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I work at the Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center.

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Okay, and we observed an unknown phenomenon this morning, about 1600 Zulu.

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And local time, that was about 8 o'clock.

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And we observed it for about 10 to 15 minutes, two targets.

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And we were working in conjunction with Air Defense Command.

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They also pated the targets on their radar.

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We checked two radar systems in our facility.

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The targets were approximately 200 miles west of San Francisco over the water.

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They stayed in close proximity to each other.

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Correct, let me rephrase that.

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They flew in what appeared to be unison, approximately 90 miles apart, in a north-south track.

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We observed them initially tracking south.

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Their speed was in excess of 2,000 knots.

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They did a high-speed run for about 75 miles, made a very abrupt slowdown,

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and then a 180-degree turn and tracked back northbound in excess of 2,000 knots.

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They did about a 15 to 20-degree right turn, and then we lost them.

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ADC advised me that the targets were too high to get an altitude readout on,

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and they confirmed their speed in excess of 1857 miles an hour also.

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Okay, any estimate of altitude?

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Their altitude readout capabilities, I think, are classified,

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and they were reluctant to advise us what the altitude was.

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But I do know that they were in excess of 60,000 feet.

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Okay, were you getting a good strong return?

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Well, good, painted like a barn out there, and it was a good strong track.

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Like we were painting a 747 on primary target within 50 miles of the antenna site.

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Okay.

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It was really a fantastic situation.

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And several radar systems, we were receiving them off of two conjunctive radar sites

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that we worked with, the 26th NOR-Ed was receiving targets on them,

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and the 25th NOR-Ed was also receiving targets on them.

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So there was no radar phenomenon involved,

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unless it was something so unique that it would affect all radar systems.

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Okay.

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When they left to the north, did they just go off of the screen?

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They just went off of the screen.

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Okay.

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It was almost like they went to such an excessively high speed and rate of climb

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that one moment the antenna picked them up,

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and the next sweep of the antenna, there was nothing there to hit.

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Okay.

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All right, sir, well, we sure appreciate this information.