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EE _Declassification Authority NND 923007 MBADQUARTERS 93D EONBARDMENT WING (M)_ Castle Air Force Base, Califo roia SUBJECT: UFOB Report | on ee _. Wifteenth Air Force ~ ~ March Air Force Base . “we ue ee - Inclosed is Air Intelligence Information Report, Air Force Form 112, ee . dated 9 Noverber 1954, as reported by Staff Sergeant Manuel 0. Paiva, of _. 4. “Castle Air Foree Base, California. “ROR THE COMMANDER: “ AY Form 112 (1 cy 5 pgs) Major, USAF (Copy Furnished Hq, ADC) ~ Adjutant [ wR

__.Declassification Authority NND 923007 (> | AOE Capa oo . UNCLASSIFIED ji 1 5 UNITED STATES 93BW-U-1-54, UFOB , - Merced, California Hq, 93d Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, Califrnia _ 9 November 1954 28 October 1954 F-6 . “Major Homer R. Taylor — Military Personne] At 2215 Zulu, on 28 October 195h one (2) mitithry pe:sonnel observed an un— identified flying object in the vicinity of te Merced Country. Club, approximately 4, miles southeast of Merced, California. This headquar ters was notified of the observation on 8 Novenb er 1954, and an invest igstion was ; conducted. The report of Major, USAP _W…

Declassification Authority NND 923007 _ . UNCLASSI FIED 93d Bombardment Wing (M) Castle Air Force Base, California 93BW-I-1-54 2 5 The following report is in.accordance with paragraph 7d, AFR 200-2, dated 12 August 1954: i. Description of the object. a. Round. b. , Observer compared object to size of a baseball. c. White, or color of light. ‘. d. One. ; e. N/A. . vn ; f. Object appeared to be illuminated, or similar to a round sphere of Light. g. - Negative. h. Loud jet sound. Observer compared to sound of air under high pressure escaping from a small orifice. i. ‘Observer, was impressed by un…

Declassification Authority NND 923007 UNCLASSLPIE D 934 Bombardment Wing (M) Castle Mr Force Base, California 93BW-U-1-5) 3) 5 &. Observer. a Negative. Oo. Military. (1) PAIVA, MANUEL D. 3 S/Sgt.; Hq Sq, 93d Bomb Wing, Maintenance Con- trols aircraft mechanic; estimate of reliabilit: : 7. Weather. a. Clear, few scattered clouds on horizon, north ‘wind 5 to 10 knots. f b, N/A. c. Unlimited. ad. Unrestricted. e. . Scattered thin: clouds on horizon. f. Negative. &. Negativ e. 9. Negative. 10. Negative, ' . li. Wing Intelligence Officer, 93d Bomb Wing Comments: In view of the Length of time betwee…

Declassification Authority NND 923007 UNCLAS SIF IED | 4 5 93d Bombardment Wing (M) Castle Air Force Baxe, Calif 93BW-U-1~54, STATEMENT On che aftemoon of 28 October 1954, at approximt ely 2215 Zulu, I was on the eleventh mae at Merced Country Club Golf Course, with Captain Thaddeus _Braywezy. I heard a loud jet noise and at the Same time, Captain Beeeieee : called ay attention to an object. in the sky: I was facing in an east-southeast: . direction and I observed a round, white object, about 10: degrees elevation from the horizon, approaching from my left. The altitude was about 1000 to 2000 …

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