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» ~ RESRICTED AF FORM 112 : — (CLASSIFICATION) APPROWED 1 JUNE 1948 “Mites Slates’ Theles COV SBIDY 2 ~ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT x FLYOBRPT AREA REPORTE! FROM (A x 4 e penny ‘i at “onl? Hq 2500th Air Base Wing New York and Pennsylvania Mitchel hay Force Base, New York DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 16 February 1953 28 January 1953 F=6 aS ee See? source Mr. Lionel Day, Mrs. Dmitry P. Essipoff Major James A. Gever, Denuty for Onerationd T/Sgt James C. Smith, S/Set James Brand REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) AFL 200-5, 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.) The single object was sighted at wide spread locations by five known observers, one of whom was in the vicinity of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania which would indicate that the distance of the object from the four observers on Long Island (the height of the object above the earth's surface) was great enough to be above a tangent extending from the earth's surface at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and above normal 1. surface haze which would have obliterated it at the minimm altitude. Significance: Due to the pre-eminence of Dr. Olivier in the field of meteor stv it is felt that his statement that the object was a "bright fireball which is erfectly normal body" may be accepted as the solution. APPROVE G. JAMES A. GEW Major, USAF Deputy for Operations Ae ED Ih i DECI ae pee gtd) or (FR nf3il7d ne yw anae, Wha Ww \ Usd Cnn yO pa anabhnr By- ‘ iy fi " Serene” thy f gw oR pd : ha “ Fg” / Ve Ag be oA re é ff fe Ys ip. fi f | da Ns INCLS, le USAF Technical Info Sheet 2e Answers to USAF Tech Info Sheet (Essipoff) 3 Answers to USAF Tech Info Sheet (Brand) Answers to USAF Tech Info Sheet (Smith) 5. Answers to USAF Tech Info Sheet (Day) 6. Ltr fr Dr. Charles P. Olivier DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR info cy to: Chief, Air Technical Intelligence Center, ATTN: ATIAA~2c 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. R&S-RGTE D (CLASSIFICATION) SECUREEE=NFORMATION 16—-55569~2 U. S, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Declassification Authority: NND 57565