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Angel Peak Extreme-Speed Radar Track

July 16, 1957Angel Peak Air Defense radar site, Nevada, Nevada, United States

According to the Project Blue Book report as described by Hastings, an Air Defense Command radar crew at Angel Peak tracked a target inbound at an average reported 6,200 mph, stationary for about 12 seconds, then outbound at about 7,000 mph. Hastings also reports an encrypted IFF response.

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Encounter · Reported Radar Observation

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“According to the Project Blue Book report as presented by Hastings, the Angel Peak radar crew tracked a target inbound at an average reported 6,200 mph for 48 seconds, stationary for 12 seconds, and outbound at about 7,000 mph for 72 seconds.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
SRC-002027 · Chapter 8: DAMNED IF I DO, DAMNED IF I DON’T · PRIMARY SOURCE
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UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites
SRC-002102 · Angel Peak / Plumbbob radar case as described from Project Blue Book material
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Encounter · Government / Documentary Record

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CLAIM-500016reported
“Hastings further states that the target responded to encrypted military IFF interrogation with encrypted responses; this detail is retained as reported from the Blue Book case rather than independently verified by ANOMALY.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
SRC-002027 · Chapter 8: DAMNED IF I DO, DAMNED IF I DON’T · PRIMARY SOURCE
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UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites
SRC-002102 · Reported encrypted IFF behavior in the Angel Peak case
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