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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 3. 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
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|  2 Nov 51 | 49.25N 53.30W (Atlantic) | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  2. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 03/0114, 0154Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Not Reported | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 ea time | 9. COURSE Descending ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient 
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INCOMING MESSAGE
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
1938 APR 20 AM 9 00
WASHINGTON

INFORMATION REPORT
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

No. 276-51

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

19 December 1951

19 December 1951

A. G. Love, Captain, USAF

1938 APR 20 AM 9 00

1951

AIR INTELLIGENCE DIVISION

Intelligence Division, Hq MAWS
Bureau AF Base, Washington 25, D. C.

3 November 1951

A-2

Intelligence Officer, Flight "B",
6th Air Reserve Sq, Ernest Harmon AFB,
Stephenville, Newfoundland

1. Report contains detailed data on the 
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  INTERMEDIATE | Patrol No. | PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES  |
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|  Intelligence Division, Hq MATS Andrews AFB, Washington 25, D. C. | IR-278-51 |   |

1. On 3 November 1951, at 0006Z, R-5D #542, en route from Argentia, Newfoundland, to Patuxent River, Maryland, at an altitude of 8,000 feet, reported sighting a brilliant white flare which came up through an undercast. Location of the sighting was at 47° 00' N, 57° 35' W, approximately 60 miles due east of St. Pierre, Pierre Island, a French possession 100 miles so
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UNCLASSIFIED
AFFAIR 112—PART II
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  Intelligence Division, Hq MATE | REPORT NO. | PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES  |
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|  Andrews AFB, Washington 25, D.C. | ER-278-D |   |

b. SA-10 4058 was immediately directed to the area and arrived at 0414Z. VPR conditions existed and visibility was unlimited. A small flashing green beacon was visible on an off-shore island. The pilot, however, expressed doubt as to whether the Pan American pilot could have seen the green light from 15,000 feet. He also expressed doubt that it could have been mistaken for a flare. A 

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