(NICAP.org)
The whole UFO case report:
“Brad Sparks:
Jan. 28, 1953; Turner AFB, Dobbins, Georgia (BBU 2365)
9:40-10:00 p.m. (EST). USAF senior pilot at Moody AFB,
Major Hal W. Lamb, apparently saw the setting planet Venus changing color and
shape (at 267°-270° azimuth 3° elevation
dropping below horizon, his estimates varying from 250° to 295°-310°
azimuth) while flying a T-33, also seen by Turner AFB tower operators (with
time errors of about 10 mins). At about 9:40-9:48 (reported as 9:50-9:58) two
GCA radar maintenance men at Turner AFB radar tracked 3 moving targets and a
stationary target (at due W 270° azimuth 26 miles?). At 10:00
(reported as 10:10), the GCA reported 2 stationary targets at 17 and 27 (or 23
27?) miles both 300° azimuth. No visual confirmation though binoculars used.
(Jan Aldrich; FUFOR Index)
Dan Wilson:
Jan. 28, 1953; Albany,
Georgia
At 9:50 p.m. EST, Albany radio called Turner AFB tower and
asked the operators on duty to look west of the field and see if they observed
any strange objects. A circular object changing colors from glowing orange to
white was observed at 250 degrees azimuth 15 degrees above the horizon. The
tower operators watched the object for a period of eight minutes until it
disappeared. During this eight minute period GCA was contacted and two
maintenance men were doing work on the radar and turned the set on and they
reported that they picked up 3 or 4 objects on the scope, 3 moving and 1
stationary. These objects were at approximately 300 degrees at 27 miles. (Dan Wilson)
At 21:35 hours (9:35 p.m.) EST, a pilot flying a T-33
jet aircraft reported that he observed an unusually bright light NW of Albany,
Georgia. At first the object appeared to be circular in shape and white in
color. When the object was first sighted the T-33 was at 4000 feet and the object
appeared to be slightly above the aircraft. At the end of the observation the
aircraft was at 10,000
feet and the object appeared to be below the plane. The
last 15 seconds of observation the object changed from circular in shape to
triangular and then split in two triangles one above the other and then they
disappeared suddenly. According to the sighting report radar contact was made
with the object by Albany
Airport. (Dan Wilson)”
NICAP.org presents U.S. government (Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force)
documents that pertain to the UFO case.
Quote from the above Wikipedia article:
“Moody Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: VAD,
ICAO: KVAD, FAA LID: VAD) is a United States Air Force
installation near Valdosta,
Georgia.
History
The 29th Training Wing was established at Moody Field
in 1941 for primary flight training.[2] On 1 May 1945 Moody was transferred to
the First Air Force.[2]:351 On 1 November 1945 Moody was transferred to Army
Air Forces Training Command.[2]:351 On 1 September 1947 Moody was transferred
to Tactical Air Command.[2]:351 On 13 January 1948 the base was redesignated
Moody Air Force Base.[2]:351 On 1 December 1948 the base was transferred to
Continental Air Command.[2]:351 On 1 April 1951 Moody AFB was transferred to
Strategic Air Command (SAC).”
Wikipedia article: “Naval Air Station Albany”:
Turner Field (1941-1946)
In mid-1940 the U.S. Army Air Corps approached the
city of Albany about the possibility of building
a training base near Albany.
The city raised the necessary money and purchased 4,900 acres of land which was
then leased to the Army for $51 a year. Construction of the base and airfield,
named Air Corps Advanced Flying School, Albany by the United States Army Corps
of Engineers began on 25 March 1941.[1] On 21 July 1941, the field was named
Turner Field in honor of Lt. Sullivan Turner, a Georgia native killed in a
midair collision.[2]
Once operational, Turner Field was used for
acclimatization training (for foreign trainees) and advanced flight training as
part of the 30th Flying Training Wing. Primary flight training in the
Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet was done at Darr Aero Tech also in Albany.[3]
Under the Arnold Scheme some 5,000 Royal Air Force trainees were trained at
Turner Field and Darr Aero Tech between 1941 and 1943.[4] In 1944 Turner Field
began training Free French Air Forces pilots to fly the North American B-25
Mitchell of which more than 100 were based at Turner Field.[5]
Turner Field was deactivated on 15 August 1946 and
maintained in caretaker status.[2]
Turner Air Force Base (1947-1966)
On 1 April 1947, the airfield was reactivated.[2] On
13 January 1948, it was renamed Turner Air Force Base.
On 20 November 1947 the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing
equipped with North American F-51 Mustangs moved there from Langley Field and
would remain there until 25 August 1948.[6]
In 1950 the base was transferred from Continental Air
Command (CAC) to Strategic Air Command (SAC).[7]
The 40th Air Division was based at Turner from 14
March 1951 to 1 April 1957.[8]
The 508th Fighter-Escort Wing (later renamed the 508th
Strategic Fighter Wing) was based at Turner from July 1952 until 11 May
1956.[6]:275
The 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing was
established at Turner in May 1956 and based there until 1 April 1957.
The base was transferred from SAC to Tactical Air
Command (TAC) in 1957 when SAC gave up its escort mission, however, the base
would be returned to SAC on 1 January 1959 when the 822d Air Division was
established there on 1 January 1959.[7]:74–5 The 822nd Air Division would
remain at Turner until it was inactivated on 2 September 1966.[9] One of the
component units of the 822nd Air Division was the 4138th Strategic Wing which
was activated at Turner and received its first combat aircraft when the 336th
Bombardment Squadron, equipped with 15 B-52 Stratofortresses moved to Turner
from Biggs AFB, Texas. In February 1963, the 4138th Strategic Wing and 336th
Bombardment Squadron were inactivated and the 484th Bombardment Wing was
activated at Turner to assume the mission, aircraft, personnel and equipment of
the 4138th wing.[6]:270–1
In December 1965 it was announced that Turner Air
Force Base would be closed.[7]:111
Naval Air Station Albany (1967-1974)
RVAH-14 RA-5C Vigilante over NAS Albany in 1969
The base was recommissioned as Naval Air Station
Albany on 1 July 1967.[10]
With the impending closure of Naval Air Station
Sanford, Reconnaissance Attack Wing One moved to NAS Albany and it became the
main operational base for the Navy's North American RA-5C Vigilante until 1974
when operations were moved to NAS Key West, Florida.”
Wikipedia article: “Albany, Georgia”:
realtvufos.blogspot.com/search?q=Radars
Turner Army Airfield, about 1947 still in its World
War II
configuration (text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org)
(wikimedia.org photo)
Location [of Albany] in
Dougherty County
and Georgia
(text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org image)
