28953117.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  2 Feb 53 2/1800Z | Victorville, Calif.  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Aircrew Members | BALLOON  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | One  |
|   | Two large plastic balloons used for classified experiments were found in the area.  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  3 Min. | Runner of B-50 a/c sighted a stationary, round silver object in the wake of a B-52 a/c. Object remained stationary throughout observation. Gun cameras were used for material evidence. Navigator of a/c concluded that object was not a p…

UNCLASSIFIED
UNITED STATES AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
IR-9-53
02/110

FLYOSRFT
Victorville, California
10 February 1953
2nd Lt. G. T. Ludlum Jr. Asst. Intel Officer
Hq, 93d Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, California
2 February 1953
F-8
Crew Personnel

At 1100, PST, 2 February 1953, two (2) gunners on a B-50 type aircraft observed
what appeared to be a silver ball in the wake of a B-52 type aircraft. They attempted
to obtain pictures of this ball with their G.S.A.P. cameras but subsequent film assessment failed to show conclusive evidence of this object. This film from the gunnery
cameras has b…

UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

Wing Intelligence
Castle AF Base, California 2 3

1. Description of Object: The observers, Central Fire Control gunner and right waist gunner on a B-50 type aircraft, noted a silver object in the wake of a B-52 type aircraft while they were under mock attack by F-36 type aircraft during a routine training mission. Their observations differed in that one observer described the object as a silver ball with possible flat surfaces evidenced by variations in reflection characteristics, whereas, the other observer believed it to be more like a disc w…

UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

Wing Intelligence
Castle AF Base, California

3

9. Immediate Interception or Identification Action: None known.

10. Simultaneous Air Traffic:

a. Six (6) F-36 type aircraft. Four (4) were making passes on the observer's aircraft from various angles and were flying between 15,000 and 35,000 feet. One F-36 appeared to be tracking the by-passing S-52 type aircraft. One F-36 was tracking a delta wing aircraft, which was also in the vicinity.

b. One (1) delta wing fighter believed to be a Convair XF-102 or XF-92 was descending from nine (9) to si…

STATEMENT
UNCLASSIFIED
I R-9-53
Carl Y. Edwards
AF-14215231
T/Sgt.

At 1900, GCT, 2 February 1953, I was in the CFC gunner's position
of a B-50 type aircraft, Number 9365, flying at an altitude of 25,000
feet. I was searching for fighter attacks from F-86 type aircraft which
were in the area. I saw a B-52 type aircraft at three (3) o'clock high.
As this aircraft passed, I noticed a silver object in its wake. I called
on the interphone, "does anyone see that silver object behind that B-52?"
I was answered by my right gunner saying, "yes". Neither one of us
could identify the object. We both too…

STATEMENT
IL-9-53 UNCLASSIFIED
AFF-16233259 S/Sgt.

Kenneth B. Juelke

At 1900, GCT, 2 February 1953, I was occupying the right
gunner's position of B-50 type aircraft No. 9365 on a routine
training mission. During this period we were under a simulated
attack from four (4) F-86 type fighter aircraft from George AFB,
Victorville, California. I was searching for fighters in my
assigned quadraan when a large jet aircraft leaving four contrails
appeared at three (3) o'clock high crossing over course to eight
(8) o'clock. As I observed this aircraft, I noticed a silver ball
off the right wing. The …

UNCLASSIFIED
2 FEB 1953

HEADQUARTERS 93D BOMBARDIENT WING (U)
Castle Air Force Base, California

ODCI 350

SUBJECT: FLYCERPT

TO: Chief, Air Technical Intelligence Center
Attn: ATIAA-Ec
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio

1. Forwarded herewith are fifteen (15) frames of AFF-6 serial gun camera film supposedly showing an unidentified flying object which was observed on 2 February 1953. This object was sighted and photographed by two crewmen (gunners) on a 2-50 type aircraft assigned this base. These frames are the only ones considered significant by the gunners making the sightings. This hea…

ROUTING
JOINT MESSAGEFORM
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER NO.
UNCLASSIFIED

SPACE ABOVE FOR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER ONLY

FROM: (Originator)
TO: CO ATIC
CO CASYLE AFB CALIF

INFO:

FROM: AFGIN-ATIAF-3-12-2
FOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICER

Reference your AF Form 112 (IN-953) in which you report an unidentified aerial
object sighted by B-50 type aircraft. You state that two aerial gunners shot the
object with G.S.A.P. cameras and that the resulting film has been forwarded to
Chief, ATIC. To date, ATIC has not received subject film and therefore requests
you initiate follow-up to determine where it is.
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