NUFORC Sighting 15757
Occurred: 1952-12-06 19:00 Local - ApproximateReported: 2001-01-04 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 45 sec.
No of observers: 0
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Shape: Other
Radar siting near Chicago- Dec. 1952. Object moved about 10 miles per second.
While working as an Army Radar Operator, working a fire control type SCR 584 station, I observed a radar "blip" moving across my screen at approx. 10 miles per second for about 15 miles, then turning about 90 deg. in less than two seconds, continuing off the screen. ( about 40 miles. I was trained to detect jamming and other interference. Observed nearly the same thing near White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in 1951.
Posted 2001-02-18
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