342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

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SUBJECT :
Semi­ ontbly ' Intelligence Summary
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Commanding General
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Washington 25, D.C.
In accordance with provisions of letter, Headquarters,
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Service, subject as above, file -2, WEA 350. 05, the following r eport is
submitted for the period ending 15 June 1949.
l )'. During a test hop of an RB 29, ~ radar operator from the 514th
Reconnaissance Squadron (VLR) Weathe~Amade the following observation,: a-ed
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.don Monday, the 2nd of May, 1949, we took off' ±n aircraft number
45-21824~for the purpose of test hopping the ship.
Take off was made at
approximatel y ~500K.
The radar ~J,~~s turned on at approximately 1515K
and was tuned in.
Guam and Rota were picked up by radar and after about
ten (10) minutes of operation some type of interference was noticed on
the scope. It came in in the same form as a regular range marker except
that the pulses were approximately ten (10) miles apart.
They only covered
the area covered by Guam plus about five (5) degrees on either side of the
island.
The scope was on the one hundred (100) mile range.
s the range wa~JJ:,.d,~ed the interference grew larger on the scope.
~hee 9Mp'm""7there is & sketch of the scope as it appeared
with the interference drawn in.
I d~ne't believedthat what was picked up
on this flight was intentional jamming.it._
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The operator who made the above observation is one of the 514th Reconnaissance
Squadrons ' most experienced radar operators and is very proficient in the
operation of radar equipment.
He checked the set after landing and could find
no malfunctions .
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On the 8th of June 1949, at a position of 12° 25 1 N and 1400 20 1E,
an RB 29 aircraft from the 514th Reconnaissance Squadron made the following
sighting:
t ll09Z while flying a heading of 80 degrees, at 18500 ft on a
routine Vulture Baker weather reconnaissance mission, a white billowing
substance was sight ed at an altitude of 30000 t o 35000 ft .
The sighting
was made by two crew members, 1st Lt. Ernest Swanson, weather observer and
Sgt ialter ~ogers engineer.
What appeared to be a traveling contrail was