Radar Contact - 18 April 1948
1948-04-18·USAF·unresolved
An air search radar made contact with a target at 6,500 yards, tracking it to 18,000 yards at approximately 30 mph on 18 April 1948. The target showed target strength of 55 fading at 18,000 yards.
“This target r,as contact ed on tJ,e air s earc h r adar at 1500 OCT on 18 April 48. 'lhe f i rst contact was made at if.0 0 yards and was tracked to J.g,ooo yards i;iv:i..n& a velocity of approx i mat ely 30 m. p . h.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D088.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1948-04-18
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Branch
- USAF
- Sensors
- radar
Resolution
Radar sighting; no cloud or weather fronts in area; no target indications on surface radar
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
unspecified / 1948
- DOW-UAP-D088.pdf — Written report of this sighting