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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  9/0345Z 8 Feb 53 | Dobbins AFB, Georgia  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  MILITARY | ASTRONOMICAL: STAR/PLANET Star/Planet observation. Most likely Jupiter.  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | ONE  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | FIFTEEN MINTS  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | GROUND VISUAL  |
|  7. COURSE | 270 DEG  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | ☐ Yes ☐ No  |

FORM<br/>FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

UNCLASSIFIED 15
OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE
Multipb 1953 FEB 9 10:14
V
WPE012FZ
YDB008K

1. ATIA
2. ATI
3. C. Files

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS; DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
ATIC

08/24/7 EST
AOD Aims, AMB, GA

CBA005
YMB003
JEDKF 010
VOPPOP JEDEN JEDWP JWPHQ 333
DE JEDKF 07A
OP 090445Z ZNJ
FM CG 35TH AIR DIV (D) DOBBINS AFB GA
TO JEPHQ/DIR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC
JEDKF/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO

3TP/CG ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPGS COLO

FLY OBRPT COC 960 ATTN: ATIAA-2C AN OBJECT EMITTING A BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT CHANGING TO RED AND YELLOW AT TIMES WAS OBSERVED NORTHWEST OF DOBBINS AFB 8 FEB 53 AT 2145 EST. IN COMPARISON TO RED OBSTRUCTION LIGHTS ON CONTROL TOWER AND HANGARS OBJECT APPEARED LARGER AND BRIGHTER. OBSERVED BY AC&W PERSONNEL ON DUTY IN AIR DEFENSE CONTROL CENTER FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. IT MOVED IN EAST TO WEST DIRECTION DISAPPEARING FOM VIEW BELOW HORIZON. FIRST REPORT RECEIVED FROM AC&W UNIT IN KNOXVILLE TENN AREA WHO HAD RECEIVED REPORTS AND OBSERVED THEMSELVES A …

UNCLASSIFIED
52.10
Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia 8 February 1953

I. Description of Incident
Military personnel observed a red-yellow-white stationary object from this base as well as Knoxville, Tennessee, at 2145 EST which was observed for 15 minutes before slowly disappearing below the horizon. It appeared in the west and was brighter than red obstruction lights on the control tower at Dobbins.

II. Discussion of Incident
No triangulation from the two observing points was made which would have been extremely helpful and should be attempted in sightings such as this. The description and man…

Information Only (No Case)
Source: GSI (NZ)
February 1953
Cherry Point, N. C.

FLYING SAUCERS
Page 23

Extract from the "Asheville Citizen" Feb 12, 1953.

JET CHASES RED OBJECT OVER STATE. MARINE PLANE NO MATCH FOR STRANGE BODY.

Cherry Point N.C.
The Marine Corps reported today that one of it's jet planes had chased and then lost -- a red lighted object that flashed through the sky at astonishing speed. An F9F Panther jet fighter pilot chased the object over coastal North Carolina Mondat night an official Marine Corps said, but the speedy jet turned out to be no match for the object, whatever…

WIT. S. Feb. 12/1953.

# Marines Say Jet Pilot Chased Glowing Object

By the United Press.

CHERRY POINT, N. C., Feb. 12. — The Marine Corps air station here reported today that a Marine jet pilot chased a mysterious, glowing object through the skies Monday night at more than 500 miles an hour.

A spokesman said the Norfolk Naval Air Station tower alerted Marine Lt. Ed Balocco to watch for a silvery object sighted from the ground. Lt. Balocco was flying at 20,000 feet near Edenton, N. C. He flew toward Cherry Point and sighted "what looked like an airplane with red lights."

Says Object Waited…

Albemarle, N.C.
May 9, 1963

Air Force Headquarters
the Pentagon
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

We the directors of U.F.O. Research Associates, would like any information that you could give us in the two cases involving UFO's mentioned below.

Case No. 1, involves the reported destruction of a Piper Cub belonging to one Fred Reagan. The incident which was to have taken place on a day in July, 1951 when Regan's plane was said to have been cut open by a UFO traveling at high speed.

Case No. 2, Cherry Point, N.C. - Feb. 11, 1953 - The Marine Corps reported that jet planes had chased a red lighte…