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… SOURCE TREFTER L. THOMAS 1ST LT. USAF PENIX, C.N., CAPT. USAF REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) I. CONTENTS: Visual observation of unidentified flying activity in vicinity of Potsdam. II, SOURCE: A, General: a BAGO. pic baad CAREW BR UK 6 Oo Ova Wde banat OOe ny C.Ny ee RAM Cee cn eee kon ed Oe hee Us Ko Serial ge …

… of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) I. CONTENTS: Visual observation of unidentified flying activity in vicinity of Potsdam. IT, SOURCE: A, General: BOWOs. pic icode a kihe Web se Ove aeehen ar OOLk, C.N, HONK sg vaeen ce ate web e.0e ek bee se eR Us Serial…

…ld, Ga. revealed no record of any aircraft in that vicinity at that time. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chandler were not under the influence of intoxicants at ime of observation and were in good health. 7. Wr. and Wis. Robert Chandler have no particular interest in flying saucers or any tyve of unidentifiable objects other than what they read about in various publ…

AF Qiagen’ | |2—PART | y APPROVED fT JUNE 1948 4 I COUNTRY : REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK) | 4) United States 1-53 vb 7 | foe OF : AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT - -———— SUBJECT FLYOBRPT _ AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Warner Robins, Georgia Hq WRAMA, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. Pr eetencia natant” aiieindeal. abe : DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUAT…

…all locally based acft were on the ground at the time of sighting. Further check with the AC&W units in the area did not revealany unusual sightings on date of observation. No action was ordered by the Alert Shack at PIAFB due to lack of justification. Xe LOCATION OF AIR TRAFFIC: No acft reported in the general area of the incident by PIAFB Control Towere et…

…r Force and has from experience witnessed many aircraft at various altitudes and distances always distinguishable as aircraft, 5a Weather conditions at time of observation:, a Visibility unlimited, / Ie ( mcks Cloud cover none, oo ¢ Wind from the North West at five (5) to ten (10) knots, E.0. 12065 9 Sec. 3-402 VSAF mena 7/378 DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR o \ …

…ost a complete stop, then accelerated to high speed again, making this maneuver twice. The object then rose vertically and disappeared from view. Total time of observation was estimated to be between 60 and 75 secondse There were no radar contacts with this object. No other obser~ vations of this object are known to have been made, 4 \, APPROVED : y /\ x < M…

…ete stop,’ then accelerated to high speed again, making this maneuver twice, .The object then rose vertically and | oa eee disappeared from view, Total time of observation was estimated to be between 60 a ie 2 and 75 seconds, There were no radar contacts with this object. Wo other obser- © | - vations of this object are known to have been made,” oy * tin yi …

…g of a luminous object from Sampson Air Force Base, New York at 1820 hours, 26 January 1953, 25° B/2C Salzberg, Sampson AFB, reported in letter form the visual observation of a luminous object about 180 feet long and 12 feet wide. The object traveled through the sky from east to west at an altitude estimated to be between 7,000 and 10,000 feet. Both the fron…

…RC WAS EST TO BE O48 DEGREES PD (2) TIME OF SIGHTING 1820 HRS EST 26 JAN 53 PD REPORTED TO AUTHORITIES 27 JAN 53 PD DURATION OF SIGHTING APRX ONE MINUTE PD (3) OBSERVATION WAS VISUAL PD TYE OBJ SEEMED TO GAIN ALTITUDE VERY RAPIDLY THEN SLOWLY FADE AWAY PD THE HUMMING CONTINUED FOR A SHORT TIMS AFTER THE OBJ DISAPPEARED THEN SUDDENDLY STOPPED PD (4) OBSERVER …

…ncise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part IT.) Visual observation of unidentified objects in N portion of cleared 6. Assigned Ne ele chs Win Cad va TAT S.A.M. Sq.; Wsbdn. Capt. Webster is known to the undersigned and I have confidence in his judgement. H…

… of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) I. CONTENTS: Visual observation of unidentified objects in N portion of cleared corridor in Born/Dolle Maneuver Area. (] II. SOURCE: | /, / a A. General: As MEME ced ccd cc bad ves bses cesadocbed sheds ne PReener, J fl,…

…The color of the light varied from white to yellow intermitently with mo set pattern observed, The size of the object never seemed to change during the hour of observation but the change in intensity seemed to swell the light from 1/8th inch circle (original size)( O ), toa 3/8th inch flared star shaped with an indistinguishable number of flaring edges ( D4 …

…adually changed in color to an orange-red and then to red. It was then observed by Mrs. Hilton to change to white. Object disappeared to the North. Duration of observation was from two (2) to three (3) minutes. Observers were unable to estimate size, altitude or speed of object. Object did not register on radar screen at this station. Weather at time of sigh…

…adually changed in color to an orange-red and then to red. It was then observed by Mrs. Hilton to change to white. Object disappeared to the North. Duration of observation was from two (2) to three (3) minutes. Individual listed below Observers were unable to estimate size, altitude or speed of object. Object did not register on radar screen at this station.…

…ve the phenomenon. Welch made several trips outside to view the object visually during the period of radar obser- vation. The object was under visual and radar observation intermittently for forty five minutes. No other radar station observed a similar sighting. The object was visually estimated to be 2,000 feet above the terrain. The radar estimate was 10-1…

… was lost near the area where the object was } first detected. Manner of Disappearance: Faded Other Factors: Negative. (2) 2115 MST, 26 January 1953. Length of Observation: 45 minutes (intermittently). (3) Radar Scope (One PPI), (4) Operations building, 769th AC&W Sq, Continental Divide, New Mexico. (5) Observers reliability considered excellent, (6) Weather…

…ght object, from a distance of nine miles. Balloons of the type mentioned here are normally not detected by AC&W radar, There is no known explaination for this observation. a GLEN D PARRISH lst Lt., USAF Director of Intelligence NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE AC…

SECRET RADAR OBSERVATION DATA SHEET I. QUESTIONS REGARDING DETECTING RADAR EQUIPMENT What type radar equipment is involved? AN/FPS~3 Has there been any recent maintenance difficulties? If so, describe. Negative What type modulator (i.e., spark gap, hard tube, etc.) is used in the radar equipment? Hard Tube Was the AFC (automatic frequency control) circuit of…