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AF FORM 112—PART | eee " (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 COUNTRY REPORT NO. Hopkins, Minn. TR-Go SIC | _ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION. —— SUBJECT FLYORRPT AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) __Hopkins, Minn. Ground Observer Post DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 12 January 1953 10 January 1953 F~6 PREPARED BY (Officer) cae Mr. J.K. Rittenhouse ¢ 7 @ = 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 ww” 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 obj was 15 miles long, and was star like, and changing from brilliant to biitech Wes nerta ees torte ieee 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 He oe Lt. Col., USAF Intelligence Officer | Commanding, that the object did not resemble any type of plane. DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR WHE: THS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U. S.C.— 31 AND &AS 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, USAT _ ~ rr 4 } a ine ff | (CLASSIFICATION) sx U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1950-—-O-918333