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F-94 radar lock-on over Saginaw Bay, Michigan

Name: F-94 radar lock-on over Saginaw Bay, Michigan
Start: 1952-07-29
Location: Saginaw Bay, MI

When: 29 Jul 1952
Where: Saginaw Bay, MI
Sources: 1 public source

A Lockheed F-94 Starfire, the interceptor type that made the 1952 radar lock-on US Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

An Air Defense Command radar in central Michigan tracked a fast target over Saginaw Bay and vectored an F-94. The crew reported a bright light and a brief airborne radar lock-on before the target pulled away. Blue Book chief Edward Ruppelt later wrote that it had no good explanation.

Sources

FirsthandThe Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (Edward J. Ruppelt, 1956) (opens in a new tab)Project Gutenberg / 1956

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