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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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ORIGINATING AGENT REPORT NO. PAGE
AC CF S, G-2 USARCARIB IR-4-58 3 7
In accordance with Department of the Army Intelligence Collection Memorandum #200-72B-1, dated 6 August 1957, subject: "Unconventional Aircraft", the following information is submitted:
1. On 10 March 1958, Capt. Harold E. Stahlman, Operations Officer, 764th Anti-Aircraft Operations Center (AAOC), Fort Clayton Canal Zone, reported information concerning the sighting of an unidentified flying object. At 2003R, 9 March 1958, Stahlman, as Deputy Defense Commander for Anti-Aircraft Defenses, was notified at his home by the Operations Duty Officer, AAOC, that the AAOC had received a radar report of an unidentified aircraft approaching the Pacific side of the Isthmus of Panama. Stahlman arrived at the AAOC at approximately 2008R.
During the radar tracking of the first blip which appeared on the radar screen, two additional blips were observed at 2045R. The first echo was identified as a Chilean Airlines aircraft which landed at Tocumen Airport, Tocumen, Republic of Panama. The two other blips, which were not identified, indicated that the two objects were in the vicinity of Fort Kobbe, Canal Zone. A civilian aircraft in the general vicinity of the objects made a visual search of the area with negative results. The original blips were picked up by Search Radar and then transferred to the Track Radar Unit located at Flamenco Island, Fort Amador, Canal Zone. This unit was able to lock on the unidentified objects and the following information was obtained:
Number of Objects: Two, approximately one hundred yards apart.
Duration of Radar Observation: 2003R, 9 March 1958, to 0208R, 10 March 1958.
Location of Radar: Battery D, 764th AAA Bn, Flamenco Island
Location of Object: LJ 2853. (Geo-Ref, Military Grid Reference System)
Prevailing Weather: Clear visibility unlimited; no wind reported.
Direction of Flight: Average angle of elevation, 365 $ ^{\circ} $ , Azimuth, 330 mils.
Manner of Flight: Steady, slight circular path over the vicinity of Fort Kobbe, Canal Zone.
Altitude: Varied from two to ten thousand feet. Average of seven thousand feet.
An attempt was made by members of the Radar Site, Flamenco Island, to observe the objects by searchlights. When the light touched the objects, they traveled from an altitude of two thousand feet to ten thousand feet in five to ten seconds.
WARNING: This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of the Penitence Law, Title 10, U.S.C., Sections 793 and 794. Its transmission or the revelation or its contents in any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law. It may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by other than United States Air Force Agencies, except by permission of the Director of Intelligence, USAF. Not linked to a story yet.
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