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Af FORM 112—PART | APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 COUNTRY REPORT NO. | ey VE BLANK) Ee oe Oe ee eee fo. 3 G3 fa AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION R -_-__-_ SUBJECT AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) (6) 765TH AC & W DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION (7) 13 MaRcH 1953. 8) LO Mance 2955 MO) PREPARED BY (Officer) (10) 1ST Lf, HERSCHEL D. GABBARD, INTELL. A, (11) A/1C AKMAN, 4673 GOS Det. 5, Bangor | REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) Fiater Center (12) A-4939-RP I8-1-538 18-2-533 SUMMARY: (nter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of report on AF Form 112—FPart II.) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT, AF FORM 112, PART I (14) 1, ONE ROUND SHRPED 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. OBSERVED AT 1019272 FOR 1 HOUR AND 40 MINUTES OBSERVED VISUALLY FROM GOC POST LXEDS 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. A/1C AKMAN, 4673RD GOS, DET 5, BANGOR FILTER CENTHR, BANGOR, MAINE. FIVE WITNESSES SOME WHICH GOC EXPERIENCE CONSIDERED RELIABIR. CLEAR WEATHER, GOOD VISIBILITY. UNKNOWN NONE INTERCEPT AIRCRAFT SCRAMBLED BUT OBJECT HAD MOVED SOUTH AND DISAPPEARED BEFORE INTERCEPT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. NONE APPROVED (16) a Lege Leeda : 1ST LT. USAF INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (15) ners, NONE . DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR 17) ley » Chief ATIC, ATTN: ATTTAA-2c , Wright Patterson AFR, Onio ley - zat AY Color Spring Slerate ioe = be Ree 8 Stewart APS abate ee ley - CG 32nd ‘Air Div (Def and oe Field, g MR Station 6, Syracuse, New York ley - CO47lith Deferse Wine, 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 REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN igs saspepibony TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN f mR POLAD AEG ALR FOR SENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. 16—-55569~-1 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE