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A

60th Anti Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion at Lakenheath
The 23 Squadron RAF Scrambles at 14:0200 & 0240 - Not under GCI Control
'AC', hearsay information re Lakenheath incident
Aiken, F/O Patrick, notes from phone conversation with Dave Clarke, March 2001
Air Force Regulation AFR 200-2, extract (USAF)
AIR 2/18564, DDI Tech (MoD) case summaries, 8th May 1957
AIR 2 18871: Memo to S4f(Air) from I. H. Morgan, for Undersecretary of State (RAF)
AIR 2/18871: Letter from Air Com. A. N. Davis to Charles Lockwood, 17 March 1972
AIR10/6200 & AIR2/12264 SARAH (Search and Rescue and Homing) beacon
AIR 20/12056, correspondence between S4 (Air) MoD, and P.R. Smith, March 1969
AIR 22/93 (see DEFE 31/118)
AIR 27/2742 ORB for 23 Squadron, RAF Coltishall, Norfolk
AIR 28/1439 RAF Waterbeach logbook /AIR 27/3119 253 Squadron
AIR 28/1343 ORB for RAF Coltishall, Jan 1956 to December 1960
AIR 28/1370 RAF Horsham St Faith, ORB (form 540) Jan 1956 to Jul 1963
AIR 29/2610 ORB for Air Defence Ops Centre, Bentley Priory, Jan 56 to Nov 60
AIR 29/2796 ORB for Eastern Sector Operations Centre at RAF Bawburgh
AIR 29/2797 Met. Sector Ops Centre RAF Kelvedon Hatch, Suffolk 1956-58
AIR 29/2986 & MJ1/436, RAF Cardington (Balloons Unit & Met .Office Exp. Est.)
AIR 29/2631, 271 Signals Unit ORB, RAF Neatishead 1956
AIR 29/3582, 271 Signals Unit ORB, RAF Neatishead, December 1956-58
Arthur, Flying Officer L., RAF pilot, interview
Astronomical Information

B

Background and History
Base Newspaper, Bentwaters USAF, Email from Editor
Base Newspaper, Lakenheath USAF, Article August 1956
Bentwaters Fast Radar Tracks, analysis
'Bentwaters' 2255 radar-visual and the curious role of IR-1-56
Bentwaters Slow Radar Targets, analysis - Part I
Bentwaters Slow Radar Targets, analysis - Part 2
Bentwaters Slow Radar Targets, analysis - Part 3
Bentwaters, Visual Observations at 2255
BOI-485 teletype from SAC Lakenheath, August 16 1956
BOI-485 and F. Perkins - Testimony to Confabulation?
BOI-485 and F. Perkins - An Opinion on the Timing Problem
Bowden, Cpl. J., Neatishead ground radar technician, interview
Bornholm Island, Denmark, NATO radar incidents, Aug/Sept 1956
Brady, J., RAF radar operator/navigator, letter to Dave Clarke, Nov 2000
Brady, J., RAF radar operator/navigator, interview, Feb 2001
Brady, J., RAF radar operator/navigator, BBC radio interview, April 2002

C

Chambers, D., RAF pilot, interview
CIA memo "Suggestions re. intelligence value of Aquatone" (U-2) July 5 1956
Clift, Sq. Ldr. D., Neatishead Chief Fighter Controller, interview
Condon Report, University of Colorado 1969, Lakenheath/Bentwaters case studies
CPS-5 search radar antennas, illustrations
Crash in Lakenheath nuclear weapons storage area, 27 July 1956, items concerning

D

Davis, Wing Commander (later Air Commodore) A. N., 23 Squadron C/O, involvement of
Davis, Air Commodore A. N., prompt notes for BBC Radio Oxford interview, Feb 1972
Davis, Air Commodore A. N., Banbury public meeting & BBC 'Man Alive' Programme, 1972
DEFE 44/119, DSI/JTIC Report No 7, Report by "Flying Saucer" Working Party, June 1951
DEFE 31/118, Air Ministry Secret Intelligence Summary, 'Flying Saucers', March 1955
Dell, Flt.Lt. Peter, notes from phone conversation with Dave Clarke, March 2001
Dell, Flt.Lt. Peter, letter to Dave Clarke. Aug 9 2003
Diary, 23 Squadron RAF, August 13-14 1956

E

Easton, J., Voyager Newsletter: email received re. Lakenheath/Bentwaters 1956

F

Fraser-Ker, F/O Ian, emails to Dave Clarke, January/March 2001
FINNAIR DC-3 radar case, Gulf of Bothnia, Aug/Sept 1956

