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-- Cre = = ee) — ibe 5 as wrcpe newman a Sen oe ne, at ‘ Be ren een pie aah SECRET AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SECURITY INFOAiAtION FROM (.Ag-ncy) REPORT NO. CG loth Air Div (Def) APO 942 | 10AD-2-53 Ai Mick el ee STA Te MENT —_ ee —-_— ame ee ew eee OP I, lst Lt William F. Farley, AO 715 752, make the following statement. _ &t 20002 7 February 1953 while on duty as controller in 705th AC&W Squadron radar operations the Naknek Detachment of. the 64th Fighter~ Interceptor Squadron called me and said that King Salmon Tower informed them that they could see an unusual light in the sky. Tower requested the information be passed to radar operations. We could see nothing unusual on the radar scopé. | peace On 9 February I went to King Salmon Airport and interviewed the per= ~~" sonnel who saw the light. James N. Burrus who was on duty in the Control . Tower was the first to see the light. We took a bearing from land marks . he noted during the sighting and got a magnetic bearing, of 250° from the. - Gontrol Tower. I have worked with Mr. Burrus several times and have found < him to be a very reliable and efficient Aipport Traffic Control Chief. He. . has had eight years experience in Air Traffic Control. ~ Victor Mahler, Aircraft Communication also saw this light from the | _ Control Tower. He has held this position since August 1951. I have had no ied previous opportunity to meet Mr. Mahler but he seemed very sincere in his oil statements. and seemed to be a most reliable type of person. oy f 9 I then interviewed ; ao (Communications) at King Salmon Airport. Taking a bearing from the point where she saw this light gave a bearing the same as from the Tower. I would judge the distance from the Tower to wnere she made the observation to te not more than two-hundred feet. She also seemed to be a very reliable and sincere type person. I interviewed the Weather Officer at the Airport and found Weather to be as follows. On the surface there was a high pressure center northwest of field and a low pressure center southeast of field. At 10,000 feet the high pressure center was still nortanwest of field but much farther away. — The low pressure center was N.W. of field at 10,000 feet but not far from the field. A line from the high pressure center on the ground to the high ~ pressure center at altitude would be a line slanting upward in a direction of around 310° true about 290° magnetic. Surfece winds were 3409 at nine knots, at 2000 feet 340° seventeen wmots, at 6000 feet 290° at six knots, at 10000 feet 270° at eight knots and at 14000 feet 240° at 23 lkmots. DE CUAS Sota i { iL } As exe pay Ske Wave ¢ of far 4 dl ap — £ C ee IS Let Yate > rls af Go oy bj, OUR — eb one e RT PR TaN ug chan i & wt oe ee MOTE: THiS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFOR MATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U. S.C.— 31 AIID 22 AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION CF 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 lis LULLIGENCE, USAF. aoe —— Pee en mh aoe Ste —— as Ses ae a Cunt de 8 eee TS 2 2 poca #) ate tr din ee H sib. en (CLASSIFICATION) 16—55570-1 UL S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Declassification Authority: NND 57565