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J hee AF FORM 112—-PARTI ae f COUNTRY REPORT NO. LEAVE,.BLAN. yn Be USA 11-53 “ke pe: O Ku 4 if AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT | Unidentified flying cbjects AREA REPORTED ON Yuma, Arizona FROM (Agency) 4750th ABG, Yuma County Airport, Ariz, | DATE OF REPORT 6 February 1953 DATE OF INFORMATION 5 February 1953 ; air EVALUATION = ly reliabl PREPARED BY (Officer) Captain Gaylord G. Duren SOURCE Personal interview AFL 200-5, 29 April 1952 REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) On 4 February 19 SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. S35 Mr. Stanley H. Brown, Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of report on AF Form 112—FPart II.) 403 22nd Avenue, Yuma, Arizona, a meteorolégical aid for U, 5S. Weather Bureau was searching for a lost weather ballon with the aid of @ theodite. At 1350 MST he sighted a solid white, oblong Object at @ direction of 157.2° and elevation of 53,3°, The object was a solid white color,,oblong in shape and appeared to be covered by a small thin, white mist, The size of the object was 1 minute of arc, it appeared oF assending straight up then leveled out in a long swoon at an elevation of 53.3° some 20 seconds later this object was joined by a second object, Soros and pOVe. exactly the same as left below and crossed No 1 It then crossed ?! position below. This was done several doing so, No 2 left the field of theodolite twice but re-entered and remained behind and slightly below object Nol, the first shape. Object No 2 appcared from the pag lo Ll again to a neal * ad The changes moved rapidly a SW Ln >; No 2 were smooth direction of object cross the horizon, they remained the swooping turns. As the objects same relative size, were lost momentarily when they passed near the sun. A They both disappeared simultaneously at an angle of 204.19 at an eleva At 204.1° the was covered by cirrus clouds at approximately .2500 The clouds obscured the objects and they were immediately lost from si At the time of original sighting there was a clear sky backeround, ippeared on the edge sky 3 fe) rae Ps Ri Thy ley rea of the sun. The objects remained in vision for Coordinates of approximately 5 minutes. the theodolite are lat. 32° 40 minut-< N ana long. 114° 36 minutes W. Mr. Brown was looking for his lost weather ballon tal at a 6000 foot level when the et acha were first sighted, He was standing at an elevation of . feet on the south port terminal building Mr. Brown that the objec than any ballon he has ever sighted S40 The objects moved against the winds was from the north at Ss Mr. Brown feels strongly that he actually known aircraft. There was no glimmer or reflection witnesses the aid of the theodolite He did ‘ot find his ballon, e of the Yuma County Air- ts moved much more rapidly years experience as meteorological aid. which were from the west. Surface wind fer) a 2 cn > tbe 21Loft d the i +750 th ontrol at that t ~~ S tne + ay ‘ Vi Pe] 1 on * Vad 4b Fala tal cimaesiaini asain 3 9/31) 9P ie UAE. INEM... Byta, Lasad® RKe pone’ a DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR epagks ‘spaeenpeiss oo, Bebe) Ae eee) : ATIAA-2C, Wrignt~Patterson AT (1 cy) Intelligence, Hea Int ve Like of Technicel Director (MY Ba -» 2 “a % ARTA. Chief Aix B, Ohio NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OP 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, ata ipst ze SCoRartNT aren 16—55569-1 —_-U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Se ney ee S171 Catlo la