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CG SAMPSON AFB GENEVA NY DIR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAP WASH 25 IC AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CEN WRIGHT —PATTERSON AFB OHIO ATTN:ATIAA-2¢ CG ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO CG ATRC SCOTT AFB ILL a 213 A PD FLYOBRPT PD IN ACCORDANCE W/AFL 200-5 Par 7c the FOL REPT IS SBM PD (1) ONE LARGE LUMINOUS OBJ CMA RECTANGULAR IN SHAP® w/INDEF FRONT AND REAR ENDS CMA WAS SIGHTED PD A HIGH PITCHED HUM WAS HEARD COMING FR THE DIR OF THE OBJPD THE OBJ APPARENTLY TRAVELED FR BAST TO WEST THROUGHOUT AN ARC OF SEVENTY TO EIGHTY DEGREES IN A STRAIGHT SHALLOW CLIMB PD A THEODOLITE READING TAKEN LATER DETERMINED THE ANGLE OF ELEVATION AT INITIAL SIGHTING TO BE APRX 0O9 DEGREKS PD AT THE END OF THE SIGHTING THE ARC WAS EST TO BE O48 DEGREES PD (2) TIME OF SIGHTING 1820 HRS EST 26 JAN 53 PD REPORTED TO AUTHORITIES 27 JAN 53 PD DURATION OF SIGHTING APRX ONE MINUTE PD (3) OBSERVATION WAS VISUAL PD TYE OBJ SEEMED TO GAIN ALTITUDE VERY RAPIDLY THEN SLOWLY FADE AWAY PD THE HUMMING CONTINUED FOR A SHORT TIMS AFTER THE OBJ DISAPPEARED THEN SUDDENDLY STOPPED PD (4) OBSERVER WAS IN FRONT OF BKS APRX CENTER OF SAFB GENEVA NY PD (5) OBSERVERS RELIABILITY CREDIBLE; AGE 23; BS DEGREE IN SDUCATION; 19 MONTHS IN SERVICE: EX<AVIATION CADET PD HUMMING SOUND SUBSTANTIATED BY ANOTHER OBSERVER ALTHOUGH SECOND OBSERVER DID NOT SIGHT OBJ PD (6) WEATHER: CLEAR CMA 10 MILES VISIBILITY PD WINDS ALOFT CLN 2000-330 DEGREES AT 13K 4000-010 DEGREES AT 218 6000-350 DEGREES AT 30K 8000-340 DEGREES AT 35K 19000-340 DEGREES AT 40K 12000-330 DEGREES AT 40K (7) NEGATIVE (8) NEGATIVE (9) NEGATIVE (10) UNKNOWN REGINALD L ANDERSON MJR Declassification Authority: NND 57565