| 29 Jan 1955 - Winterset, Iowa, USA |
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29 January 1955 21:07 Winterset, Iowa, USA 
White light flashing at a set rate, no trail, on a direct head-on collision course. Explanation: Aircraft.
Iowa Air National Guard pilots, Major A. Packer and Lieutenant D. Myers with 132nd Fighter Bomber Group flying a T-33A jet (s/n 52-9590) heading 30° at 290 knots (330 mph) saw a white light flashing at a set rate, no trail, on a direct head-on collision course in level flight at 20,000 feet. At the last instant the object rose and flew over the jet, climbing rapidly to 35,000 feet. When the pilot tried to chase the object it out climbed and out turned him, seemingly using radar or similar means to track the T-33A so as to employ highly maneuverable tactics at "excess" speed and altitude. An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One white light, about 10 feet across, was observed by two male military witnesses, one of them an experienced observor, for over 25 minutes (Myers, D; Packer, A). No sound was heard. Hynek rating: RV: Radar-Visual UFO reports Vallee rating: FB1: A simple sighting of a UFO traveling in a straight line across the sky. Other sightings in this area Sources: - 55 - 91 - 542 - 676 |
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