August 18, 1964 — North Atlantic
12:35 a.m. USAF Major D. W. Thompson and First Pilot 1st Lt. J. F. Jonke are flying a C-124 transport with the 31st Air Transport Squadron, 1607th Air Transport Wing, 200 miles east of Dover AFB in Delaware at 9,000 feet over the North Atlantic. A blurred reddish-white glare appears ahead and 500 feet below them on a collision course. Thompson takes evasive action, and the light makes a right turn and disappears. Air traffic control shows nothing on their radar in that location. [Eberhart]
Record Card:
Staff Message:
Letter from Dr. J Allen Hynek to Hector Quintanilla, Head of Blue Book:
Sources:
J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 50–51;
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 831, p. 300;
Tim Printy, “The 701 Club: Case #9053,” SUNlite 5, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2013): 33–34;
NICAP, “Object on Collision Course with C-124”;
