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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  1 November 1956 | 60 Miles E of St Louis, Mo. | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 01/2330Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar XX Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Military | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE heading of 280 dgr  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMAR…

United States | W/1642 | IR-6-56
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT. ATIC 3/24/52

|  AREA REPORT CONCERNS | 60 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri  |
| --- | --- |
|  AGENCY OF ORIGIN | Hq Air Proving Ground Command Eglin Air Force Base, Florida  |
|  DATE OF REPORT | 19 Dec 1956  |
|  SOURCE OF INFORMATION | Lt Col Rosenfield Capt Orville H. Daniel  |
|  DATE OF INFORMATION | 1 Nov 1956  |
|  PREPARING OFFICER | Capt William M. Lyons Chief, Intelligence Division  |
|  AVALUATION | B-2  |

W/1642

In compliance with AFR 200-2, the following report is submitted. This report pertains to an Unide…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFICATION)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | Hq Air Proving Ground Command Eglin Air Force Base, Florida | REPORT NO. | IR-6-56 | PAGE 1 OF 1 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

INCLOSURE #1

STATEMENT BY CAPTAIN DANIEL

I was the Aerial Weather Reconnaissance Officer on the night of 1 November 1956 in a T-33 aircraft going from Springfield, Illinois to Eglin Air Force Base on a true course of 140°. After reaching an altitude at 35,000 feet, a steady orange light with a blue tinge was sighted near Mount Vernon at about …

APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agency) Hq Air Proving Ground Command Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
REPORT NO. IR-6-56
PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES

(1) Description of the object:
(a) A round light
(b) The size of the light was about that of a F-94 A/B light when seen from a distance of 1 mile at night. However, there was no tail visible.
(c) A very light yellow
(d) One
(e) N/A
(f) N/A
(g) The object was round without any tail and looked like an exhaust.
(h) No sound heard
(i) N/A

(2) (a) and (b) A light moved across the sky from about 10 o'clock a few degrees above the ho…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFICATION)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Hq Air Proving Ground Command Eglin Air Force Base, Florida | IR-6-56 |   |

(10) Not available

(11) The preparing officer is Captain William M. Lyons, Chief, Intelligence Division, APGC, Eglin AFB, Florida. In this particular report, the observer is a serious, conscientious, experienced pilot who was a bit reluctant in submitting this report.