RB-47 ECM Aircraft UFO Encounter, Gulf Coast USA, July 17, 1957
On July 17, 1957, a U.S. Air Force RB-47 electronic countermeasures aircraft, tail number 53-4281, manned by a crew of six officers, encountered an unidentified object during a training mission that…
Narration
A brilliant blue-white light closes on the RB-47 at impossible speed.
July 17, 1957: a USAF RB-47H Stratojet departs on a training mission over Mississippi.
ECM officer McClure detects a coherent 3000 megacycle signal before any visual contact.
Over Texas at dawn, the luminous object executes instantaneous stops no aircraft could survive.
Project Blue Book stamps the RB-47 case unidentified — three sensor channels, no explanation.
Over the Gulf Coast, the brilliant blue-white light vanishes simultaneously from every sensor.