Panamanian case: the first UFO discovery

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REPORT OF THE AIRCRAFT REPORTING SERVICES

Country: PANAMA
Message number: IR-4-58

Message: Unidentifiable Flying Objects (UFO) - Notification

Event location: PANAMA
From: Director XXX
Message Date: 18. March 1958
Date info: 9. -10. March 1958
Rating: B1

Produced by: Vernon D. Adams, Captain, US Air Force
Source: Caribbean Headquarters AOC
Reference: AFR 200-2

9.-10. March 1958, several unidentified radar tracks were detected on a search and tracking radar located in the Canal Zone. Two tracks were examined by the Air Force, but with negative results.
Vernon D. Adams, Captain, United States Air Force,
Assistant Director XX owns his hand
approved:
George Welter
Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force
Director XX owns

SUPPLEMENT TO THE FORM 112

CAirC, Director of News.
Message number: IR-4-58

During the period from 9 to 13 March, three unexplained radar contacts were detected by a facility located in the Canal Zone. In two cases, both radar stations were navigated to the area of ​​the Air Force, but with zero result. An investigation among the operators found that these tracks were clearly and easily distinguishable from clear and distinct cloud formations. In general, the tracks were triangular with very fluctuating speed of movement. The movement appeared suddenly and looked like an evasive maneuver. Event from 9. -10. March was detected by anti-aircraft radar. During the monitoring period, maintenance personnel performed a proper inspection of the equipment. In addition, the lock was damaged, but the device still immediately captured the target and tracked it. A second surveillance radar on Taboga Island tracked him on his return. The target usually remained in the same area halfway between radar-controlled areas. The crew stationed to see red and green lights, but no sound was recorded with the lights. Visibility was good, but the lights were only visible for a short time. A commercial plane volunteered to inspect the object. It was guided 100 yards (91m) from the marked target and announced that it saw nothing. The target disappeared from the radar on March 10 at 02:08 AM.

On March 10, at 10 a.m. 12 minutes, search radar announced an unidentified target west of the canal. A T-33 jet was sent from Howard Field for reconnaissance, but returned with a negative result. The plane was in close proximity to the target, but with negative observations. Contact with the target was lost at 14,15.

Vernon D. Adams,
Captain, United States Air Force
Assistant to Director XX
approved:
George Welter
Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force
Assistant to Director XX

SUPPLEMENT TO THE FORM 112

AC OF S, G-2 USARCARIB
Message number: IR-4-58

In accordance with the final summary report of the intelligence service No. 200-72B-1, dated August 6, 1957 in the matter:
"Unconventional aeronautical equipment" is accompanied by the following information:. March 10 Captain Harold E. Stahlman, Operations Officer, 1958th Anti-Aircraft Station (AAOC), in the Fort Clayton Canal Zone, announced information regarding the discovery of an unidentifiable flying object. On March 764, 9, at 1958:20 p.m., Stahlman, as Deputy Commander of the Defense of the Anti-Aircraft Defense Center (AAOC), received in his home a report from the Serving Operations Officer (AAOC) that the AAOC had received a radar message about an unidentifiable flying object approaching the Pacific. side of the Panamanian neck. Stahlman arrived at the AAOC at approximately 03pm and 20pm.

During the radar tracking of the first point on the radar screen, at 20h.45 min. two more points appeared. The first point was identified as a Chilean airliner that landed at Tocumen Airport in Tocumen, Panama. The other two points, which were not identified, indicated the presence of two objects near Fort Kobbe in the Canal Zone. A civilian aircraft near the object made a visual observation, but with a negative result. The original points were captured by search radar and then transferred to a tracking radar unit located on Flamenco Island, Fort Amador, Canal Zone. This radar was able to track unidentified objects and the following information was found:

  • Number of buildings: Two, about 91 meters apart
  • Monitoring period: From March 9, 1958 20 p.m. 03 min. to March 10, 1958 20 p.m. 08 min.
  • Radar location: Battery D,… .. Flamenco Island
  • Location of the object: LJ 2853 (link to the military system of geodetic surveying grids)
  • Current weather: Clear unlimited visibility, no wind reported
  • Flight direction: average climb angle 365 °, azimuth, 330 miles (531 km)
  • Flight style: Smooth, slightly circular runway near Fort Kobbe, in the Canal Zone.
  • Altitude: Varies from 2 to 10 thousand feet (609 -3 m). Average 050 feet (7m).

The crew of the radar station on Flamenco Island made an attempt to locate the object with searchlights. As soon as the headlights touched the objects, they abruptly changed their height from 600m to 3050m in an interval of 5 to 10 seconds.

This was such a rapid movement that the objects disappeared from the tracking radar screen and it was unable to detect its ascent. Surveillance radars can only be focused on fixed objects, as was assumed for two unidentifiable objects. The possibility that the observed objects were meteorological balloons was rejected because a query to the US Air Force revealed that there were no balloons in the air at that time.

