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’ N34 re } AF FORM 112—PART I in (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 “4 i . AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT <>, %‘] 7 FROM (Ayency) REPORT NO. . \ a Director of Intelligence \S Headquarters Eighth Air Sorce SA3~2-79 cert pe : nen Cayo Set the camera at infinity (6) A Kodak Duoflex camera was used to and began snapping ...” naxe pictures (Incls 1 through 5). This camera hes a maximum lens speed of £5.0. It was focused at infinity, using 1/e5th of a second exposure and a diaphragm stop of f-ll. The film used wes 620 Superpan Press, GN .eveloped the negatives at his home. - O° ~ (7) "... odjects he said definitely were (7) an that he did not repor? some type aircraft, a type which he O vie weper they were definitely had never seen before," aircraft, nor that they were banana shaped, He says he did not think of flying "saucers", but thought © they were only perpendicular streaks of light until after the film was developed, (3) ",.., they were moving fast and they (S) was reluctant to estimate appeared to i six or seven miles away. the Shee vil the objects and did not He described the objects as tailless | estimate the distance from him, or ~ craft and beet. Not like a saucer the distance bdeteen objects.* but more like a banana...." Speed was estimated at about the speed of conventional fighters, Light from odDjects inclosed was . intermittent as they continued on course by being interdicted by Lower fringes of clouds, pA ce sccrscam believsd he traced light throug clouds, The streaks of light were lost from view into the cloud — no sounds were heard, na! DAUR Se (9) ",.. Pictures showed that the objects (9) These exoosures were mada with the Bert @ Vanor tradi. 4.2" photographer facing almost due west. (Direction has been confirmed by examination of oduildings and terrain features shown in Incl No. 4). br. Maxey has stated that the streaks 1 of light he photographed were on a heading of approximately 15/209. This would out the vapor trails } * ghead of the "objects." It is interesting to note that in ths rints or the pictures made by Mr, the negatives were reversed, AS a result, on those prints the vapor trails are shown to be behind “the object. a Ele ae hE PERE SS ie bi ot PHIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U. 5. C.— 31 AND 32, ASAMENDED. !1TS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS on lg 17S IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW tT. MAY NOT BE RE EPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNIT STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF, Hat + cs “as tec i ——= . > (Sada aun UAE eat salar ate H (CLASSIFICATION) 1B— 3.535791 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE { ' f — i Declassification Authority: NND 57565