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Condon Report publishes the 1956 Lakenheath radar case after a witness letter

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Aerial view of Lakenheath airfield
RAF Lakenheath, one of the two bases in the 1956 radar-visual case Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Air Force-funded Condon Report included the 1956 Lakenheath-Bentwaters radar-visual case as its Case 2. The study said it learned of the case in winter 1968 from an unsolicited letter by the retired USAF watch supervisor on duty that night, and obtained the Blue Book file afterward.

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  1. OfficialScientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (Condon Report), Case 2: USAF/RAF Radar SightingUniversity of Colorado for the U.S. Air Force (copy hosted by Project 1947 / Sign Historical Group) / 1969-01
  2. OtherThe Lakenheath Case - ThayerNICAP

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This reports on Lakenheath-Bentwaters radar-visual case (13 Aug 1956).

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