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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  8 April 53 08/1530Z | San Juan, Puerto Rico  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Military | BALLOON Characteristic of a weather balloon. Inexperienced observer. Sparks could be caused by sun reflecting on instruments attached to the balloon. One radiosonde balloon released at San Juan, P.,  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  One | One bright white light was seen at a high altitude, higher than B-36 a/c in the area at the time. It moved from N to S and disappeared upward. Moved at high speed. Sparks could …

AF FORM 112—PART I
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
UNCLASSIFIED 76

|  COUNTRY | REPORT NO. | RECEIVED  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Puerto Rico | IR-22-53 | IR-22-53  |

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

SUBJECT: Unidentified flying object

AREA REPORTED ON: San Juan, Puerto Rico
DATE OF REPORT: 17 April 1953
PREPARED BY (NAME): BRADFORD P. SHUMAN, Major, USAF
REFERENCES (This is number, duration, previous report, etc., or application): 18/11309

FROM (Agency): Wing Intelligence Office
SUBJECT: (Name, duration, previous report, etc., or application): Wing Intelligence Office

SUMMARY: (Under similar summ…

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HEADQUARTERS
FOUR ENGINEER DRAFT
FOUR BUSINESS FORCES EIGHT
8 April 1953

On or about 1130 hours, 4 Apr 53, I was called from my office in Fort McGonza, Texas by Capt. Eddie Fratticelli, Post Medical & Prize Officer, to come to the station and observe a flying saucer. Capt. Fratticelli was within toward Fort McGonza, Texas from the Post Emergency and I left the building concerned by Capt. Thomas P. Earle, Asst. Cj, M Sgt Alejandro Fernandez, Operation Sergeant, Miss Lillian Wilson, S-2 Secretary and several other persons from Fort McGonza. Capt. Fratticelli pointed to the sky …

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8 April 1948

On or about 1120 hours 6 April 1948 I heard the peculiar noise made by a B-36 passing by. I stopped out of my office to look into the sky. As the B-36 passed by I kept looking into the sky. I noticed a very bright bulb about the size the size of 12 mm. I notice the situation of this fact to my first Lt. Louis Quincer, Sgt. Richard Goodwill and Pfc. James Feilot who were among them all over the flying ball of size. We thought we first that it was the Vessel Story but later we noticed it was coming south. It disappeared at 10:00 when the c…

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155918 AM
US ARMY DISPENSARY FORT BUCHANAN
FORT BUCHANAN, PENNSYLVANIA

8 April 1953

In my about 1120 hours today, while checking the surrounding of the Dispensary from a point overhead called up attention and I looked to the map to see an airplane. In that same moment Capt. Eddie Fratticelli stopped out of the Main Office, this Dispensary, and we also looked up close to see the airplane. While looking the airplane, Capt. Fratticelli invited me to look to a strange object, round in shape, at a short distance from the airplane. When I first saw this strange object, it sparked to m…

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HEADQUARTERS
FORT BUCHANAN, DEPOT
FORT BUCHANAN, PUERTO RICO
8 April 1953

On or about 1130 hours, 8 April 1953, I went out there at
Place Headquarters to see what a number of military and
civilian personnel were pointing out in the area. Very
close to the man I could see a very bright object.
Apparently round in shape, moving from North to East.
It appeared to be travelling very rapidly and looked as
high as a star at night. It continued going up until I
lost it from sight. I don't remember having seen anything
like this before.

Clerk-steam
RJF

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