February 4, 1954 — Carswell AFB, nr. Forth Worth, TX
11:00 p.m. A target is detected by the Carswell AFB [now Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth] Ground Control Approach radar, near Fort Worth, Texas, at a distance of 13–15 miles to the southwest. A “mystery aircraft” passes over Carswell tower at just over 3,000 feet. Seen through binoculars, the UFO has a long fuselage, elliptical wings, some kind of stabilizer, a bright light on its nose and tail, two yellowish lights on the bottom, and possible lights on each wing tip. It is silent. The report is sent directly to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CIA, and NSA. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns, Case 1010-1011, p. 208;
Timothy Good, Above Top Secret, pp. 281–282, 495–496;
Martin Shough, RADCAT: Radar Catalogue: A Review of Twenty-One Ground and Airborne Radar UAP Contact Reports Generally Related to Aviation Safety for the Period October 15, 1948, to September 19, 1976, National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena, NARCAP Report TR-6, December 8, 2002, pp. 48–51;
NICAP, “Radar/Visual with Two Radars”;
[Pretty large Blue Book file, with reports turned in by multiple witnesses]