| ID | #1632752168 |
| Added | Mon, 27/09/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | The New York Times
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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The Air Force said tonight that the current series of reports of "flying saucers" has not made any changes to its round-the-clock program to combat any unidentified and potentially hostile object in the skies of the United States.
Unidentified objects were seen on radar screens at Washington National Airport this weekend, as well as last Monday.
Reports of sightings reached the Air Force, and jet fighter interceptors searched the Washington area. One pilot reported that he saw "lights" that he could not overtake.
An Air Force official said tonight that their air defense command has been ready for many months to challenge any unknown object in the air.
The official noted that before the start of hostilities in Korea, interceptor pilots and Air Force pilots began continuous monitoring on a limited basis. At first, surveillance was limited to areas above key targets. Later, after the fighting in Korea increased the threat of all-out war and as more rapidly climbing jet aircraft became available, the Air Force gradually expanded patrol surveillance in the northern and coastal sectors of the country. The state of constant readiness now extends to the airspace over all areas of the country where vital military or industrial facilities are located.
The jet interceptors were sent into the air over the weekend after a radar maintained by the Civil Aviation Administration near Washington National Airport showed objects on its screen that should not have been there.
In fact, the jet interceptors did not take off from their base near Newcastle, Delaware, until almost two hours after an observer from a radar in Washington first saw unexplained objects on his radar screen.
The Air Force explained today that the delay occurred when the report was sent to the Air Force Flight Center in Middletown, Pennsylvania, and not through the Air Force command post at the Pentagon.
Air Force officers accidentally visited a radar post at the National Airport on Saturday evening and learned about mysterious spots on the radar screen. These officers called the command post, and within five minutes the planes took off over Newcastle.
Despite the renewed flurry of hype about unidentified objects, the Air Force continued to insist that they still do not know whether there is such a thing as a "saucer". For several years, the technical specialists and intelligence officers of the Air Force methodically studied and stored all the reports on "flying saucers"transmitted to them.
Original news
New York, New York, TIMES, 29 July 1952, page 23
Air Force Explains 2-Hour Delay In Chasing 'Objects' Over Capital
WASHINGTON, July 28 (AP) - The Air Force said tonight the current series of "flying saucer" reports had brought no change in its twenty-four-hour-a-day program to challenge any unidentified and potentially hostile object in the skies over the United States.
Unidentified objects were spotted on radar screens at the Washington National Airport this week-end, as they had been last Monday.
Reports of the sightings reached the Air Force, and jet fighter-interceptor planes made a search of the Washington area. One pilot reported seeing "lights" that he had not been able to overtake.
An Air Force official tonight said its Air Defense Command had been ready for many months to challenge any unknown object aloft.
Air Force interceptors and pilots started the continuous watch on a limited basis before the start of fighting in Korea, the official noted. At the outset the watch was confined to the areas over key targets. Later, after the hostilities in Korea increased the threat of an all-out war and as morefast-climbing jets became available, the Air Force gradually extended the watch across the northern and the coastal sectors of the nation. The continuous state of readiness now extends to the air space above all areas of the country that contain vital military or industrial installations.
Jet interceptors were sent aloft during the week-end after the radar maintained by the Civil Aeronautics Administration near the Washington National Airport showed objects on its screen that should not have been there.
Actually the jet interceptors did not take off from their base near Newcastle, Del., until nearly two hours after the radar watcher at Washington first had seen the unexplained objects on his radar screen.
The Air Force explained today that the delay occurred when the report was sent to an Air Force flight center at Middletown, Pa., instead of through the Air Force command post in the Pentagon.
Air Force officers happened to visit the radar post at the National Airport Saturday night and learned about the mysterious spots on the radar screen. These officers telephoned the command post and the jets took the air at Newcastle within five minutes.
Despite the renewed flurry of excitement about the unidentified objects, the Air Force maintained its stand that it still did not know whether any such thing as a "saucer" existed. For several years Air Force technical and intelligence experts have methodically studied and filed away all "flying saucer" reports that have been passed on to them.
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'Objects Seen Over Tarrytown
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
TARRYTOWN, N. Y., July 28 - Streaks of light, reportedly similar to those spotted over Washington twice within the last week, were sighted in the sky above this Hudson River village shortly before midnight last night. Eastern Air Defense Force officials are investigating.
The flashes were reported to the Defense Force Filter Center in White Plains by Joseph Pulsoni, post supervisor, and two ground force observers at a spotters' post atop an apartment house here. The report was relayed to an area radar station, according to Maj. F. B. Johnson, commanding the filter center.
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