Gulf of Mexico: USAF B-29 radar tracks five fast targets that merge with a huge blip
At 5:24 a.m. on December 6, 1952, the crew of a USAF B-29 over the Gulf of Mexico 100 miles south of Louisiana tracked five unidentified blips maneuvering around the bomber at 5,240 mph; they merged with a huge blip that accelerated away at 9,000 mph.
Background
At 5:24 a.m. the pilots of a USAF B-29, 1st Lt. Norman Karas and 1st Lt. William W. Naumann, Jr., tracked five unidentified blips on the bomber's radar over the Gulf of Mexico 100 miles south of Louisiana. The targets maneuvered around the plane at a speed of 5,240 mph. The crew saw some flashes of light, but the targets were 20 miles or more away. The five objects merged with a huge blip that accelerated and vanished at 9,000 mph. Other crewmen involved were Staff Sgt. B. R. Purcell, Staff Sgt. William J. De Rause, 2nd Lt. Robert J. Eckert and Staff Sgt. Harry D. Shogren. Eberhart cites NICAP, Brad Sparks, Donald Keyhoe's Flying Saucers from Outer Space, the Condon report and Patrick Gross. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.