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It was round and looked like metal. It was aluminum When I had the field glasses on it, it There was no sound, I saw one object. in color. No trail nor exhaust, waved back and forth and when it left it just vanished. It vanished immediately. It was about 1855 when I saw it. I watched it about ten (10) minutes. I was watching it when it disappeared, I observed the object visually from the ground and I used binoculars. The binoculars I used were 7X50. With the natural eye it looked like a big tea cupe When I got the glasses on it, it looked like about 12" in diameter, The object was directly overhead (Tinker Air Force Base). I have been on the guard force at Tinker Air Force Base for eleven and nF : * _ P ° one half yearse (11g) I view aircraft at all times while on duty. The weather was clear; there were no clouds = nothing to block the visione There was no fragments or physical evidence of the object. I think it was a big weather outfit; a big balloon. I would judge the ° 9 * ee ° object to be about 40,000 feet high. Rie ) a: LY 4 72 a PKIDGEL, Thomas WK. Civilian Guard Force Tinker Air Force Base 5 July 1953 Declassification Authority: NND 57565