the chase his altitude ranged from 3,000 to 4,000 feet. At first Patton sighted an amber colored object and turned to pursue it. Patton picked up speed toward Newport Beach and at this time the object turned and swung northwest toward Long Beach. A few minutes later Edward S. Downs, Civil Aeronautics tower controller at the Long Beach Airport spotted what he described as a an orange object resembling a ball of fire at an altitude of several thousand feet near the airport. The object was traveling west out over the ocean. (Number of observers: Two in the air, (pilot and radar operator), and two tower controllers on the ground. Many others on the ground.)”

NICAP.org presents two news articles (Project Blue Book (U.S. government) documents) that pertain to the UFO case.

http://www.nicap.org/530128eltoro_dir.htm

Wikipedia article: “Marine Corps Air Station El Toro”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_El_Toro

Quote from the Wikipedia article:

“Marine Corps Air Station El Toro (ICAO: KNZJ, FAA LID: NZJ) was a United States Marine Corps Air Station located near Irvine, California.

Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the 4,682-acre (19 km2) home of Marine Corps aviation on the West Coast. Designated as a Master Jet Station, its four runways (two of 8,000 feet (2,400 m) and two of 10,000 feet (3,000 m)) could handle the largest aircraft in the U.S. military inventory. While it was active, all U.S. Presidents in the post-World War II era landed in Air Force One at this airfield. The El Toro "Flying Bull" patch was designed by Walt Disney Studios in 1944.[2] It survived virtually unchanged until the close of the Air Station.”

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