November 10, 2026

FPS-3

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Color illustration of airmen and an FPS-3 radar at Yaak, Montana tracking varicolored lights at dawn, 1952
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1952: Yaak, Montana, the Radar-Visual Silhouette

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Color illustration of a Beechcraft Bonanza dodging a flaming orange football-shaped object near Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1952
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1952: Allentown, Pennsylvania, the Hobler Collision Course

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Color illustration of a silver disc falling like a leaf behind two RAF Meteor jets over Topcliffe, Yorkshire, 1952
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1952: Topcliffe, Yorkshire, Kilburn and the Falling Leaf

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Color illustration of a photographer and Navy pilot watching a silvery sphere over the carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1952
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1952: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, Operation Mainbrace Sphere

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