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Sweetwater, Nevada UNCLASSIFIED 12 April 1953 I. DESCRIPTION At 1510 hours PST, ten round flat metallic colored objects changing forma- tion traveled at an estimated high rate of speed on a heading of 110° at an estimated altitude of 7,500 ft. No trail, sound, or exhaust were noted. Objects passed under the right nacelle of the observers' C-47 type aircraft, and were observed by the co-pilot. He took control of the C-l7, and turned to the right in a tight 300°turn for a better view of the objects. Objects were then picked up unassisted by two more members of the crew. The objects were observed…

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PAGE WWO JWPNWV Lan OLSERVATION TO DISAPPEARANCE APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES. OFJECTS WERE OBSERVED AT 4512 PACIFIC TIME , 12 APRIL 1953. OBSERVATION S WERE VISUAL FROM Ce47, NO 2133, AT 12,500 FEST MSL, FLYING 14y-NPH, DIRECTLY OVER SWEETWATER AIRPORT, COORDINATES 38 EGNeA19 12. ON 30g DEGREZ HEADING, OBJECTS WERE HEADED 449 DEGREES. WHEN FIRST OBSERVED IN FLASH BENEATH C-47 OZDULCTS WERE HIGHER THAN AFTER 362 DEGREE TURN OF C#47, COMPOSITH ALTITUDE ZSTIMATE WAS 752° FEET MSL DUT MAJ PADELFORD ESTIMATES ONLY 152% FEET ABOVE TERRAIN. CESERVERS WERE MAJ FRED Ge PADELFORD, 2D LT FRANK Ey WHITH, AN…

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Mate 3904-153 UNCLASSIFIED 3/31M=9119/12 3904th Comp Weg, Stead AFB | “ps . 2 | » Reno, Nevada | 21 April 1953 12 April 1953 Bae | | Capt. John V. Ruppersburg Flt "A", Sth ARS, 3904th Comp Ng ; THX 3904th CW ID 2272 dtd 13 Apr 53 1. Report of approximately ten (10) unidentified Aerial objects observed by C-47 crew on 12 April 1953 over Sweetwater, Nevada. : 2. Signifisance of sighting cannot be determined. Qualifications of principal observer are significant. Captain, USAF Daputy Director of Intelligence : poe AY Form 112—-Part II DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS; | DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. …

UNCLASSIFIED — 3904th Comp Ng, Stead AFB IPMS \ 1 1 , le Grew of O47 Aircraft #3133 on DVFR flisht from tong Beach, California to Stead AFB, Reno, Nevada 12 Avril 1953 flying at 10,500 feet heading 300 devpees at 140 miles per hour, visually observed anproximately ten (1°) un. identified objects directly over Sweetwater Airvort (39$1N-119/12W) heading approximately 110 degrees at about 7500 feet MSL (composite estimata). Time of siting 1510 Pacific Time. Cbnservers were Major Fred G. Padelford, 2nd Lt rank E. White, and 2nd Lt John Gripe, all assigned to Sth Air Rescue Squadron, Stead Air Forc…