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Sunday, 16 June 2019

Google Website Searches:
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Up and Down/Down and Up Manoeuvres


Website: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP.org):

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Website: UFO Casebook (ufocasebook.com):

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Website: UFO DNA (thecid.com/ufo):

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Website: Archives For the Unexplained (AFU.se), Norrköping, Sweden:

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NICAP.org UFO case directory (RADCAT):
“Object Tracked At 34,000' /F-102 Scrambled
June 2, 1961
Tampa, Florida”

The whole UFO case report:
“Brad Sparks:
June 2, 1961; Tampa, Florida (BBU)
(McDonald list)

Dan Wilson:
June 2, 1961; Tampa, Florida
At 8:06 p.m. local time, two civilian witnesses, one a retired USN Commander, saw a star-like object, bluish red changing to white, high in the sky on a  SE course of approximately 140 degrees from Tampa. This object or a similar object had been seen nightly on about the same flight path. The 660th Radar Station was called to check on the UFO and they reported a target on their height finder radar bearing 055 at 34,000 feet. Target moved up and down and remained in the same relative position. This object was still on the radar scope 5 June 61 and an F-102 was scrambled on the target. The aircraft reported contact but experienced ECM trouble and could not complete intercept due to jamming. Additional witnesses to the object were two tower operators of the 1928th AACS Det., MacDill AFB. An airman of the 660th AC&W Squadron also sighted the object. (Dan Wilson)”

NICAP.org presents U.S. government (U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.


Wikipedia article: “Convair F-102 Delta Dagger”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger

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F-102As of the 509th FIS over Vietnam, November 1966. These aircraft wear standard Southeast Asia camouflage (T.O. 1-1-4). (text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)



















Satellite photo of Tampa, Florida (tageo.com)
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Monday, 17 June 2019

U.S. Government UFO Document:
“PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD:
DATE: 2 Jun 61/
LOCATION: Tampa, Florida”


(Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)

Source: NICAP.org

Quote from the document:
“Star-like object sighted on course of 140 deg from Tampa. Color bluish red changing to white. About the size of a star but only brighter. Altitude very high. Object picked up on Radar with a bearing of 055 deg at 34,000 ft. Moved up and down but maintained same relative position.

Radar and visual targets were different locations and the witness was requested to send additional information. No reply to this request. Speculation on the limited data might indicate that the object viewed visually was an a/c, but there is no confirming data. No attempt is made to determine the radar sighting. In view of the limited data the case is listed as insufficient data.”

NICAP.org also presents the other documents that pertain to the case.


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F-102As of the 509th FIS over Vietnam, November 1966. These aircraft wear standard Southeast Asia camouflage (T.O. 1-1-4). (text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)



















Satellite photo of Tampa, Florida (tageo.com)
(tageo.com photo)

Monday, 4 June 2018

UFO Case Reports:
“Intelligence Summary: Missile Base Incidents”


(NICAP.org)

The UFO cases (text by NICAP.org):
“January 10, 1961; Cape Canaveral, Florida

Summer of 1961; Near Moscow

August 7, 1962; Oracle, Arizona

September 15, 1964; Big Sur, California

April, 1966; Malmstrom AFB, Montana (BBU)

June 16, 1966; Elista, Kalmuk, Russia

August 24, 1966; Minot AFB, [Grano? Carpio?] North Dakota (BBU)

March 5, 1967; Minot AFB, North Dakota (BBU)

March 16, 1967; 15 miles N of Lewistown, Montana (BBU)

March 24/25, 1967; Nr. Roy (about 30 miles NE of Lewiston, Montana (BBU)

March 30, 1967; Malmstrom AFB, Montana

Oct. 24, 1968; About 30 miles NW of Minot AFB, North Dakota (BBU)

October 30, 1975; Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan

November 7, 1975; Malmstrom AFB, Montana

November 8, 1975; Malmstrom AFB, Montana”

The intelligence summary is produced by the Nuclear Connection Project.


“Nuclear Connection Project (NCP)” (NICAP.org):

Established: 1 July 2003.
Updated: 26 January 2015 (as of 4 June 2018).
Francis L. Ridge, Project Coordinator.


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Aerial view of Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana 
(wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)

Monday, 26 September 2016

U.S. Government UFO Document:
“PROJECT 10073 RECORD (CARD):
DATE – TIME GROUP: 7 Sept 64/
LOCATION: Whiteman AFB, Missouri”


(Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)

Source: Fold3.com, Lindon, Utah

Quote from the document:
“Object changing course with wind. Observed as a bright light to South of several Missile sites. In sight for over one hour. Kept changing course. Report as low (200 ft). Efforts by mobile team to close on object failed. Chase turned over to civil authorities. Object described as a blue light size and brightness of auto headlight. At one time reported to appear to explode in mid air. Kept moving and reported to be as low as 20 ft off ground at one of the sites. (Page 1)

… KEPT CHANGING COURSE, (1) OBJECT AT ABOUT 500 FEET OVER SEVERAL SITES, I-10, I-11, J-8, G-4, G-11 …” (Page 4)


Wikipedia article: “Whiteman Air Force Base”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base

Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“In June 1961, the Department of Defense chose Whiteman to host the fourth Minuteman ICBM wing. On 17 January 1962, the joint venture team of Morrison-Knudsen, Paul Hardeman, Inc., Perini Corporation, and C.H. Leavell & Co. received the prime contract for construction of hardened, underground launch facilities and 15 launch control centers. The project called for the excavation of over 2,000,000 cubic yards of earth and rock.”



