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Midway radar

September 2, 1952, 3 a.m.
Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Unresolved
Representative drawing from the From orbit page, not this specific sighting.
"40 targets"Shape words from the Project Blue Book summary

What happened

Over eight hours radar showed 40 targets moving in all directions at up to 175 m.p.h. Two of them seemed to fly in formation with a DC-6 airliner.

Witnesses

Ground-controlled approach radar operator Turason at Midway Airport

Explanation

Unresolved

No explanation has been found.

Sources

  1. Patrick Gross, Project Blue Book unknowns of 1952ufologie.patrickgross.org
  2. The Black Vault, Project Blue Book unknown case files, complete listtheblackvault.com

Filed by Project Blue Book as unidentified.

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