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DATE - TIME GROUP olay a | Re | a alt ate | 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS OD G21 0% Jbe lnversiom « * bora: ard if as 5 uf © could 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Aiy~-ineercept Racar aShaiia ts COURSE Varied 8. PHOTOS 0 Yee o 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE O Yes XiXNe rs Ww? al a i seh or ( 5 a iv > «oF 4 ‘ + aie eee § ap - 4. « 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Severe] wnicen e . . * . sual gontact. ia FTD ser 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of thie form may be ueed.

| a.’ Pt UNCLASS| Initial “ babe CG. A £ a COUNTAY ee ty mr REPORT NO (R- 5 | adelied a Ws. a ee mr AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION ent a (fy FROM (Agency) Sraee s ote | Headquarters, 25th Air Division (Defense) — AREA REPORTED ON Pacific Northwest {> N, 6 DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INI wai MATION ~ | EVALUATION ee 16 May 53 13 ‘3 May Ee 6 Aol . PREPARED BY (“ificer) SOURCE a a nn ne Major Neil A. Vosburgh, | USAF | 25th Air Division (Defense) REFERENCES (Control number, dircetire, prerious report, etc., as applicable) — —— SS St a | 2 — i SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. ~ Give e significa…

AF FORM 112—PART Ht AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT sa ee | RB SRO -2-53¢ SECTION I (3-97-0) 13 MAY 1953 ad 1. Target B=-97-G, originating in Pacific ADIZ in KB 5255 at 0252 hours, he 340° with 6,000 feet altitude and estimated 90 lmots ground speed. Altit and ground speed remained same throughout course. 2. Pronto Red ( 1 AE aircraft) was scrambled at 01332 and was msuccess- ful = he could not get a visual on the unknowm. 3. Sixpence White (2 Non-AI aircraft vectored in on target) were also unsuccessful. hh. Inclosure #1 is a statement by Captain S. D. Tate and Inclosure #2 is a statement…

AF FORM 112—PART Il } AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (,igency) REPORT NO. 1R-2GAO-2-F 3” _._Fas, 25th Air Division (Def) | 160553 st moe Ft —- he Moby Dick Project ai Tillamook was checked for balloon activity. One balloon wa ased at Tillamook on Monday evening and moved to ND 5010 Tuesday A.M. It hovered there at 55,000 feet for few hours wmtil pressure -anmd balloon moved in opposite direction to LA £000 at OS30Z— ea switched hours, 13 May 1953. 5. Wind was from NE at 5,000 feet, 20 knots. 6. A Coast Guard radio operator at Westport, Washington reported receiving CW transmissions o…

AF FORM 112—PART Il . \ AIR INTELLIGENCE FORM N REPORT FROM CAgenepi (2.254 b - > 53 oP _ Bas, 25th Air Division (Def) | 160553. | moe aes 2. Tha fact that station Pel: was unable to pick up these tracks when thay were within the surveillance capability of their station refutes the ' conelusion, to some extent, that these wera airborne objects. P= had com- pleted their weekly maintenance that morning and the set was painting friendly air traffic and numerous fishing boats and some ocean vessels. - 3. At OL0OOZ ar report from Tatoosh Island (Neah Bay) “ ented a six degree température inversion …

UNCLASSIFIED ae mm, maT L 2 TF fe Of > s. o-oo ae ee ay a] -_ — a] -—-« = | hens 4 4 4 AG approrimately 91332 ue (Pronto tad) ierG Se: ranbled other an unitnow «- Yaotor 279, A 2. hen ve were 15 niles onst Shelton we contacted Shancellor and r4iven a Vootor of 250, Bocey 1? otfslock, 70 mi. AS that tire ue jiaard CiuancelLlor tiviut to wort Siience White onto the ts eh without suseess. Chancellor ee: the Bocevy's ayore asap 2 altitude as 4 Ay so when we vere 20 miles out ve started a descent to 5,950 Zeeb. As we close: Aha niles, my radio onerater said he was otek i. 7 UO sometiine that Looked…

UNCLASSIFIED -=— a Ff mT *Y 4 ‘ i i #7 oh ab i i « loa ‘v | Sa eS eS ot —_— SS fe — o. > » | ite re Looked good as the ground return was very shorp snd distinet. "fer passing the coastline T picked uno a Lares group of tarcets, close totather makine a sontinnous blob as croind return does. These torests were approximataly 12,000 - 15,9090 verds ovb. Gheneslior conbinuad to vyoctor us on into the tarset and when we zot into 6,000 - 8,000 wards | the individual tarsets heesime distinct. They were below us, below | 5,000 = 4,000 fast. we Shrothled i cht hack to 180 = 2900 trots and | obtained a l…

UNCLASSIFIED 15 way 1953 LISTING OF PLOTS OF WNKNOIN TRACK Be97—G AND THs INTERCEPT PLOTS OF SIXPiNCL WHITE L AND 2 AND P20NTO RED WITH. COORDINATES VIOLATOR TRACK Georef Crid Time de KB 5255 . O415z 2e KC 4801 O4L9Z 3- KC 4309 04262 4, KC 4012 04312 5. KC 4115 04,36Z 6. KC 3518 OL40Z Te KC 3323 OLLAs §. KC 2229 OL5CZ 9. KC 2033 04582 LO, KC 1438 05052 ll. KC OSL9 0509 z AF 5483795 Pn x FADED AT 05142 > AND TIukS (Z) PLIGHT TitaCk Georef trid Sixpence uihite LC LC KC KG Ko KO KG KG Ko KG KG BC LD LD MD ND NC LO Ko KC LC LC NC NC NC 4805 1LCO9 2215 3520 4025 3820 3230 2232 3029 LO42 2845 2058 0…