dec 16, 1953 - 12/16/1953 Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, Lockheed Skunkworks leader, elliptical UFO incident 'At the same time, coincidentally, a [prototype radar] Lockheed airplane was in the air on a test flight along the Los Angeles coastline...At the controls were Rudy Thoren and Roy Wimmer, both highly experienced senior test pilots...assisted by Joseph F. Ware, Jr, another longtime test pilot. Also in the cockpit were Charlie Grugan, another veteran company pilot, and Lockheed's Chief Aerodynamicist, Philip A Colm
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Johnson_(engineer)https://theufodatabase.com/photos/1953-lockheed-sightings
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/27-february-1910/
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dec 16, 1953
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~ 71 years ago