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- had (CLASSIFICATION) RPPROVEDS 1 JUNE 198 3 “ COUNTRY REPORT NO. (LEAVE PLAN) | Ay) -p - Uriited States TRG53 W ATS Tete GO. Jia teal. ud fh” aes aa NE: AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Unidentified Flying Object Report (Short Title: FLYOBRPT) AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Di rector of Intelligence, Hq 28th — Cambria, California |Air Div (Def), Hamilton AFB, Calif. ‘DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 16 March 1953 ea 2 March 1953 CmA PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Capt. Orville E Bixel, Dir of Intelligence REFERENCES (Control number, directive, ee report, etc., as applicable) AFL 200~5, dated 29 April 1952, Hq 775th AC&W Sq Msg 75 SAJ 179 USAF Airmen | SUMMARY: (Hinter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of report on AF Form 119- -Part. ye In accordance with AFL 200—5, dated 29 April 1952, Subject: "Uniden- tified Flying Objects Reporting (Short Title: FLYOBRPT)" the following re- port of an unidentified flying object is submitted. On 2 March 1953, between 2100 and 2135 PST, four airmen of the 775th AC&W Squadron, Cambria, Cajifornia observed an unidentified airborne object, over the ocean to the West of the 775th AC&W Squadron, which appeared to be heading in a WNW direction. The object appeared to be about 30 degrees above the horizon when first sighted. The object was described as spherical in shape, ranging from approximately twelve inches to about one inch in diameter and dropping to a horizontal position onthe horizon. The observers stated that the object appeared to move short distances in a WNW direction amd in- termittently hovered in one place. The object appeared to be red when first observed, changing to a reddish-orange as it appeared to move further away. The object was not picked up by radar at the 775th AC&W Squadron, The speed of the unidentified object was described only as "Excessive". No sounds were heard coming from the object. Nb contrails or visible means of propulsion were observed. On two subsequent nights following the sighting of this unidentified flying object, an extremely bright planet was visible in a WW direction from the 775th AC&W Squadron, At 2000 PST the planet appeared to be approximately forty degrees above the horizon and disappeared below the horizon at about 2135 PST. As the planet progressed toward the horizon, the size appeared to diminish causing its color to change from a bluish-white to a red-orange, As the angle between the planet and the horizon decreased, the observer viewed it through an increasing amount of haze and smoke from local brush fires. This would probably account for the apparent changes in size, color, am movement of the planet. It is possible that the unidentified flying object observed by the four airmen on 2 March 1953 was the same planet observed from the 775th AC&W Squadron onthe nights of 3 and 4 March 1953, NOOR 9) FOTO TW sal BI RE TMNT TS 9B HTT STOREY ST CUAL Oth E MSE ( memo 2/34 24) ' f ORVILLE E BIX BY la) RAL OA oe GE Captain, USAF eran Oe Director of Intelligence Statements by 4 Airmen, 775th AC&W Sq ‘DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR l copy 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.— $1 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, (CLASSIFICATION) 16---565560-2 VU. &, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Declassification Authority: NND 57565