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B-2 over Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri (wikimedia.org)
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Friday, 2 August 2019

UFO Case Directory (RADCAT):
“Object Tracked By AN/FPS-9 at 74,000'
Feb. 12, 1962
Winnemucca AFB, Nevada”


(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:
“Brad Sparks:
Feb. 12, 1962; Winnemucca AFB, Nevada (BBU)
(McDonald list)

Dan Wilson:
Feb. 12, 1962; Winnemucca AFB, Nevada
At 8:06 a.m. local time, radar of the 658 Radar Squadron painted one large target considered to be out of the ordinary because of the height and range. Object appeared at 74,000 feet and disappeared in excess of 96,000 feet. The object was on the scope for 5 minutes. Observer was S/Sgt F. Grover, Crew Chief 658th RS, with 11 years of radar experience. Radar type was an FPS-6B. (Dan Wilson)”

NICAP.org presents U.S. government (Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.


Wikipedia article: “Winnemucca Air Force Station”:


Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Winnemucca Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-127, NORAD ID: Z-127) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 3.1 miles (5.0 km) north-northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada. It was closed in 1968.

History

The station was activated on 8 June 1955 after the 658th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was moved to the new station on 1 February 1956 by the 28th Air Division. Operational status was finally achieved by the 658th AC&W Squadron in 1956. The site used an AN/FPS-3 radar, and initially the station functioned as a Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and warning station. As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes.
By 1959 this radar had been joined by a pair of AN/FPS-6B height-finder radars. In 1960 the AN/FPS-3 was replaced by an AN/FPS-20 search set. At the end of 1961 this search set had been upgraded into an AN/FPS-66. During 1961 Winnemucca AFS joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, initially feeding data to DC-21 at Stead AFB, Nevada. After joining, the squadron was re-designated as the 658th Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 March 1961. The radar squadron provided information 24/7 the SAGE Direction Center where it was analyzed to determine range, direction altitude speed and whether or not aircraft were friendly or hostile.”

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Winnemucca AFS Radio Site Repurposed,
photo by John Stanton 9 Oct 2016 (text by Wikipedia)
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Satellite photo of Winnemucca, Nevada (tageo.com)
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Tuesday, 19 July 2016

UFO Case Directory (IMCAT):
“Category 08, Photographic / Video Images
Grumman Mystery Satellite
Aug. 25, 1960
Bethpage, New York”


(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:
“Fran Ridge:
August 25, 1960; Grumman Aviation; Bethpage, New York
The National Space Surveillance Control Center, Air Force command and control development division, attempted to work out an orbit for a strange object reported several times. But the scientists had only one solid observation to go on, – the photographing of the object by Grumman Aviation Engineering Corp. at Bethpage, N.Y. I remember reading our preliminary report in the NICAP U.F.O. Investigator back in 1961, and later seeing the article and a picture in LIFE or LOOK. This report has the Grumman report I was able to obtain a zerox copy of from Loy Pressley in June of 2002 which he had obtained a few years prior from Jan Aldrich. Mike Swords later provided the best image, a scanned version of Hynek’s original *. 

Joel Carpenter:
I have a copy of the Grumman satellite report, and I ran it by a guy who is a former CIA consultant on military satellite technology (Allen Thomson). He said that the data in the Grumman report don’t add up to a real orbit, so he didn’t know what to make of it. It seems that there was something fishy about the Grumman object, whatever it was.

Brad Sparks:
The Grumman object was in retrograde orbit, inclination angle to the equator about 135 degrees. It would not show up on the next expected orbits every time. Grumman put together a contract proposal to the AF to conduct an investigation. I have not found any satellites launched in an inclination of about 135 degs, not because it’s physically impossible but wasteful as it goes against the Earth’s rotational boost into orbit. Best possibility of explanation is a Soviet Luna probe or upper stage that looped back around the earth but on the wrong side into retrograde orbit. But that would be extraordinarily lucky, extremely difficult to do even by design. Impossible to have been the Discoverer 5’s polar orbiting Agena upper stage fired in the wrong direction or any polar orbiting Discoverer (CIA Corona). Flatout absolute physical impossibility total nonsense and hogwash. Cannot have enough propellant to go off at 45 degrees. You would have to have another Atlas or Thor first stage up there to do that.”

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Satellite photo of Bethpage, New York (tageo.com)
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