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Af FORM 112—PART I APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 a COUNTRY REPORT NO. (3). VE BLANK) (1) Usa (2) 18-3-53 Caf. aie 18 Po : AIR INTELLIGENCE I FORMATION REPORT SUBJECT (4) FLYOBRPT AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) | . MAINE (6) 765TH AC & W SQDY . cHARTESTON, Mar _ DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION bein apy k (7) 13 MARCH 1953 (8) 10 MaRCH 1953 (9) ENO?! PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE ( (10) 1ST Lf, HERSCHEL D. GABBARD, INTHLL. O. (11) A/1C AKMAN, 4673 GOS Det. 5, Bangor | REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) Fiater Center (12) A-4939-RP IB-1-538 1-2-5235 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.) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT, AF FORM 112, PART I (14) 1, ONE ROUND SHAPED OBJECT, VERY BRIGHT LIGHT SIMILIAR TO LARGE ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB, NO AERODYNAMIC FEATURES COULD BE DISTINGUISHED EXCEPT sHORT STREAM OR TAIL OF LIGHT SIMILIAR TO AN EXHAUST. MOVED UP AND DOWN AND SIDEWAYS. MADE NO SOUND. DISAPPEARED BELOW HORIZON. 2. OBSERVED AT 101927£ FOR 1 HOUR AND 40 MINUTES 3. OBSERVED VISUALLY FROM GOC POST 4, LEEDS CENTER, MAINE, 70 DEGREES 10 MINUTES WEST, 44 DEGREES 10 MINUTES NORTH DISTANCE FROM OBSERVER NOT GIVE. DIRECTION FROM OBSERVER NORTHWEST. ALTITUDE WHEN FIRST SIGHTED, HIGH. 5. <A/1C AKMAN, 4673RD GOS, DET 5, BANGOR FILTER CENTMR, BANGOR, MAINE. FIVE WITNESSES SOME WHICH GOC EXPURIENCE CONSIDERED RELIABIR. 6. CLEAR WEATHER, GOOD VISIBILITY. 7. UNKNOWN 8. NONE 9. INTERCEPT AIRCRAFT SCRAMBLED BUT OBJECT HAD MOVED soUTH AND DISAPPEARED BEFORE INTERCEPT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. 10. NONE APPROVED (16) idl ieee!) 1s? LT, USAP INTELLIGENCE OFPTCER \ Caen kis hy aan oe N NONE . -< DECLASSIFIED DB BAER, pr on o Ws 23/7 rae giaioalh teem anetidoah mn?) ee a Chief ATIC, ATTN: ATTIAA-2c, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio es - GG GG fabs,” Steward & Sono Hee ewb vopE ings, tS ge ley - CG are "air Div (Def), Sianeck Field, g HERR Station 6, Syracuse, New York ley - CO47lith Defense Wing, Presque Isle, Maine 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 ee OF ITS oh cag hg IN abe MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN i ORCE ASBNCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. 16—-55569~-1 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Der las s11cation