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UFO news article:
“ ‘Object’ Circles Over Camp Drum”
27 September 1952
(The Ithaca Journal, New York
Source: Newspapers.com
The whole article:
“The Air Force has no comment on an unidentified
flying object that reportedly paid a half-hour visit to this Northern
New York camp.
Military authorities said Friday that the object
hovered over the base last Monday night [22 September 1952]. The information at
first had been classified as confidential.
Eight soldiers said the object was about 20 feet across and trailed
red-orange sparks. It circled rapidly and sometimes hovered, they reported.
Officers from Griffis [Griffiss] Air Force Base atRome
Officers from Griffis [Griffiss] Air Force Base at
Wikipedia article: “Fort Drum
Quote from the above Wikipedia article:
“Fort
Drum [located near Watertown , New York ] is a
U.S. Army military reservation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County ,
on the northern border of New York ,
United States
History
This
section of the article incorporates text taken from a public-domain document
prepared by the United
States
A portion of the present Fort Drum North
Country from the early 19th century, prior to the War of 1812.
World War II expansion
With the outbreak of World War II in Europe ,
Pine Camp was selected by the Army for a major expansion. An additional 75,000 acres (30,000 ha ) of land was
purchased, displacing 525 local families. Five entire villages were eliminated,
while others were reduced from one-third to one-half their size. Three thousand
buildings, including 24 schools, six churches and a post office, were
abandoned.
By Labor Day 1941, 100 tracts of land were taken over.
Contractors went to work, and in a period of 10 months at a cost of $20
million, an entire city was built to house the divisions scheduled to train at
Pine Camp.
Eight hundred buildings were constructed, including
240 barracks, 84 mess halls, 86 storehouses, 58 warehouses, 27 officers'
quarters, 22 headquarters buildings, and 99 recreational buildings, as well as
guardhouses and a hospital. Construction workers suffered during this period,
as the winter of 1941-42 was one of the coldest in North
Country history.
The three divisions to train at Pine Camp included the
4th Armored Division (Gen. Creighton Abrams was a battalion commander there at
the time), the 45th Infantry Division (United States
Pine Camp was renamed as Camp Drum
Wikipedia article: “Griffiss Air Force Base”:
Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Griffiss Air Force Base is a former United
States Air Force installation in the northeastern United States, located in
central New York state at Rome, about fifteen miles (25 km ) northwest of Utica.
Missions included fighter interceptors, electronic
research, installation, and support activities, aerial refueling, and bombers.
Opened in 1942, the base closed pursuant to BRAC action in 1995 and its
airfield is now Griffiss International Airport ,
owned by Oneida County
Closed 24 years ago in September 1995 by the Base
Realignment and Closure Commission decision, it was realigned for civilian and
non-combat purposes in 1995, and is now home to the Griffiss Business and
Technology Park. Post-closure, two USAF activities remained: the Rome
Research Site of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the Eastern Air
Defense Sector (EADS) of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
as operated by the New York Air National Guard from a small complex of
buildings in the Technology
Park
NNY360.com (Watertown Daily Times, Watertown ,
New York ) article about Fort Drum
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