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CASE REFERENCE8763445

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONMac Dill AFB Florida

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1. The objects were elongated, indefinite in shape, of unidentifiable
color, possibly three in muwuber, were not in formation, m visible sero-
dynanle features, no trail or exhaust, no visible vropuls ton systen, S>aed
(after turn) in excess of 600 \.P.H., negative sound, two abrupt 99 de-
gree turna, ons to West, second to Fast, disappeared in tha ligtance and
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twenty minutes.

3e Observation was from the ground, visual.

4. Observers were located on the street side of the MacDill Bane
Hangar. Object was first sighted due North, speed, distance, and aliitude
irdetorminavle (see narrative #10). Direction was dua North directly
away from the observers.

S. The observers were mostly young inexperienced Airmmun. However
three Non~-comaissioned Officers and two Civilians appeared to se
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6 Waather was hot, hunid, clear, mo suriface wind, 4/10 cwnilus

10, Harrative - A total of about twenty Alraen and Civilians saw
what at first looked like a piece of newspaper risin’ woward on an air
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sooned to be ominating in flashes fron its upper surface (probably re-
flected sunlight). Fivs of the Airmen claimed to have seen two odjacts

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Unusual Aerial Sightings

MacDill Air Force Base, Florida Hq 6th Air Division Intelligence Officer
1; August 1952 13 August 1952 hq=2
A. We Je GRANT, CAPTAIN, USAF Personal Interrogation

On 13 August 1952, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, at 111 hours local
tine (19112) approximately 20 Airmen and two Civilians made the following
sightings

From ons to three flying objects were observed heading approximately
360 degrees and gaining altitude. One object changed course abruptly to
the Wast moving in excess of 600 M.P.H. This sane object then appeared to
hover for about five minutes then moved at an sxcessive rate back to the
East, then resumed its course to the North and disappeared. The tio other
objects did not alter courses but disappeared in a Northerly direction. The
period of suveillances was about twenty minutes.

APPROVED:

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A. A Je GRANT
Captain, Ss AY

Intellis Seneca Officer

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