G

Geomagnetic and Auroral Activity in August 1956
GCI radar installation c.1956, electromechanical schematic (courtesy Bruce T. Neale)
GCI facility or "Happidrome", circa 1950, illustrations
Goode, Iain, MoD Records Officer, letter Sept 3 2001
Gossett, Richard, re Lakenheath UFO alert April 1958, email to Dave Clarke 29 Dec 2001
Gregory, Capt.G.T., ATIC, report to DI, HQ USAF, Washington DC, Sept 5 1956
Gregory, Capt. G.T., memo routing slip, Sept 5 1956
Gregory, Capt, G.T., letter to J. Allen Hynek, 26 Nov 1956
Gregory, Capt. G.T., sketch of 'Lakenheath-Bentwaters sightings' Nov 1956
Grocott, Wing Commander R.G., RAF (retired), letter to Dave Clarke, 28 July 2001

H

Hobson, Pilot Officer Graeme, Neatishead Interception Controller, letter, March 2002
Hudson, P., Assist. Sec. S6(Air), Air Ministry, 1956-7, letter to David Clarke 24 Sept 2002
Hynek, J. Allen, Blue Book memorandum T56-24219 17 Oct. 1956

I

IDO 7-3351, teletype from 7th Air Division, South Ruislip, August 17 1956, extract
IR-1-56, Air Intelligence Information Report from Bentwaters, August 31 1956
IR-2-56, from Hq SAC, Offut AFB, Nebraska, August 17 1956, extract.

J

Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) minutes, Cabinet Office, Whitehall, April 11 1957

K

Kent, England, radar case, Aug 30 1956
Killock, J.H., letter to Daily Express, 1978
Killock, J.H., letter to Martin Shough 02 Mar 1988
Killock, J.H., letter to Martin Shough late Feb 1988
Killock, J.H., map of Ely sighting location (redrawn)
Klass, Philip J., letter to Gordon D. Thayer 4 June 1976
Klass, Philip J., letter to Gordon D. Thayer 8 May 1976

L

Lakenheath Collaboration homepage
Lakenheath Collaboration Document Archive Index
Lakenheath radar alert April 19 1958, Sunday Express article
Lakenheath, intercepted radar targets, analysis - Part 1 (Track E)
Lakenheath, intercepted radar targets, analysis - Part 2 (Track F)
Lakenheath, visual sightings, analysis
Lincolnshire, England, radar case, Sept 22 1956
Links page
'Lock-on' question, The
Logan, Ivan, RAF radar operator/navigator, interview Jan 1996
Logan, Ivan, RAF radar operator/navigator, interview Nov 2000
Logan, Ivan, RAF radar operator/navigator, letter to Dave Clarke, 23 Oct 2000
Log Books, personal flying logs of 23 Squadron aircrews, August 13-14 1956
Low, Robert J., annotated copy of Perkins' letter to C. U. Project forwarded to Blue Book

M

Map of Met Office weather stations in SE England
Menzel, D. H., letter to Robert Low, 15 March 1968
McDonald, J. E., Radar Echoes from Meteors & Fireballs (private papers 1969)
McDonald, J.E.. Meteorological Factors in Unidentified Radar Returns, 1970
Meteorological data for sighting area, August 13-14 1956
Meteorological analysis and radio refractivity profiles, August 13-14 1956
Met. Office isobar & winds chart for 0600Z (GMT) August 13th 1956
Met. Office isobar and wind chart for 1800Z (GMT) Aug13 and 0000Z Aug 14th 1956
Met. Office isobar and winds chart for 0600Z (GMT) August 14th 1956
Met. Office temp/humidity readings, Hemsby radiosonde, 1402Z (GMT) August 13th 1956
Met. Office temp/humidity readings, Hemsby radiosonde, 0201Z (GMT) August 14th 1956
Met. Office upper winds, Hemsby radiosonde 1402 and 2000Z (GMT) 13th August 1956
Met. Office upper winds, Hemsby radiosonde 0201 and 0800Z (GMT) August 14th 1956
Met. Office Synopsis & Forecast, mid-day August 13 1956
Met. Office Synopsis & Forecast, mid-day August 14 1956
Met. Office Daily Weather Report for 1200 and 1800 (GMT) 13th August 1956
Met. Office Daily Weather Report for 0000 and 0600Z (GMT) August 14 1956
Metz, Lt Charles, 512th FIS, Bentwaters 1955-57, e-mail to Dave Clarke dated 18 March 2002
'Missing Interception', The case of
Mitchell, Sq Leader Victor, RAF (Ops) Ground Environment, interview October 6, 2002
Moore, Air Vice Marshal Charles, RAF Retired, letter and phone conversation 24 June 2001
MoD and UFOs: A short History and Background
MoD Records on UFOs: Fate of

N

Neale, B.T., Marconi Radar Systems, letter to Martin Shough 24 October 1986
Neale, B.T., Marconi Radar Systems, letter to Martin Shough 10 November 1986
Neale, B.T., Marconi Radar Systems, letter to Martin Shough 4 December 1986
Neatishead personnel, brief statements by
"New European Defence System", Flight International, 23 December 1955
Noyes, Ralph, former Undersecretary of State for Logistics (MoD), interview May 1989
Noyes, Ralph, former Undersecretary of State for Logistics (MoD), interview Nov 1995

