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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  23 March 53 23/0825Z | Casper, Wyoming  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | RALLOON  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Description similar to observation of Balloon launch.  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  Not Reported | Object looking like object in other report from same area same date but not having same motion. Object acted like it was surveying base ranging back and forth like a hunting dog. Disappeared going East. Climbed rapidly as it disappeared. Bright orange light all th
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1. Atir
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3. C. felca

RF065
WPA098
YDB080
TYD086
TDC083
JEPHQ B081
PP JEDEN JEDWP JEPLG 333
DE JEPHQ 01A
P 250159Z
FM :Q USAF WASHDC
TO JEDEN/CGAIRDEFCOM ENT AFB COLO
JEDWP/CHIEF ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEPLG/CGTAC LANGLEY AFB VA
FROM AFOIN 43347 THIS HQS IS IN RECEIPT OF THE FOLLOWING FLYOBRPT REPORT FROM CASPER CMA WYOMING CMA WHICH WAS IMPROPERLY ADDRESSED CMA AND IS QUOTED FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND ACTION. "FLYOBRPT A LARGE SINGLE ORANGE DISK NO TRAIL NO SOUND MOVING VERY RAPIDLY IN SOUTHERLY DIRECTION OVER NATRONA COUNTY AIRPORT CASPER WYOMING AND DISSAPPEARED BEHIND CASPER MO
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3/0125
CASPER, WYOMING
30 March 1953

DETACHMENT #4
4773D GROUND OBSERVER SQUADRON
Post Office Box 123
Casper, Wyoming

SUBJECT: PLYOBERT
THRU: Channels
TO: Director of Intelligence
Headquarters United States Air Force
Washington 25, D. C.

1. Reference letter this detachment subject same as above dated 25 March 1953. A follow-up report is being made of an additional sighting seen in the same location.

2. The object sighted this time was exactly like the one previously sighted but did not travel in the same direction nor in the same manner. One of the witnesses was the same (Mrs
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Dpt #4, 4773rd Ground Observer Squadron, Subject: PLYOBERT

(1) Mrs. [redacted], Ave. Natrona County Airport, (Casper Air Base) Casper, Wyoming. Mrs. [redacted] is a College Graduate in Physiology was in Air Corps during World War II and has flown as passenger in many civil and Military aircraft and was stationed at Boeing aircraft plant in Washington for some time.

(2) Mrs. [redacted], St., Casper, Wyoming a College Graduate and a Housewife.

4. From the interview it is apparent that at least four (4) intelligent and reasonable people have seen some object that is out of the ordinary. There 
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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  23 March 53 24/0300Z | Casper, Wyoming  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | AIRCRAFT  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  One | MATS flight # 2566 took off at 2003 description or sighting xx corresponds with aircraft takeoff.  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  3 Minutes | A large yellow light appeared to rise rapidly on zig zag course from air strip. Object was observed approximately 3 minutes before it rose out of sight.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |   |
|  G
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ACTION
24 Mar 53 21 37 z
1. Ate
2. Ate
3. C. Files
Govt

CTW82 WUS141 KB317 K.CMA149 GOVT PD
CASPER WYO 24 155P
AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER, ATTN ATIAA-2C
WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
FLYOBRPT A LARGE SINGLE ORANGE DISK NO TRAIL NO SOUND MOVING
VERY RAPIDLY IN SOUTHERLY DIRECTION OVER NATRONA COUNTY AIRPORT
CASPER WYOMING AND DISAPPEARED BEHIND CASPER MOUNTAIN PD TIME
OF SIGHTING 2000 HOURS MST 23 MARCH FOR APPROXIMATELY
TWO MINUTES PD THE OBSERVATION WAS VISUAL BY THREE PERSONS
STANDING ON GROUND AT ABOVE AIRPORT PD 42 DEGREES 56 MINUTES
NORTH LATITUDE 106 DEGREES 27 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE
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DETACHMENT #4
4773D CROUND OBSERVER SQUADRON
Post Office Box 123
Casper, Wyoming

25 March 1953

SUBJECT: FLYSBRT
THRU: Channels
TO: Director of Intelligence
Headquarters United States Air Force
Washington 25, D. C.

1. In compliance with AFL 200-5, Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting, dated 29 April 1952, the following report is submitted:

a. At 2000 hours, Mountain Standard Time, 23 March 1953, an unidentified flying object was sighted at Natrona County Airport by three (3) civilian bystanders.

b. Names and addresses of the observers, details of the sighting, description, speed and direc
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STATEMENT
25 March 1953

This is a statement from [redacted] and [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [illegible], [illegible], [illegible], [illegible], [illegible], [illegible].

Street, Casper, Wyoming, taken by [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], [illegible], [illegible], [illegible], [illegible]

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