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AF FORM 112—PART | i . (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 COUNTRY REPORT NO. minum Ebence, [PRY SS | AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT Sie ee a AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) A Hopkins, Minn. Ground Observer Post DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 12 January 1953 10 January 1953 F6 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Mr J K " Rittenh ouse Major Leland J, Lannoye, USAF | RR#3, Hopkins, Minn. REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) None 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.) THRU: Commanding General, 31st Air Division, Ft Snelling, Minn. ATTN: Director of Intelligence TO: Commanding General, Central Air Defense Force, Kansas City, Missouri ATTN: Director of Intelligence ue Bt 2015 C.S.T. the Minneapolis filter center reported that a Mr. Rittenhouse a Ground Observer, reported sighting a slow, fan shape object, flying southwest of his home in Hopkins, Minn. Mr. Rittenhouse got in his car and went down the road to observe the object with powerful telescope and binoculars. He stated the object was 15 miles long, and was star like, and changing from brilliant to OPAL MERE Ameria ats Pp aLs eert caus eet sen nop asta AAI tE MIEN dull, the point of the fan shape object was pointed down and it looked like a pillar of light. Object disappeared beyond the horizon. Mr. Rittenhouse stated that the object did not resemble any type of plane. oY E WILLARD L. WORDEN Major, USAF Lt. Gol., USAF Intelligence Officer Commanding, Loe ast AS Atos pe Q) ed ee an \ BY 2 ro he i 78 ¢. xi’ wl > - INCLS. (Lee DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR WOTE THS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U. S.C.— 31 ANDRAS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOTS& REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAr. _ | q aeMN, ny ‘ ‘ie ae ‘ 7 ) to — ff (CLASSIFICATION) ve U.S, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1950—O-918331 nag