RB-47 radar and electronic intercept case

Boeing RB-47H Stratojet reconnaissance aircraft on display at a museum
An RB-47H Stratojet, the electronic reconnaissance type flown in the 1957 case U.S. Air Force photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The crew of a USAF RB-47H testing electronic countermeasures gear reported a light and a radar-emitting source that followed them from Mississippi into Oklahoma, with ground radar also reporting a target. The Condon study left it unidentified; skeptics later proposed an airliner.

Sources

  1. OfficialProject Blue Book case file: The RB-47 UFO incident, July 17, 1957 (opens in a new tab)U.S. Air Force, Project Blue Book (copy hosted by The Black Vault)
  2. OtherScientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (Condon Report), Case 5: B-47 Crew, Radar/Visual Sighting (opens in a new tab)University of Colorado for the U.S. Air Force (copy hosted by Project 1947 / Sign Historical Group) / 1969

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