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PROJECT 10079 RECORD CARD

|  21 Jul 52 | LOUISVILLE KY | ☐ Yes, Sales ☐ Probably Unpaid ☐ Not Available  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  21/2050 EST | ☐ Yes, Sales | ☐ Yes, Sales  |
|  22/0150 Z | ☐ Yes, Sales | ☐ Yes, Sales  |
|  2 AF pilots | ☐ Yes, Sales | ☐ Yes, Sales  |
|  1 min | 1 | 300°  |

Two AF pilots sighted unidentified object over Louisville. Object maintained constant heading for about a minute.

UNCLASSIFIED
1952 JUL 17 131
ACTION
UPC206
YMX182
JEDBO 882
PP JEPHQ JEDWP JEDEN JEDNH 444
DE JEDBO 88
P 222399Z ZNJ
FM COSTRATRONWG 91 LOCKBOURNE AFB OHIO
TO JEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASH 25DC
JEDWP/AIR TECH INTEL CEN WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEDEN/CG ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO
JEDMH/CG SAC OFFUTT AFB NEBR
93S 565-R PD FLYOERPT PD ONE UNIDENTIFIED OBJ
SIGHTED VISUALLY FR ROMEO BRAVO FOUR FIVE COCA TYPE ACFT OVER LOUISVILLE
CMA KY AT TWO ZERO FIVE ZERO HRS EASTERN SDT TIME CMA TWO ONE JULY ONE
NINE FIVE TWO PD OBJ REMAINED IN VIEW APPROX ONE MINUTE ON HEADING OF
THREE ZERO ZERO DEGREES P…

AT AN APPRX ALT OF FIVE ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET PD SQUALL LINE
SITUATED SIX ZERO TO SEVEN ZERO MILES NORTH OF ACFT CMA SLIGHT HAZE IN
IMMED VIXINITY PD WINDS ALOFT WERE TWO FOUR ZERO DEGREES AT TWO ZERO TP
THREE ZERO KNOTS PD NO PHY EVIDENCE OF OBJ CMA NO INTCP CMA NO OTHER
AIR TRAF IN AREA PD OBSRS WERE CAPT JAMES HARVEY MC GRATH CMA ALFA
OSCAR ONE NINE ZERO EIGHT SEVEN ZERO NINE CMA ACFT COMDR OF ROMEO
BRAVO FOUR FIVE COCA CMA ONE ONE FOUR FOUR HRS FLYING TIME CMA AND
CAPT MAX LEONIDAS MOORE CMA ONE FIVE FIVE FIVE FOUR ALFA CMA CP OF ROMEO
BRAVO FOUR FIVE COCA CMA TWO NINE SIX THREE HRS FLY…

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WIESBADEN
GERMANY

10-15 min
4

Two or four long, slender objects sighted by pilot and by WAF officer from two different locations in Wiesbaden. Objects were "bright yellow lights".

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ADDRESSED BY
(SPECIFY)
WEST Zone of Germany
FROM (Agency)
HQ, USAFE, ATI BRANCH
U.S.K.

DATE OF REPORT
24 July 1952
DATE OF INFORMATION
21 July 1952
EVACUATION
A-2

PREPARED BY (Name)
GERALD M. JONES, Captain, USAF
CO-ORD. (Address, Country, Address, Address of agent, etc.)
COORD. Lt Josephine J. Stong, WAF, AL-1856049
Cap…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
UNCLASSIFIED
HQ, USAFE, ATI BRANCH
AIT-1425-52
PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES

In accordance with paragraphs 7c and 7d of Air Force Letter 200-5 the following information is submitted:

A. Observation of Capt Dougher (See attached statement)

1. No object as such was sighted. "Object" was a bright yellowish-white light of indefinite size. Four (4) were seen in a NNW direction from Wiesbaden, and they appeared to be travelling from NNW to SSE and climbing. Suddenly they burst apart, two (2) climbing until they went behind the branc…

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM: (illegible)
DATE: (illegible)
HQ, USAFE, ATI BRANCH
REPORT NO. ATI-1425-52
PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES

because she had no idea of the distance to the light. She did say that from her observation point the light travelled about 45° in five (5) minutes. Nothing unusual was noted concerning the flight characteristics, and no noise was heard. Lt Stong did say that shortly after observing this light she observed a C-47 in the same general direction. Comparing relative sizes she said the light appeared to her to b…

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25 JUL 1952 10 11
1. ATTA
2. ATTA
3. C. Files
RC 1
E
WPB003
TYAS01DC212
JEZ A346
AJA 18
AIR DE AJA
AIR ZOF AIR AFM
IR JEPHQ JEDWP 222
DE JFPBW 100C
R 251620Z
FM CINCUSAFE WIESBADEN GER
TO JEPHQ/COFS USAF WASH DC ATTN: AFOIN
JEDWP/CO ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
/EICO 4408 X. REF AFL 200-5. TWO (2) AIR FORCE OFFICERS INDEPENDENTLY SIGHTED FROM THE GROUND TWO (2) AND FOUR (4) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS FOR TEN (10) AND FIFTEEN (15) MINUTES RESPECTIVELY NEAR WIESBADEN, GERMANY, AT 1930 ZEBRA HOURS ON 21 JULY. FROM DESCRIPTIONS GIVEN THE SAME INCIDENT WAS OBSERVED BY BOTH, WHO CLAI…