Lakenheath-Bentwaters Incident

  Coordinated tracking

Controllers at RAF Bentwaters and RAF Lakenheath reported targets performing sudden turns and stops. Fighter pilots attempted interception without success while radar plotted the maneuvers.¹²³

  Official evaluation

The Air Ministry and U.S. Air Force studied the data, calling the case one of the best radar-visual correlations. Explanations ranged from meteors to misidentified aircraft.⁴⁵

  References

1. en.wikipedia.org ↩

2. bluebookarchive.org ↩

3. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk ↩

4. nicap.org ↩

5. jbismember.org ↩