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UFO. Netherlands

ID #1636061043
Added Fri, 05/11/2021
Author July N.
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
07.08.1952
Location: 
Керкраде
Netherlands

On the night of August 6-7, 1952, Will Jansen, a marine engineer and designer, was in Kerkrad. Just after midnight, a ship in the shape of a disk with a visible superstructure dived to a low altitude, hovered, zigzagged and sped away. 

Then a second disc-shaped UFO was seen, similar in outline, hovering even further away. Finally, he rose vertically and disappeared from sight.

Original news

Date: August 7, 1952
Location: Kerkrade, Netherlands

On the night of August 6-7, 1952, Will Jansen, a marine engineer and designer, was visiting in Kerkrade, Holland. Just after midnight a disc-shaped craft with visible superstructure swooped down to low altitude, hovered, zigzagged and sped away. A second disc-shaped UFO, similar in outline, was then seen hovering farther away. Finally it tilted up vertically and shot up out of sight.

First of two discs observed by Will Jansen. "Cabin" protruded from
underside too on second UFO. (credit: NICAP/Hall)

Source: NICAP/Richard Hall, 1964 (from letter to CSI of Los Angeles)

On the night of August 6-7, 1952, Will Jansen, a marine engineer and designer, was visiting in Kerkrade, Holland. Just after midnight, a disc-shaped craft with visible superstructure swooped down to low altitude, hovered, zigzagged and sped away. A second disc-shaped UFO, similar in outline, was then seen hovering farther away. Finally, it tilted up vertically and shot up out of sight.

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