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oer op __.t- Sa~r emma 1] ae 7 ee e tl ‘ = . ; - ene a ol eae oo p age a es — Igy own een ne and AF FORM 112—PART I ee APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 — COUNTRY f aay Fate eaten REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK U.S:A. “\AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FLYOBRPT, GROUND OBSERVER POST REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED PLYING OBJECT AREA REPORTED ON FROM. (Agency) WATERTOWN, NEW YORK PQ 5019 655TH AC&W SQUADRON, WATERTOWN, NEW YORK DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 12 MARCH 1953 1825 EST, 11 MARCH 1953s |_-—-« RESTRICTED PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE GOC POST, WATERTOWN, NEW YORK REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) AFL, 200-5, DATED 29 APRIL 1953 MSG THIS HQ ACL 0301, 12 sis ona f SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Bake text of report on AF Form 112—FPart II.) At approximately 1825 EST, 11 March 1953, the following information was received by this station (P-)9) from the GOC Post at Watertown, New York: GOC post at Watertown, New York notified this station that an unidentified fly- ing object was observed approximately one (1) mile West of their post located 3 de- grees 58 minutes N, 75 degrees 5l: minutes W, at approximately 1810 EST, 11 March 1953, This object was observed by twelve (12) persons of the GOC, and was reported as oval in shape, with two (2) fairly large shafts, glowing like a star, white, orange, blue, and green in color, traveling at jet speed, at an altitude of approximately 20,000 to 25,000 feet. Color was later given as orange, No sound was audible. Object was observed for approximately two hours and 10 minutes. Weather in that vicinity was 5,000 thinly overcast, with winds 20 to 25 knots. The authenvicity of this report seems fairly genuine since it was observed by twelve persons of the GOC for approximately two hours. This object was not picked up on the radar 2 Yue Site at any timee ee ae SZ THOMAS C,. SCHIEBEL Captain, USAF Intelligence Officer DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR _ Thru channels to: 1 cy CG,EADF 2 cys - DI, USAF,Wash 25,D.C. 1 cy = 0G, 32d 2 cys ~ Chief,Air Tech Intell Cent L ey - CO,71l1lth Def We Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 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. sei SER, ee pa ee ae ona 5 ly — — SS —————— | (CLASSIFICATION) 7 ea * 16—-55569-1 yy U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1950 O—918331 S$ sif 1C atic yn A ut! AQOT rity