Unidentified Flying Objects: Project "Grudge" (Technical Report No. 102-AC 49/15-100)

US Air Force, Air Materiel Command · 1949-08 · 413 pages · text by OCR, confidence 98%

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Incident No. 215 -- 3 Dec. 1948, 2015 Hours, Fairfield-Luisan Air Force Base, California. The base control tower operator saw for 25 seconds a bright white light in the air. It came into view two miles away at 500 to 1000 ft, climbing slowly at 400 MPH; at 1500 ft it slowed for a few seconds to 200 MPH; at this time, it undulated or bounced; rose vertically to 3000 ft and immediately afterwards climbed quickly to 20,000 ft and was lost to sight. AMC Opinion: There is no logical explanation for this incident that fits the available evidence.

Cases discussed

The Ghost Rockets (Spökraketer), Scandinavia, 1946 1946
summer of 1946... mysterious aerial objects in Sweden, the "ghost rockets"
The Kenneth Arnold Sighting 1947
report of Kenneth Arnold of Boise, Idaho... Incident Number 17
The 1947 Flying Disc Craze: America's First Flying Saucer Wave 1947
Within the month following Arnold's report, the number of incidents reached a peak
The Green Fireballs over New Mexico 1948
"green fireballs" reported in the general vicinity of Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Fukuoka F-61 Black Widow Radar-Visual Intercept 1948
Incident No. 183... Fukuoka Area, Japan. Airborne radar observer in F-61

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