28956223.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 3 September 53 3/0500Z  |
| --- | --- |
|  2. LOCATION | Jones Beach, New York  |
|  3. SOURCE | Civilians  |
|  10. CONCLUSION | POSSIBLY LIGHT REFLECTIONS OF CLOUDS  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | One  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 5 Sec, 20-30 Seconds  |
|  11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS | Dirigible shaped luminous object silver colored which appeared to be slightly obscured by haze or smoke was first observed traveling on a straight horizontal 2 course through 30 deg azimuth and faded away after being observed 5 seconds. Was seen for time traveling in a 1 direction…

UNCLASSIFIED
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WPI026
YDC034
TYD016
TDD017
JEPQW 3008
RR JEDEN JEDWP JEPHQ 333
DE JEPQW 147
R 252100Z ZNJ
FM HQ 2500TH AB WC MITCHEL AFB NY
TO JEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO
JEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASDC

03/050
11:20
M H
Action
8
ATTAF
3
Atia
4 R File

(C) N/A

(4) (A) 0500Z 3 SEP 53
(B) NIGHT

(5) 73 DASH 30 W CMA 40 DASH 42 N CMA AT SURF ON BEACH BY TOWER CMA
JONES BEACH STATE PARK N Y

(6) (A) [redacted]
RELIABILITY FAIR PD MR AND MRS [redacted]
RELIABILITY FAIR
(B) N/A

PAGE THREE JEPQW 147

(7) (A) VERY DARK NIGHT MOON AND STARTS NOT VISIBLE WEA CALM NO
CLOUDS OBSERVED NO RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITY OBSERVED
(B) MITCHEL AFB WEA STA REPORTS CLN
6000 FT 320 DEGREES 11 KNOTS
10000 FT 320 DEGREES 10 KNOTS
16000 FT 340 DEGREES 8 KNOTS
20000 FT 340 DEGREES 21 KNOTS
30000 FT 350 DEGREES 17 KNOTS
50000 FT 350 DEGREES 23 KNOTS
61000 FT CALM
(C) 5…

ZEN/COMDR CONAC MITCHEL AFB NY UNCLASSIFIED
MTL 0-85-9 DO PD RE PAR 6B AFR 200-2 UFOB CLN

(1) (A) DIRIGIBLE
(B) BASEBALL
(C) LUMINOUS SILVER
(D) ONE
(E) N/A
(F) MAY HAVE HAD EIGHT WINDOWS CMA TWO TIERS OF FOUR EACH
CMA LENGHWISE OF THE BODY
(G) APPEARED TO BE SLIGHTLY OBSCURED BY HAZE OR SMOKE
(H) NONE AUDIBLE PAREN BUT OBSERVER WAS STANDING AT THE EDGE
OF HEAVY SURF PAREN

PAGE TWO JEPQW 147

(I) NONE
(2) (A) THE ONLY LIGHT VISIBLE BETWEEN THE HORIZON AND ZENITH ON
VERY DARK NIGHT
(B) 15 DASH 20 DEGREES
(C) SAME
(D) STRAIGHT CMA HORIZONTAL CMA THROUGH 30 DEGREE AZIMUTH
(E) FADED AWAY
(F) OBS…

(9) NONE
(10) NONE
(11) CONSIDERABLE INBOUND AND OUTBOUND TRAFFIC NY INTL CLN NEWARK CLN LAQUARDIA AND MITCHEL AFB NY CMA ALL OF WHICH WOULD PASS AREA OF SIGHTING WELL ABOVE CLOUD COVER

PAGE FOUR JEPQW 147

(12) MAJ JAMES A GEYER DO MITCHEL AFB THE TEMPERATURE BEING VERY WARM ON NIGHT OF SIGHTING NUMEROUS TOURISTS HAD PARKED AROUND AREA OF SIGHTING PD EITHER THE SPOTLIGHT FROM AN AUTOMOBILE WAS REFLECTED OFF THE CLOUD BANK OR ROTATING BEACON WHICH IS ON TOP OF TOWER AT JONES BEACH STATE PARK REFLECTED OFF CLOUD BANK AND WAS OBSERVED PD THE HAZE RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITY

USED THE REFLECTION …