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HEADQUARTERS 775TH AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON Cambria, California STATEMENT At approximately 2120 hours on the 2nd of March 1953 I received a telephone call from T/Sgt Brunges, who was on duty at the MARS station, asking me to step outside the door and look at the sky out over the ocean and tell him what I saw. I stepped outside and looked in the described direction and saw an object which appeared to be a ball of fire. It app- eared to be about eight (8) inches in diameter and was proceding in a West- erly Northwest direction. I could not judge the speed for it moved which to me looked about one (1) foot and stopped. It seemed to drop and rise three times without getting smaller. It then moved again in the same direction as mentioned above which appeared again to be several feet. It then stopped and dropped again and stayed out of sight for approximately five (5) seconds, then reappeared and disappearing again. The last time I was the object, it app- eared to be about three (3) inches in diameter. The time that had lappsed from the first time I saw it until it disappeared was about ten (10) minutes. The above took place while I was on duty with the Air Police stationed at Post number 4. Pao OG. é iY” ret LEO A DELINSKI, AF16400170 A/2C, 775th AC&W Squadron Rm 8 wt Lb 8 LOLI EF: Declassification Authority: NND 57565