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AF FORM 112—PART II PPOTTRLEFE D APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. | PAGE OF PAGES STATEMENT BY FRED CONN - Objects were sighted in the sky Saturday night July 25, 1953 commencing approximately 9:30 P. M, They were: first observed by me. from the second floor of the Denison Herald Building in dewnstown ©‘ Denison dnd had reached a point of approximately 30 degrees upon: the horizon. When first seen they were a little east of south and were strung out in almost a straight line with the point directing straight upward, The objects consisted of several large red lights however when viewed through field glasses, each unit consisted of several smaller lights at least eight or ten in number and these seemed to move slowly more or less in unison within the larger unit, | These objects gave the impression of flying in a sort of tandem formation, Frem the straight line first seen, the last three objects went inte*triangular formation and the others changed position position te form a resemblance to the Great Dipper or an inverted question mark, From that formation they stretehed into a different formation consisting of triangles at either end. These would vary around in mere er léss a drifting pattern and finally when they reached a point directly overhead, they again were stretched out in almost a straight line. : At this time, fifteen or twenty minutes later than time objects were first sighted by me, they ones at the rear of the fermation started growing dim,. The last ones biinked out first and were followed a few seconds later with others disappearing in turn until they were all gone; howevér, seme of them would blink out to appear very dim a few seconds later for a brief period, perhaps three or four seconds, Two of the objects in the middle of the string went out at the same time, These red lights were very bright, similar to warning lights on a radio tower viewed at. close distance and I would estimate that these objects were 1200 to 1500 feet up in the sky. The lights tzaveled in a direction seutheast to Northwest, When they blinked out they were almost directly overhead a few degrees off to the West, After they disappeared a plane appeared in the sky at approximately 10 P. Me A plane of the Texas Central Airport due out of Ardmore Okla- homa was due over Denison at that time, These objects were sighted by thousands of persons in Denison as it was a very clear night and the telephones of the Denison Herald were kept busy ringing for hours with people requesting the nature of these lights, In fact, the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, who renders service here, had to put on six extra operators to handle the calls, Fuk Cr red Conn, Publisher The Denison Herald Denison, Texas 2 secesni { ye ; : 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 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. rey eer eS 2 ee et Sree yf LASSIFICATION) : 16—55570-1 x U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1950—O-918332 Declassification Authority: NND 57565