Lakenheath-Bentwaters Radar-Visual Incident (1956) — CTD-0103

DATE13 Aug 1956

LOCAL TIME9:30 PM

LOCATIONRAF Lakenheath-Bentwaters, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

COORDINATES52.06°N, 1.43°E

RAF and USAF personnel tracked multiple unidentified objects on radar with simultaneous visual confirmation. An RAF Venom fighter obtained radar lock but the target circled behind the fighter. The Condon Committee called this 'the most puzzling and unusual case in the radar-visual files.'

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WITNESSES & UNITS

RAF Bentwaters / Lakenheath Radar

SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Ground / airborne radar track

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