Vol. V, No. 1, September-October
1969
(National Investigations
Committee on Aerial Phenomena,
Washington, D.C.)
Source: CUFOS.org
The issue contains the
articles, “SUBMERGING UFO REPORTED,” “UFO CLEARING HOUSE RECOMMENDED,” “BOOK
COVERS HEARINGS,” “HIDDEN REPORT – Pilot ‘Dog-Fights’ A UFO,” “NICAP BOOK READY
SOON,” “English Documentary” and “NICAP PANEL STUDIES OCCUPANT REPORTS”:
Quote from the article, ‘HIDDEN
REPORT – Pilot ‘Dog-Fights’ A UFO’: “The former AF pilot is now a
captain on a major airline. Because of the airline’s policy, he had to remain
anonymous as he described – off camera – his 12-year-old sighting.
At the time of the encounter,
he and another AF pilot were flying F-86-D jet interceptors over the central
San Joaquin Valley of California. After the Castle AFB tower asked if he could
detect a UFO he saw a circular, luminescent object which he estimated as
between 50 and 100 feet
in diameter. As be tried to close in, with the second F-86, the UFO dived into
a cloud.
In an attempt to box in the
unknown object one pilot flew above the cloud, the other below it. A ‘dog-fight’
between cloud layers resulted, with the UFO ascending and descending vertically
‘at quite a speed.’
For a brief period, the captain
reported, he got a radar lock-on to the object. As this happened, the UFO
appeared to contract and fade away. At other times, he said, the object
apparently would allow them to approach to a certain distance and then maneuver
up and down to keep them from getting too close. Near the end of the encounter,
the UFO reversed the chase pattern, following the second F-86 before finally disappearing
upward into the clouds.
Details of the sighting were
reported to Castle AFB.”
(nicap.org image)
