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DATE OF INFO 7 Nov 50
LOCATION Lakchurst, NJ.
SOURCE Navy pilot
DATE IN TO ATIC ---
COLOR White light
SPEED Twice jet a/c
ALTITUDE 4000' up
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED 25-30 Minutes
TYPE OF OBSERVATION Aerial
MANEUVERS Made passes at source's a/c
Description of incident too lengthy to be recorded here.

Temporary ATIC Form 329
(2 Jan 52)

BALLGOM

UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED

Unidentified Flying Objects
OSI-5D
MCIAXA-1a
22 Jan 51

1. Your attention is invited to the attached correspondence from Hq USAF relative to the above subject.

2. As indicated in the attached letter (Para 1) no definite conclusions can be reached on the information presented. However, it has been the experience of this office that observations in the air especially at night are often very deceiving even to the most experienced observers.

3. A check of the files in this office reveals no other reports which add anything to the report in question with regard to both …

UNCLASSIFIED

AFOIN-V/TC UNCLASSIFIED
Dec 29 1950

SUBJECT: Unidentified Airborne Light

TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: Chief, Intelligence Department

1. The enclosed report is forwarded to your department for analysis and comment. It is probable that a definite conclusion cannot be reached from the facts presented in the report.

2. The nature of the observation suggests a possibility of the object being a lighted balloon. However, this explanation was explored when LTJG Haven was interviewed by Lt. Technical Capabilities Branch…

UNCLASSIFIED
7 Nov

HAVEN
ITEM # 3

From Rogers, MCIAXA-1A

REUR LETTER AFOIN-V/TC DATED 29 DEC CONCERNING UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS REPORTED BY LT. NO DEFINITE CONCLUSIONS CAN BE REACHED ON BASIS OF FACTS PRESENTED. OSI HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO CHECK ON WHETHER REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM OTHER PERSONNEL AT THE SAME TIME AND GENERAL LOCATION. AS SOON AS REPLY IS RECEIVED AMC COMMENTS WILL BE FORWARDED.

7 Nov 50
Lakehurst, N.J.

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10

UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED
16

UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET
AIR FORCE
AIR DEVELOPMENT SQUADRON THREE
% FLEET POST OFFICE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

IN REPLY
REFER TO:
VX-3/A20
SER: 0100
HMA:gdr

30 NOV 1950

FIRST ENDORSEMENT on ltr of LTJG USNR, of 29 Nov 1950

From: Commanding Officer, Air Development Squadron THREE
To: Headquarters U.S. Air Force
AFO1V-TC (Attn: Lt. Col. WILLIS)
Pentagon Building
Washington 25, D.C.

Subj: Encounter with strange phenomena while night flying

1. Forwarded.

H. M. AVERY

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS
DOD DIR 5200.10

UNCLASSIFIED

#887

UNCLASSIFIED
UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET
AIR FORCE
AIR DEVELOPMENT SQUADRON THREE
% FLEET POST OFFICE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
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IN REPLY
REFER TO:
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VX-3/
SER:
RFH:gdr
29 NOV 1950
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From: LTJG 5, USNR
To: Headquarters U.S. Air Force
AF01V-TC (Attn: Lt. Col. WILLIS)
Pentagon Building
Washington 25, D.C.
Via: Commanding Officer, Air Development Squadron THREE
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Subj: Encounter with strange phenomena while night flying
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1. While on a routine night radar navigation flight from NAS Atlantic City on the night of 7 November 1950, the following incident took place. I was flying an AD-…

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airborne, I switched to our squadron common frequency, and requested assistance from any "confine" aircraft in the vicinity. The Commanding Officer and his wing-mand in two F9F's answered, and set course for Lakehurst. In the meanwhile, after five (5) to six (6) passes, this object and I got into a port orbit. I frequently checked my instruments for altitude and engine limitations, and flew in a 60° climbing port bank, indicating 130-135 kts. This light continued to turn about me in wider climbing turns, making about two orbits to my one. At 11,500 feet I abandoned the chase and …