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Wing Intelligence 2 3 Castile Af Base, California | l. The preparing officer in company with an OSI agent and a Castle AF Base Pio representative drove to Modesto, California on 3 September 1953 to view a photograph showing an unidentified elliptical shaped lizht. 2. The reason give for taking the picture was that Mr. GQUSSENSSRR, Modesto 5ee newsvaper photographer, andi a reporter for the same paper saw a yellowish white light at 1945PDT 3 ‘eptember 1953. The light seemed to be about 10 degrees abcvs the horizon in the direction of Modesto iirvort. They said it appeared to remain stationary a…

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FLYOBW’T — California Hq, 93d Bomb ing, Castle 173, California 11 September 1953 3 September 1953 PG | a Rey =. Gudith Various civilians TT S33W ()), CDCI 5120 Forwaried herewith is a photograph showing an ellictical shapsd light. The shote was maie at night from the top of a building in hcdesto, California. The pon was criented towards the ‘ast and was left unattended for four hours excect : for opening and closing the shutter, <A civil deiense ground observer crew noted an 9 cme with a landing light on fly the traffic pattern at Modesto iirport sev2ral — during the interval that the exposure…

TNS LASS IPFIZD —_eees Wing Intelligenee | Castle AP Base, California 3 3 3- Comments of Preparing Officer: It is the opimion of the prsparing officer that the elliptical light in the photograph is the flash of a landing light of an aircraft fiying in the vicinity of Modeste Airport. This conclusivun is based on statements of observers and the coincidence of the northwest orisntation of the run- way and its location. the runway was 42M from the observers and 235é from the camera. ee map, inclosure 2,