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? A Fon os CRET J aie “UNITED. STATES TR-1-53W y ges 9 | Bhs | AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT : Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting (FLYOBRPT) rank heh FROM (Agency) 3hth Air Division (Defense) Continental Divide, New Mexico Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 10 February 1953 26 January 1953 Bel PREPARED BY (Officer) sourcER .J,, Welch, A/lc, USAF; J.G, Dennis, GLEN D PARRISH, lst Lt., USAF A/lc, USAF; R.E. larson, A/3c, USAF REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) AFL 200-5, dated 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 IT.) SUBJECT: FLYQBRPT In accordance with AFL 200-5, dated 29 April 1952, Subject: Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting (Short Title: FLYOBRPT), the following report of Unidentified Flying Objects is submitted: On 26 January 1953, at 2115 MST, A/le J.G. Dennis, stationed at 769th AC&W Sq, Continental Divide, New Mexico, while on duty in the operations building, observed an aerial phenomenon as he stood outside the rear entrance door to the building. The object appeared as a very bright reddish-white object approximately ten miles west of the radar site. The object passed behind a hill and reappeared apparently heading in a northerly direction at a very slow speed (est 10-15 MPH), Airman Dennis reported this sighting to his crew chief, A/le R.Lb. Welch, upon entering the operations puild- ing. Airman Welch and A/3c R,E, larson informed Airman Dennis that they had an un- identified blip on the radar scope, painting west of the station about 9 miles away, The blip was appearing intermittently, moving slowly westward then turning to @ north- erly heading outbound from the redar site. Airman Welch went outside of the building to determine if the object was visible. He saw the object west-northwest of the site, 10-12 miles away moving slowly northward. The bright object appeared oval in shape, and apparently changed color from a very bright white to a dull, almost blood- like red. The object seemed to diminish in brightness end size pefore it faded from view. Airman Welch returned to the scope to observe the phenomenon. Welch made several trips outside to view the object visually during the period of radar obser- vation. The object was under visual and radar observation intermittently for forty five minutes. No other radar station observed a similar sighting. The object was visually estimated to be 2,000 feet above the terrain. The radar estimate was 10-15, 000 feet above MSL. , the erevesion of the 769th AC&W Sq is approximately 7,500 feet MSL i above ° BO. 12065, Sec 5-402 | | ee USAF memo 7/3/ o ie oe py WELewis mrs, Date 2/2 ; INCLS. FILED ATIC | ~TPPRoven: a 1. USAF Tech Info Sheet (Welch) ‘ 2. USAF Tech Info Sheet (Dennis) GLEN D PARRISH 3, Radar Obs Sheet, ADC Form 123 Ist Lt., USAF h, Radar Plot (Map overlay) Director of Intelligence DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR TO: Commanding Genevat Western Air Defense Force ATTN: Director of Intelligence Hamilton Air Force Base, Californie -E Ath A l ZI 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. ‘ sin 3¢-OFf NS 16-——-85560-2 Y. 3S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE (CLASSIFICATION) SECURIFY AIEOR MET IOA— j Declassification Authority: NND 57565