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APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 Vidal oS VRE 2 Tat : Sawdi REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK) United States AFXOI FLYOBRPT 8-52 ope AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Reporting of Information on Unidentified Flying Objects AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Michigan Director of Intelligence, Hq Tenth AF DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION _19 aug 52 | 38 Avg 52 a Pa ie souRcEA/UG ALFES G. SMITH - A/2C CLYDE VIERRA 2ND LT GEORGE H. JANCZEWSKI BOP ray NaN ja/ec FRANKLIN D. STEINBERG = Hq lOAF REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) SELFRIDGE AFB, MICHIGAN a AFOIN-C/cG+2, 1…

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AF FORM f12—PART Ii (CLASSIFICATION APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 : t AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. Director of Intelligence Hq, Tenth Air Force AFXOI FLYOBRPT 8-52 pace oF 1. At 150344, AIRMAN SECOND CLASS CLYDE VIERRA and AIRMAN SECOND CLASS FRANKLIN D. STEINBERG were standing at the east side of Selfridge Air Force Base, near Lake St. Clair, when they observed a lavender colored light, approximately the size of the North Star, appear west of their position approx- imately twenty (20) degrees above the horizon and travel in a northeasterly direction. The light seemed to…

* AF FORM 1f2—PART Il Pe CLASSIFCATIONS AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. Director of Intelligence Hq, Tenth Air Force AFXOI FPLYOBRPT 8-52 2. According to the 61st FIGHTER-INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON, SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE, MICHIGAN, F-9) aircraft were in the vicinity at the time of the sightings. 3e & check conducted by this Directorate revealed that DETACHMENT 12-),, 1l2thWEATHER SQUADRON, SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE, MICHIGAN, released a Rawinsonde at 1503008, August 1952. lh. The 61st AC&W SQUADRON, SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE, MICHIGAN, indicated no unusual radar observa…

15 August 1952 About 220 hours, on the evening of 1 August 1952, I and a friend, A/ec Steinberg, were standing by Barracks T-3\\7 facing’ the lake. I noticed a light due west coming east and brought it to Steinberg's atten- tion who verified the object. It was as bright as the North Star and it zig-zagged slightly to the left and right as it continued to come east. It paused for several seconds and then headed back on a northwest course and disappeared over the horizon in the vicinity of the Jet Bar. All this took about two (2) minutes. We then waited and watched in the same direction in antic…

15 August 1952 On the night of 1) August 1952, at approximately 220 hours, A/2C Clyde Vierra and I were standing behind Barracks 347, near the sea wall talking when Vierra noticed a bright object and brought my attention to it. It seemed to come from the general direction of the Radar Station, which was west of our location. At that time it was at a fairly reason- ably low altitude and then started climbing over the direction of the Jet Bar. While on this course, it had manuevers all of it's own. It zig-zagged back and forth with a quick movement horizontally but still staying on the same cour…

3. It had a rather lavender color at times, then at times erystal white, like the North Star, only much brighter and sometimes closer. h. It had no sound or any visible trail. A/2C Vierra left the scene around 2315 hours. A/1C Smith and I sat there about 5 minutes to an hour longer but saw no more. I had not been drinking that night. a DO aes : FRANKLIN D. STEINBERG A/2c AF 19362308 Declassification Authority: NND 57565

15 August 1952 At 2255 hours, 1h August 1952, I had just finished work and was on my way to my barracks when an A/1C and A/ec called to me to observe & moving object in the sky. They were standing, facing towards the lake, between buildings 347 and 348. At about a twelve o'clock position, I immediately picked up the moving object which somewhat resembled a star and to the eye it seemed to be about the same distance in altitude. It was much larger than the average star and cast off a light of lavender color. About half a minute after I first saw the object, it came to a complete stop and was mo…