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ay st KESTRICTEO (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 ‘aus |. | [mies (PPPIZ9LG AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Unidentified Flying Object In the Vicinity of Castle AF Base, California AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) FLight Service, MATS, 3000 Newark State of California Street, N.W., Washington 25, D. C. DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 25 August 1953 20 August 1953 Be? PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Gerald EB. Tyler, Major, USAF USAF aircrew members REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) Teletype FLYOBRPT 202252 August submitted by Hamilton Flight Service Center SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) Report contains information concerning an aerial observation of unidentified flying objects near Castle Air Force Base, California, at 1335P 20 August 1953. bell £2 fe GERALD E. TYLER Major, USAF Intelligence Officer COMMENT OF REVIEWING OFFICER: Amplifying information on the attached flyiing object report is contained in a CIRVIS report from Hamilton AFB, California, date-time-group 2118002 Aug 1953. ee At Joedkan ROBERT D. VOCKE Major, USAF ot aol - ao. ota INCLS. DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR Chief, Air Technical Intelligence Center, ATIN: ATIAA~2e 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. 4 KESTRICTEO (CLASSIFI SECURITY INFERMAT ION 16—55569.-2 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Declassification Authority: NND 57565