| ID | #1562662210 |
| Added | Tue, 09/07/2019 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | |
| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
At 21:10 from the tower was seen round orange-red object the size of a dime, which kept at arm's length, and were taken with 60 and 8 strong binoculars.
The object seemed to have a tail 4 times the length of the object.
The object was observed for 20-30 minutes.
Charles P. Chitwood, operator control tower, gave a description of the object. Object was in Northern sky at an angle of 340 degrees and moved in the direction 240 degrees for 7 minutes, then suddenly changed course and sped in the direction 80 degrees. Then, the object again changed course and disappeared on the measured rate of 277 degrees.
At 21:06 (12/0506Z) squadron AC&W in Harrow (CA) also noticed the object. They called on the air base of Edwards, which, in turn, notified the station "China Lake".
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Original news
(12/0510Z;July 1955) At 9:10 p.m., a round orangish-red object, the size of a dime held at arm’s lenght was observed from the tower with 60 power and 8 power binoculars. The object seemed to have a tail 4 times the length of the object. F-86D’s were scrambled but failed to contact anything. Type of observation: Ground-Visual and Ground-Radar. The object was observed for 20-30 minutes. Charles P. Chitwood, control tower operator gave this description of the object. The object was in the northern sky at a 340 degree heading. The object moved on a heading of 240 degrees for 7 minutes, then suddenly reversed its course and sped away at an 80 degree heading. The object then reversed its course again and disappeared on a measured course of 277 degrees. At 9:06 p.m. (12/0506Z), the AC&W Squadron at Boron, Calif., had an object on their scopes. They made a call to Edwards AFB, who in turn notified China Lake NAS. (Dan Wilson, BB files, Footnotes.com)
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