302530127.pdf

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  O/A 20 Aug 63 | Audurn, Maine | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Vessel ☐ Air-Vessel ☐ Ground-Rader ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☑ Physical Specimen ☐ No | 6. SOURCE civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS multiple | 9. COURSE On ground  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Letter recei…

002 HGA395
RR RUCDSO
DE RUHLKM 5003 01/1310Z
FN BASE CRYPTOCENTER HICKAM AFB
TO 1127 USAF FLD ACTY GP FT BELVOIR VA
INFO DEA WASHDC
FTD WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
AFCS ANDREWS AFB MD
CRI6089/01
RR 010657Z
FM USAIRA CANBERRA
TO 1127 USAF FLD ACTY GP FT BELVOIR VA
INFO DIA WASHDC
FTD WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
AFCS ANDREWS AFB MD

UNCLASSIFIED
March 1953
1 Cor 53 14 53z
3
4
H = C
2 - E
3 - A
4 XR

G-143 AFSC FOR SCFA. 1127TH YOUR
AFNIAAB-SA C-1150 AND FURTHER MY C-137. FOLLOWING IS SUBSTANCE
OF INFO RECD FROM LOCAL GOVT SOURCES. AT 0052Z 20 AUG DARWIN
RECEIVED MSG FROM WYNDHAM THAT LOYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE
CASE HAD RECEIVED REPORT FROM TURNER RIVER STATION (17PT52S,
128PT16E) OF LARGE EXPLOSION AT 0038Z 20 AUG WHICH APPEARED
TO BE IN UPPER ATMOPHERE. EXPLOSION HAS SHAKEN STATION
QUILDINGS AND SOME SMOKE HAD BEEN SEEN. ORD RIVER STATION
(17PT23S, 128PT51E) HAD 2 EYE-WITNESSES WHO STATED THEY HAD SEEN
SILVER ADJECT LEAVING TRAIL OF SMOKE BEHIND. WHICH THEN BURST
INTO BALL OF ORANGE-COL…