Coordinates | N521814 W0003124 (WGS84) Google Maps |
Region | Northamptonshire |
Location indicator | EGWC |
Operator | US Air Force (USAF) |
Chelveston airfield was established during the Second World War as a base for US Army Air Forces (USAAF) bombers. After the war the airfield was reactivated in 1952 and used by bombers and reconnaissance aircraft of the US Air Force. At the end of the 1970s, the site was converted into a short-wave transmitting station for the RAF. Today the airfield is closed and the facilities have been largely dismantled.
UFO sighting 1961
Report about the sighting of a UFO (unidentified flying object) on 15 March 1961 over RAF Chelveston:
At 0315Z traveling west north west overhead. Orange and white in color, no trail, 90 seconds duration.
(Source: National Archives Identifier 28991897)
Source for all maps, if not marked otherwise: US Department of Defense (US DoD)