On occasion I will post interesting UAP activities from one of the
worlds largest and most professional UAP research organizations.
MUFON (
Mutual UFO Network). Here is a fascinating case from MUFON’s “Sighting Of The Month”.
Although this incident occurred in 1967, I decided it was worthy to print because of the number of competent, multiple
U.S. Air Force
military witnesses coupled with two separate radar installations
including three Marine F-4 Phantoms in pursuit of the bogeys. The UAPs
were tracked at an astonishing 5000 mph!
UAP SIGHTING OF THE MONTH SYNOPSIS:
On or about March 31, 1967 two
US Military Air Defense Radar Operators
tracked a total of eight unidentified targets over coastal areas of
southern Florida. The operators and radar stations were separated by
approximately 100 miles. These two distinct radar sites were located at
Homestead AFB, Florida and the
Army Air Defense Battery
on Key West, Florida. The radar tracking and observation lasted for
approximately four hours. Two separate UAP flight areas were identified,
one off of the east coast near Miami, Florida (Flight Area A) and the
second just south of the Florida mainland and north of Key West, Florida
(Flight Area B).
OBJECT DESCRIPTION:
The only visual object description was from a member of the Army Air
Defense launch crew who commented the one object was moving so fast it
was like a meteor, but was flying level. Based on the radar return the
primary witness estimated the size of one UAP as between 31 and 100
feet.
INTERVIEW/STATEMENTS:
DF stated; It was late March 1967. I was a buck Sergeant In the
United States Air Force. I was stationed at the 644th Radar Squadron,
Richmond Air Force Station,
Florida. The radar squadron was just north of U.S. Highway 1 in Miami,
Florida. I was working a twelve hour shift from 7pm To 7am. I was
speaking with WS about 10pm, when I received a priority telephone call
from
NORAD Headquarters. They advised that four
unidentified aircraft had been picked up on Canadian radar passing over
mid Canada and heading south along the east coast of the United States
at a very high rate of speed.
I notified the duty officer and waited for my radar to paint the four
unidentified aircraft. The radar showed four targets coming into range
at approximately 5000 mph and decelerating to approximately 1500 mph. I
had WS on my telephone and advised him as the situation developed. Bill
advised that he had the four aircraft on his radar. We both watched the
aircraft flying grid patterns for approximately four hours. At
approximately 2am, Bill told me that one of the aircraft had broken
formation and was flying toward his site. I lost contact with Bill a few
moments later.
WS stated; it was late March of 1967. I was in the army at that time,
and assigned to an air defense center in Key West, Florida. I spent
many of my nights in a radar control center watching the various
screens. My second cousin was also in the scope dope business. He was in
the Air Force at the time and worked in a radar station in Homestead,
Florida, just outside Miami.
We spent many an evening conversing on the air defense net, although
our conversations rarely had anything to do with air defense. My cousin
called me one night on the net and advised me that something
unbelievable was happening in South Florida. He opened the net so I
could monitor the traffic regarding the incident taking place. I pulled
my headset to my ears as I listed to various
NORAD stations tracking a UAP just off the coast of Miami.
At the time, Homestead was a
SAC base, and any such
traffic was a great concern to the Air Force. Although I was about 100
miles from the target under discussion, I had the capability to observe
activity in the area with my own radar. I had only to take it off
standby. As I was bringing up my antenna, the chatter continued, and
referred to three more objects in the sky near Miami. It was also noted
that civilian observers had now sighted the objects and the sighting was
being reported on local commercial radio.
As my scope came up the first thing I noticed were three Marine fighters departing
Boca Chica Naval Air Station,
heading north. The UAPs were clearly visible just southeast of Miami.
They appeared to be moving just East of North, skirting the Florida
Coast. They then turned sharply west, crossing the keys near Everglades
National Park on the south tip of the Florida mainland. It only took the
Phantoms a few minutes to reach the area of the bogies.
I have no idea if the pilots sighted the targets visually, or electronically. The air channel was not part of the
NORAD
net. As the phantoms approached the targets they disappeared off the
scope. Now there is only one way to disappear when being observed by a
PAR (
Pulse Acquisition Radar).
You must go straight up, or straight down. This cat and mouse game went
on all night. There is much too much to type in this report.
