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Declassification Authority NND 923007 1602D AISS UFOB LOG TSS=UFOB=136-56 ds foses May 56 25 May 56 LOCATION OF SIGHTING jeoceny BY miles northwest of Monroe, Louisiana 8/Sgt DeRudder ACTION TAKEN Investigation authorized sho celntetind tht eS DATE INVES ASSIGNED ;y May 56 esulta of investigation as indicated belwo: pe .}CONCLUS IONS , i " . AISOP FORM 7 (2 APR 55) REPORT NUMBER [DATE/TIME OF SIGHTING .  {RECD AISCP t COMMENTS . i.

Declassification Authority NND 923007 . > AISOP Long Distance Telephone Call Comdr, 602d ATSS ATSOP . 23 May 5¢ 0930 hours ~ ATSS Log #26 S/Sgt DeRudder/hh98 MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD: 1. Telephone conversation between S/Sgt DeRudder, this headquarters, and Captain Louis Monroe, Flight 2-D. 2. The undersigned called Flight 2-D to authorize the investigation of a UFOB sighted by the pilot and co-pilot of a T~33.near Monroe, Louisiana, at 23/0515Z May 56. 3. It was requested that Flight 2-D ccntact the UFOB observers telephonically at Greenville AF3, Mississippi, to ascertain all pertinent data abou…

ALL SET AT THIS END FIRE AWAY ‘ENNAO71 VYC149 VDALO7YQAG1& eeerrvy RJEDEN RJEPFF DE. FM TO.. BT 7 CIRWISS De wees 4 UFO Bs eee DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT(S): Ae Bs De. E. F Ge ¥ -239805Z we ee RJEPFF/CHIEF OF RARE Soy WASH D CF UNK. eee me. — RJESYQ 82 CMDR MAXWELL FLT SVC CTR MAXWELL AFB ‘ALA RJEDEN/CMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLO CROSS SHAPED SPORTER AND WIDER THA C47. UNK.. - ONE Sos BRILLIANTLY LIGHTED NO ERHaE> be NO. EROF. LEE BEHIND OBJECT NONE... UNK

Declassification Authority NND 923007 "39. “CaUTICAL MILES NORTH ty MEST OF MONROE, LA... a CIVILIAN eel ds Ma) OF ALL, OBSERVERSS 4,

Declassification Authority NND 923007 ao KURT CARLEY 27792A 3585 PILOT: TRAING WG. - GREENVILLE AFB MISS. ~ PILOE Sen cemen IN: INTERCEPTIONS. Te eee aa ALOFT AT. TINE AND. PLACE. oF SIGHTING: Ae CLEAR | MOONLET NIGHT. CEILING=- NONE. D. VISIBILITY-19. MILES 3»- CLOUD ‘COVER= NONE: Ra latte bed tte shone 19. tL. OPERATIONS OFFICE, MAXWELL, FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER, 1 MAXWELL AFB, ALA 12. NONEM : SIGNED GOLINSKY EJO BT 25/0806Z CAA RA

Declassification Authority NND 923007 “DRAPR DRAFT  DRABT COMMENTS of Approving Officers: ‘1. This headquarters does not concur with the opiates of the Prevaring Genter that this etilas was caused by an optical phenomenon. Inasmuch as the ‘object appeared ‘to become larger as the SOURCES approached it and then appeared to diminish in size as the SCURCES withdrew from it, the existance of a solid object rather than a type of optical phenomenon is indicated. Ze. It is the opinion of this headquarters that this sighting was: caused . by the radiosonde balloon Launched eon the U.S. Weather Observa…

Declassification Authority NND 923007 DRAFT } DRAFT Ce DRAB CCHMENTS of Approving Officer (cont'd) as The red light which was noted Se one SOURCE could have been the '. white running light as. seen | through the red parachute attached to the ® suspension = t train. ‘(See attached dtagrand) g. One SOURCE estimated the object to be: 10° above the horizon at initial contact and 25° above horizon at last contact, SERGaSERE that’ the ob-= . ect was slowly ascending. .

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