October 10, 2026

B-17 Beacon

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Dossier-style pre-dawn cockpit view from a Navy R5D over the North Atlantic showing two pilots and a 200–300 foot glowing saucer with a purple-red rim rising from the ocean on a collision course, marked Bethune, multiple witnesses, CE-I, Unexplained
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1951: The Bethune Encounter, a glowing object closes on a Navy transport over the North Atlantic

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A dark oblong object with a red-white light above it climbing in steps over apartment rooftops at sunset as a man and boy watch, Warner Robins, Georgia, January 1951
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1951: Stair-stepping red light over Warner Robins, Georgia

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Two radar operators watching three large echoes on a round approach-control scope at Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts, in January 1951.
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1951: Radar targets over Westover AFB blamed on a B-17 beacon

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A C-47 flying beneath a pear-shaped research balloon with a small round milky disc beside it over the New Mexico desert, January 1951.
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1951: Round object separates from Project Gopher balloon near Holloman AFB

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