Englishchannel Franceengland — April 1957

Category: 1957  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1957-04-6789182-EnglishChannel-FranceEngland-.pdf
Keywords: london, turer, british, french, england, proba1, fiosht, creame, nhjocf, fishtprs, fromll, odiham, southamn1, lravelin, tntles, spukesmiln, lonrton, isclo, firstj, orrlererl, stonri, manuf, 1cstin, prntotypes, mtntstry
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon 3. DATETlME GROUP 4. TYPE OF 08SERVATION England) .Locaf----;O .n*m~------0 Ground-Visual ~AGround-Radar Was Aircraft ~ ~,., O;t;E'robahly AircraFt GM f. ?. q /l 1 ()1)'7. J?;~lr-Visual c Air-Intercept Rodor PossiblY Aircraft 0 Was Astronomical 0 Proba1>1 y Astronoml c:ol '"No ~!'-"'~','/C':!,.~ r'J .. ip~in.~r 0 Possibly Astronomical 1. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other _ 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation not rpt d one 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Obj ect flying in excess of 900 mp h icke d up on Radar screen. Jats scram- bled a n d contact made . Possible t est ATJC FOR M 329 (REV 26 S P 52) 11. COMMENTS to be French model of a/c during testing . At;-Force ;~IJ.weather .l~t fiosht crs :>creamE'ri mto t hP. air lasl night to rha5'! a myo;tery nhjocf spotted on a south coast l'lrlar sc:rcen. The .Ta\.'t>lin fishtPrs fromll Odiham Ba:.;e near Southamn1 ton failed to intercept the ob l' jt"~t., r eported lravelin~ at gooq tntles an ho11r ovP.r tho I~n~lish! Ch~nnel. I' Art Air ~rini. try spukesmiln in Lonrton, "isclo~in.z lhis tn rlay, sairl the oh.iPrt W<t~ firstj' sighted just before 9 n'clocl< last ni~ht. 1 .!\ n Air :Mini stry invel'lig\l.ll tion has been orrlererl <~nd rP ports from rad~r c;ta tlons :tlon~ lhE> coast are bein~ s turtied. J t i:; under.stonri the nh.iPrt could have hPen a manuf:ac- turer's test plane. Private firms 1cstin<;t prntotypes do not nPc cs,.arily have to givP prior warn., in~ to the .\!r Mtntstry of any ! intended hi~h~peed attempt. .1 : The i\Iinistr y is waitln~ to see~ i1 ,ilny manufar.turer doe; r e port such a !light. ; British Identify IYiystery Object LONDON. :'f~Y" 8-A myste ricus fas t-flying objt!ct over the E nglish Ch~nne\, which last week left pursuing !~ Alr Force jets ftyin~ i\t .p.h . fa:--behind. now has iden tified, according to an author itated avia.tion source. But Air Ministry offtciats will not reveal the secret until Air Minister George Ward tells it lo Commons next Wednesday in answar to a question . A London evening newst:-a~r tonight speculated that the oi> ;iect was the n ew French ft~ht e r plane, the 'Mira . said to be p capable of ftying at 1100 mile$ .:ut hour. But the aviation souree sc.id it was not ~lieved this was the real answer. ll 'Saucer' Is : r = Name Only -\~ I-. t . '8} 'ht AIIOC!IJttd /'r!ll, l ntt.; LO::-."'DON, ~tay S.-A my.'l- n:-; terir>us flying obJect that . ea.sily distanced British j ave- 200 li n Jets that ru.shed up to in SO tc>rcept it over the ~ngllsl\ C hannel last week \Va.:t identl aris :tied today as a visitor !rom .h~ct F rance, not !rom outer s pace. e-The London Evening News om-sa id jt was one o! France's t r.h new 1100-m 11 e anhour jet thi,:; ti~llters, the delta-wi n g e d Mirage, o~t: on a night tllght. hil One of the claim3 ot fhe :\lirage's designers, the Des- $2? sault Co., i~ that the n lane te'; i5 "i :npossibl eto catch.". 2 Escaoe Pl~no Aor.29-England-HFlying Golf Ball' reported from London, ~ssex, Gravesend, Be:dey-heath & Chingmord.(London UFO dove,climbed,hovered e.: even : Hhistled) .:-J.1any reports said there '"e r e ora nge, glo\rlng Objects, I but no- sot.md noticed. ( i~ t i Flying Golf Ball :reported over trash., DC, I could und~rs~:.and!)., (Sce:July 2nd,. Report, Alamo,Texas). )::Lonc!on ,Eng-8 :30 to 9 :15pm~TV interferenc e reported by \ritness. >:cover EngoChannel-8 : 50pm- UJ0 S traclced, on lladar ;British Javelins sent-up to invest iga t c , f otLnd nothing , apparen tly. UFOs shot VI! 't \ ::~Leclchampton> Eng-9 : 20pm-.HCi gar"UFO silently mrallo'tTS Disc after thoy had made light 'Signn.J.sHa~ eachother,says :le,)ort(See:J/10 ) .. 1 :::London,Eng-9:25pm-Blurry;orange Disc going !'!';1 near cloll;ds ::~I :udeford, ~ea~h, pi'lg:-L::trg~ ~orange UFO observed by many ~{2minu =