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1951: Near Collision with UFO over Iceland
1951: Near Collision with UFO over Iceland
The year was 1951. The place was near Keflavik, Iceland. A military jet had a close encounter with a UFO which almost resulted in a collision.
One of a number of reports relating to near collisions with unidentified flying objects was made by U-S Naval Reserve Lieutenant Graham Bethune, co-pilot on Flight 125 from Keflavik, Iceland, on February 10th, 1951.
"While flying in the left seat on a true course of 230 degrees at a position of 49-50 North 50-03 West, I observed a glow of light below the horizon about 1000 to 1500 feet above the water", Bethune stated in the official report. He continued:
"We both observed its course and motion for about 4 or 5 minutes before calling it to the attention of the other crew members. Suddenly its angle of attack changed, its altitude and size increased as though its speed was in excess of 1000 miles per hour. It closed in so fast that the first feeling was we would collide in midair. At this time its angle changed and the color changed. It then [appeared] definitely circular and reddish orange on its perimeter. It reversed its course and tripled its speed until it was last seen disappearing over the horizon. Because of our altitude and misleading distance over water it is almost impossible to estimate its size, distance and speed. A rough estimate would be at least 300 feet in diameter, over 1000 miles per hour in speed and approached to within 5 miles of the aircraft".
1956: US Navy Issued Orders to Engage UFOs
In 1956 the US Navy reportedly issued orders to its pilots to engage UFOs in combat if the objects appeared hostile. Operational procedures for a "UFO scramble", given by a briefing officer to pilots at the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station in California, were highly classified, and most officers there refused to discuss the matter when pressed by journalists.
One of the many US Air Force Intelligence reports now released (currently totaling about 1800 pages) describes an encounter by Major Ballard and Lieutenant Rogers, of the 148th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, on a training flight in a Lockheed T-33 from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, on 10 September 1951. Having observed an unidentified object over Sandy Hook, New Jersey, the pilots immediately made a diving turn and followed the object until it disappeared two minutes later:
"Both pilots observed the strange object, which appeared to be the size of an F-86 Saber but much faster, (900+ mph), disk-shaped, steady in flight with no visible means of propulsion, and shining silver in color. At 11:00 edt a radar station at Ft. Monmouth plotted an unidentified, high speed, (above 700 mph), object in approximately the same location. This headquarters has no information regarding natural phenomena, experimental aircraft or guided missiles that could have caused the observations”.
Resources: Above Top Secret, Timothy Good, 1988
My Take: More expert witnesses observing unknown crafts with capabilities well beyond anything that anyone could have had in the 1950s. The evidence keeps piling up.
1951: Near Collision with UFO over Iceland
The year was 1951. The place was near Keflavik, Iceland. A military jet had a close encounter with a UFO which almost resulted in a collision.
One of a number of reports relating to near collisions with unidentified flying objects was made by U-S Naval Reserve Lieutenant Graham Bethune, co-pilot on Flight 125 from Keflavik, Iceland, on February 10th, 1951.
"While flying in the left seat on a true course of 230 degrees at a position of 49-50 North 50-03 West, I observed a glow of light below the horizon about 1000 to 1500 feet above the water", Bethune stated in the official report. He continued:
"We both observed its course and motion for about 4 or 5 minutes before calling it to the attention of the other crew members. Suddenly its angle of attack changed, its altitude and size increased as though its speed was in excess of 1000 miles per hour. It closed in so fast that the first feeling was we would collide in midair. At this time its angle changed and the color changed. It then [appeared] definitely circular and reddish orange on its perimeter. It reversed its course and tripled its speed until it was last seen disappearing over the horizon. Because of our altitude and misleading distance over water it is almost impossible to estimate its size, distance and speed. A rough estimate would be at least 300 feet in diameter, over 1000 miles per hour in speed and approached to within 5 miles of the aircraft".
1956: US Navy Issued Orders to Engage UFOs
In 1956 the US Navy reportedly issued orders to its pilots to engage UFOs in combat if the objects appeared hostile. Operational procedures for a "UFO scramble", given by a briefing officer to pilots at the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station in California, were highly classified, and most officers there refused to discuss the matter when pressed by journalists.
One of the many US Air Force Intelligence reports now released (currently totaling about 1800 pages) describes an encounter by Major Ballard and Lieutenant Rogers, of the 148th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, on a training flight in a Lockheed T-33 from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, on 10 September 1951. Having observed an unidentified object over Sandy Hook, New Jersey, the pilots immediately made a diving turn and followed the object until it disappeared two minutes later:
"Both pilots observed the strange object, which appeared to be the size of an F-86 Saber but much faster, (900+ mph), disk-shaped, steady in flight with no visible means of propulsion, and shining silver in color. At 11:00 edt a radar station at Ft. Monmouth plotted an unidentified, high speed, (above 700 mph), object in approximately the same location. This headquarters has no information regarding natural phenomena, experimental aircraft or guided missiles that could have caused the observations”.
Resources: Above Top Secret, Timothy Good, 1988
My Take: More expert witnesses observing unknown crafts with capabilities well beyond anything that anyone could have had in the 1950s. The evidence keeps piling up.