(NICAP.org)
The whole UFO case report:
“Dan Wilson:
March 13, 1952; Keflavik ,
Iceland
7:12 a.m. Eight separate unidentified radar
sightings were made by a [U.S. Air Force] GCA team while working a C-47 aircraft on practice runs at Keflavik , Iceland .
The first of the eight objects appeared at 0712Z (7:12 a.m. local time). The
last object was observed at 8:09 a.m. The estimated airspeed of the objects was
250 knots and at estimated altitude of above 8000 feet . One report
stated that one object crossed the scope at a speed much faster than an F-86.”
NICAP.org presents two U.S.
government (Project Blue Book,
U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.
U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.
Wikipedia article: “Naval Air Station Keflavik”:
Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF)
was a U.S. Navy station at KeflavĂk
International Airport , Iceland ,
located on the Reykjanes peninsula on the south-west portion of the island.
NASKEF was closed on 8 September 2006, and its facilities were taken over by
the Icelandic Defence Agency as their primary base until 1 January 2011, when
the Agency was abolished and the base handed over to the Icelandic Coast Guard,
which has since then operated the base.[1]
The base was built during World War II by the United States Army as part
of its mission to maintain the defense of Iceland and secure northern
Atlantic air routes. It served to ferry personnel, equipment, and supplies to Europe . Intended as a temporary wartime base under an
agreement with Iceland
and the British, US forces withdrew by 1947 but returned in 1951 as the Iceland
Defense Force resident on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) base. The
base was regularly visited by the American military and other NATO allies for
military exercises, NATO Air Policing, and other tasks. In 2017, the United States
announced its intention to modify the largest hangar on the Icelandic base in
order to house the new Boeing P-8 Poseidon ASW aircraft being introduced.[2]
History
United States Air Force use
On 25 May 1951 the U.S. Air Force reestablished a presence at Keflavik Airport with the establishment of the
1400th Air Base Group. Jurisdiction of the airport was assumed by Military Air
Transport Service (MATS). MATS re-established a military air terminal and
refueling point for trans-Atlantic air service between the United States and Europe at Keflavik . MATS (later MAC and Air Mobility
Command) units remained at the airport until the withdrawal of United States military units from Iceland in 2006.”
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