2 July 1954
(Long Beach Independent, California
Source: NICAP.org
The whole article:
“Brookley Air Force base reported Thursday
that an ‘unidentified flying object, brilliant and silver colored’ was tracked
by radar over Mobile
Major James Zicherali, public information officer at Brookley, said the
object ‘appeared to be a jet-type aircraft of new design with short stubby
wings.’
Five other residents of Alabama and Mississippi
Zicherali said the object appeared on the base control tower radar
screen at 6:50 p.m. CST. He said radar operators reported it ‘made no sound and
left no trail.’ ”
Wikipedia article: “Brookley Air Force Base”:
Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Brookley Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base
located in Mobile , Alabama
Postwar use
Following World War II and the creation of an independent United States
Air Force, the installation became Brookley Air Force Base. In 1947 with
the closure of Morrison Field ,
Florida Pearl Harbor . The long
distances across the Atlantic, and especially the Pacific
Ocean to the combat areas indicated a need for a transoceanic
heavy-lift military transport aircraft.
The ‘C-74 squadron’ (later 521st Air Transport Group, 1701st Air
Transport Wing), Air Transport Command operated two squadrons of C-74
Globemasters from Brookley from 1947 until their retirement in 1955. The eleven
aircraft were used extensively for worldwide transport of personnel and
equipment, supporting United
States
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