September 28, 2026

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1950s-style illustration of two USAF F-86D Sabre-dog interceptors over the Korea Strait east of Tsushima Island with a small tan rounded object visible ahead maintaining distance, and a panel insert showing the lead aircraft's radar scope covered in ECM jamming interference, December 17, 1956.
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1956: Near Itazuke AFB, Japan — The Object That Jammed Both Jets

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Two-panel image: a reproduction of a Blue Book File 4517 GCA radar scope photograph showing a massive saturating central return with radial streaks and smaller blips at El Toro MCAS California on November 11-12 1956, captioned USA/IC-UFOB-4-56/EL TORO GCA SCOPE/11 NOV 56; and the File 4517 cover sheet typed "34 photos."
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1956: El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, California: Eight Hours on the Scope

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1956 Capital Airlines Flight 77 UFO Encounter Captain Hull Illustration
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1956: Capital Airlines Flight 77 — The Man Who Wrote the UFO’s Obituary Watched One Perform

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1950s-style illustration of a USAF F-86D Sabre-dog interceptor banking over the Libyan coast at night with an inset radar scope showing a solid target at 2 miles and fire-control Splash notation, while the canopy shows only empty dark sky ahead, Wheelus AFB October 1956.
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1956: Wheelus AFB, Libya: The Night F-86Ds Reached Splash and Hit Nothing

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