REF: UAP/1950s/057Unexplained
1956-08-13-14
Lakenheath-Bentwaters radar-visual
Suffolk · UK (USAF bases)·Radar-visual with intercept·1950s
Unexplained
§ ASummary
Multiple ground radars, airborne radar and visual observers tracked high-speed objects; RAF Venom interceptor was outmaneuvered, with object trailing the jet.
§ BWitnesses
USAF radar operators; RAF Venom crews
§ CEvidence & Documentation
Radar logs from 3+ sites; Blue Book file; Condon case 2
§ DOfficial Investigation
Blue Book; Condon Committee
§ EStatus Assessment
Condon Report: 'genuinely puzzling... probability that at least one genuine UFO was involved appears fairly high'; unexplained
§ FVerifiable Sources
Condon Report (1969); Blue Book files; Thayer analysis in AIAA journal (1971)
§ GCross-referenced cases6
1954-09-10🇫🇷 France
Quarouble landing (French wave)
CE3 / landing trace
1954-10🇫🇷 France
French UFO wave of 1954
National wave
1954-06-30🇨🇦 Canada
BOAC Labrador 'flying jellyfish'
Airliner crew prolonged sighting
1954-07-02🇺🇸 USA
Walesville F-94 crash
Intercept-linked crash (contested)
1954-09-17🇮🇹 Italy
Rome Ciampino radar-visual
Radar-visual (capital)
1954-08-16🇲🇬 Madagascar
Tananarive mass sighting
City-wide mass sighting