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=e 4 59 TX RT NO. ; Dalibd Skateh of dalbelan = sete hn, w A me a & 5a if AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION aoe Unidentified Flying Object Keport esctupidatiieoleg From (Apney) Dir of Intel, 28th Air Div. Mono Lake Area, California Hamilton Air Force Base, California DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION if EVALUATION ee eo P 20 August 1953 CG-3 SOURCE Ko S. Sameshima, Captain, USAF | USAF TB-29 Crew members REFERENCES (Coniral number, iective, previous report, a, applicable) AF Letter 200-5; 4th Radar Calibration Sqdn CIRVIS Amplify FLYOBRPT msg, 21 Aug 53; 28th AD msg 280ID 6890, 29 Aug 53, CIRVIS S…

Ss (AF FORM 112-PART II $O "AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT From (amet in of Intel, 28th Air Div (Def), Hamilton AFB, Calif. ZG A TR-5=53 41. Two crew members of TB-29 4076, 4th Radar Calibration Squadron, Hamilton Air Force Base, California, state that they sighted unidentified flying objects on 20 August 1953 from 2105Z (1405PDT) to 2115Z (1415PDT) between Georef coordin- ates EJAH2350 and EJBJ2147 (Mono Lake area, California) on a heading of 096D and altitude of 15,700 feet. Weather was reported by the TB-29 crew to have been clear over a layer of haze; visibility, 60 miles. 2. Statemen…

AE FORM 1124PART I ue £ ete , Hs AIR INTELLIGENCE {NFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO. FROM (Agency), Dir of Intel, 28th Air Div (Def), Hamilton AFB, Calif.) 277° Th=5-53 ie ee i 3 3. The unidentified flying objects were observed ina direction which generally coincided with the atmospheric area above Mono Lake, California, 4. It is probable that the unidentified flying objects described in the above report were jet aircraft viewed at considerable distance, and it “is possible that they were conventional aireratt on local flight. Atmospheric conditions and direction of view could have combined to make…

STATEMENT While in flight as left scanner on 1'B-29 4076 assigned to the 4th Radar Calibration Squadron, Hamilton Air Force Base, California, on 20 August 1953, I observed flying objects from 2105Z (1405PDT) until approximately 2115Z (14158) between EJAH2350 and EJBJ2147-(on a heading of 096D) at an altitude of 1,700 feet, as follows: At 2105Z I sighted at 9 o'clock an object which I assumed to be a fighter because we had been warned by the aircraft commander before our take-off to be on the look-out for interceptors. The object was of no definite shape that I can describe and was of dark-grey…

” Statement (continued) A few minutes later I sighted for the fourth time, an object of color ana description similar to those I had seen previously. This time, however, the object moved from 10 o'clock to 7 o'clock where it stopped, then suddenly split up into two vertical formations after which they gradually faded away in that position. I cannot estimate the time that elapsed during this sighting. I called the object to the attention of three AFROTC cadets who were on the plane, but they could not locate the object. The weather during the time of sightings was clear over a layer of haze. Th…

RESFRIETFED STATEMENT While in flight as right scanner on TB-29 4076, assigned to the 4th Radar Calibration Squaaron, Hamilton Air Force Base, Valifornia, on 20 August 1953, I observed a flying object at about 21122 (lui2Ppur) at about HJBHOO4S at an altitude of 15,700 feet, as follows: At approximately 2112Z (1,12PDT), the left scanner called to my attention an object which he claimed to have sighted. I observed at 9 o'clock an oval-shaped spherical object of transparent dull grey color at an altitude which I estimated to be the same as ours, The object moved in a course which was paraliel to…

AH2350 2105Z Inclosure 3 of 3 Inclosures 1 R-5-53 28th AD (Defe ——_—__» Course of 75 nse) 29 ———-m> Approximate oe of sight Scale: 0 10 Nautical Miles UY Approximate duration of sighting Declassification Authority: NND 57565 TB-29 (return trip) Bishop a a