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yA KESTRICTEO CLASSIFICATIO! APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 j COUNTRY ~ 7 REPORT NO. “USA-MATS IR-442-53 B Ps Ww wy, VICE Gi AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Unidentified Flying Object In the Vicinity of Castle AF Base, California AREA REPORTED ON From (Agen) Flight Service, MATS, 3000 Newark State of California Street, N.W., Washington 25, D. C. DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 25 August 1953 20 August 1953 Be2 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Gerald E. Tyler, Major, USAF USAF aircrew members REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) Teletype FLYOBRPT 2022…

AF FOMM 112—PART Il RESTRICTED APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 (CLASSIFICATION) ‘ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT OO emer Street, N. We ‘eee Washington 25, D. C. : FLYOBRPT 2022h5Z as received from Hamilton Flight Service Center follows: SAF)076 AT 1335P REPORTED UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 3758N 12030W AND 3748 l1905w ON TRUE COURSE OF 096 DEGREES AT 155 APPEARED TO BE IN FORMATION THEN BREAK UP AND FLY IN CIRCLES AROUND ACFT APPEARED TO HAVE MASS OF FIRE IN REAR 20/22227 AUG JWPML" Comments of Preparing Officer: A total lack of investigative capabilities at either Flight Service Center or Headquart…