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Aug.-Sept., 1956 Bornholm Island, Denmark
G, V
Report September 11 that NATO radar had been tracking UFOs for three weeks, curving over Baltic Sea.
2000 3500 mph.
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September 4, 1956 Several "fireball"-like UFOs flew Copenhagen, Denmark over, tracked by radar.
3000 km/h (abt. 1800 mph.)
5000 meters [53]
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November 8, 1956 Miami, Florida
Hover 4000 mph.
7000 8000 ft.
G, A, V
November 25, 1956 Hot Springs, So. Dakota
Donald Freestone, Pan American master radar mechanic, tracked UFO maneuvering like "aerial tag" over tip of Florida. (Bendix RDR-1A weather radar.) "It had a definite shape and moved on a definite course so is not believed to have been a freak weather return." Object 4-5 times larger than any know aircraft. Series of UFO sightings, one by state police of circular object swaying back and forth across road. Objects detected by radar, jets scrambled from Ellsworth AFB, S.D.
A, V
December 1956 Far East
USAF jet tracking UFO, radar jammed by interference; changed frequency and picked up UFO again, saw circular object climb away.
3600 mph.
G, V
March 23, 1957 Long Beach, Calif.
Four UFOs tracked by CAA radar, (Confidential report certified by 6 NICAP Board Members). Coincided with visual reports by GOC, police and Oxnard AFB.
[Details this Section]
A, V
March 29, 1957
Pan American Airways flight #206A, saw pulsating UFO, radar target coincided.
[Section V]
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April 4, 1957 Wigtownshire, Scotland
Three radar posts tracked UFO which dove and circled. Wing Cdr. W.P. Whitworth (at Scottish base): "Quite definitely this was no freak .It was an object of some substance and no mistake could be made."
G, V
October 21 or 29, 1957 UFO sighted visually by pilot near Nr London, England atomic base, tracked by ground radar, dimmed lights and sped away.
G, V
November 5, 1957 Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard Cutter Sebago tracked UFO, brief visual sighting from deck.
G, V
December 12, 1957 Tokyo, Japan
GCI radar tracked UFO seen by ground observers as vari-colored object, jets scrambled.
G
March 8, 1058 Korea
USAF radar site tracked slowly descending UFO.
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Below 10,000 ft.
60,000 to 14,000 ft.
[Section I]
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1020 mph
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77,000 25,000 ft.
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