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USAF: UFO Situation in 1955 - Comprehensive and Detailed Report - Air Force Security Office (1955)
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radar contacts have been made 'by equipment loc~ted 1n the Canal
Zone. On two occaslons, aJ.reratt were Tee~ored into the area by
the radar sites, withpegative·results. Interrogation of scope'
ope:ra:tcrs has ~ncl1cated that returDS were strong and. easily dl$-
t1.ng-.1i.s!:aa~JIl cloud formations. Returns were definJ. te when
"\ &9soo12.1:ed with clouds. Gener~lly the tracks were tri~lar with
II speed or IlOTeJllent very erratic. Ifovement ~ppears ~t times to be
evz.s1nr actlon. 'The 1.ncident of 9 - 10 !!arch was tracked by gun.
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son:::el. checked out their system thoroughly. In adc1i~1.on, lock was
broken, however, the equipment 1JIJIlediately picked up target and
·1 locked on. A second tracking radar situated on Taboga Island,
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'l.:j' way bebeen radar slt~s. Personnel stationed at sites reported
seeiug red and gre~n lights ~t no noise was associa~ed with lights
'1 Vis1l:l:il1ty .was g«:,od •. Bowever,· lights were visible, ~or only a short
.1 period;'- A commercial flight volunteered to investigate target •
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~iTe &i.6h~ing. Target faded' ou~ at 0208R on 10 Ka.rch •
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.j targei:. west of canal. 'A T-33 from Boward Field was sen~ ~o inves-
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.:J ~arget wi.th negative sigh~ing. o~ac~ wi~ tar~~ was broken at
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with ~ ascent of the objects·-. _As Track Radar can only be locked
on a solid object, which was done in the case of the two unidenti-
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was discarded when the Air Force was contacted and stated that no
balloons were in the·air at that time. (F-3)
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Radar located on Taboga Is1&Dd, Republic of Panama. The following
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Speed: Variable; ~rom hovering
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thousa.nd miles per hour
Tr~k Radar indicated tha.t the object moved a..ay from two
lln1.-ted States Air Force jet aircr:i':t-t that· 'Iere .approaching. At
tha.t .time the speed of the object was calculated a.t approximately
one thousand miles per hour. The use of Track R:Lclar ..as ,termina.ted
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fly~ object was picked up by Hawk Ka.dar. '!'he object Y::IS plotted
twice at approx1r&a.tely OSOaR ~eading Northwest at LX 3858. On the
th1-~ plot, at 0517R, the object had moved to LX 5434 in a South-
weste:ly direction. Eleven minutes elapsed during the confirma-
tion. of the three plots. At 0528R,. the object was sipted at LX
4303. IncolRi.D.g ·aircraft C-509 was in the same area. and. Hawk Radar
..as asked if it was the same. track tha.t was picked up previously.
The &::.Swer ..as nega.tive. '"The obj,ct was last ·plotted at LJ 3254
at 0536R, still 'ti'avel1ng in a Southwesterly d.irection. Ra.dar
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j ect (Ant-200-2: "Unident1f ied Plying Olajects Reporting, Short
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780a yards from 51te. Two returns, l?ne at 10.0 feet,
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00:44 Branif! Flight 400 reports negative sighting of object
during brief investigation. Ba4ar reported aircraft was
approximately 100' yards frOlll objElCt. 0 0
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