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Today In UFO History - TBM Chases UFO / 'Maybe it was a spaceship'
January 21, 1952 — Long Island, NY
1/9:50 a.m. A Navy pilot lieutenant commander in a TBM Avenger chases a white, dome-shaped object over Mitchel AFB [now closed] on Long Island, New York.
Today In UFO History - TBM Chases UFO / 'Maybe it was a spaceship'
January 21, 1952 — Long Island, NY
1/9:50 a.m. A Navy pilot lieutenant commander in a TBM Avenger chases a white, dome-shaped object over Mitchel AFB [now closed] on Long Island, New York.
2/ It accelerates rapidly, makes a 180° turn, and heads out to sea. He estimates it is traveling at least at 300 mph. It looks like a parachute canopy and has a dark undersurface. Although there is a balloon in the area, but its flight path is completely different. [Eberhart]
Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns, Case 502, p. 118;
Project GRUDGE Rpts. No. 3, p. 8, No. 4, pp. 9-12ff.;
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns, Case 502, p. 118;
Project GRUDGE Rpts. No. 3, p. 8, No. 4, pp. 9-12ff.;
Edward Ruppelt, The Report On Unidentified Flying Objects, 1956, pg. 121–123;
NICAP, “TBM Chases Climbing and Accelerating Object”;
nicap.org/520121mitchel_…
nicap.org/520121mitchel_…
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