28953149.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP 3 Feb 53 4/0100Z | 2. LOCATION Pepperrell AFB, Newfoundland  |
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|  3. SOURCE 2 Airmen | 10. CONCLUSION Astro (VENUS) Venus setting at time of report  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One  |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 25 Min. | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Unidentified object appearing to be Jending light of a/c web observed 25 minutes before disappearing over the horizon. No a/c was reported in area at the time of sighting.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual  |   |
|  7. COURSE  |   |
|  8. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No  |   |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ☐ Yes ☑ No…

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1953 FEB 5 10:25

RC16WPC017E
TYB012
TDC264
JEZ C239
JEXC 170
RR JEPHQ JEDWP 222
DE JEXC 123
R 042100Z
FM CG NEAC PEPPERRELL AFB NF

TO JEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE USAF WASH DC
JEDWP/CG ADC AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHTHPUTTERSON AFB OHIO
NEOCOC-I 00005 FLYOBGPT UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL LIGHTTOBSERVEDHTORBAY
AIRPORT 040010Z APPEARED TO BE LANDING LIGHT OF AIRCRAFT BY A/3C
HARLOD RICHARDSON AND A/1C LEONARD OBJECT SIGHTED FOR 25 MINUTES THEN
PASSED OVER HORIZON DIRECTOR OF ITELLIGENCE NEAC EVALUATES C-3 NO
AIRCRAFT IN AREA AT TIME FOR SIGHTING RADAR QUERY NEGATIVE
WEATHER 250…

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Pepperrell AFB, Newfoundland
3 February 1953

I. Description of Incident
From 2100 to 2125 local time a low unidentified object resembling the landing light on an aircraft was observed by two airmen of this base until the object disappeared below the horizon. The observation was strictly a visual one with no optical aids and no radar contact.

II. Discussion of Incident
This is a very brief report with no information given on the experience level of the observers. From past experience, however, such sightings have been attributed to bright stars sinking below the horizon.

III. Conclusio…