On March 1, 1958, Captain Stahlman wrote another report on an unidentified flying object detected by the search radar on Taboga Island, Panama. The following data was found:

  • Number of objects: One
  • Monitoring period: From March 10, 1958 10 a.m. 12 min. to March 10, 1958 14 p.m. 12 min.
  • Radar location: Taboga Island radar station
  • Location of the object: KL1646 (link to the military system of geodetic.
  • Current weather: Partly cloudy
  • Flight direction: average climb angle 365 °, azimuth, 330 miles (531 km)
  • Flight style: from fluctuating, irregular to triangular movement across the sky
  • Height: Not determined, due to the type of radar used
  • Speed: Variable, from hovering to approximately 1000 miles per hour (1609 km / h)

It was visible on the surveillance radar that the object was beginning to move away as two US Air Force aircraft approached. At this point, its speed was calculated to be 1000 miles per hour (1650km / h). Radar tracking ended at 14 p.m. 12 min.

11. March 1958 Lieutenant Roy M. Strom, Operations Officer, 764. (AAA Bn) in Fort Clayton, the Canal Zone, announced the information received from the Pan-American airline pilot regarding the detection of an unidentifiable flying object. 11. March 1958 at approximately 04hod. 00 min. the pilot of the C-509 C-6 airline Pan-American DC-12 found an unidentifiable flying XNUMX flight point north on the Fox Trot route. The object looked bigger than the plane and moved eastward.

At the same time, Lieutenant Roy M. Strom announced that an onboard HAWK radar intercepted an unidentifiable flying object. The object would be captured twice, approximately at 05 o'clock. 08min., Heading northwest to LK 3858. Third time at 05h 17min. the object moved to LK 5435 in a southwesterly direction. Confirmation of the third observation took 11 minutes. At 05 p.m. 28 min. the object was spotted on LK4303. The incoming C-509 was in the same area and a question was asked to the radar station if its trace was identical to the previous observation. The answer is no. The building was last seen on LJ 3254 at 05 p.m. 36 min, still flying southwest. At the same time, the radar lost contact with him. The size, shape or height of the object could not be determined by radar. (F-6)

The headquarters of the nearest Air Force Headquarters should be aware that reports of sightings coming from military personnel mentioned by the DAICM continue. The commanders of the US Air Force have instructions from the Ministry of the Air Force, which covers the reporting of the subject (AFR-200-2: Notification of an unidentifiable flying object, abbreviated name: UFOB) (U). This office continues to report information as it appears.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE FORM 112
CAirC, Director of News.

AIR FLOW OUTLET and ADCC Identification Profile
9 March

  • 19:59 An unknown flying machine arriving from the Tango Route. No other aircraft in the area, except one at Tocumen, WHZ BLB ATC.
  • 20:45 An unidentified object on the screen, considered a meteorological balloon, was caught between Albrooke and Taboga. He seems to be circling. There is no air traffic in the area. Reported to ATC due to the possibility of a conflict with air traffic.
  • 20.45 It has been announced that the balloon was launched early in the evening at 18:30 p.m., but by this time it should be down southeast of Albrook.
  • 21:40 The tower announced that PanAm's P-501 aircraft was diverted to avoid a collision with the building. The P-501 flies over the canal over Albrook.
  • 23:45 The distance of the object from Battery D (Flamenco) is 4870 yards (4453 meters), height 3,5 thousand feet (1066 meters). At this point, the headlights from the control post at the entrance to the port were lit to assist in identification,…. performed by one AF-sea rescue boat.
  • 23:55 PM The 6-foot (1.828-meter) building is moving very quickly southwest.
  • 24:00 It can be seen on the radar that at the moment when the headlights were switched on, the object undertook an evasive maneuver. It is now 10 feet (3.048 meters) high, 7800 yards (7132 meters) from the side. Two turns, one at 10 feet (3.048 meters), the other at 8 feet (2.438 meters).

10 March

  • 00:44 Braniff 400 announces that it sees no object during the short check. The radar reported the object at a distance of 100 yards (91,4 meters) from the plane.
  • 00.55 Radar now reports two targets approximately 100 yards (91,4 meters) apart. The Braniff 400 landed at 00:47. XNUMX min.
  • 02:10 Lost radar contact.
  • 10:12 Unknown aircraft on KJ1646, speed 290 K. No known aircraft nearby. Checked with Tocumen, Albrook, Howard, ATC and CAA. The object was very powerful, reached a speed of 900K, then slowed down and remained in place for a few minutes.
  • 10:30 A major UFO is reported to Major Davis at the Howard Center. He goes upstairs and looks at it.
  • 11:20 AF 5289 (T-33) flies to check for a UFO that has been detected.

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