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AF FORM 112—PART | APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 COUNTRY ; REPORT NO. (LEA A at UsSeAe ALS40 6/0 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FLYOBRPT, GROUND OBSERVER POST REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT ay AREA REPORTED ON FROM. (Agency) CAPE VINCENT, NEW YORK PQ 3808 655TH AC&W SQ, WATERTOIN, NY DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 20 MARGH 1953 2105 EST, 19 MARCH 1953 RESTRICTED ope ub arch source THRU GOC, CAPE VINCENT, NY MR. WITEY OF CAPE VINCENT REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) AFL 200-5, DATED 29 APRTT. 1952 MSG THIS HQ ACL 03079, 20 MARCH 1953 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.) At approximately 0025 EST, 20 MARCH 1953, the following information was received by this station (P-9) from GOC Post # PQ 8 Red located at PQ 808, Cape Vincent, New York area; GOG Post at Cape Vincent, New York, Station # PQ 48 Red, notified this station that a Mr. Wiley of Cape Vincent, New York, Phone 3951, observed an unidentified fly- ing object at approximately 2105 EST, 19 March 1953. Object was reported as Northwest of observer at a low altitude, no distance given. Object was described as a ball of fire with an orange border at a low altitude. Object seemed to hang in the sky and to move in a northernly direction. Object was observed approximately 8 or 9 times in hours, for approximately 15 to 30 minutes each time, and could be seen through the clouds, Witnesses to observation were: Mr. HeH. Charles, Earl A. Chestmore, and Robert Fournier, Rt. le It was reported that objetts have been sighted previously but never reported. | | | Weather in that vicinity was 8,000 overcast with winds Southwest at ll. The authenticity of this report seems reliable to a fair degree since four per- sons observed this object. This object was not picked up on the radar at this site at any time, ponwat oralg THOMAS C. SCHIEBEL Captain, USAF Intelligence Officer DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR Thru sh ewice'tie Mar 1 cy CG, RADF 2 cys - DI, USAF, Wash 25,DsC. 1 cy - CG, 32d 2 cys - Chief, Air Tech Intell Cen 1 cy - CO,4711th Deg We Wright-Patterson AFB, Bhio 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. Sieh nba cnn akin (CLASSIFICATION) eae <r 16—55569-1 yy U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1950 O—918331 D) ( las S171C ation