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USCGC Sebago radar contacts in the Gulf of Mexico

Name: USCGC Sebago radar contacts in the Gulf of Mexico
Start: 1957-11-05
Location: Gulf of Mexico

When: 5 Nov 1957
Where: Gulf of Mexico
Sources: 1 public source

The cutter USCGC Sebago at Pensacola around 1959 Florida Department of Commerce, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Coast Guard cutter Sebago reported several fast-moving radar targets and a brief bright light before dawn during the November 1957 wave. The Condon study judged the light a meteor and most radar returns likely anomalous propagation.

Sources

OfficialScientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (Condon Report), Sec. III Ch. 5: Optical and Radar Analysis of Field Cases (opens in a new tab)University of Colorado for the U.S. Air Force (text hosted by National Capital Area Skeptics) / 1969

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