(NICAP.org)
The whole UFO case report:
“7:55 p.m.
MST
Duration 5-7 mins aircraft TB-25 |
Military
3 observers No EMI No radar contact |
Fran Ridge:
Not very many documents at first,
this is a very interesting case, even listed as an Unknown by the Air Force.
This is a flying saucer report and the incident occurred over New Mexico
Brad Sparks:
Feb. 1, 1955; 30
miles E of Cochise, Arizona
(Not NM
7:55 p.m. (MST)23 mi
E of Cochise radio navigation beacon, Ariz. 13,000
ft , heading 80°, ground track about 90° [85°?], ground
speed 238 (or 240) mph, on Airway Green 5, from Williams AFB, Mesa / Phoenix,
Ariz., to Reese AFB, saw a very bright round object with red-blue-white hues, a
metallic disc with aluminum color, shaped like two pie pans face-to-face seen
edge-on, 120-130 (or 100-125) ft diameter, pacing the TB-25 off the left wing
for 5 mins, about 5° above horizon at about 5 (to 10) mi estimated distance to
the N at about 13,500 to 14,000
ft . UFO passed in front of a star as it climbed rapidly
on a parallel flight track to disappearance at about 25° above horizon at azimuth
80-85°, in 3 mins dimming ‘momentarily’ as it pulled away at about 600-700 mph . Possible radio
interference as Capt Ritzdorf was unable to reach 3 radio stations during
sighting, at Tucson and Douglas, Ariz., and Columbus, NM, but reached Columbus
radio right after UFO departed, making a CIRVIS report. [See entry for
(nonexistent) Jan. 1, 1955, case created by a BB misdating that duplicates this
Feb. 1 incident.] (Sparks ; 4602nd AISS files/ Greenwood
7:55 p.m. (MST)
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