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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  29 April 1957 | English Channel (France) | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 9 pm GMT 29/2100Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION (England) ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE News Clipping | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not rptd | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE not rptd  |
|  10. BRIEF SUM…

1st Report
THE WASHINGTON POST and TIMES HER.
Wednesday, May 1, 1962

# British Jets Give Chase To Object

Reuters
LONDON, April 30—Royal Air Force all-weather jet fighters screamed into the air last night to chase a mystery object spotted on a south coast radar screen.

The Javelin fighters from Odiham Base near Southampton failed to intercept the object, reported traveling at 900 miles an hour over the English Channel.

An Air Ministry spokesman in London, disclosing this today, said the object was first sighted just before 9 o'clock last night.

An Air Ministry investigation has been ordere…

W.T. + S.S./8/57

UFO'S PLAINS ENGLAND

Apr. 29: A fast moving object, tracked on radar and chased in vain by jets, was later identified as a "non British plane."
(London, July 20, 1945)

'Saucer' Is Mirage—in Name Only
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 3.—A mysterious flying object that easily distanced British Javelin jets that rushed up to intercept it over the English Channel last week was identified today as a visitor from France, not from outer space.
The London Evening News said it was one of France's new 1100-mile-an-hour jet fighters, the delta-winged Mirage, out on a night flight.…