O

Otterburn, Northumberland, sighting report, midnight 14 August 1956
O'Toole, Walter, Editor Bentwaters Base Newspaper 1956-9, email to DC 25 March 2003

P

Perkins, T/Sgt. Forrest., biographical note
Perkins-Wimbledon 'Paradox', The
Perkins, T/Sgt F., letter to the U. of Colorado 'Condon Committee', rec'd 13 February 1968
Perkins, F., letter (unfinished) to Gordon David Thayer, around 1 Aug. 1976
Perkins, F., letter to Gordon David Thayer, 27 July 1976
Perkins, F., letter to Martin L. Shough,12 Feb 1988
Perkins, F., letter to Martin L. Shough,18 August 1987
Perkins, F., letter to Martin L. Shough, mid-Sept. 1987
Perkins, F., letter to the National Enquirer, March 1972
Perkins, F., letter to Stanton Friedman, 03 September 1978
Perkins, F., letter to Stanton Friedman, 14 August 1975
Perkins, F., letter to Stanton Friedman, 21 August 1975
Project Blue Book 10073 Record Card, ATIC 1956

R

Radar equipment, sites and specifications
Radar coverages, and the probability of concurrent detection
Reconstruction of the events
References
Richards, Flt.Lt. R., 23 Squadron, U-2 sighting, email concerning
Ridpath, I., 'The UFO Conspiracy', Sunday Times, 19 March 1978
Ridpath, I., comments on astronomical sources, Jan 2001
Robb, Douglas, Manager, RAF Neatishead radar museum, BBC Radio 4 interview, April 2002
Robinson, Dr. L.V., Blue Book memorandum for record, subject: Perseids, Aug 27 1956
Royal Air Force Unit Records concerning Lakenheath case
Rush, Eric, email to Martin Shough 14 Aug 2003 concerning 1956 daytime 'fireball' sighting.

S

Scofield, Flying Officer Grahame H. T., interview notes 17-19 May 2001.
Scofield, Grahame, letter to Dave Clarke, 11 June 2001
Scofield, Grahame, letter to Dave Clarke, 1 February 2003
Scofield, Grahame. The Eavesdropped Interception and
Simpson, William, GCA Operator, Bentwaters 1956-57, e-mail to DC dated 5 June 2002
Smith, F/O Colin, letter dated 17 March 2001
Squadron Leader 'X', RAF, telephone interview concerning Neatishead radar UFO
Squire, Flt. Lt. Nick, 23 Squadron Historian, email to Dave Clarke, February 27, 2003

T

Thayer, G.D., letter to Philip Klass 1 July 1976
Thayer, G.D., letter to Philip Klass 23 July 1976
Thayer, G.D., letter to Forrest Perkins 10 Aug 1976
Thayer, G.D., letter to Forrest Perkins 23 July 1976
Thayer, G.D., letter to Martin Shough 10 Jan 1988
Thayer, G.D., letter to Martin Shough 15 July 1987
Thayer, G.D., letter to Martin Shough 6 September 1987
Thayer, G.D., letter to Martin Shough 7 March 1987
Thayer, G. D., article, Inside the Colorado UFO Project
Thomas, Raymond, Bentwaters GCA operator, e-mail to DC re UFO events 1956
Track C (Bentwaters), A Quantitative Radar-Visual Model of
Type 7 radar antennas (illustrations)
Type 13 radar antennas (illustrations)
Type 14 radar antennas (illustrations)

U

"Unceasing Vigil - Night's Black Agents", Flight International, 23 December 1955

V

Venom NF.3
Venom NF.3 AI Mk.21 radar, view of cockpit installation
Venom NF.3 AI Mk.21 radar, Control Indicator front panel
Venom NF.3, GGS. Mk.5 radar-ranging Gyro Gunsight
Venom NF Mk.3, AP 4335C Vol 1, General and Technical Information
Venom NF.3, Radio, Intercom and Telebriefing Installation

W

Wimbledon, F., RAF Chief Fighter Controller, letter to Sunday Times, London, March 1978
Wimbledon, F., letter to the Editor, Flying Saucer Review Vol. 24 #1, June 1978
Wimbledon, F., biographical note
Wimbledon, F., letter to Stanton Friedman 16 August 1978
Wimbledon, F., letter to G. David Thayer 23 Sept 1978
Wimbledon, F., letter to G. David Thayer 18 Jan 1979
Wimbledon, F., letter to Martin L. Shough 15 Sept 1986
Wimbledon, F., letter to Martin L. Shough 12 Oct 1986
Wimbledon, F., letter to Martin L. Shough 13 Oct 1987
Wimbledon, F., letter to Martin L. Shough 25 Jan 1988
Wimbledon, F., article, RAF Air Defence Museum Newsletter No 22 (1999)
Wimbledon, F., letter to Dave Clarke, undated
Wimbledon, F., interview March 2001
Wimbledon, F., letter to Dave Clarke 9 April 2001


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