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February 6, 1953 ‘ Stanley H, Brown Yuma, County Airport Yuma, Arizona "Sighting of flying objects” The location Yuma County Airport, February 4, 1953, time 1350 M,8,.T. I was using a theodolite to follow a pilot balloon, which was at 6,000 feet Mean Sea Level, I took my eyes away from the eye pbkoe for a few seconds, returned my eye to the eye piece, and the balloon was out of the field. The readings were 53 degrees elevation, and direction from me 157 degrees, time 1350 M.8.f. I then saw one object going upward, and curving to the West. I had a clear sky background, and although it moved through the field rapidly was able to see it clearly, and follow the flight, About 20 seconds after sighting the first object a secong object came into the field, and swooped upward and across the path of the first object. The first object flew toward the West, while the second object swooped across or near the path of the first object three to four times, going out of the field.about two times for a moment, The two objects passed near the lower portion of the sun, and were traveling westward, the second object below end behind the first object, when a Cirrus cloud came into the theodolite field, I lost sight of the two objects. The exact position at that tine, elevation angle 29.1 degrees and direction from the instrument 204.1 degrees, The time 1555 M.8.T. , after having followed the two objects through the 52 power theodolite for a period of 5 minutes with a clear sky background, The objects were both the same size, as nearly as I can figure one minute of are in size, The objects were almost round, a solid, dull, pure white color, with a thin white mist completely edging each ofject. I em a Meteprologieal Aid employed with the United States Weather Bureau, having followed balloons through a theodolite for the past ten years. I also hold a private pilots license, and having flown in military and citilim sircraft frguently in the past ten years, I am absolutely certain of what I have seen through the theodolite as described in the foregoing paragraphs, Declassification Authority: NND 57565 6