E-006721LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Orly Field Radar-Visual UFO Report
February 17, 1956Orly Field / Paris, Île-de-France, France
Hall reports that Orly radar tracked an unidentified object and an Air France pilot saw it; radarmen were quoted as estimating about 1,700 mph before it hovered at points over Paris.
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“Hall reports that Orly radar tracked an unidentified object and an Air France pilot saw it; radarmen were quoted as estimating about 1,700 mph before it hovered at points over Paris.”
“Hall introduces Section X as a survey intended to show that UFO reports, official investigations and private study groups were international rather than uniquely American.”
“Hall says the Swedish defense ministry reported that about 80 percent of roughly 1,000 ghost-rocket reports were attributed to celestial phenomena while some radar detections remained outside those categories.”
SRC-002107 · Swedish ghost-rocket investigation summary; uploaded PDF pp. 234-235
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“Hall reports that the British Air Ministry investigated UFO reports but refused to release details of specific radar and aviation cases, citing defense responsibilities.”
SRC-002107 · British Air Ministry correspondence; uploaded PDF pp. 236-236
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“Hall reports a 1963 West German Embassy reply saying there was no official West German UFO policy or agency, while the attaché considered the subject insufficiently explored.”