INCIDENT INTELLIGENCE / CASE FILE

Surabaya Air Force Base Radar Interception

DATE OF INCIDENT

June 26, 1964

KEY WITNESSES

Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) Radar Operators and Anti-Aircraft Battery Personnel

Summary

Indonesian Air Force anti-aircraft batteries at Surabaya engaged a high-altitude target tracked on military radar.

Detail report

Military primary radar at Iswahyudi / Surabaya Air Defense Command tracked an unauthorized high-altitude target hovering over restricted airspace in East Java. Indonesian Air Force anti-aircraft artillery batteries fired warning volleys at the object as it descended over the naval complex. The bright disc-shaped craft executed a sharp vertical climb and accelerated out of radar coverage at hypersonic speed.

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