BLAINE AFS 757th Radar Squadron
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Death of Carl A Lindberg 1966-1969 commander My father was the CO of the base back in the late 1960s. I had the opportunity to join the family back then when I returned stateside PCS from the Far East to HQ SAC in 1967. Dad always spoke fondly of his time at Blaine and maintained a lasting friendship with several people enjoying hunting and fishing with up to this last duck hunting season. Dad died this AM of a massive stroke. Funeral arrangements are pending, probably for the Veteran's cemetery in Kent, WA Carl Lindberg Jr Seattle, WA
Send your Stories and true accounts about BAFS to Source: True Magazine 1966 Issue I know the Secret of the Flying Saucers by Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe, USMC (Ret.) Editor's Note: Major Keyhoe has been writing about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO's) in this magazine and elsewhere for over 15 years. From the outset he has insisted that flying saucers are real and interplanetary, and many authorities have come to agree with him. Now he claims that control over gravity itself is the only explanation for the astounding maneuvers which saucers are said to make. Some physicists dismiss this theory as fundamentally erroneous. But, as you will read, there are others who find Major Keyhoe's latest chapter in "The Great Flying Saucer Story" important and plausible One excerpt from his writing: On the night of January 12, 1965, an officer of a federal law enforcement agency had a close encounter. As he was driving his official car toward Blaine Air Force Station, in Washington, a flying disc 30 feet in diameter hurtled down at his automobile. At the last moment the disc arced up steeply, avoiding collision. When the officer jumped out, he saw the UFO hovering overhead. After a minute, it shot up into clouds at high speed. A short time afterward, the UFO - or a similar one - was seen landing in a field near Blaine, melting the snow and scorching the ground before it took off. When the AF questioned the federal officer, they said they had tracked the UFO by radar as it raced down toward his car. This officer, like many other UFO witnesses, was warned by his superiors not to let his name be used in connection with the sighting. ---------------------------------- CANADA INTERCEPT OF UFO BRITISH COLUMBIA -- LT. Col Charles D. writes, "I had a very interesting incident involving a UFO while flying an F-102 in 1958." While on alert duty with the 318th in British Columbia, we scrambled to intercept two bogies on a 090 degree heading. While being vectored to the location, I observed a white light. I was flying on a 270 heading and the light was to my 1300 position. The light continued towards my aircraft. As it approached, I noticed the light had a fuselage body behind it. Just prior to the light hitting my aircraft it veered to the south. My partner also observed it. After identifying the two bogies as Canadian civilian aircraft, we returned to base. While positioning my aircraft for final approach, I again observed this white light directly ahead of me. I believe the runway we were using was 29 so that would have put the light at about the same heading. After landing, we were debriefed inside the Combat Alert Control (CAC). We were told that radar at Blaine Air Force Station also picked up this white light (object). I never did find out what it was. Thanks to Charles Candlelite100 ----------------------------------------- FROM: Donald A. Helgeson 757th in the fall of 1960 |