NUFORC Sighting 15757

Occurred: 1952-12-06 19:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 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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