The Report on Unidentified Flying ObjectsRuppelt, Edward J.
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The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
Ruppelt, Edward J.
Unidentified flying objects
About two hours later another pilot, approaching National Airport
from the south, excitedly called the control tower to report that a
light was following him at "eight o'clock level." The tower checked
their radar-scope and there was a target behind and to the left of
the airliner. The ARTC radar also had the airliner and the UFO
target. The UFO tagged along behind and to the left of the airliner
until it was within four miles of touchdown on the runway. When the
pilot reported the light was leaving, the two radarscopes showed that
the target was pulling away from the airliner.
Once during the night all three radars, the two at Washington and
the one at Andrews AFB, picked up a target three miles north of the
Riverdale Radio beacon, north of Washington. For thirty seconds the
three radar operators compared notes about the target over the
intercom, then suddenly the target was gone--and it left all three
radarscopes simultaneously.
But the clincher came in the wee hours of the morning, when an ARTC
traffic controller called the control tower at Andrews AFB and told
the tower operators that ARTC had a target just south of their tower,
directly over the Andrews Radio range station. The tower operators
looked and there was a "huge fiery-orange sphere" hovering in the sky
directly over their range station.
Not too long after this excitement had started, in fact just after
the technician had checked the radar and found that the targets
weren't caused by a radar malfunction, ARTC had called for Air Force
interceptors to come in and look around. But they didn't show, and
finally ARTC called again--then again. Finally, just about daylight,
an F-94 arrived, but by that time the targets were gone. The F-94
crew searched the area for a few minutes but they couldn't find
anything unusual so they returned to their base.
So ended phase one of the Washington National Sightings.
The Bolling AFB intelligence officer said he would write up the
complete report and forward it to ATIC.
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