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Declassification Authority NND 923007 h602D AISS UFOB LOG {REPORT NUMBER {DATE/TIME OF SIGHTING [RECD AISOP | | ATSS-UFOB-2h3~56 | 31/c0302 May 56 | 6 dune 1956 | Fe OCATION OF SICHTING [LOGGED BY | | Homestead AFB, Homestead, Florida | S.Set DeRudder lACTION TAKEN Tt Mag. _ No formal investigation authorized MEANS RECD oe INVES UNIT |DATE INVES ASSIGNED ‘ASSIGNED BY w/a N/A | N/a heen eetiese caer ene pete ee DATE IR RECD FQ - DATE TR APPROVED [DATE IR TO ATIC W/A . | N/A | N/A a | Ce DATE AISOP FORM 5 { ' 8 June 1996 | Tn nS ne ‘COMMENTS A request (see Attached TT) has been sent for the sket
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ANAGEG Declassification Authority NND 923007 ENOGG2 ENCB23 VYADS6 AKAGB9 PP RJEDEN a DE RJESAK isa zoe EUR: 7 53 UNCLAS/ZUI ENAL57 ZDK pE“RUESaK “o> 0518152 «Ml RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHO RJESKS . DR DE RJESAK 22 : | _ ee ee | M O51815Z | FM COMADIV 823 HOMESTEAD AFB FLA : Ws TO RJEDEN/COMADG ENT AFB COLO. pore nessseee RJEDWP/COMATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO. moar ohh Bidbaee Ast RJEPHQ/COFS. USAF WASHDC © DATETIME GROUP (909 vers Senn Fh RJESKB/COMADIV 35 DEF DOBBINS AFB GA , Bete MAIS ES BT 7UNCLAS/FROM 379D014783 UF OB -1. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT (A) SHAPE. OBJECT WAS. DESCRIBED BY ONE OBSERVER T
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Declassification Authority NND 923007 PAGE THREE. RJESAK 22 . ay OBSERVER.USE BINOCULARS AS AN: AID BUT. LEARNED NO NEW INFORMATION. (CC) N/A 4. TIME AND DATE. (A) BETWEEN 1930. AND 2490 HOURS EST 5@ MAY 1956.. “€B) NIGHT’ SIGHTING. 5. ONE OBSERVER WAS LOCATED IN 379TH BOMB WING HAS - HOMESTEAD AFB. THE OTHER OBSERVER WAS LOCATED’ IN BASE OPNS BLDG, ' ON THE RUNWAY AND IN THE CONTROL TOWER ON HOMESTEAD AFB. 6. OBSERVERS. CA) NEG. €B) JAMES A. WOOD, AF6281802, M/SGT,. USAF, 19TH ARS, HOMESTEAD AFB, FLA. FLT ENG, 5,888 HOURS FLYING TIME, RELIABILITY, BERY GOOD. WALTER F...0" ROURKE, AF11202999, 
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_Declassification Pech NND. 923007 eee ener RGR UR NR 12 UFGV ENOS13QWE YDD139 VYB158 VMBO8S AKAG4@ . MM RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHO RJESKB , “DE RJESAK. 22 UW. BS18L5Z.. Fo COMADIV 823 HOMESTEAD AFB FLA “FO RJEDEN/COMADC EN. AFB COLO - RJEDWP/COMATIC WRIGHT PA TERSON AFB OHIO RIJEPHQ/COFS USAF WASHDC RJESKB/COMADIV 35 DEF DOBBINS AFB Ga BT YUNCLAS/FROM 379D014783 UFOB 1. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT _ €A) SHAPE. .OBJECT WAS DESCRIBED BY ONE OBSERVER TO BE EITHER CIRCU- -LAR OR EWIPTICAKGM ANOTHER OBSERVER OF SAME OBJECT FAILED TO ASCERTAIN ITS SHARE..(BY SIZE. ONE.OBSERVER STATED THAT THE OBJECT WAS BETWEE
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oa: Dectassification Authority NND 923007 | WO RJESAK 22 ‘ : sees WHICH HE THOUGHT TO BE ON THE TAIL OF THE OBJECT. THE OTHER OBSERVER STATED THE LIGHTS WERE SIMILAR TO THOSE ON AN H-19, IE, ONE ‘RED. LIGHT IN THE CENTER AND ONE WHITE LIGHT ON EITHER SIDE. LATER THIS OBSERVER SAW JUST THE RED LIGHT. (G) TAIL. NEG CH) SOUND. ONE OBSERVER WAS TOO FAR FROM THE OBJECT TO HEAR ANY SOUNDS. THE OTHER OBSERVER, THOUGH NEAR THE OBJECT HEARD NO SOUND. (I) PERTINENT FEATURES. NEG. 2. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT. CA) ONE OBSERVER FIRST SIGHTED THE OBJECT WHEN HIS ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON A FIRE NOXW O
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Declassification Authority NND 923007 COMER },602D AISS ENT AFB COLO O6/L7LOZ JUN 6 — UNCLASSIFIED _ ROUTINE COMADIV 823 HOMESTEAD AFB FLA 1 } Br /UNCLASSIFIED/AISOP pp REF YOUR MSG 379D0I)783 PD IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARA 6B CMM AFR 200-2 CMM TT IS REQUESTED THAT THIS HQ BE FURNISHED WITH SKETCHES AND SIGNED STATEMENTS OF UFOB SIGHTING WHICH OCCURED ‘AP HOMESTEAD AFB AT 31,/03002 0 31,/0500Z MAY 56 PD If IS FURTHER REQUESTED THAT THIS HQ BE GIVEN CLARIFICATION AS ‘TO WHY ONE OBSVR SAW THE OBJSCT FOR THREE MINUTES AND OTHER OBSVR SAW OBJECT FOR TWO AND ONE-HALF HOURS PD or FURTHER eA OR COMMENTS 
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Declassification Authority NND 923007 Headquarters 823D AIR DIVISION United States Air Force Homestead Air Force Base, Florida fed = JUN 1855 379D01L . SUBJECT: UFCB - TOs _ Commander 602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron Ent Air Force Base, Colorado 1.. In accordance with Paragraph 6b, Air Force Regulation 200-2, dated 12 August 195, and Message AISOP 0538, your headquarters, state- - ments by A/2C O'Rourke and M/Sgt Wood and a diagram of the object sighted on 30 May 1956 are forwarded, 2. In reference to that part of your message asking pier ficarion of why one observer only saw the object 
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Declassification Authority NND 923007 31 May 1956 CERTIFICATE &% about 2030, 30 May 56, I was on duty in the Wing Control Room. I overheard a conversation from the Base Operations control dispatcher, requesting the crash crew to investigate a light off the northeast end of the ramp. I looked out and saw a small fire in that direction which appeared to be offf the Base. At the same time there was a moving light and an object of indefinite shape with a yellow or orange light on it at about 500 feet and two miles distance. It moved as though circling, sometimes practically hovering and at others 

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