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4 CONFIDENTIAL ~ ar fond i SECURITY INFORMATION COUNTRY has ae NO. A OG (LEAVE PLAS are AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT Report of Unidentified Flying Object AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Horry County, South Carolina Commanding Officer, Pope AFB, N. C. DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 5 Mar 53 2), = 25 Feb 53 F-6 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE 2d Lt Earl M Crouch REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previows report, etc., as applicable) Msg IC-1\6 fr CO ATIC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio Dt-time Gp 190539Z Feb 53 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.) Report of the sighting of an unidentified flying object by Lloyd C Booth of Conway, South Carolina, at 300345Z (January). Three (3) Navy blimps were reported in the area at approximately the time of sighting. It is probable that what Booth saw was one of these blimps, EARL M CROUCH 2d It, USAF Investigation Officer Approved. ys A. CARTER E DUNC Colonel, USAF " Commanding é f) ff : f . ue Ht me ie f Rp, é Pi mat v4 ‘ ¢ | “ | GA ‘ 2 INCLS. RIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR Director of Intelligence Headquarters USAF, Washington 25, D. C. Chief, Air Technigal Intelligence Center, ATTN: ATIAA-2c, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio Commanding General, Ninth Air Force, ATTN: NCFOI, Pope AFB, Ft Bragg, NC File, Headquarters 4415th Air Base Group, Pope Air Foree Base, Fort Bragg, NC e* ¢ 2 2 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 rf es carpal FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY dren bard OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF, bast i Fk yx U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : ie ec Declassification Authority: NND 57565