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we PIT tte APPROVED } JUNE 1948 (CLASSIFICATION) PoP ret at ng 3 REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK) Le Ze a «igh A ae OY LOAUGE AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 4 SuBiacT a i FLYOBRPT j T 254 PEPORTE! ? AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Wing Training and Operations Gampus of Cornell University Sampson AFB, N.Y. CATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 6 February 1953 17 December 1952 1 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE ) REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) DONALD L. MYERS, LT., USAF Letter from 1st 1} iy | 1. This report contains information of the sighting of an aerial vhenomenon from the campus of Cornell University at 0757, 17 December 1952. ing a jet exhaust, greenish-blue with an orange trail which was moving in a of are in aoproximately two seconds. High cirrus clouds estimated at more ~ Rae of 700 miles per hour, ewe A aT westerly direction at a very high speed. It appeared to traverse 30 degrees 3, Further details concerning above information were unknown to source. APPROVED: ots, Pe Clash M za gah AS a is, ~eN, sl atin tn me es ted oe de pret Pre Tere Sd tata 8 | ea ; mer BSS Te Lager Ratatat ait itt 4 s StiSy of Ve? 1] 8. 9/ (3/98 USH F. HEINS >| ey G) Lews. AKG Ss AE ee ee ee a Ay BENG ee nn ree a rae Soa, ” aoe ete ofa . at LEENA eC Tor Rt fr FRANK. MADSEN JR., Lt Col., USAF rf Chief, Wing Training & Operations SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary ofTeport, Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at-lower left. Begin tect of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) tana reported in letter form the observation of a light resembl- than 20,000 feet altitude were present. The light disappeared from view behind the leading edge of the cloud. No aircraft structure was visible. The light appearad to be elongated and traveling in a horizonal plane. Considering the titude and arc traversed, the ohservers estimated the speed to be in excess , if % ‘ DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR D/I, Hq USAF ~1 cy ATIC, AMC ~ lcy Declassification Authority: NND 57565