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SIM i” ‘7 Serene tient Wee ; VL OK Pi : my } i a ' -—-* RESTRICTED” | AF FORM 112—PART | APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 COUNTRY REPORT NO. (LEAVE eal f- — a AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) security Indoctrination Office Hq, OCAMA, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 7 duly 1955 2 duly 195 PREPARED BY (Officer) source Tinker Air Force Base, Okla City, Okla DAVID A. POWERS, JR, Lt Col, USAF Military and Civilian Personnel REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) Msg OCEO 2T7-leE § FLYOBRPT SUMMARY: (Enter 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.) le Inclosed are statements of observers of unidentified object sighted between 1800 and 1900 (CST), 2 July 1953. 2e One (1) object reported, round in shape, ranging in size of pin head to an automobile, described as white or shining by most observers, no trail or exhaust, no propulsion system; eight observers reported slow movement or waving back and forth, and five (5) observers reported no movement, no sound or maneuvers; object reported to have vanished when it disappeared, Ze Object viewed with naked eye and through 7 X 50 binoculars, 4. All observers on premises of Tinker Air Force Base am all were within a radius of 2 miles. Object first reported slightly South and East of Base moving to directly over the Base, altitude estimated between 30,000 feet and 50,000 feet. 5e Observers believed to be reliable substantiated by considerable experience viewing aircraft from the ground, 6. The weather officer advises all winds aloft from Northwest at 2100 (CST), and winds practically the same 1500 (CST). The weather officer also advises that a weather balloon was in this locality at the time of sighting but balloon should have appeared from the Northwest instead of the Southeast. The fact that a weather balloon was in this vicinity is substantiated by the fact that weather balloon transmitter was recovered approximately two and one-fourth (22) miles East of the base on 5 July 1955« AMrse Reinhart saw the parachute and instrument fall on her farm between 1900 and 2000 (CST), 2 July 1953. Mrse Reinhart is uncertain as to the exact time the instrument descendede Check with Lowry Air Force Base revealed no "Moby Dick" balloon in vicinity at time of sightings There was a slight cloudiness in the West with scattered clouds directly overheads Te Meteorological activity not investigated, 8. No fragments were obtained. Seven (7) exposures taken with Videon Stereo- scopic Camera. Film and "U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet" Form A and B forwarded under separate cover to Commander, Air Technical Intelligence Center, ATTN: ATIAE=5, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 13 __ was. le WALKER, Gaylord L. 4. KERCH, Charles NMI 7e SKIDGEL, Thomas He 10. TARR, Kent Ce AF 16382532 A/1c AF 13383158 a/lc Civilian Guard Civ Guard -[2e SPEER, Billy Re 5e HEFLEY, Eugene He 8 RIGSBY, Claude Re ll. KYLE,Claude Me AF 18;32100 a/ec Civilian Guard Civilian Guard Civ Guard Be STRATTON, Frank E. Jr6e MADDOX, Joseph F. 9- BOREN, Melvin L. lee MULL, Robt De AF Up))6808 A/ec Civilian Guard Civilian Guard Civ Guard DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR CYS: Dir of Intell Hq USAF, Wash 25, DeCe 136 ATL, Win Ge l cy: Chief, ATIC, ATIN: ATIAA-2c, W-P AFB, Ohio Civ Guard 1 cy: File NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE sist ryan rd eda 31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PR thier ne IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF TH INTELLIGENCE, USAF, SECURITY INFORMATION ; / eae A ha ae he oe ee rene ee ee A | %; x cot “Sy (CLASSIFICATION) | eB? yy U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1950—O-918331 i. } nw & BR Ye, Db A & : ki ny Declassification Authority: NND 57565