E-006328LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Ed Balocco F9F Chase near Washington, North Carolina
February 3, 1953Washington / Carolina coast, North Carolina, United States
Marine 1st Lt. Ed Balocco reported pursuing a bright object after an alert from a Navy signal tower. He described rapid vertical movement, white-heat appearance, red trailing glow/lights, and eventual departure toward the coast; Capt. Thomas W. Riggs separately reported an unidentified low object near the coast.
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“Balocco said an object rose from below his F9F by roughly 10,000 feet in seconds, then remained ahead during a 500+ mph pursuit before dropping away toward the coast; he described white-heat brightness with a red trailing glow and red lights.”
“Capt. Thomas W. Riggs separately reported an unidentified low object near the Carolina coast during the search, but Hall does not establish that Riggs saw the same object as Balocco.”
“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.”