June 22, 1954 — NW Washington State
8:14 p.m. An unidentified radar blip located over central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, responds to coded IFF Mode 1 signals from the Naselle Air Force Station radar site [now Fort Stevens Historic Site] in southwestern Washington State, and instantly transmits back the correct coded responses. The blip is tracked on 3 ground radars at both Naselle and McChord AFB [now Joint Base Lewis-McChord] in Tacoma. The UFO splits into two (or consists of two objects in close formation), separates, and outmaneuvers one of two F-86D jet interceptors, both of which also radar-tracked the UFOs. Possible visual sightings of the radar target are called into sheriff’s offices and news media. The case is forwarded to Project Blue Book, but it does not appear in its files. [Eberhart]
Secret Wire:
Source:
“Flying Saucer Reports Again,” Whidbey (Wash.) News-Times, June 24, 1954, p. 1;
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 1044, p. 215;
NICAP, “Coded IFF Signal from UFO”;
