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1956: Huge UFO Observed and Tracked Over Paris
The year is 1956, the place, Orly Airport, Paris France, there was a Huge UFO tracked and observed for several hours.
On February 19th, 1956 at about 22:50 hours, the air traffic controllers at Orly Airport were astonished to see a "blip" appear on their radar screens that was twice the size of a conventional aircraft. It appeared to cruise around, hover, then accelerate at fantastic speeds, and was tracked for a total of four hours. Shortly after it first showed up on radar, the unknown object was directly over Gometz-le-Chatel (Seine et Oise), then thirty seconds later it was thirty kilometers away, having moved at a speed of 3,600 kph (nearly 2,500 mph).
A second but smaller blip then appeared, identified as an Air France DC-3 Dakota flying over the military base at Les Mureaux at 4,500 feet, 800 feet lower than the UFO. Orly radioed the pilot immediately and advised him that unidentified traffic was on his approximate path. Radio Officer Beaupertuis caught sight of the object through a window. It was on the starboard side, enormous in size, rather indistinct in outline, and lit in some areas with a red glow. Reporting to the French Ministry of Civil Aviation later.
The witness Captain Desavoi confirmed the sighting and provided further details:
“For a full thirty seconds we watched the object without being able to decide exactly on its size or precise shape. In flight it is virtually impossible to estimate distances and dimensions. But of one thing we are certain. It was no civil airliner. For it carried none of the navigation lights regulations stipulate are a must. I was then warned by Orly that the object had moved to my port side, so I turned toward it. But they called to say it had left us and was speeding toward Le Bourget. About 10 minutes later control called again to say the object was several miles above us. But we couldn’t see it, nor did we see it again.”
Resources: Above Top Secret, Timothy Good, 1988
My Take: This incident has a bit more validity to it as there were radar reports and actually observations made by different people. What type of aircraft in 1956 could have behaved in such a manner?
The year is 1956, the place, Orly Airport, Paris France, there was a Huge UFO tracked and observed for several hours.
On February 19th, 1956 at about 22:50 hours, the air traffic controllers at Orly Airport were astonished to see a "blip" appear on their radar screens that was twice the size of a conventional aircraft. It appeared to cruise around, hover, then accelerate at fantastic speeds, and was tracked for a total of four hours. Shortly after it first showed up on radar, the unknown object was directly over Gometz-le-Chatel (Seine et Oise), then thirty seconds later it was thirty kilometers away, having moved at a speed of 3,600 kph (nearly 2,500 mph).
A second but smaller blip then appeared, identified as an Air France DC-3 Dakota flying over the military base at Les Mureaux at 4,500 feet, 800 feet lower than the UFO. Orly radioed the pilot immediately and advised him that unidentified traffic was on his approximate path. Radio Officer Beaupertuis caught sight of the object through a window. It was on the starboard side, enormous in size, rather indistinct in outline, and lit in some areas with a red glow. Reporting to the French Ministry of Civil Aviation later.
The witness Captain Desavoi confirmed the sighting and provided further details:
“For a full thirty seconds we watched the object without being able to decide exactly on its size or precise shape. In flight it is virtually impossible to estimate distances and dimensions. But of one thing we are certain. It was no civil airliner. For it carried none of the navigation lights regulations stipulate are a must. I was then warned by Orly that the object had moved to my port side, so I turned toward it. But they called to say it had left us and was speeding toward Le Bourget. About 10 minutes later control called again to say the object was several miles above us. But we couldn’t see it, nor did we see it again.”
Resources: Above Top Secret, Timothy Good, 1988
My Take: This incident has a bit more validity to it as there were radar reports and actually observations made by different people. What type of aircraft in 1956 could have behaved in such a manner?