One of these was tracked by ground radar and also seen with the naked eye by operator in the radar tower at RAF Lakenheath as a bright light passing overhead....
1956 Between 11 pm last night and 3 am this morning Royal Air Force personnel were involved in an extraordinary game of cat and mouse with several unidentified flying objects.
One of these was tracked by ground radar and also seen with the naked eye by operator in the radar tower at RAF Lakenheath as a bright light passing overhead .
An RAF Pilot reported seeing the object streak beneath his aircraft .A second radar station was then alerted. After detecting a stationary target that suddenly raced northwards at 600 mph (965 kph),the second station called in an RAF fighter to investigate.
The pilot made airborne radar contact with the object, only to have it move behind his fighter. Despite the pilots best efforts ,the object could not be shaken off. A second aircraft was called in, at which pilot the object moved off and all radar contacts were lost.
1940 The offensive launched by Germany on August 13 in preparation for an invasion of the British Isles is being met with strong resistance and considerable victory by the RAF.
Southeast England has borne the brunt of the attacks from fleets of bombers protected by fighter aircraft .So far 236 German aircraft have been downed for the loss of just 95 British, with the RAF'S efforts concentrated on destroying the Luftwaffe's bombers.
A switch of German tactics may well be on the cards as Luftwaffe supremo Hermann Goering searches for a way of cracking the British fighter command nut and winning air superiority.
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