E-006503LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
F-61 Radar-Visual Intercept over Japan
October 15, 1948Japan patrol area, unspecified, Japan
Hall, citing Ruppelt, describes an F-61 night fighter repeatedly trying to close on a radar target that accelerated away; on one pass the crew reported a 20–30-foot silhouette shaped like a rifle bullet.
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“Hall, citing Ruppelt, describes an F-61 night fighter repeatedly trying to close on a radar target that accelerated away; on one pass the crew reported a 20–30-foot silhouette shaped like a rifle bullet.”
“Hall states that language difficulties limited NICAP’s Far East collection and quotes the Taiwan Weather Bureau as favoring military responsibility for UFO observation and selective public release.”