January 28, 1953 — Albany and Valdosta, GA
9:40 p.m. Maj. Hal W. Lamb, USAF senior pilot at Moody AFB in Valdosta, Georgia, apparently sees the setting planet Venus (although this is disputed) changing color and shape while flying a T-33 (or an F-86). It is also seen by Turner AFB [now Naval Air Station Albany] tower operators in Albany [not Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta], Georgia (with time errors of about 10 minutes). About the same time, two GCA radar maintenance men at Turner AFB radar track three moving targets and a stationary target. At 10:10 p.m., the GCA reports two stationary targets at 17 and 27 miles, both 300° azimuth. No visual confirmation, though binoculars are used. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 919, p. 191;
Edward J. Ruppelt, “What Our Air Force Found Out about Flying Saucers,” True, May 1954, p. 133;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1953, January– March, The Author, 1988, p. 66;
David Marler, Triangular UFOs: An Estimates of the Situation, pp. 129–130;
NICAP, “Several Radar Contacts”;