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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  22 Aug 55 | Madrid, Spain | ☑ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1443 Day GMT. 22/1343Z | 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 mil *USAF | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 min, 15 sec ± | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 | 9. COURSE SE & up ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluat…

1 Witness
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS, 10TH DISTRICT OFFICE, MADRID, SPAIN
Ltr 23 Aug 55 Subj: Unidentified Flying Object Sighted at Madrid, Spain
1443 hours, 22 August 1955

JUSOP-3 1st Ind

JOINT U.S. MILITARY GROUP (SPAIN), APO 285, New York, N.Y. AUG 25 1955

TO: Director of Intelligence, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

1. The above sighting of an unidentified flying object is forwarded
in accordance with paragraph 7a(2)(b), AFR 200-2, 12 August 1954.

2. Additional investigation by this headquarters reveals that two
F-86 aircraft were flying in the Madrid area dur…

HEADQUARTERS
UNITED STATES AIR FORCES IN EUROPE
Office of Special Investigations
10th District Office-Madrid, Spain

APO 285, US Air Force

23 Aug 1955

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SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Sighted at Madrid, Spain, 1443 hours, 22 August 1955

TO: Chief, JUSMG
    ATTN: Director of Operations
    APO 285, USAF

1. At 1050 hours, 23 August 1955, Major WILLIAM A. BURDICK, AO-728823, Chief, Procurement Division, Directorate of Procurement Production, Spain Air Materiel Area (SPAMA), (telephone #346300, Ext. 310) visited DO #10 to report having sighted an unidentified flying object.

2. Maj B…

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SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Sighted at Madrid, Spain, 1443 hours, 22 August 1955 (CONT'D)

object started to rise until it vanished from sight. The total period that the object was in sight was from one minute and 15 seconds, to one minute and 30 seconds.

Regarding weather and visibility at the time of sighting, the sky was cloudless in the area of the object, the sun was shining brightly, the sky blue, there was no fog or haze and no relative wind at ground level. Ceiling and visibility were unlimited. There was no one else in the vicinity of Maj BURDICK at the time of the sight…