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1. DATE - Time GROUP 2 Nov 53 02/2210 2. LOCATION IDIEWILD AIRPORT, NEW YORK 10. CONCLUSION OTHER: CLOUDS/CONTRAILS Tower personnel noted nothing unusual. Additional witness regarded the objs as douds from a smoke writing a/c. Case regarded as this possibility, or as unusual clouds or ontraild. 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS mins 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Six objs hovering over airport. 0 Yes O Ne FORM ae FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) previous editions of this form may bo used.

aS UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON . THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, USAF STH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHO inremcyrercr to: 451) PA 21-1351 19 January 1954 SUBJZOT: UNIDINTIFIED PLYiIeG OBJL0TS OVER IDLEWVILD AIRPORT ON 2 NOVEMBER 1953 SPECIAL INQUIRY Commander Air Technicerl Intelligence Canter Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio ATIN: ATTAA-20 3 1. Attached for your information is one (1) copy of report of investigation by Special agent FPRIDLRICK H. DURSLS, 24 OSI Dis strict, file 21.0356, dat…

i el RR i ee es 4? UNITED STATES AIR FORCE — NO. DATE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL Phe ¥S6 mio k/eak OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS : oy YAN TR y REPORT OF INVESTIGATION PRETWMTICK Us NURS, 2/4 REPORT MADE AT f/f OXTORNPIPTSN SLING carers Te ey C2 “ast Loth “te, Siew Yor® 3) lies WR IMLITALD ATRPORP e. ® Ds Om ar | r* ‘ _ : ¢ 2 NOVTMRER 1953. bs At, 15 econber 1953 OFFICE OF ORIGIN STATUS SPMOTAL TIRUIRY REVERENCE INIPTAL TERE S (MOPS Ynvesbization requested by “istrich Comanier, 27 District OST (165) UtA¥y and predicated upen report of six (5 tified flying objects over Idlewild \irvort. nortad sic…

(Unclassified) = File: 2-366 UNTUUNTTFIND FLYING OBJECTS = vray po ipitD OVER INIS'TID ATREORT ON 2 NCVEMBER 1953 DETAILS s 1, This investigation was requested by the District Commander, 2D District OST (IG) USAF, 72 East 10th Street, New York, New York; and predicated upon the report of six (5) unidentified flying objects over Idlewild Airport, New York on 2 November 1953, AT NEJ YORK, N'Y YORK 2. On 15 December 1953, Mr. Bronx, New York, was interviewed at 36, advised that he had served three (3) years with the United States Navy as an enlistec mar. ‘mth orincipal duties of watch-duty and lo…

UNCLASSIFIED (tinelassified) hoc UNIVENTTFIUD FLYING CBJECTS File; 2-366 CVE IDLEVIID AIRPORT GN 2 NCVEMSFR 1953 The size of each object is compared to that of a fitty cent piece (50¢) held at arms length, and were battleship gray in color. At no time was there any sign of tail trail or exhaust, nor was any sound heard, as informant was in a closed and moving vehicle. When first observed, advised that ti.e objects arpeared to be hovering but that the lower group was moving in an easterly direction with the worer grcupn in a westerly direction. These objects were ata US° asinmtn and chenged to …

(Unclassificd) UNIDENTIFIED * LYING OBINCTS OVI TULPLID VROCRT WW 2 LOVEE 19536 Tilo: 2-366 aa further stated that he had bocn, to the vest of his knoviedgs, tac only nerson to have observed these objects Sut called them to the attention of anothor “assengeor who believed tnat the objects wore broken “sortions of chemical smolte utilized by sky writing aircraft. 36 This sortion o: the investigation was concucted by Spocial Azonts CAARL: S Le. ortAN and GlorGch D. “CSE. he On 17 Tecomber iin ei ir. FRED ABAR and Lr. ALDERT ADELL, Airways Forecasters, furnished the owt information concerming wea…

= ar (Unclassificc) ne nee ee ae TOTO TID SELIG Olgas Filo: 2-366 O° 2 FO HODR 1953, 1623 hovrs = Stratocruisor lnnded, arrived fron a North-sastorly directions Mia =o" D0W5 landed, srvivod from o South, South-wosterlr Chroction, ae. * M-)) landed, arrived fro: 2 South=vostcriy Ciroetion. 15650 8 Constellation took-off, Circction, seo diagram (inclosure #1) on all trike-offs, control log docs not incicate direction, however A/C inc 2 choice of onl three (3) paths as noted in diagram, used by all A/S on this cay «ne for those woathor concitions, 165. =" DC~!;, took-o7f 1652 = * Ml, took-off 170…

(Thelassificd) PETE TITLD SLYINC OWTOTS ott 2 TOVERAER 1953. Zulu Time (1600 hours Local) for 2 November 1953, are ce follows: | ALTITUR DICRIES xFOTS Suiface 270 05 6,000 300 30 10, 000 | 290 31 16, O90 290 37 2°), 000 280 3h 30, 009 290 43 50, 000 290 29 79,000 Clear (?) Reached instrumcnt's linitations. | 60, 000 Hot availeble. Ground observations, .t 1625 hours (Loc21), wore hazy observetion, thin scattored clouds at 1€,000 and 25,009 fect, visivility five (5) miles, haze and winds at six (6) miles peor hour at surfrceo, Ground obscrvations, at 1725 hours (Locol), were hagy observation, th…