Phoenix, Arizona radar and aircraft pursuit
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Multiple citizens and FBI personnel in Phoenix observed an unidentified object on June 29, 1950, which was tracked by radar at 30,000-35,000 feet and pursued by a B-29 bomber that estimated it was 10,000-20,000 feet higher.
“AT FIVE FORTYFIVE PM, JUNE TWENTYNINTH LAST, AN OBJECT IN SKY WAS OBSERVED BY MANY CITIZENS OF PHOENIX INCLUDING FBI PERSONNEL. MATTER IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO HERMAN MUNROE, OSI, WILLIAMS AFB, ARIZONA. MUNROE ADVISED TODAY OBJECT WAS PICKED UP BY RADAR SCOPE AT SIX PM, JUNE TWENTYNINTH, AT WHICH TIME IT WAS ESTIMATED OBJECT WAS THIRTY TO THIRT[Y] FIVE THOUSAND FEET IN AIR.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1950-06-29
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Phoenix, Arizona; last sighted near Blythe, California
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Arizona
- Branch
- USAF
- Unit
- Office of Special Investigations, Williams AFB; 509th Bomb Group, Roswell
- Sensors
- eyewitness, radar
- Size
- very large, visible with binoculars but B-29 could not be observed with binoculars
- Altitude
- 35000 ft
Resolution
Object observed moving westward without wind; B-29 at 25,000 feet estimated object was additional 10,000-20,000 feet above
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_5
Case ID: 1950-USAF-B40F
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