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ae Oe ae ee ; Va @. : bee Bg fag. & ' wr Ce es Ee i, si 4 > — . > othe le RN GA, Ce EA TIN gECUnITY INPurmE cos APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 Me COUNTRY REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK) U.SeA. TR-1-53 FSO Yt § DED pote AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Unidentified Celestial Phenomenon AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Intelligence P 3605th Observer Ellington Air Force Base, Texas Training Wing, Ellington AFB, Texas DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 23 Way 1953 19 May 1953 C=3 PREPARED BY (Officer) S/Sgt Gerald D “ Gravitt SOURCE Intelligence Operations Technician A/3C Wendell C. Smith and five witnesses eereRENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) ‘Air Force Letter 200-5, 29 April 1952 (uncl) Unidentified Flying Object Report SUMMARY: (nter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) Report of unidentified light, thought to be a celestial phenomenon or strange flying object, as seen by the following personnel: A/3C Wendell C. Smith and Kenneth W. Maddry, both of whom work at Base Operations; A/1C Thomas R. Moore, A/3C Wanda W. Lyday, A/3C Joan L. Stevenson, and A/3C Marlene R. Jones, all of whom work in Base Weather. The report was received from A/3C Smith and was corroborated by the other five persons. COMMENTS OF S/SGT GRAVITT: 1. A/3C W. C. Smith has 19 months service, is a high school graduate, and com- pleted 21 weeks electronic fundamentals, and has had‘l10 weeks pilot training. Reason for failure to complete pilot training was poor depth perception. Airman was given on-the-job training for aircraft dispatcher. During interview airman was cadm and his answers were straight forward with no hesitation. 2« This written report is made out in the form of a statement due to there being no USAF Technical Information Sheet available on this base at this time. A requisition for these forms has been sent to Air Technical Intelligence Centér,--. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. 3. The metrological department at the University of Houston wag contacted ag to the possibility of planets and meteors. It was their opinion that the object was not a planet as the planets could not be seen with the naked eye at this time of year, and the description of the object did not appear to be that of a meteor. 4- In summary, it is this airman's opinion that the airmen did observe some unidentified object. What it was would be a matter of conjecture. APPROVED: 454 A MEM 0 Z8t7 We. kewfs/). Wiel 7? PAT H. LADNER ' f) Ma jor USAF / i f We T&O Officer 1 __ INCLS, ath al . : Statement, A/3C W. C. Smith DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR we Director of Intelligence, Headquarters United States Air Force, Wash 25, D. C. (orig) Air Tech Intel Center, ATIAA-2c, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (lst copy) Commanding General, Air Training Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois (2d copy) Commanding General, Flying Training Air Force, Waco, Texas (3rd copy) 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 Mea we Dia OF ITS’ CONTENTS #N "ANY (MANNER TO. 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. moor ry Oy ge GR EE \ By Tr like wd ss SEY Pe oO RG AOR Oe ye LT || ct ENT Fike bales (CLASSIFICATION) 16—55569- MENT PRINTING OFFICE pUAN bh. 29 J . A Declassification Authority: NND 57565