SRC-002056Tier 2
1953 First Edition Published by Henry Holt and Company (New York)
Publication: 1953-10-01
Language: en
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Flying Saucers from Outer Space
Donald E. Keyhoe · author
Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe’s 1953 landmark investigative work compiled with Air Force public information clearance, documenting the July 1952 Washington D.C. radar-visual intercept flap and declassified Project Blue Book intelligence case files.
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5 CITATION LINK(S)CLM-004518 · Keyhoe Documented Radar-Visual Correlation
“At 11:40 PM on July 19, the Air Route Traffic Control radar at Washington National picked up seven unidentified targets fifteen miles south-southwest of Washington. The blips moved at speeds of 100 to 130 miles per hour, then suddenly leaped away at tremendous speed.”
SRC-002056 · Chapter 1, pp. 15-18CLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
Excerpt: “The Air Route Traffic Control radar at Washington National picked up seven unidentified targets fifteen miles south-southwest of Washington.”
CLM-004519 · Keyhoe Documented Radar-Visual Correlation
“Controller Harry Barnes radioed Capital Airlines Flight 807, piloted by Captain S. C. Casey Pierman. Over Herndon, Pierman saw six bright, gleaming lights like falling stars without tails, exactly where Barnes radar scope showed the blips.”
SRC-002056 · Chapter 2, pp. 24-27CLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
Excerpt: “Over Herndon, Pierman saw six bright, gleaming lights like falling stars without tails, exactly where Barnes radar scope showed the blips.”
CLM-004520 · Keyhoe Documented Jet Interceptor Scramble
“Lieutenant William Patterson, flying an F-94 Starfire jet interceptor from New Castle AFB, reported four glowing objects suddenly closed in on his jet, forming a ring around him at twenty thousand feet and matching his turns before darting away.”
SRC-002056 · Chapter 4, pp. 58-62CLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
Excerpt: “Lieutenant William Patterson, flying an F-94 Starfire jet interceptor... reported four glowing objects suddenly closed in on his jet, forming a ring around him.”
CLM-004521 · Keyhoe Documented Radar Velocity Measurement
“Controller Howard Cocklin on the tower radar tracked one of the objects crossing the scope at a speed calculated at more than 7,000 miles per hour, streaking out of the area toward the northwest.”
SRC-002056 · Chapter 4, pp. 64-66CLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
Excerpt: “Controller Howard Cocklin on the tower radar tracked one of the objects crossing the scope at a speed calculated at more than 7,000 miles per hour.”
CLM-004522 · Keyhoe Documented Prohibited Airspace Incursion
“The targets repeatedly hovered over and traversed Prohibited Area P-56, which covers the White House, Capitol, and naval gun factory, defying all civil and military air regulations.”
SRC-002056 · Chapter 4, pp. 68-71CLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
Excerpt: “The targets repeatedly hovered over and traversed Prohibited Area P-56, which covers the White House, Capitol, and naval gun factory.”
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