6 December 1950
(U.S.
Air Force, Washington , D.C.
Source: NICAP.org
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“MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
“MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
Attention: Colonel Krops
1. The ConAC Air Defense Controller notified
Headquarters USAF Command Post that at 1030 hours a number of unidentified
aircraft were approaching the northeast area of the United States
2. This information was further amplified at 1040
hours as follows. By radar contact it was determined that approximately 40
aircraft were in the flight at 32,000 feet , on a course of 200 degrees, in the
vicinity of Limestone, Maine.
3. The emergency alert procedure went into effect immediately.
4. The Office of the President was notified. Brigadier
General Landry returned the call and stated that the President had been
notified and that:
a. All information in this matter was to be released
by the Department of the Air Force.
b. Office of the President would release no
information.
c. The substance of a and b above was to
be passed to the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
5. At 1104 hours the ConAC Air Defense Controller
stated that the original track had faded out and it appears that the flight as
originally identified is a friendly flight.
6. ConAC took immediate action to dispatch
interceptors on the initial contact.
CHARLES B. WINKLE
Colonel, USAF
Asst Executive, Directorate of Plans”
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