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TUNCONVENTIONAL A.l.&c.BArT. OBSER-VED SEETEMBER TEN AND ELEVEN, Fl--rH
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STANT, ~NDREW J,..,REID1 G-T'WO FT• MONMOUTH, NJ, J:BOVIDED FOLLOWING RE~~t
PORT OF UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT OBSERVED BY RADAR AT ABOVE hY
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INSTALLATION.
QUOTE ON SEPT. TEN, FIFTYONE, AN AN/MPG DASH ONE RADAR
SET PICKED UP A FAST MOVING LOW FLYING TARGET, EXACT ALTITUDE UNDETER­
MINED AT APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN TEN A. M. , SOUTHEAST OF FT. MONMOUTH
AT A RANGE OF ABOUT TWELVE THOUSAND YARDS.
THE TARGET APPEARED TO f(
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APPROXIMATELY FOLLOW THE COAST LINE, CHANGING ITS RANGE ONLY SLIGHTLY
BUT CHANGING ITS AZIMUTH RAPIDLY.
THE RAlt,A!i SET WA~ SWITCHED TO FULL
AIDED AZIMUTH TRACKING WHICH NORMALLY IS FAST ENOUGH TO TRACK JET AIR­
CRAFT, BUT I~ THIS CASE WAS TOO SLOW TO BE RESORTED lO•
TARGET VAS
LOST IN THE N.E. AT A RANGE OF ABOUT FOURTEEN THOUSAND YARDS.
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TARGET ALSO PRESENTED AN UNUSUALLY STRONG RETURN FOR AIRCRAFT BEING
COMPARABLE IN STRENGTH TO THAT USUALLY RECEIVED FROM A COASTAL SHIP.
THE OPERATOR INITIALLY IDENTIFIED TARGET AS A SHIP AND THEN REALIZED
THAT IT COULD NOT BE A SHIP AFTER HE OBSERVED ITS EXTREME SPEED.
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SEPTEMBER TEN, FIFTYONE, AN SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR RADAR SET AT THREE
FIFTEEN PM TRACKING A TARGET WHICH MOVED ABOUT SLOWLY IN AZIMUTH NORTH
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f ~ EXTREMELY UNUSUAL ELEVATION ANGLruW°'niltr EE ,_'l.:f.HNDRED FIFTY MILS,
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SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR RADAR SETS AT TEN FIFTY A.M. PICKED
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c ~ UP THE SAME TARGET NORTHEAST OF FT. MONMOUTH AT AN ELEVATION ANGIJ;:
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