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APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 2 i HORM 112—PART | (CLASSIFICATION) country | REPORT NO. a) VE.BLAN. ee: USA | 1-53 ry LX OAL if got ie AIR: INTELLIGENCE. ake REPORT SUBIEEr Unidentified flyinz cbjects AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Yuma, Arizona | 4750th ABG, Yura County Airport, Ariz, DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 6 February 1953 _5 February 19 | Saintly reliable PREPARED BY (Officer) ' ee Captein Gaylord G Duren Personal interview REF “SREMCES .( Conirol number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) ATE 200-5, 29 April 1952 me Le A re es ER ll ta SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of report on AF Form 112--Part IL) On 4 February 4953% Yuma, Arizona, a meteorolagical aid for U. S. Weatasr reau was searcning for a lost weather ballon wita the sid of e-theodite,. At 1350 X iST he: sighted a solid whits, oblong opdsce at a direction of 157.22° and slaearton of 53800 a.) . The object was a solid white color,,,oblong in shave and appeared to be. ‘covered by <a ihe thin,» white miste The size of the object was 1 minute Oe Bee. he reatmuaea it apve ared 2s assending eeraignt up then leveled out in a long swoon. wat an‘. levation of pie bie eke . Some 290 seconds later this object was joined } @ second object, oe 4 eaictiy the same-as the first-in: etre, color and shapes: Object No 2 appeared from the ” lesftibelow and-cressed No 1 to a position above, It then crossed Jo 1 againeto a vogision below.e.-This was done several times. In coing' se; No 2 left the fiatdof theodolite tuice but re~entered..and remained bebind and slightly below ob ject. Yo. 1.. 2s in direction of object No 2 were ae swooping turns. As the odes iA S moved rapidly across the horizon, they remained + same chee 0-2 size, They both disappeared steams lama i an une of 20.19 ot on elevation of 29ST SS AG 204.29 the sky was covered by cirrus clouds at appre ximately- 25000 £¢, The clouds: obscured the ob jacte “ene Pe were immediately lost fron sight. At the time of original sighting there vas a clear sky backgrowmd. The objects were lost momentarily when they passed near the sun. They reappeared on the edze of the sun. ; : : . yee ee | The objects remained in vision for ap pproximately 5 minutes. Coordinates ‘of the theodolite are lat, 32° LEO minut=s N and long. He 36 ninntes LA y Wak: looking for his lost weather ballon with-the-aid of the theodokite at a.d to0v level when the objects were first sighted. He did rot find his. halion: Ze was stending at an elevation. of 199. feet.on the south side of the Yuma County: Aires port-:termninal building. states that the objects moved much mora rapidly: thanm any ballon he has ever signte™ in his s 10 years experience as meteorological aid. The obgeci £t which were from-tne west. Surface.wind. was’ From the north, at & 5 qT, : ; feels Stroneiy that t be actually saw a solid object other than any mown eircreft.° There was fo ee reflection from. the sun. There are<rno. other ge: oo DECLASSIFIED ts ca ap ERATED iS ° Tx, E1652 np. § ei, . me 3 WE; > . she meme a aces 2a EIEN th, i pore Byban Lent cats O82 oy Ake ty “4+ DY ORIGINATOR i Sv.Ggtar of Intelligence, deadouarters USa?, Weshineton 25, D.C. (6 sys) = ae t4> Pant ice? x Liis en div technical Intelligence Center , Attn: ATTAA-2¢ v, Wrignt~Patterson ATB, Ohio (1 cy) TROCUME ald) peli INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 59 U.S. C.— | ‘>? AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNE RTO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. OT BE REPRODUCE 38) IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY ¢ PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF ° [TOE USAR, 4 ee wey (CLASSIFICATION) MG~BSESI-R Uy Se GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. Declassification Authority: NND 57565