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ad a AF FORM 112. ~ * APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 | -SANCH COUNTRY a ain 3 REPORT NO. * PL: 9 a 22 Lb AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Lf SUBJECT FLYOBRPT AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency ) Cayuga Lake, N.Y. Wing Training and Operations DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION E rectegee . 6 February 1953 15 May 1952 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE DONALD L. MYERS, LT., USAF Letter from Mrs. Ott REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part IT.) 1. This report contains information of the sighting of a "Fireball" seen over the Cayuga Lake region of New York state. 2. Mr. Walter Lee Ott, crew chief at Robinson Airlines and twelve (12) years of aeronautical experience, Mrs. Walter Lee Ott, 127 Blair Street, Ithaca, New York, and a friend visually sighted the fireball at 2110 hours, 3 April 1952. 3. Mrs. Ott stated in letter form the sighting was made from an auto- mobile seven miles from Ithaca, N.Y., along the west shore of Cayuga Lake. The fireball was traveling very rapidly in an are from northeast to northwest across Cayuga Lake. Mrs. Ott described the fireball as being sizable, green in color with green flames streaking out, 4. Further details concerning above information were unknown to source. APPROVED: FRANIZM. MADSEN JR., Lt Col., USAF Chief, Wing Training & Operations ay DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR D/I, Hq USAF - 1 cy ATIC, AMC - 1 cy NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U.S.C.— 31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. = = sine \ 16—55569-2 U. S, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE oy p wh ly Declassification Authority: NND 57565