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4 Nov 52

CARIBOU, MAINE

04/1730 EST
04/2230 Z

2 AF pilots

1 250°

Two pilots sighted "bright dancing
light" from T-66 over Caribou, Maine.

1 Atia
2 Atia
3 C files
SE
RL

12644 C
TP2329
TD0348
TP2362
TD2036
SD2373
TM2839
JEPSN 885
PP JEPHQ JEDWP JEDEN JEPHR 444
JE JEPS N 836
P 858133Z ZNJ
FN CO 74TH FTR INTCP SQ PRESQUE ISLE AFB MAINE
TO JEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELL HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 D C
JEDWP/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEDEN/CG ADC ENT AFB CTLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO
JEPHR/CG EASF STEWART AFB NEWBURGH N Y
ENFO ZEN/CG 4711TH DEF WG PRESQUE ISLE AFB MAINE
/F1874 563Z FLYOBRPT. /ATTN CLN ATIAA-20 WRIGHT
PATTERSON AFB/ATTN CLN DCS/I ENT AFB/ATTN CLN EACIN STEWART AFB/
3. ONE BRIGHT DANCING LIGHT 18 MILES EAST OF CARIBOU CMA MAINE
O…

AF FORM 112—PART I
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFIED)
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|  COUNTRY | REPORT NO. | (LEAVE BLANK)  |
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|  U.S.A. |  |   |

# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

**SUBJECT**
Report of Unidentified Flying Object

**AREA REPORTED (A)**
Presque Isle, Maine

**FROM (Agency)**
74th Ftr-Incp Sq, Presque Isle AFB, Maine

**DATE OF REPORT**
5 Nov 52

**DATE OF INFORMATION**
4 Nov 52

**AIRLINE**
A-2

**PREPARED BY (Officer)**
2d Lt Donald K. Gregoire, Intell O.

**SOURCE**
Capt Leon H. Pagan, AO 781035
1st Lt Charles H. Young, AO 190281

**REFERENCES (Control number, duration, previou…

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Air Intelligence Information Report

|  FROM (Agency) | 74th Ftr-Intcp Sq | REPORT NO. | PAGE 2 OF 4 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  STATEMENT OF T-6 PILOT  |   |   |   |
|  At 1728 H.S.T. on 4 November 1953 I was flying in the rear cockpit of a T-6, altitude was 2,500 feet, atmosphere conditions were clear. The weather station was reporting 1500 feet scattered and 4000 feet broken to overcast.  |   |   |   |
|  I observed a bright light as we were flying on a heading of approximately 360 degrees. Our position at this time was approximately 20 miles North…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
SECURITY INFORMATION
ALLIANCE

|  FROM (Agency) | T-6 PHILOT NO. | PAGE 3 OF 4 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  74th Ftr-Intcp Sq Presque Isle AFB, Maine |  |   |

STATEMENT OF T-6 PILOT

On 4 November 1952 at 2230Z while flying a T-6 aircraft at 2,580 feet in the vicinity of Caribou, Maine I observed a bright light to the West just above a bank of low clouds. The light appeared to change colors from red to blue to white. I queried Captain Pagan who was flying with me, and asked him if he saw it too; he did. I then contacted the GCI controller at Caswell…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
SECURITY INFORMATION
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | 74th Ftr-Intcp Sq Presque Isle AFB, Maine | REPORT NO. | PAGE 4 OF 4 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

STATEMENT OF SENIOR CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR, PRESQUE ISLE AFB, MAINE

I first came into contact with the strange light at 1736 L when a T-6 flying in the local area at Presque Isle advised the tower that to the West of the station there appeared to be a bright light of various colors. To me it appeared too large to be a star, and the colors of red, amber and green stood out v…