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(CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE {2s “Unites ‘Kingdom “E3eL, BEB pr?) Od AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT FLYOBRPT AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) South-Central France Hq 20th Ftr Bmr Wg, APO 120, USAF DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 28 August 1953 17 August 1953 A-6 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Captain James M. Kirk As listed in report REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) AFL 200-5, par. 7 SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of rep…

7 AF FORM 112—PART It APPROVED 1 JUNE 1928 (CLASSIFICATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. Hq 20th Ftr Bmr Wg, APO 120 53-1 On 17 August 1953 an unidentified flying object was sighted over South-Central France (aprx )715N/0)30E), by two pilots of the 55th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 20th Fighter Bomber Wing, en route to the UK from Rome, Italy. Persons interviewed who observed the object were: Captain Walter G. Center, AO 782163 lst Lt. Thomas N. Cairney, AO 1909691 Both observers are considered reliable, experienced pilots. No other air traffic was known to be in th…

AF FORM 112—PART II APPROVED 1! JUNE 1948 Pd (CLASSIFICATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. 53-1 STATEMENT On 17 August 1953, we, Captain Walter G. Center, AO 782163, and 1st Lt. Thomas N. Cairney, AO 1909691, USAF, members of the 55th Fighter Bomber Squadron, departed Ciampino Airfield, Rome, Italy at 1717Z with a flight of two F8G aircraft on a routine navigational proficiency flight to Wethersfield RAF Station, England. About 1830Z over the approximate position of l:715N/030E (South-Central France), cruising altitude 36,500 feet, magnetic heading 320 degrees, …

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Declassification Authority: NND 57565