23857122-1229-482685-0004

~ AF FORM 112 em "Th-6-5 5. [APNG DDL 7 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT am FLYORRPT a | AREA REPORTED ON State Of Lowa Prom ome) Detachment #8, L67ond Ground Observer Squadron. Des Moines, Iowa DATE OF REPORT 2 February 1953 PREPARED BY (Officer) FRANCIS C, HALL, lst Lt, Usar REFERENCES (Conérod number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) None - DATE OF INFORMATION 27 Jamary 1953 SOURCE EVALUATION BeZ SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower « On 29 January 1953 at about 2100 cst, Iowa Stat Called this Filter Center to say that Patrolman object, both red and white, immediately called to the 2. Upon questioning, ball of light over the hortzon. The ball changed color from white. It seemed to glow a brighter red as it the horizpn, it hovered and bobbed about in one distance. increased area, and. for some time, and finally reach inestimabdl Apopoving Officer: A CERTIFIED TRUE COPY: S MARTINI 2 Lt, Usap tant... Y e Hi hovering in the sky west of Daven ADDC but no interception was made. | the object as a red and which hovered west of Davenport and later pr white to orange to red and back to. 3. It was estimated to be several hundred feet in size, to travel near 100 MPH e speeds before disappearing. Captain, Usar left. Begin text of report on AF Form 118—Part 11.) Patrol Headquarters , hadi seen an port, Towa. This was a ~~ % ras white ocedded west out of sight in speed. As it neared — then disappeared in the . ” JOHN HEDER Commanding DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR - Jar-y2¢° | WOT® THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECT ING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE 33 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS | 16--85569 -3 i ey Declassification Authority: NND 57565