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…4176517, Engineer, concurred in the above account of the sightings lt. Weed further stated that the object was definitely not a jet aircraft. He stated that he has seen jet type aircraft operating at night,-and, further, that he has also seen jets operating with afterburners during periods of darkness. He and the crew were very impressed with the observation…

…dities notify their nearest Air Force installation -— which, in this case, is yours. On the evening of Thursday, April 3, my husband who is a Crew Chief at eae has been engaged actively in aeronautics for 12 years, part of which was with the AAF, and a friend who 1s a school teacher and I were traveling in an automobile north along the west shore of Cayuga L…

…f observation: Visual only 4. Location of observer: 1351 Eastland Street, Tucson, Arizona 32°12'N/110°56'W 5. Identifying information on observer: S/Sgt Helmer has had ; years and 8 months of Military Service with 2 years and 6 months on flying status. He is a high school graduate with some college credits, seems to be of average intelligence. Although, Serg…

…3. Manner of observation: Visual only he Location of observer: 351 Eastland Street, Tucson, Arizona 32912'N/110°56'W 5. Identifying information on observer: oe has had years and 8 months of Military Service with 2 years and 6 months on flying status. He is a high schoel graduate with some college credits, seems to be of average intelligence. Although, SEES, …

…ightin; is as follows: broken ceiling, scattered clouds at 20,000 feet, winds 27Pat least ete) | knots, temp 15.5 centdgrade, visibility unlimited. This office has no further confirmation of subject sighting. A check with McDill AFB revealed no reports by pilots on subject sighting. beth observers are untrained as ebserv

…T Reporting of Information on Unidentified Flying Objects Vp{o he ~ A wt 7 — ao) | — —-- rd “AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency ) Illinois Director of Intelligence, Has Tenth AF noe eens re ee erntenees +22 on een DATE OF REPORT | DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION L5 duly 1952 i June 1952 Ped a - a oe ee oe ee PREPARED BY (Officer) | SourcE Mr. Robert A. Reidel, Jr.…

… appeared to be head- ing in SSE direction. + Identifying Inférmation on Observer: Mr. M.F. Fechenbach, Aircraft Traffic Controller at Love Field, Dallas,Texas has had ten (10) years experience in tower and traffic controll Mr. Wyle V. Moore, Airport Traffic Controller at Love Field, Dallas, Texas, has 1, years tower and traffic control and 27 years flying e…

…e T/Sgt Howard Koonce, AF 35160676, and $ Set Lavon Wise AF 37013989, $07th Supply Squadron, 807th Air Base Group, Zc. Air Force. Base, California, Sgt, Koonce has ten (10) years service in the Air Force and has from experience witnessed many aircraft at various altitudes and distances always distinguishable as aircraft, 5a Weather conditions at time of obse…

…oward Koonce, AF 35160676, and 3/5 2 a I gt Lavon Wise AF 37013989, $07th Supply Squadron, 807th Air Base Group, March Air Force: Base, California, Sgt, Koonce has ten (10) years service in the Air Force and has from experience witnessed many aircraft at various altitudes and distances always distinguishable as aircraft, 5« Weather conditions at time of obse…

… 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. APPROVED : WN Lt Colonel, Director of rd DEC aaa AC res TE - ] f “Ae a4 4 = aS dias 3 ood we es . ; : GIO g HEC e Tape Recording on Reel -- | : B.0. 12% ; USA aaa “pepe By. wel…

…PORT FROM (Agency) Qnd Fighter#Interceptor | REPORT NO. Squadron MeGuire AFB, Trenton,NJ Tr~2hc3¢ fae: } 2 ANE The pilot’ isa flight leader in his Squadren and has 1247 hours time in’ the aire He is Level hedded and is not ‘given to ‘dramatization. Howard R. Perry, 2nd Lt, AO 942 076, nd Ftr-Intep Sq, McGuire AFB, Trenton, Nide, the Radar Observer on this fl…

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…

…entence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of report on AF Form 112—Part IT.) The single object was sighted at wide spread locations by five known observers, one of whom was in the vicinity of Ppt Darby, Pennsylvania which would indicate that the distance of the object from the four observers on Long Island (the height of the object above t…

…ven as tree- top level. No other information was given as to description, speed, or direction. Observer, Mrs. Gohn, stated that this is the third time that she has seen this ob- ject, once, a month ago, once on 3 March 1953, and this sighting. Weather in that vicinity was unknown at the time of sighting. \ oa r, The authenticity of this report is unknown as …

…low, Alaska (GEOREF * QB 5545). ‘The object, which appeared to be a red light, was sighted from a C-47 aircraft (AF 1042) by two rated pilots. 2. Investigation has revealed no aircraft or weather balloons known to be in the area at that time, and identification has not been possible, APPROVED : ALA. S. Yas beeen JOHN S. MASTERSON Major, USAF Director of Inte…

…llow, Alaska (GEOREF * QB 5545). The object, which appeared to be a red light, was sighted from a C-47 aircraft (AP 1042) by two rated pilots. 2. Investigation has revealed no aircraft or weather balloons known to be in the area at that time, and identification has not been possible, wt ’ a oohy ~ . x 4 Va o>, : a r - A x “= { - by ws : zn ref en % . pee ” \…

…the. - Gontrol Tower. I have worked with Mr. Burrus several times and have found < him to be a very reliable and efficient Aipport Traffic Control Chief. He. . has had eight years experience in Air Traffic Control. ~ Victor Mahler, Aircraft Communication also saw this light from the | _ Control Tower. He has held this position since August 1951. I have had n…

« AF FORM PY—PART | 1 ELASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948: aA | [a a ee Kz ar 3 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION RES OR er ‘SUBJECT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS AREA REPORTED ON ii FROM (Agency) ASHTYA AIR BASE, KYUSHU, JAPAN 4834 Troop Carrier Wing (M), APO 75 DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 14 March 1953 7 March 1953 i os oe PREPARED BY (Officer)…

…tt Air Force Base received no reports of unidentified A/C or unconventional objects and took no identification action during reported periods A negative report has been received from the 798th AC&W Squadron in reference to unidentified A/C or unconventional flying objects. The age and experience of the observers reporting this sighting has been considered al…

…tt Air Force Base received no reports of unidentified A/C or unconventional objects and took no identification action during reported periode A negative report has been received from the 798th AC&W Squadron in reference to unidentified A/C or unconventional flying objects. The age and experience of the observers reporting this sighting has been considered al…