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This National Security Agency release begins with an 18 July 1955 cover letter from the Air Force Special Security Office, Northeast Air Command, sending the Director of NSA reports on UFOB sightings in the NEAC area. It contains RB-47 radar and visual contacts over the Canadian Arctic in June 1955, plus signed statements on a July 1955 KC-97 and radar sighting near Harmon AFB, Newfoundland. The release also includes a 1958 intelligence report on unexplained radar tracks in the Panama Canal Zone and a later mission report noting a bright light.
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PART 3. FROM THE PERIOD OF 1700 5 JULY TO 0200 6 JULY 1955, I ASSURED THE DUTIES OF CD AT THE 60TH ACN SITE. AT APPROXIMATELY 0700Z, I WAS CALLED INTO OPERATIONS BY THE SENIOR CONTROLLER, WHO IN TURN ADVISED ME OF URGENCY OBJECTS BEING VIEWED ON THE RADAR. IN CHECKING ALL RADAR IN OPERATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. APPROXIMATELY FROM 1 JULY 1955 TO PRESENT, PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE DAY WE HAVE HAD WEATHER INVERSIONS CAUSING OUR RADAR BEAMS TO BEAD TOWARD THE GROUND. WE HAVE PERIODICALLY PICKED-UP THE SOUTH SHORE OF LABRADOR AND ANTICOSTI ISLAND DUE TO THE WEATHER INVERSION. AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTINGS, NO SUCH RADAR PENCHION WAS NOTICED. ALL UMERCAN OBJECTS SICENTED ON THE RADAR WERE WITHIN THE CAPABILITY OF OUR RADAR SET." SIGNED 1ST LT. ANTHONY G. SCARPACE AO-941248 GND ELECT OFFICER, 640TE ACN SQ. PART 4. "AT 07:00Z, THE NAVIGATOR GAVE US A HEADING OF 132 DEGREES TO HARM. JUST AFTER WE TURNED TO THAT HEADING LT. SCREEK MADZ HIS REPORT OF THE OBJECT. I LOOK OVER WHEN HE CALLED IT IN AND THOUGHT IT WOULD HELP IF I VERIFIED WHAT HE SAY BECAUSE I SAY THE SAME THING AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME POSITION. 'EMRAGE' IDENTIFIED SOME OF US BY OUR PARROT. 'EMRAGE' DETERMINED THAT I WAS APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES CLOSER TO THE OBJECT SO HE HAD ME GIVE CHASE. THE OBJECT AT THIS TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,000 FEET. MY ALTITUDE WAS 18,000 FEET. THE DISTANCE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES. WHEN I FIRST SICNTED THE OBJECT, IT NOTED TO THE LEFT IN A VERY DEFINITE MOVEMENT AND A VERY FAST MOVEMENT. THERE WERE NO SLOW INCREASE OR DECREASE IN SPEED. IT WAS A VERY DEFINITE FAST MOVEMENT. IT DID THIS TAICE. WE TURNED TO A HEADING OF 080 DEGREES AND THAT PUT THE OBJECT AT 12 O'CLOCK OUR POSITION. WHILE TRACKING THE OBJECT, IT MADE SEVERAL TURNS TO THE NORTH AND SEVERAL TURNS TO THE SOUTH WHICH WERE VERIFIED BY 'EMRAGE'. WE CLOSED OUR DISTANCE TO THE OBJECT TO APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES AND AT THAT TIME I INCREASED
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Report, from the nsa collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 26 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.