Fort Monmouth radar tracks hovering target with vertical ascent
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A radar operator at Fort Monmouth observed a target that hovered nearly stationary before rising nearly vertically at an extremely rapid rate, then accelerating southward at speeds exceeding radar tracking capabilities.
“ON 11 SEPTEMBER 1951 AT ABOUT ONE THIRTY P.M. THE TARGET WAS PICKED UP ON AN SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR RADAR SET THAT DISPLAYED UNUSUAL MANEUVERABILITY. TARGET WAS APPROXIMATELY OVER NAVESINK, NJ., AS INDICATED BY HIS TEN THOUSAND RANGE, SIX THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE AND DUE NORTH AZIMUTH. THE TARGET REMAINED PRACTICALLY STATIONARY ON THE SCOPE AND APPEARED TO BE HOVERING.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1951-09-11
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Navesink, NJ / Fort Monmouth area
- Country
- United States
- Region
- New Jersey
- Branch
- USA
- Unit
- Fort Monmouth
- Sensors
- radar
- Altitude
- 6000 ft
Resolution
Target displayed near-vertical rise and horizontal movement exceeding 700 mph aided tracking capability
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_6
Case ID: 1951-USA-B803
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