PCF-047478 · case file

WINSLOW, AZ, US

01/13/1967 · WINSLOW, AZ, US · 3 witnesses

The record

Lear jet + National Airlines plane. Red light flashing on-off, quadrupling itself in a vertical direction. Cat-and-mouse gave w jet, rapid accelerations. Painted radar only when light was on.

Characteristics

Shape: Light
Duration: 25 min
Local time: 2100.0
Theme: radar_aviation

From the source record

County: Navajo
# of objects: 1
Witness count: 3
Other sources: DWeinstein1
Reported location (raw): WINSLOW, AZ, US

Source records · 8

The unmodified record(s) the master event was assembled from.

UFOCATU-12210915 fields

Date: 01/13/1967
Color: Red
Shape: Light
County: Navajo
Incident: Lear jet + National Airlines plane. Red light flashing on-off, quadrupling itself in a vertical direction. Cat-and-mouse gave w jet, rapid accelerations. Painted radar only when light was on.
Location: WINSLOW
Time Local: 2100.0
# of Objects: 1
Country Code: US
Catalog Entry: U-122109
Other sources: DWeinstein1
State or Prov: AZ
Witness Count: 3
Original Location: WINSLOW, AZ, US
Duration (Minutes): 25

UFOCATU-7151915 fields

Date: 01/13/1967
Color: Red
Shape: Light
County: Navajo
Incident: Lear jet + National Airlines plane. Red light flashing on-off, quadrupling itself in a vertical direction. Cat-and-mouse gave w jet, rapid accelerations. Painted radar only when light was on.
Location: WINSLOW
Time Local: 2100.0
# of Objects: 1
Country Code: US
Catalog Entry: U-71519
Other sources: FSR
State or Prov: AZ
Witness Count: 3
Original Location: WINSLOW, AZ, US
Duration (Minutes): 25

UFOCATU-12318015 fields

Date: 01/13/1967
Color: Red
Shape: Light
County: Navajo
Incident: Lear jet + National Airlines plane. Red light flashing on-off, quadrupling itself in a vertical direction. Cat-and-mouse gave w jet, rapid accelerations. Painted radar only when light was on.
Location: WINSLOW
Time Local: 2100.0
# of Objects: 1
Country Code: US
Catalog Entry: U-123180
Other sources: GEberhart1
State or Prov: AZ
Witness Count: 3
Original Location: WINSLOW, AZ, US
Duration (Minutes): 25

UFOCATU-6188315 fields

Date: 01/13/1967
Color: Red
Shape: Light
County: Navajo
Incident: Lear jet + National Airlines plane. Red light flashing on-off, quadrupling itself in a vertical direction. Cat-and-mouse gave w jet, rapid accelerations. Painted radar only when light was on.
Location: WINSLOW
Time Local: 2100.0
# of Objects: 1
Country Code: US
Catalog Entry: U-61883
Other sources: JHynek
State or Prov: AZ
Witness Count: 3
Original Location: WINSLOW, AZ, US
Duration (Minutes): 25

UFOCATU-5671515 fields

Date: 01/13/1967
Color: Red
Shape: Light
County: Navajo
Incident: Lear jet + National Airlines plane. Red light flashing on-off, quadrupling itself in a vertical direction. Cat-and-mouse gave w jet, rapid accelerations. Painted radar only when light was on.
Location: WINSLOW
Time Local: 2100.0
# of Objects: 1
Country Code: US
Catalog Entry: U-56715
Other sources: JHynek1
State or Prov: AZ
Witness Count: 3
Original Location: WINSLOW, AZ, US
Duration (Minutes): 25

UFOCATU-16588915 fields

Date: 01/13/1967
Color: Red
Shape: Light
County: Navajo
Incident: Lear jet + National Airlines plane. Red light flashing on-off, quadrupling itself in a vertical direction. Cat-and-mouse gave w jet, rapid accelerations. Painted radar only when light was on.
Location: WINSLOW
Time Local: 2100.0
# of Objects: 1
Country Code: US
Catalog Entry: U-165889
Other sources: U
State or Prov: AZ
Witness Count: 3
Original Location: WINSLOW, AZ, US
Duration (Minutes): 25

UFOCATU-19221614 fields

Date: 01/13/1967
Color: Red
Shape: Light
County: Navajo
Incident: Lear jet + National Airlines plane. Red light flashing on-off, quadrupling itself in a vertical direction. Cat-and-mouse gave w jet, rapid accelerations. Painted radar only when light was on.
Location: WINSLOW
# of Objects: 1
Country Code: US
Catalog Entry: U-192216
Other sources: UNICAT
State or Prov: AZ
Witness Count: 3
Original Location: WINSLOW, AZ, US
Duration (Minutes): 25

BLUEBOOK-DOCBLUEBOOK-DOC:9a43d631:106122 fields

date: 1967-01-13
site: in flight
shape: oval
state: New Mexico
country: USA
date_raw: Jan. 13, 1967
incident: Pilot Carl M. and passenger Jimmie Moran on a Lear Jet 23 en route from Houston to Las Vegas saw a flashing red oval luminous object. Object split into 4 similar red oval objects vertically several times, each emitting a 'red ray,' then retracting. Albuquerque radar tracked the object 39 miles ahead with no transponder signal; it blinked off visually then on. A National Airlines DC-8 pilot confirmed the reports. The object darted toward the Lear at high speed, flooded it with intense red light, maintained position, then climbed away to the W in <10 secs.
radar_data: Albuquerque radar tracked object 39 miles ahead, no transponder; Los Angeles Center radar picked up both targets
time_local: 10 p.m.
trajectory: split into multiple objects, darted toward Lear at high speed, climbed at 30° angle disappearing W
case_source: BLUEBOOK
time_of_day: Night
source_quote: saw a flashing [?] red oval luminous object in the 10 o'clock position. Object split into 4 similar red oval objects vertically a number of times
catalog_entry: BLUEBOOK-DOC:9a43d631:1061
location_text: SW New Mexico, NW of El Paso, Tex., to Flagstaff-Winslow, Ariz.
witness_count: 4
source_doc_sha: 9a43d631b4fef701b0eca48a6a4341610f3d1de7281b7a5bd94eb1429136df30
light_emissions: flashing red oval luminous object, emitting red rays, intense red light
duration_minutes: 29
witness_reactions: pilot had difficulty seeing instrument panel due to intense light
witness_occupation: pilot (FO), passenger, radar controllers, DC-8 pilot
vallee_classification: RV

Geography

Sources

BLUEBOOK-DOC
BLUEBOOK-DOC
UFOCAT
UFOCAT

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