Goose AFB, Labrador, March 1952March 1952

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Summary

On March 1, 1952, at 3:44 p.m. local time, an instrument instructor pilot with the 6th Air Rescue Squadron at Goose Air Base, Labrador, observed vapor trails at very high altitude while flying a NEAC C-47 at 5,000 feet over the base. The pilot reported the trails were caused by a fast-moving aircraft, probably a jet, flying at very high altitude in a northeasterly direction. The tower operator had no knowledge of other aircraft in the area. The pilot stated he had no doubt the vapor trails were real because he had seen them often while flying in Europe during World War II. Major R. Hange, pilot of the aircraft, confirmed the sighting. The Air Force concluded the sighting involved vapor trails from an aircraft.

Reported location

Goose AFB, Labrador, March 1952

Date of incident

March 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 10373 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 1 Mar 52

2. LOCATION: Goose AFB, Labrador

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local: [illegible]
Grp T: 1544

5. PHOTOS: Yes [checked]

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: [blank]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Many crew sighted vapor trails at very high altitude.

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION:
[X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[X] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE:
2 USAF pilots

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1, COURSE: NE

12. CONCLUSIONS:
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[X] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other [illegible]
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28940840