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te a vw AF FORM 112—PART It sEGRET ( (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPOR SEsua renee, dea sats REPORT NO. o2 CG 10th Air Div (Def) APO 942 1OAD-2453 : : PAGE OF ee 705TH AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON APO 948, c/o Postmaster Seattle, Washington 11 February 1953 SUBJECT: FLYOBRPT TO% Commanding General 10th Air Division, Defense APO 942, U. &. Air Force 1. On 6 February 1953 at 2000 A.S.T. the Naknek Detachment of the 64th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron informed 795th AC&W Squadron radar operations that personnel at King Salmon Tower, King Salmon, Alaska had sighted a light in the sky to the west of the field. Nothing unusual could be detected by radar. The 705th AC&W Squadron controller called the tower asking for more information and was informed that the object had dissappeared. 2. King Salmon, Alaska is an isolated C.A.A. airfield located at 156° 39'W, 58° 41'N, There was no reported air traffic in the area. Weather observers at King Salmon Airport reported they had not sent up weather ballons that night. The sky was very clear and the temperature was very low approximately -22', 3. The Chief Controller later interviewed James N. Burris, Chief Airways Operations Specialist (Airport), Mrs. Marcelle L. Adair, wife of Joe L, Adair, Chief Airways Operations Specialist (Communications), and Victor Mahler, Aircraft Communicator, These are all Civil Aeronautic Administration personnel and all saw the light. Their signed statements are inclosed. The magnetic headings given in the statements were deter- mined at the time of the interview from land marks observed at the time of the sighting, 4. AF Form 112, Air Intelligence Information Report, required by AFL 200-5 dated 29 April 1952 are not available at this station, FOR THE COMMANDING OFFICER: /s/ William F. Farley /t/ WILLIAM F, FARLEY Ist Lt, USAF Assistant Adjutant DECLASSIFIED 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, ASAMENDED. 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. Heh rec SECA NOR AHOFLON (CLASSIFICATION) 16—55570-1 YX _U. 8. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OrricE | Declassification Authority: NND 57565