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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9614290

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONEdwards AFB California

FRAMES3

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PRUJCLI JUUIS CARU
1. DATS LOCATION 1?. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
29 May 1952 Edwards AFB, California ProbablyE Balloon
TYPE OF OBSERVATT O Possibly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Locol_1330 PST Ground-Visuul Ground-Roder 0 Was Aircraft
Ground Surface Probab!y Aircraft
GMT. 2130 Air Vi sual Air-Intercept Radar Pessibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE D Wos Astronomical
Yes 7 Technical Bersonnel CI Probobly Astronomical
No Civilians a F'ossibly Astronomical
COURSE .
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OSJECTS :9. Other...
Insufficient Data for Evalvation
2 E to N to NW Unknown
10. BRIEF !11. COMMENTS
o Too fas oon lobjects appeare
None-
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Color: Light Metallic
Shape: Disc-shaped

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and education of the observers.
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6 INCLS. WATAOO
1. AP Form 1l2, Part II 3
2. Statement by
3. Statement hee
4. Statonent
5. Statement
6. Statoment
DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR
DOWNGRADED AT S YEAR INTERVAI
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
NOT& THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES V WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. 50 U. S. C.—
31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF
INTELLIGENCE, USAF.
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rapidly. No estimate of altituds Or atance was given.
3. Sighters wera: Mechanical engineer
nauticel background; tost meobanic. wlth con-
siderable flying experience with ths Air Foros and commercial. .
companies; instrumentation engineer;
and
All of the observer are employed in the laboratories of the Calif-
ornia Inatitus Dgy at Edvards Air Forca Ease.
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disc-ahap
2. An electrical message waS not forwarded due to tha lata ds :
incident was reported to Air Force officials. Two of the
servera could not be contacted for statementa.
DECLASSIVIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
ONCL GONER D. BRED
2ad Lt.. USAF
Public Information Oftioer
NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 5O U. S. C.-
31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART. BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF
INTELLIGENCE,.USAF.
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