During unspecified offshore combat maneuvers, a carrier-based Navy AD-3 squadron reportedly encountered a rocket-shaped object that descended over the formation, paced the aircraft, then turned and climbed away when pursued.
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“Hall says a rocket-shaped object descended over a carrier-based AD-3 squadron, paced the aircraft about 1,000 feet overhead, then turned and shot upward when the Squadron Commander pursued.”
“The report was acquired through Rear Adm. Delmer S. Fahrney and NICAP adviser Lou Corbin; Hall gives no date beyond 1953 and no location beyond offshore combat maneuvers.”
“Hall states that several Navy cases came through Donald Keyhoe's personal military contacts and that two Army intelligence reports were supplied to NICAP by service members.”
SRC-002107 · Section provenance and NICAP military contacts; uploaded PDF pp. 44-47
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“Hall reproduces two military communications: a September 1957 First Air Force letter quoting a Fort Devens report and a February 1957 Army intelligence memorandum from Kagnew Station.”