Visual observations in Miami included the observation of one large
object and three small. This I cannot verify, although I imagine the
Miami Herald would have some record of it. To me, they appeared to be
flying a search pattern. The way the
Coast Guard would
search in grids. After about four hours one of the unknowns began moving
south directly towards my location. The target was really moving,
probably twice the speed of anything I had ever tracked, around 1100
miles an hour. This would provide me with an excellent opportunity to
lock onto the target with a different type of radar. This other type of
radar, which I probably should not identify, has the capability of
bringing back actual sounds of the target. Turbo prop, jet engines, or
the thud of rotary aircraft could clearly be heard with this system.
As the target approached it decelerated but was still supersonic. I
brought the targeting radar into alignment with it and brought the unit
on-line. For a short moment, a very short moment, I could hear a
high-pitched whine, similar to a jet engine, but smoother and much
higher pitch. At this point the target obviously detected my lock and
hit my sight with some type of
Electronic Counter Measure. It appeared to reverse the polarity of every piece of equipment on the sight, although I was never able to verify that.
Needless to say this caused an instant shut down of the system and
erased a great many taxpayer dollars. As I was exiting the control
center the launch crew stated that they had seen the object pass over.
It was moving so fast that one of the guys swore it was a meteor, but
was flying level. When last seen the object was headed south towards
Cuba. It was many years later that I read newspaper articles about a
two-week flap in the Miami area. I would also later learn about a Cuban
MIG21 that was allegedly destroyed during an encounter with a UAP in
March 1967.
NATURAL/MANMADE PHENOMENON:
The characteristics of the object do not match known aircraft.
According to the one Army launch crew member it had an anomalous
appearance, like a meteor that was flying a level course. On radar, the
objects indicated anomalous movements; broken or interrupted
trajectories, and apparition of physical-spatial incongruities;
disappearing and reappearing on radar. At least one of the objects
demonstrated supersonic speed without producing a sonic boom.
EVIDENCE/INVESTIGATION:
This is a historical case that occurred approximately 47 years ago. The primary witness is a
MUFON Field Investigator and he has investigated this case over a several year period.
Checked
MUFON CMS database for the months of March and April 1967, no other cases found in Florida.
Checked
NICAP database and found 4 Florida cases, 1
case may be related to this case. It was in March 1967, however a
specific date and time were not identified. It is the case involving a
Cuban Mig-21 destroyed while engaging an unknown target over NE Cuba.
Some investigative reports suggest the unknown was an A-12 or SR-71
American Spy Plane.
Note, if memory serves, The
SR-71 is a recon airplane without armaments.
My words. Checked
NUFORC database and found 1 Florida case
from April 01, 1967 that we believe is related. This case was reported
in June 2005, but the event date was listed as approximately April 1,
1967 and the location was at the Flamingo Campgrounds near Homestead,
Florida. The description of the event has similarities with observations
made by the radar operators. The location also matches.
Checked meteor/fireball database and did not find any that matched location and date for this case.
Several newspaper articles were discovered that refer to sightings
within a few weeks of this case, however the Air Force determined the
many witnesses, three teachers and several students from the Crestview
School in Opalocka, Florida, were observing a Coast Guard Helicopter
engaged in training maneuvers at an airport approximately 3 miles from
their location. The witnesses did not agree with this assessment. The
date, time, and objects movements as well as colors seem to match the
primary witness’s description of the event. All was documented in the
local newspapers.
WITNESS CREDIBILITY:
Witnesses are credible, at the time of the event they were US Military radar operators.
CORRELATING CASES:
NUFORC Case Posted 6/20/2005 and reported 6/2/2005 location was Homestead, Florida and event date was approximately 4/01/1967.
USAF Investigation and Findings document number 1003764 dated 4 May 1967, event date April 7, 1967. Crestview School daytime UAP sightings.
CONCLUSION:
Our conclusion for these objects is
UNKNOWN-UAV. They do not match the capabilities of known military or commercial aircraft from that time period.
Fascinating! Isn’t it?
Link:
http://googleufonews.com/unidentified-aerial-phenomenon-military-air-defense-radar-operators-track-8-uaps-hours/
wrote more about the crash near Las Vegas in his 1964 book 
Randle interviewed witnesses, searched Blue Book documents and
newspaper articles, and provided by far the most complete picture of the
events of April 18, 1962. Randle concluded that the object which
crashed that night was an extraterrestrial craft.
