June 23, 1952 — Kirksville AFS, MO
1:30 a.m. USAF ADC radar operators Lt. A. N. Robinson Jr. and Airman Ray H. Foote, plus 5 other controllers, officers, and maintenance technicians at Kirksville Air Force Station in Missouri, track a hard target with a clear sharp return about the size of a B-29. It suddenly appears 85 miles north-northwest of the station, moving at a constant speed of about 3,600+ mph on a straight path for about 125 miles for 2 minutes. Then it vanishes. A second target appears at 1:35 a.m. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Michael D. Swords, “Case Missing,” IUR 19, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1994): 20;
Feschino Jr., Frank C. Shoot Them Down! The Flying Saucer Air Wars of 1952. Lulu.com, 2007, p. 15;
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknown Catalogue, Case 6, p. 141;
Mike Swords File 30R;
NICAP, “Seven ADC Men Track 3,600 MPH Target”;