(NICAP.org)
The whole UFO case report:
“7:15-7:30 a.m. (PST). USAF ADC 82nd Fighter
Interceptor Sq personnel, including Lt Col squadron commander, all on the
ground, saw a green, discshaped or round object about the size of large weather
balloon, flying to the SW, with a vertical bobbing motion and sideways
movements, at about 8,000
ft, below scattered clouds at 9,000 ft and overcast at 12,000 ft, moving away
against the wind from 240° until disappearance due to distance not entering
clouds. Also observed by base personnel at Ephrata, Wash.,
about 10 miles
WNW of Larson AFB, driving to work at the base. F-94 airborne at 7:43 a.m.
searched for 30 mins but UFO had already disappeared at 7:30 a.m. No radar
tracks. (Sparks; BB files; Berliner; McDonald 1968)”
Wikipedia article: “Larson Air Force Base”:
Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Larson Air Force Base is a former United
States Air Force base located five miles (8 km) northwest of the central business
district (CBD) of Moses
Lake, in Grant County,
Washington. After its closure in 1966, the airport facility became Grant County
International Airport.
Air Defense Command
Moses Lake AFB reopened as a permanent installation on
26 August 1948, being transferred from Air Material Command to the Air Defense
Command (ADC). The initial ADC base operating unit was the 2755th Air Base
Squadron. Under ADC, the base came under the Western Air Defense Force,
headquartered at Hamilton AFB, California.
Interceptors
The primary mission of Larson-based ADC aircraft was
to protect the secret Hanford Atomic Works and the Grand Coulee Dam.
The first ADC flying unit to arrive was the 325th
Fighter-Interceptor Group, which arrived on 26 November 1948. The mission of
the 325th FIG was to conduct ADC's All
Weather Combat
Crew Training
School. Its operational component, the 317th
Fighter Interceptor Squadron, initially flew Northrop P-61 Black Widows, almost
immediately transitioning to the North American F-82 Twin Mustang. A second
squadron, the 319th Fighter Interceptor Squadron arrived on 2 September 1949,
being reassigned from McChord AFB. The 319th also flew the F-82 Twin
Mustang.[8][9] The 325th FIG remained at Moses Lake until being reassigned to
McChord AFB on 23 April 1950, along with the 317th FIS. The 319th remained
until 9 February 1952 when it was reassigned to Suwon Air Base, South Korea
flying F-94 Starfires.[8]
The next ADC unit was the 81st Fighter-Interceptor
Wing which arrived from 10 November 1949. The 81st FIW flew F-51D/H Mustangs,
F-80C
Shooting Stars and North American F-86 Sabres from the base. The 81st remained
until 5 September 1951 when it was reassigned to NATO and deployed to RAF
Shepherds Grove in the United Kingdom.[10][11] During the Korean War, the 116th
Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Washington Air National Guard was called to
active duty and activated at Moses Lake. The 116th FIS was deployed as part of
the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing to RAF Shepherds Grove.
Tactical Air Command
On 21 April 1952, Larson AFB was assigned to the
Tactical Air Command (TAC) under TAC's Eighteenth Air Force, which reassigned
the 62nd Troop Carrier Wing from McChord AFB, Washington to the base.
Strategic Air Command
In 1960, control of Larson AFB passed from TAC to
Strategic Air Command (SAC) with the 4170th Strategic Wing as the host unit. In
1963, the 4170th was redesignated as the 462d Strategic Aerospace Wing with
B-52E Stratofortress and KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft.”
Related posts:
USGS digital orthophoto of Larson Air Force Base in
the U.S.
state of Washington
(text by Wikipedia)
Satellite photo of Moses Lake, Washington (tageo.com)
(tageo.com photo)
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