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4 ‘ v KF FORM 112—PART I, * oie 4 (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 ( of COUNTRY VY _ | REPORT NO. (LEAVE B | Us Se Ac 6Pee LR-/-39 4 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION RE SUBJECT : FLYOBRPT AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency Wing Tra ining & Operati ons 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 USAT Mr. John L. Stotts REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) AFL 200-5, 29 April 1952 SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures'at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) On 27 January 1953 at approximtely 1915 hours MST, an unidentifiable object was sighted by Mr. John L. Stotts, while standing in the yard at his home in Cottonwood, Arizona, The approximate position of Cottonwood, Arizona is 112° 2 minutes est longitude and 3° ) minutes north latitude. Mr. Stotts sighted this object in an easterly direction from Cottonwood, He estimated the altitude of the object to be from 8,000 to 10,000 feet and at an estimated distance of 7 to 10 miles, Traveling at approximately 350 to 00 MPH, the object was moving in a parallel direction to Cottonwood on a heading of south, This strange object as 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 object was of considerable length, It apy ared somewhat brighter and larger than any of the stars in the area and was ofa yellow orange color, There was no blinking of any lights and there was no sound heard, From the time of first sighting until the object disappeared approxim tely 5 minutes elapsed, Immediately “prior to Mr. Stott's observing this object, he noticed a conventional aircraft in the immediate vicinity of where the object was sighted. Mr, Stotts is unknown to this writer. Therefore, the reliability of this report cannot be determined. It is believed that the estimated altitudes, ‘distances and speeds are unreliable and that the object was much farther and higher than estimated by Mr, Stotts, a DEC} LOOIEIER ue JEULAOQOIT TEA FIO. 11652; Sec., 3(E) and, 6(D) oF (6) 9 Med CAL L 0M. 0 2 Ot / MAT We Bp AMIKANARS, Date LL Leadbiete/ 7, Captain, USAF AS ea, iy | NF oe We Tng & Opr Officer OY at : 0,7 Nt BAN OM eet DECLASSIFIED ek? FER le Statement of Mr. Stotts (quad), se: ae a 2, Map diagram (quad) es * | AFTRe ie ae WARS, Umeie cece > DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR AF Form 112 (l gys) CG FIAF, Waco, Texas ) 9 >'4 ar /ey MrT EL: = Dj prPartercon arg Dhi o , ee NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF 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 res UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF . Agi ) DD) : = ry lol di Noa ei, eH 9 #3 § BUT yw B E228 CJac3 Gy : FF i os Sh ern of » (CLASSIFICATION) cn gg A = y ror, + GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1950—-O-9183 HN vf b \ ho # a i 5 nin Pee: 78 " a AT 3 Dicom ee Declassification Authority: NND 57565