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Lecal - 2030. MST
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5. PHOTOS |
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

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| LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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- a os Balloon
! 14 muy Airzona O Probcbly Balloon
| 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION p= on 0 Possibly Balioon
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BiGround- Visual 0 Ground-Rodeor a Peshably Aicerett
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| O Air Vi svol 0 Air-Intercept Redor O Possibly Aircraft
16. SOURCE : O Wos Astronomical!
C1 Probobly Astronomical
AY S/ Sgt and wife O Possibly Astronomical
8. NUMDER OF OBJECTS | 9% COURSE "ee in
Bither one seen '8 ‘9D Insufficient Dota for Evoluation
83 Unknown

10. BRICE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Bright red or flame color. Discs shaped.
One made rapid climb into clouds.

VW. COMMENTS

Observer in drive in first
thought objects to be "falling stars"

but noticed that they made

abrupt

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

changes in cource. Once two objects,
were seen at sare time. i
6000" cloud deck at tine.

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UNCLASSIFIED ;
HEADOUL RTSRS
4A750TH ALR BASS SQUADRON, GUNNERY TRAINING
YUMA COUNTY ATRFORT
Yuna, Arizona

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26 April 1952
SUBJLCT: Report of Unconventional Aircraft Sightings

TO: Commending General
Air Materiel Comnind
Vright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
ATTN: Mots

1. The following report is subaitted in accordance with ADC Letter
200-1:

a. Objects appeared as bright red or flame colored disns,
slightly larger than e fighter aircraft. Wight objects were sighted,
but could be sane object reappearing more than once, ‘the objects
appeared singly except for one appearance of two objects in formation,
There was no sound audible and no distinctive aerodynamic features
were observed. lost of the objects disappeared out of sight in the

distance, but one of the objects in formation pulled up abruptly into
the overcast,

b. The objects were sighted between the hours of 2030 and 2230
on 27 April 1952,

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c. Observations were visual and below a 6000' cloud deck,

ad. Tne observer was seated in an automobile in an epen air
theatre et Yuma, Arizona. Tocation was Lat 32° 43!N = Long 1U,° 387

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e, The observer was PRES eg SEED Chief of

ALCS Operating Location 1903-4 AACS Squadron ct Yura County Airport. fie
has been in Airport Control work for 273 years prior to W Nii Hav worked as
@ mechanic at a civilian airport for a period of 4 years.

f. Weather Sequence - Ceiling 69 0 110 & Vis 15 plus
Tenp 62/50 Wind SSB 11
Altimeter 29.79 iuches

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YR! 2 teoeRY AL 0}
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Subject - Report of Unconventional Aircraft Sighting (Cont'd)

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2. This report is submitted in lieu of AF Form 112 due to lack
of subject form at this station. This report is exempt from Reports
Control Symbol in accordance with paragraph 9b(1), APR 17h-1.

FOR THE COMMANDING OF FT CHER:

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Statenent of S/Sset wR Capt na, USAF 4
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cc: CG ADC, ATTN: Dir of Int
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DOWNGRADED AT 3 YHA INTERVALS;
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS
DOD DIL 200,29

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STATEMENT OF OBSERVER

On the 27th of April 1952 between the hours of 2030 and 2230, iny wife

end I, while sitting in our automodile at the Yuma Drive-In Theatre at Yun,
Arizona noticed what at first seemed to be falling sters but upon following
them we observed them to fly horizontal with the ground and then make a very
definite abrupt change of attitude disappearing in the clouds. Several minutes
later two (2) similiar objects appeared flying parallel with exch other, after

a few seconds one continued straignt ahead the other veered sharply to the Jlorth
end passed over the town of Yuna di sapps aring into the slouds. All the objecks
sighted which muabered approximately 7 or 8 were travelling from NS to Sv, were
round and emitted a fiery Red slow, on one occasion afte» watching this one
particularobject after it which it had made an abrupt chonge of attitude it
seemed as though it were whirling like a disc.

Being a tower operetor and beiny familiar with det fireraft and other
types, I an very sure it could not have been an aircraft or ary other obje

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that I have had the experience of sesing before. I have read about obher
reports on flying saucers or such as they are named and can very defi. ubely
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state that their abrupt change of ettitude uns nob normel, nor wes their

app carance.