# May 12, 1953 — Goose Bay AFB, Labrador — Radar Track Over Goose Bay

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May 12, 1953 — Goose Bay AFB, Labrador  
3:20 a.m. USAF F-94 pilot Lt. D. C. Rogers and radar operator Lt. J. A. Lane track a radar target about 39 miles northwest of Goose Bay AFB [now CFB Goose Bay], Labrador. Rogers attempts to intercept but cannot make visual contact. [Eberhart]

Sources:  
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 966, p. 199;

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Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, p. 262;

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