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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  8 Jan 53 8/1515Z | Larson AFB, Moses Lane, Washington  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Varied | UNIDENTIFIED  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Unidentified  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  15 Min. | Green disk, size of weather balloon decreased in size until unappearing. Altitude of object was approx 8000'. Sixty military personnel of 82nd Fighter-Interceptor Sq. observed ob- ject for 15 minutes. Object described like a balloon but winds at Larson at 1515Z are directly opposite SW track…

UNCLASSIFIED
33.70
Larsen Air Force Base, Washington
8 January 1953

I. Description of Incident
At 1515 Z over sixty varied military and civilian sources observed one green, disc-shaped object. The observations continued for fifteen minutes during which time the object moved in a southwesterly direction while bobbing vertically and going sideways. There was no sound. An F-94 aircraft was scrambled but a thirty minute search of the area produced negative intercept results.

II. Discussion of Incident
A check of adjacent radar sites revealed no unusual returns or activity in the area. The winds …

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WPF010
YDC018
XYB052
XMA030
XXB027
CXA047

JWPPS 006
PP JEPHO JEDWP JEDEN JE( : JESGN JWPDM 666
BE JWPPS 239

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P 082330Z ZNJ

FM CG 62D TRP CARR WG H LARSON AFB WASH
TO JEPHO/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASH 25 DC
JEDWP/AIR TECH INTEL CEN WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEDEN/CG ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO
JEPLG/CG TAC LANGLEY AFB VA
INFO JESCN/CG 18AF DONALDSON AFB SC
JWPDM/CG 25 TH AD MCCHORD AFB WASH
TCWOIN 1-116 PD (WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB ATTN: ATIAA-2C) PLYOBRPT PD
ONE PD ONE GREEN DISK CMA SIZE OF LARGE WEA BALLOON WHILE UNDER OBSR
DECREASED IN SIZE UNTIL DISAPPEARING PD NO SOUND PD SPEED UNOBSERVED
PD TWO PD TIME OF SIGHTING IS 081515Z AND OBSR 15 MINUTES PD THREE
PD VIS OBSR FR SURF PD FOUR PD DIR OVER LARS…

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FROM: (Originator)
CG ATIC

TO: CG 625 TWOOP CARRIER WING LARSON AFB WASH

INFO:

FROM: AFGIN-ATIAF-1-5-2

Regarding your FLIOHART TOWGIN 1-116 of an unidentified object sighted by 60 personnel at your base, ATIC requests that you forward an AF Form 112 and include the following items:

(1) Did local radar report any unidentified tracks? If so, the times and heading.
(2) Possible balloon launches from your base.
(3) Winds aloft at 1515Z.
(4) Did the object enter the cloud layer at 10,0…

AF FORM 112—PART I
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFICATION)
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|  COUNTRY | UNITED STATES  |
| --- | --- |
|  REPORT NO. | 53-1  |

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  TERRITORY | REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT  |
| --- | --- |
|  AFTER REPOSITION | LARSON AFB, WASH  |
|  FROM (Agency) | INTEL OFF 620 TROOP CARRIER WING (N)  |
|  DATE OF REPORT | 19 JAN 53  |
|  DATE OF INFORMATION | 8 JAN 53  |
|  ESSENTION | P-2  |
|  PREPARED BY (Officer) | Maj CHARLES W FINNEGAN  |
|  SOURCE | INTEL OFFICER 62d FITD-INTCFTR WING SQ  |
|  REFERENCES (Control number, details, previous report, etc., a…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFICATION)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | UNCLASSIFIED  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Intel-Off 62D TC WING (2) | 53-1 | PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES  |

On 8 January 1953 the sighting of an unidentified flying object was reported by members of the 82d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, a unit of the Air Defense Command stationed at Larson AFB. The following information was secured by Lt and myself during the time following the sightings.

Descriptions of the object were varied, i.e., cigar shaped, round like a disc, similar to th…