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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  2 March 53 03/0500Z | Cambria, California  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Military | Actreneical (VENUS)  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | One  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  35 Minutes | Reddish-orange, spherical object varying in size oscillated gently sideways than moved straight away from observers in 1204 direction, until out of sight.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual  |
|  7. COURSE | ☐  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |

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ACTION
-4 MAR 1953 14 44 Z 4 MAR 53 04 21Z

RAD54
WPA074E
YDB063
XYB067
XMA029
XXB044
'20.) 029
36A1 02
PP JEPHQ JEDWP JEDEN JWPML JWPML 555
DE JWPML 02M
P 03)330Z
FM CO 775TH AC&W SQ CAMBRIA, CALIF
TO JEPHQ/HQ USAF, WASH 25, DC

UNCLASSIFIED
03/0500Z
CAMBRIA, CALIF
ATIC

JEDWP/WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB, OHIO ✓
JEDEN/CG, ADC ENT AFB, COLORADO
JWPML/CG, WADF HAFB CALIF
JWPML/CG 28TH AIR DIV (DEF) HAFB CALIF
758AJ 179 PD JEDWP ATTN ATIAA-2C. ALL OTHERS ATTN DIR OF INTELL.
REF PAR 7C, AFL 200-5 F LYOBRPT

(2) ONE GLOWING RD-ORANGE SPHERICAL OBJECT. REPORTED SIZE VARIES FROM APPROX 18 INCHES DIAMETER TO 1 INCH DIAMETER. NO TRAIL, EXHAUST OR SOUND OBSERVED. OSCILLATED GNTLY SIDEWAYS WHEN FIRST OBSERVED THEN MOVED STRAIGHT AWAY FROM OBSERVERS IN WNW DIRECTION, UNTIL OUT OF SIGHT.

(2) SIGHTED AT
APPROX 0500Z 3 MAR 53. OB ERVE FOR APPROX 35 MIN.

(3) OBSERVED VISUALY ONLY …

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(10) NO NEARBY AERIAL TR

FFIC OBSERVED IN THE AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTING ESPECIALLY NONE KNOWN IN VICINITY OR DIRECTION OF OBJECT, END

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

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UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agency) Dir of Intel. 28th Air Div, Hamilton AFB, Calif.
REPORT NO. IR-4-33W
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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, and 4.

1. Description of Object:
Shape: Spherical.
Size: From approxim…

AF FORM 112
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
UNCLASSIFIED

|  COUNTRY | REPORT NO. | (LEAVE BLANK)  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  United States | IR-453 W |   |

# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

**SUBJECT**
Unidentified Flying Object Report (Short Title: FLYOSRPT)

**AREA REPORTED ON**
Cambria, California

**DATE OF REPORT**
16 March 1953

**DATE OF INFORMATION**
2 March 1953

**EVALUATION**
C-4

**PREPARED BY (Other)**
Capt. Orville E Bixel, Dir of Intelligence
USAF Airmen

**REFERENCES (General number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable)**
AFL 200-5, dated 29 April 1952, Hq 775th AC&W …

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFICATION)
UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
|  FROM (Agency) Dir of Intel. 28th Air Div, Hamilton AFB, Calif. | REPORT NO. IB-4-53 W | PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES  |
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and the horizon decreased, the observers viewed it through an increasing amount of haze and smoke from local brush fires. This would probably account for the apparent changes in size, color, and movement of this planet. It is possible that the unidentified flying object observed by the four airmen on 2 March 1953 was the same planet observed from the 775th A…

UNCLASSIFIED
HEADQUARTERS
STATE AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON
Cambria, California

S T A T E N E N T

At about 2100 hours 2nd March 1953, an object, red in color appearing 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 approximately 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 from a balloon, sort of a swaying motion. The ob…