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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 18 Apr 52 | LOCATION | Bethesda, Maryland  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 0130 GMT 0630 | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | 4 civilians  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 4-8 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 7-9  |
|  9. COURSE |  | 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Orange-yellow color. Lights in V Formation. Straight and level maneuvers.  |
|  11. COMMENTS | Sighted V shaped formation of lights. Data on formation in report. No a/c i…

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CSAF ITEM 9/E
TO ATIAA-2C RUPPELT FM AFOIN-V/TC FOURNET
FOLLOWING INFO REPORTED THIS MORNING VIA TELEPHONE BY MR
NW, WASHINGTON, D.C.:
AT ABOUT 0100 HRS TODAY, WHILE STANDING IN YARD OF FRIEND IN
BETHESDA, MD., MR AND 3 FRIENDS OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO
SPHERICAL OBJECTS FLYING IN VEE FORMATION. OBJECTS DESCRIBED AS FAINT
OR DIFFUSED LIGHT, ORANGE IN COLOR AND FAIRLY SHARPLY DEFINED. FORMATION
CONTAINED BETWEEN 7 AND 15 OBJECTS, ALL PERFECTLY SPACED AND MAINTAINING
PERFECT FORMATION. INCLUDED ANGLE OF VEE ESTIMATED AT 40 DEGREES. FIRST
OBSERVED IN SSE AT ELEVATION OF ABOUT…

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|  1. ITEM NO. | SECURITY CLASSIFICATION | 3. DATE TRANSMITTED 22 April 1952  |
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|  4. FROM: (NAME & SYMBOL) Lt J. K. Rothstein, ATIAA-2a | 5. TO: (NAME & SYMBOL) Capt Fournet, APO13-V/TG |   |

Security Information. No your message CSAF Item 9 dated 18 April 1952, estimation of speed calculated at minimum to be in excess of 1500 mph. Based on this, no further action contemplated at present but will await additional information before any action is taken.

18 APR 52
BETHLEHEM, W.

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CSAF ITEM 7

CSAF ITEM 7 (RESTRICTED)
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TO ATIAA-2C RUPPELT
FROM AFOIN-V/TC FOURNET
REF CSAF ITEM 7 TT 102 DTD 18 APR 52.
ADDITIONAL INFO THIS SIGHTING. MR.
WHO
UAS FIRST OF 4 OBSERVERS TO SIGHT OBJECTS,
UAS CONTACTED BY TELEPHONE AND REPORTED HIS
IMPRESSIONS AS FOLLOWS:
ESTIMATES TIME 0130 HRS ON 18 APR.
STANDING IN FRONT YARD OF FRIEND IN DETHESDAN
MD WITH 3 FRIENDS, INCLUDING MR.
WHO GAVE FIRST REPORT FIRST
SIGHTED OBJECTS AT ABOUT 40 DEG ELEV IN SOUTH.
OBSERVED CONTINUOUSLY FOR 4 TO 8 SECONDS WHILE
OBJECTS CONTINUED TOWARD NORTH ON STR…

All objects uniform in size and color. Described as orange yellow color light sources closer to orange than yellow. Disc shaped in lateral plane but could not ascertain shape in vertical plane. Each object sharply defined. Diameter one object estimated to be 15 percent total length of one leg of formation.

Unable to notice anything between objects. No sound heard. Formation "seemed to glide," Mr. [redacted] estimates speed equivalent to 500 MPH I at 1000 ft alt. Weather said to be clear with no clouds noticed and did not recall seeing moon. Mr. [redacted] appeared to be quite intelligent and …

TO 300 MPH 1 AT 1000 FT ALT. WEATHER SAID TO BE CLEAR WITH NO CLOUDS NOTICED AND DID NOT RECALL SEEING MOON. MR. MILENE APPEARED TO BE QUITE INTELLIGENT AND VERY COPERATIVE. HE IS IN BETHESDA, TALA, TELEPHONE ON WASHINGTON EXCHANGE. STATES THAT VISION RATED UP TO UP TO 20/15. HE HAD NOT SEEN LIFE ARTICLE PRIOR TO SIGHTING.

MR. MILENE, BETHESDA, ANOTHER MEMBER OF GROUP WAS ALSO CONTACTED BY PHONE. IT WAS AT HIS HOME THAT SIGHTING WAS MADE. HE CORROBORATES TIME AND GENERALS 8-5-91 8452,4 - REPORTED BY MESSRS. AND . HOWEVER HE STATES VISION VERY POOR (WEARS CONTACT LENSES) AND CONSEQUENTLY HIS I…

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APPENDIX VII

Bethesda, Maryland - 18 April 1952

I. DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT

Four civilians reported that they observed a V-formation of from 7 to 9
lights traveling north over Bethesda, Maryland, at 0130 EST on 18 April 1952.

The included angle of the formation or "V" was estimated to be 40°. There
was one light at the apex and three to four in each leg. Each light appeared
to be orange-yellow, circular, and to occupy 15 percent of the total length
of the leg.

The formation, or object, was first sighted at an elevation of about 60°
in the south and dis…