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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  7 September 1957 | West Germany Zone | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2135, 2136, 2137 GMT | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☑ Was Astronomical Meteors ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION two seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS three | 9. COURSE not given ☐ Other ☐ Insufficien…

Germany IR-1270-57
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
AREA REPORT CENTERING
West Zone, Germany
AGENCY OF ORIGIN DATE OF REPORT
USAFE, ATI Directorate 27 Sept 1957
SOURCE OF INFORMATION DATE OF INFORMATION
Four Tank Depot Guards 7 Sept 1957
PREPARED OFFICE EXPLOSION
GUY W. DENNIS, Captain, USAF F-6
REFERENCES (Control number, director, previous report, etc., as applicable)
BAIR 460T
SUBJECT
Sighting of Unidentified Flying Objects
SUMMARY (Share results summary of report. Give significance in final observations as per report. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 119a.)…

FROM (Agency) REPORT NO.
USAFB, ATI Directorate IR-1270-57 PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES

(f) None

(9) None

(9) None

(10) Unknown

(11) Two of four observers were interviewed by ATILO sixteen days after the occurrence. All observers were at guard posts and observed objects individually. They were located as far as 700 yards apart. All agreed on color, shape, direction and elevation of the three objects sighted.

* Best, Heinrich geb. 21.3.14 Gross-Winternheim Guard
Mainzerstrasse 24

Kahl, Bernhard born 3.11.14 Mainz "
Boppstrasse 8

Walper, Heinrich born 15.3.05 Mainz
Barbarosearing 1 " "

Weihrauch, …

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

FROM (Agency) USAFE, ATI Directorate
REPORT NO. IR-1270-57
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AT Reg 200-2, Par 7d

(1) (a) Oval (egg shaped) fire ball with cone-shaped tail
(b) Estimated to be 3 meters in diameter
(c) Oval fire ball light red; area around forward two-thirds of oval was blue; diminishing cone trailing rearward from oval was light red surrounded by violet.
(d) Three sighted individually by four people; were all identical
(a) N/A
(f) No other
(g) Cone-shaped tail was size of fire ball & its rear ogive diminished at an estimated 15 meters; smoke at rear o…