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Osceola Navy Aircrew Radar / Visual Helmet-Disc Report

July 11, 1950Near Osceola, Arkansas, United States

Crews of two Navy planes reported a disc-like object crossing their flight path near Osceola, Arkansas; electronics technician G. D. Wehner said he also acquired it on the aircraft radar scope.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Disc / Saucer(C-000253)→Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→
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Encounter · Reported Encounter Observation

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CLAIM-689064reported
“Martin, Moore and Wehner reported a round/disc-like object crossing their flight path; Wehner said he caught it on the radar scope.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Osceola Navy aircrew radar/visual report; uploaded PDF pp. 47-48
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Osceola Helmet / Shallow-Bowl Object (1950) · Reported Craft Appearance

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CLAIM-689065reported
“The object was compared to a World War I helmet seen from the side or a shiny shallow bowl turned upside down.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Osceola morphology; uploaded PDF pp. 48-48
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Hall Army, Navy & Marine Corps Observation Dossier · Investigation Source Caveat

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CLAIM-689056reported
“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.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Section provenance and NICAP military contacts; uploaded PDF pp. 44-47
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CLAIM-689057reported
“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.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Reproduced Fort Devens and Kagnew official communications; uploaded PDF pp. 45-46
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