Phenomainon
PCF-024420 · case file

CA

7/5/1955 · CA · 1 sources

The record

An object maneuvered in the sky (according to Bluebook: Venus)

Characteristics
Shape
unk
Nature
Count: 1 larger object, 5 smaller objects; Color: Unspecified; Surface: Unspecified; Windows: Unspecified
Sound
unk
Weather
clear, no cloud above aircraft, scatter clouds at 1,000 ft level, no possible reflection from clouds
Site
At cruising altitude: Single light
Size
unk
Time of day
Daylight
Theme
star_like_points
From the source record
Other sources
USAF Project Blue Book report form / Telex from the Comdr 64th Air Division Defense Pepperell AFB NF (crews interrogation) / Project 1947, Jan L. Aldrich
Source records · 1

The unmodified record(s) the master event was assembled from.

PILOTSDW-066230 fields
Day
26
Date
7/5/1955
Site
At cruising altitude: Single light
Year
1999
Month
12
Shape
unk
Sound
unk
Source
Official source
Country
CA
Weather
clear, no cloud above aircraft, scatter clouds at 1,000 ft level, no possible reflection from clouds
Aircraft
Two KC-97s (code name: Archie 29, Archie 91)
Incident
An object maneuvered in the sky (according to Bluebook: Venus)
Location
Pepperell AFB, New Foundland, Canada
Witnesses
pilot (Lt. H.H. Speer)
Radar Data
yes: Ground radar
EMF Effects
no
Region Code
NAM
Time of Day
Daylight
Catalog Entry
DW-0662
Ground Traces
no
Other sources
USAF Project Blue Book report form / Telex from the Comdr 64th Air Division Defense Pepperell AFB NF (crews interrogation) / Project 1947, Jan L. Aldrich
Size (Meters)
unk
Photo or Video
no
Light Emissions
no
Cultural Effects
Military case
Witness Reactions
Reaction noted
Materials Recovered
no
Nature of Phenomenon
Count: 1 larger object, 5 smaller objects; Color: Unspecified; Surface: Unspecified; Windows: Unspecified
Vallee Classification
FB1
Trajectory (Lift/Propulsion)
Direction: Unspecified; Movement: While flying at 20,000 ft pilot of Archie 29 was instructed to close in on unidentified object at 290º from radar station, at approximately 80 miles. First it appeared to be hovering at 10 o'clock position relative to the aircraft. Archie 29 tried to close, and was calling direction changes to station. The object began to move slowly. Then the object began climbing. The pilot then lost visual contact when object reached 40-50,000 ft. The object then accelerated and moved off in a NE direction painted on scopes, but then contact was lost both radar and visual. 5 smaller objects were detected on the scoped 5-10,000 below the KC-97s. At30º True, 60 miles from station, the objects were moving very fast, changing direction and azimuth jumping on and off scopes, forming circular pattern, changing to line abreast. Travelling 10-20 miles then changing direction. The bay passed within 5 miles of the objects, not known of objects seen by the C119 crew. ; Propulsion: Unspecified; Speed: Unspecified; Distance: Unspecified; Altitude:up to 40-50,000 ft visually ; Angle of Observation: Unspecified; Effects: Unspecified
Sources
  • PILOTS
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