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fi ‘AF FORM 112---PART | APPROVED 1 SINE 1948 | He ALT COUNTRY | REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK) United States 52 =4 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Report of Unidentified Flying Object AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) SUBJECT Washington,D.C. Director of Intelligence, He Comd, USAF DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION Sn ET, ORME 8 Sept 1952 o Sept 1952 Unknown PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE BENJAMIN L. BERKOW Capt., USAF Mr John Boehmer 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.) The following information is submitted in accordance with AF Ltr 200-5 dtd 29 April 1952. =~ t i oy Bere Sey ar aeeeee BENJAMIN L. BERKOW Capt., USAF Director of Intelligence Headquarters Command, USAF DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR © 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 THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. —BecTomren ! = = oo tes * oy (CLASSIFICATION) | 16—55569--1 «UU. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Declassification Authority: NND 57565 ~ AF FORM 112—PART II APPR®VED 1 SNE 1948 he 8 zi * (CLASSIFICATION) | AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT | FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. Headquarters Comd, USAF Director of Intelligence 52 —4 PAGE 1 OF 1 PAGES Sighting reported by John Boehmer, civilian, who is a cartographic draftsman and others working on the fourth floor of 1109 N. Highland St, Clarendon, Va. offices of the U.S. Geological Survey. First sighted what appeared to be the reflection of metal objects, three (3) in number, and two (2) orange objects shaped like disks. The orange objects maintained a lower altitude and moved in a south- westerly direction. The objects were seen for a period of from three (3) to five (5) minutes at about two thousand (2,000) feet. There were two (2) aircraft in the vicinity one (1) light plane and one (1) military type aircraft. Reporting officer heard from one of the men working in this drafting office that there were new shops opening in Parkington, Va. and that they were advertising by dropping leaflets. The ivestigating officer did contact all new shops in this area and did find that one shop a Franzes or Franks Jewelery Shop had leaflets dropped from a light aircraft. Time and area dropped tie-in with sighting time etc. It is the belief of the investigating officer that it was the leaflet reported as unidentified objects. 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. : S AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. ee en TON (CLASSIFICATION) 16—55570-1 ~—iU. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Declassification Authority: NND 57565