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BoRovRS POR eS ~ mad” (CLASSIFICATION) cou! INTRY on REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK) _ ___Uriitdd States rue | TRgh53 AY OTS ____ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT A Unidentified Flying Object Report (Short Title: FLYOBRPT) AER eit AREA REPORTED ON ; From (dency) Di rector of Intelligence, Hq 28th af Cambria, California Air Div (Def), Hamilton AFB, Calif. DATE OF REPORT 7 ant Tae ] DATE OF INFORMATION Mia ag aa ~~ | EVALUATION , a Re AE x ese 16 March 1953 2 March 1953 C-4, PREPARED BY (Officer) a PERIGEE ais TEAR A ~~ | SOURCE RM § es ie aaa Capt. Orville E Bixel, Dir of Intelligence REFERENCES (C…

AF FORMA 112—PART fl APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 (CLASSIFICATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Dae of Intel. 26th air | Div, Hamilton AFB, Calif. =| | TRM53 Ww 4 On 2 March 1953 between 2100 and 2135 PST, T/Sgt Benjamin F. Brunges of the 775th AC&W Squadron, Cambria, California observed an unidentified flying object, Sgt Brunges subsequently contacted three other airmen whom he knew to be on duty at that time, The other three airmen also observed the unusual object. See inclosures 1, 2, 3, am 4. 1. Description of Object: Shape: Spherical. Size: From approximately 12 inches to 1 inch in diamete…

AF FORM 112-=PART II (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) Dir of Intel. 28th Air REPORT NO, Div, Hamilton AFB, Calif. at TRS 3 Ww PAGE and the herizon decreased, the observers viewed it through an in- creasing amount of haze and smoke from local brush fires, This would probably account for the apparent changes in size, color, am movement of this planet. It is possible that the unidentified fly- ing object observed by the four airmen on 2 March 1953 was the same planet observed from the 775th AC&W Squadron on the two subsequent nights. Negative…

HEADQUARTERS 775TH AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON Cambria, California At about 2100 hours 2nd March 1953, an object, red in color app- earing to be about one (1) foot in diameter, was seen. This object was first thought to be antenna corona, but when I went outside at appro= ximately 2115 PST the object moved off in a northwesterly direction at an excessive rate of speed so as to appear the size of a baseball in a very few seconds. The object moved in a very peculiar manner, ie; it acted like a light suspended fram a baloon, sort of a swaying motion. The object gave a long dip as it mov…

HEADQUARTERS 775TH AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON Cambria, California STATEMENT At 2120 hours, 2 March 1953, T/Sgt Brunges came up to the transmitter door and summoned me outside. On going out he told me to shut off the cut- side light. He then pointed out over the ocean. There was a round object which gave off a reddish erange glow. When I first saw the object, it look- ed about the size of a dime. It kept getting smaller. It was moving in a direction of NW. The distance and height was hard to judge because it was dark. Upon first observation it appeared to be a star. But to the fact i…

HEADQUARTERS 775TH AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON Cambria, California STATEMENT At approximately 2120 hours on the 2nd of March 1953 I received a telephone call from T/Sgt Brunges, who was on duty at the MARS station, asking me to step outside the door and look at the sky out over the ocean and tell him what I saw. I stepped outside and looked in the described direction and saw an object which appeared to be a ball of fire. It app- eared to be about eight (8) inches in diameter and was proceding in a West- erly Northwest direction. I could not judge the speed for it moved which to me lo…

HEADQUARTERS 775TH AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON Cambria, California STATEMENT March 2nd at 2120 I went outside the door of the Operations building and observed a reddish orange object suspended in the sky. It seemed to be about on a level with where I was standing thus it might have had an altitude of approximately 1049 feet. Distance is deceptive at night so it is hard to estimate how far it was away. I would judge that it was nearly out to the horizon. It had a slight sideways motion and also it seemed to hoover at a certain distance from land over the ocean. It din- inished in size…

Declassification Authority: NND 57565