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' I je " Sat SS eee a as hs ree We fad | ay geal i AF FORM 112—PART}- Hag ame REE EMeORMATTOW | +“ / APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 eee eo) SS a, LIQ2GAZ ir INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT FLYOBRPT | AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agen iing Training & Operations __ Cottonwood, Arizona Williams Air Force Base, Arizona DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 30 January 1953 27 January 1953 F-6 "PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Harold W. Lehman, Capt USAF Ae RnR: REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previows report, etc., as applicable) AFT, 200-5, 29 April 1952 eo | 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 II.) t ' i On 27 January 1953 at approximately 1915 hours MST, an unidentifiable object was Sighted by while standing in the yard at his hone in. Cottonwood, Arizona, The approximate position of Cottonwood, Arizona is 112° 2 minutes est Longitude and 3° lb minutes north latitude. ,— sighted this object in an easterly direction from Cottonwood. He estimated the altitude of the cbject to be from 8,000 to 10,000 feet and at an estimated distance of 7 to 10 miles. Traveling at approximately 350 to 400 MPH, the object was moving in a parallel direction to Cottonwood on a heading of south, This strange object | es viewed from a set of 8x30 binoculars was described as being a large spot | of light with a smaller light trailing it as a tail. By judging the distance | from the larger mass of light to the smaller mass, it was determined that the ' odject was of considerable length. It appeared somewhat brighter and larger than.any of the stars in the area and was ofa yellow orange color, There was i no diinking of any lights and there was no goat heard. From the time of first sighting ntil the object disappeared approximtely 5 minutes elapsed, Immediately oF observing this object, he noticed a conventional aircraft i orior to in tne imnediate vicinity of where the object was sighted. { t . . :] ° ° ° ° ° H acorn til unknown to this writer. Therefore, the reliability of this se a camot be determined. It is believed that the estimated altitudes, ' igtances and speeds are unreliable and that the object was much farther and i hig! her than estimated by i ee PEOCT ASS ip 5 } i t DECLASS! Lik BAY a te eg ' § id fat fm Sich OW oR Mie nn, fo MUA NARS, Data oN paste, “USAF 1 ae 3 ae Wg Ing & Opr Officer v abe ff ms / sy fe us Set men rie bea m) ro ts tallest ROMA, Dee cD ars; : é 1, Statement 0 EL 22) “ Das . 2. Mep diagram (quad) : tps "| BSSUTION BY ORIGINATOR Av Form 112 (h ays) CG FTAF, Waco, Texas EF ie Le eee - bes pohtPatterson AFB Chie an ae ‘ y yon _™ SOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE ME ANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. 50 U.S.C-- ~* AND 32, ASAMEMDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED va LAW ro ass Nore @ REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES. EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE ee TOR OF Fei 8) XW, GENCE. pao ny a fy a , ees wn eee ap ST sate he inners + amet ot pine a ano (CLASSIFICATION). wos ee om vm, ¥¥ UsS. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 198--O-91 332 TTS sR Declassification Authority: NND 57565 etme cence > e ee ee