Benton, Pa., April 1952April 1952

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 17, 1952, at 9:23 a.m., a radar operator at a station near Benton, Pennsylvania, detected three objects on radar moving east at 210 knots. The target appeared to be a normal radar return from aircraft in formation with a strong target return. The objects were tracked for 20 minutes until 2:32 p.m., when they were intercepted. Two F-94 fighter aircraft were scrambled and made an intercept at 2:32 p.m. One object was identified as a B-17 aircraft numbered 8543. The Air Force concluded the sighting was aircraft.

Reported location

Benton, Pa., April 1952

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 17 Apr 52

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 0923, GMT 17 1423

5. PHOTOS: Yes [crossed out], No [marked]

2. LOCATION: Benton, Pa.

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: RADAR [crossed out] Ground-Visual, Ground-Visual [marked], Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE: radar operator

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 20 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 3

9. COURSE: E

12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon [unchecked], Was Aircraft B-17 [marked], Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft [unchecked], Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical [unchecked], Other [unchecked], Insufficient Data for Evaluation [marked], Unknown [unchecked]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One B-17 #8543

11. COMMENTS: Two F-94 intercepted object.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941419