28954245.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  12 April 53 12/1401Z | Torbay Airport, Newfoundland  |
|  3. SOURCE Military | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Not Reported | Unidentified target appeared on radar scope approaching on a darmagnetic course of approx 270 deg. One of the observers looked outside & saw what he thought was a B-29 a/c. Then the object disappeared, the observer returned to the radar set where he observed the object making a 180 deg turn 2 miles W of airport. It faded from radar scop…

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 192 - PART I
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948

|  COUNTRY | Canada  |
| --- | --- |
|  REPORT NO. | IN-21-53  |
|  LEAVE BLANK | AF546136  |

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  SUBJECT | Unidentified Aircraft  |
| --- | --- |
|  AREA REPORTED ON | Newfoundland  |
|  DATE OF REPORT | 20 April 1953  |
|  PREPARED BY (Agency) | NATHAN J. McVERBON, Captain, USAF  |
|  ADDRESS | AF 544201  |
|  TECH LIBRARY | Dir/Lt, USAC  |
|  FINANCIAL | U.S. AIR FORCE  |
|  SUBJECT | Intelligence Officer, 664th AD Gp. Pepperrell Air Force Base, Newfoundland  |

1. An unidentified B-29 type aircraft…

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HEADQUARTERS
NORTHEAST AIR COMMAND
PEPPERRELL AIR FORCE BASE
APO 862, c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y.

NDDIN 319.1 (T) 30 April 1953

SUBJECT: Correction of NEAC IR-21-53, dated 20 April 1953

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

1. Reference NEAC IR-21-53, dated 20 April 1953, paragraph 2, Part I is in error, and should be destroyed in accordance with AFR 205-1.

2. Attached IR-21-53 Part I (revised) is in lieu of one mentioned above.

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

1 Incl: NEAC IR-21-53, Part I (revised)
FRED W. SIEBERT
Lt. Co…

AF FORM 112—PART I
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
UNCLASSIFIED
(CLASSIFICATION)
Authority: UNCLASSIFIED
(CLASSIFICATION)
Cmnds
IR-21-53
(CLASSIFICATION)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
(CLASSIFICATION)
Subject: Unidentified Aircraft
(CLASSIFICATION)
Date of Report: 20 April 1953
(CLASSIFICATION)
Date of Appointment: 12 April 1953
(CLASSIFICATION)
First Class: Dir/Int, NEAC
(CLASSIFICATION)
A-2
(CLASSIFICATION)
NATRAN J. PETERSON, Captain, USAF
(CLASSIFICATION)
Intelligence Officer, 40th AD Gp
Pepperrell Air Force Base, Newfoundland
SUMMARY (Show name or country of report. Give description in full an…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM: (illegible)
Dir/Int, NEAC
REPORT NO.
IR-23-53
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1. At 121401Z, Master Sergeant Crockett noticed an unidentified target on the OCA scope approaching on a magnetic course of approximately 270 degrees at Torbay Airport, Newfoundland. Airman 1st Class Howland and Airman 2nd Class Benson, assigned to the OCA crew, also witnessed the same targets on the OCA scope. Immediately thereafter, Sergeant Crockett looked outside the OCA trailer in order to observe this unidentified target, and rec…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
(CLASSIFICATION)
Dir/Int, NEAC
REPORT NO. IR-21-53
PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES

4. From the foregoing available information, there appears to be only three possible explanations of this incident:

a. That subject aircraft was in fact the C-27 referred to in par 3 above; that the pilot, when discovering that he was off course, had voiced to the north to get out of the Torbay traffic pattern; and that he gave a faulty position report.

b. That subject aircraft was a U. S. aircraft on a classified flight, the flight p…