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Navy transport crew reports glowing object over the North Atlantic

When: 10 Feb 1951
Where: Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland
Sources: 2 public sources

A Douglas C-54 Skymaster; the Navy flew the type as the R5D USAAF, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Crew of a Navy R5D flying from Keflavik to Argentia, including Lt. Graham Bethune, reported a glow that rose toward them and turned into a large circular object before leaving. Five aboard filed Air Force intelligence reports. The Air Force suggested the aurora or a meteor; Bethune disputed this.

Sources

OtherBethune case: documents and testimony (Air Intelligence Information Report, NEAC letters, Bethune statement) (opens in a new tab)Patrick Gross, UFOs at close sight
OtherAir Intelligence Information Report, page 1 (North East Air Command) (opens in a new tab)U.S. Air Force, North East Air Command (copy hosted by Patrick Gross)

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