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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  0 Aug 52 09024 | Tucson, Arizona 2  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Military | PROBABLE: Balloon  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |   |
|  Not stated |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  Not stated | SEE CASE FILE  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |   |
|  Ground Visual |   |
|  7. COURSE |   |
|  NW |   |
|  8. PHOTOS |   |
|  ☐ Yes ☑ No |   |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE |   |
|  ☐ Yes ☑ No |   |

FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous columns of this form may be used.

AF FORM 112—PART I UNCLASSIFIED
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
COUNTRY USA
26
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Information on Unidentified Flying Object
AREA REPORTED ON Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Ariz
FROM (Agency) 43rd Bomb Wing, Intelligence Division
DATE OF REPORT 12 August 1952
DATE OF INFORMATION 6 August 1952
EVALUATION B-6
PREPARED BY (Officer)
Capt R H Pestalozzi
SOURCE S/Sgt
A/1C
REFERENCES (Control number, direction, previous report, etc., as applicable)
AFOIN - C/CC - 2
SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List in…

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(EXCERPTATION)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agency) 43rd Bomb Wing Intelligence Div
REPORT NO.
PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES

1. At approximately 2002 MST, 6 August 1952, S/Sgt., , 0, and A/10 , traffic control tower operators at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson Arizona, sighted a round, brilliant object appearing three (3) miles southeast of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base at an altitude of about five thousand (5000) feet. The object about the size and intensity of a landing light glowed with a yellowish-white light and seemed to be clim…

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1944

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  43rd Bomb Wing Intelligence Div |  |   |

This balloon, except for size and intensity of light and minor deviations in altitudes followed the course of the light as described by the DRAFB Control tower operators.

8. None
9. None

Rudolph H. Pestalozzi
RUDOLPH H. PESTALOZZI
Capt., USAF
Asst Wing A-2

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS
DOD DIR 5200.10

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TENTATIVE
OBSERVERS QUESTIONNAIRE - 4690.00

SECTION A

1. When did you see the object:
1.1 Date: 6 August 1952
Day Month Year
1.2 Time of day: 9 13 A.M. or P.M. (Circle One)
Hrs. Min.
1.3 Time Zone: (Circle One):
a. Eastern
b. Central
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other
(Circle One):
a. Daylight Saving
b. Standard
1.4 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to the above question 1.2:
a. Certain
b. Fairly certain
c. Not very sure
d. Just a guess

2. Where did you see the object?
a. Postal address
LORAIN OHIO U.S.A.
City or Town State Country

3. Where wer…

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4. How did you happen to notice the object? LOOKED UP AT LOW FLYING PLANE. WAS ABOUT TO LOOK AWAY WHEN OBJECT CAUSED MY ATTENTION ABOVE TO REAR OF PLANE.

5. When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
Day 7 Month August Year 1952

SECTION B

6. What were you doing at the time you saw the object? WATERING GRASS IN YARD.

6.1 What had you been doing for the 30 minutes before you saw the object? Try to list the activity or activities, and the approximate amount of time spent on each.
HAD BEEN WATERING GRASS IN FRONT YARD ABOUT 20 MINUTES. MOVED HOSE TO BACK YARD AN…

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# SECTION C

12. Estimate how long you saw the object?
Hours Minutes 25 Seconds

12.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 12:
a. Certain
b. Fairly sure
c. Not very sure
d. Just a guess

13. Did the object look: (Circle One) ☑ Solid or Transparent?

14. Did the object at any time:
(Circle One for each question)

14.1 Change direction? ☑ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don't know
14.2 Change speed? ☑ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don't know
14.3 Change size? ☑ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don't know
14.4 Change color? ☑ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don't know
14.5 Break up into parts or explode? ☑ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don…

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8. What direction were you facing when you first saw the object?

(Circle One):
a. North
b. Northeast
c. East
d. Southeast
e. South
f. Southwest
g. West
h. Northwest

S.1 What direction were you facing when the object disappeared?

(Circle One):
a. North
b. Northeast
c. East
d. Southeast
e. South
f. Southwest
g. West
h. Northwest

S.2 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to the above two questions. (8 and 8.1).

a. Certain
b. Fairly certain
c. Not very sure
d. Just a guess

9. Were you wearing eye glasses when you saw the object? (Circle One):
Yes …