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1, DATE - TIME GROUP 7 OCATION 33. Jan 53° 11,/23052 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION Varied 0 Civ's of Gadsden, 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Tt) 24 oe, rossioly Balloon, . LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object appeared to be brit » Slowin:, yulticolored ium cr; fs wid * * r. * . . "] . . 4 TYPE OF CBSERVATION relative size & shape nob escertainible, Obtect seemed to be drifting vith the winds, Altitude S=—9000'. =Object be | . . % . bs] * .* . ‘ Gro und=Visual traveled from horizon to horigon dri ry 5—LO minutes COURSE Sighting. FORM FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form…

AF FORM.142-~/PART 1 | econ cncdli cae \ APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 ah Noto in gee COUNTRY Ta) REPORT NO, (LEAVE BLANK) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT | a a Page FLYOBRPT er ee eee ty re eg Northwest Alabama | Headquarters, 3800th A U Wing, Maxwell APE rr dllr”,”,:*—‘aioee mh, el. 15 January 1953 1, January 1953 B-1 EO Ni EE TTA > =| ai ee De ee ne TA, ore: Nilliam E. Boyer 2dLt. USAF Civilian Airport Manager, Gadsden, Ala. a, SO ne eee gt yr None ee se ee a ee ee = a EE eS ST SUMMARY: (inter concise summary of report, Give significance in final one-aentence paragraph. List inclosures a…

AF FORM 112—PART Il 7 MCLE Aiea wars at U Ni CLAS wis 1h | AIR INTELLIGENCE !NEORMATION REPORT FROM (sigertcy) REPCPT NO, jeadquarters, 39800th AU Win IR-1-53 ed Pees highs Nekoun . PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES At 1705C, 11 Jarmary 1953, an unidentified flying object was sighted by approximately twenty(20) citizens of Gadsden, Alabama. Among the sighters were the Civilian Air Defense Director and the Manaver of the Gadsden Airport, lir. ir. » interviewee, sighted the object while taking daily weather observations. The object was sighted NNW of the town of Gadsden at an estimated altitude of eight(8) or n…

1. DATE - TIME GROUP EE S's he Ye ST Bele YA 3. SOURCE 2 Civ Men NUMBER OF OBJECTS swe LENGTH OF OSSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual COURSE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE O Yos vx No FORM FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) 2. |' “ATION Peele : oF ; Py | .. i _” \ * e MN AVOTVLO LovMas 10. CONCLUSION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS \ - - a re rs — > . - were 3=-5,000' and 6<¢ 3 O00' res pe ctl vely. were rea sai e ay sed et or arCA. cts fits tnat oL a balloons the USAA tie on ion of ob; Aa. 2 3.5002 in bhe 2e VDescri pt morning sun. Previous editions of this form may be used, ry 2. , » 2 af . >, 4 LL “a © _ } …

] : { UNCLASSIFIED % rae San Antonio, Texz3 12 January 1953 I. Description of Incident | At 1555 3 two investigators for the Kelley AFB tir Polics Office observed two soundless elliptical objects in the SE sky, over Kelley AFB. The objects - wers estimated tm be traveling in a SE direction. II. Discussion sf Incident One of the <ources stated that the objects coul? have been balloons or dnflated gas bags. There were two scheduled launches of large type weather balloons from th+ San Antonio area at 1500 4. III. Conclusion | f ! | | Probably balloons. DOWNGRADED AT 3 YRAR INTRRVALS: DECLASSIFIED…

de 15 192- ( on In iO 4 b A C-1 PRIORITY that “J s ALY kM CG SAAMA KELLY AFB TEX \ 4 ny fe mn TO DIR OF INTELL CS USAF WASH DC \' ee, G ATIC WPAFB OHIO ATTN ATIAA-2C K w c cA ONCLA SSIFIEDS. / ed ADC ENT AFB COLO ANC WPAFB OHIO ATTN INTEL DIV AS, SALP-2516e AT 9955 CST 12 JAN 53 MR ey °> —_— OF ! THE AIR POLICE OFFICE BLDG KELLY AFB TEXAS SIGHTED 2 LUMINOUS SOUNELE SS ELLIPTICAL OBJECTS APPROXIMATELY AS LARGE AS A MEDIUM<SIZED AIRPLANE IN THE SOUTHEAST SKY OVER KELLY AFBe THE OBJECTS REMAINED VISIBLE FOR ABOUT 4 MINUTES.e A VISUAL OBSERVATION WAS MADE. THE OBJECTS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE TRAVELLI…

( AF FORM 112—PART | | “SER TCLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 , ; . Ny COUNTRY REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANKA) USA UNCL, ON  ——————E——eeE———E——e *LYOBRPT ds end ae we hes AREA REPORTED ON meg A mmm a a ‘SUBJECT ean re ne ay a ane Nee ere a San antonio, Texas cee ee ee Oi ek RO DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUA TION | | «UA January 1955 PREPARED BY (Officer) chael Blow, end Lt. REFERENCES: (Conirel number, directive, previous report, ete., ¢ elc., aa applicable) SOURCE es nye-itness , iS : AL ; *T L 20 -5 > lat 2¢ 2 April 1952 = ees =e SUMMARY: (inter concise suimmary of report, Give sign…

« AF FORM 112—PART Il Da Reeesetp ae | APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 I UNC ' AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT UNCLASSIFIED ; FROM (rlyency) REPORT NO, ? | SALAM PAGE L OF A PAGES | At aporoximatel; y ig ol ? >, | San Antonio, Texas, and - f antonio | <‘sichted two Luminous ellis tical objects. ‘They apveared to be about as jarce as a } mediumsiz ec airplane, but had no trail, exhaust, or other visiole means of propul- sion, nor did they a any sound. ‘they continusd moving at about 2990 moh in a gtraiznt line sway from the observsrs, end their disadpesrance was gradual. One of tne odb3ects was et tho…