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ADLUARTERS JATH POMBARD'BR WP HIG (M)
twPice of the Dirseteor of Intell lgence
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ioe Charles, Lonisisna

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b L5 Auquah 1952

SUB Che Unidentified Plying Ubject

293 Vasa 3) Day Concer

L% approcieaely erg. 14 fa = 1952, T observed eluninous

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object headed due vest at nbous 5000 foot altitude, AL first the objoe'
undulata unevenly, sceming to hever in one spot which I judged to be
> igsoen Chemical Corporations it, vould move from side to side, ip ond
Gow, 0 120% at head, md then cton, Finally, 1b cisupveared into the
distance, 3 ita color thoning a darker and darker red, until it wa

nia ws cefinitely not wry lp Qizmeraft. 15 vas also o>serrTsd

by ry cotp liew 3, ond ty a 2)_ These was no trail or
exhaust, a watched tha object for nvout 50 rimutes,

Lake Cherries, La

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YE196
VDC1LS
JESYH 24
PP JEPHQ JEDWP JEDEN JEDNN 444
NE JESKH 15
P 2614252 ZNJ
Fu CO ADIV EIGHT ZERO SIX LAKE CHARLES AFE LA
TO JEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASH 235 DC
JEDUP/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEDEN/CG' ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO
JEDNH/CG SAC OFFUTT AFP NEBR |
paiement Maaiade DOI S569. ATTN ATIAA-2C WRIGHT PATTINSON PD
FLYORRPT PD ICW AFL TWO ZERO ZERC DASH FIVE DTD TYO NINE APR FIVE TWO
PD UNIDENTIFIED BLY OBJ REPTD SIGHTED BY CIV LISTED IN PAR PANEN FIVE
PAREN FOL PD DESCRIPTION AS REQ BY PAR COCA OF CITED LTR COL PD PAREN
ONE PAREN SHAPE OF OBJ CL!i COULD NOT PE DETERMINED AS IT WAS JUST A
AOYING LIGHT PD SIZE OF OBJ CLN VERY LARGE PD COLOR OF OBJ CLI! VARIED FR
YELLOW TO RED TO YELLOW ETC PD NO CF OBJ CLN ONE PD AEPODYNANIC FEATURES
CLM NONE PD TRAIL OR EXHAUST CLN NONE PRPLN SYS CLN NONE APPARENT PD

SOUND NONE PD SPEED CLN AT TIMES WHEN O8J WAS MOVING AWAY FR OBSN IT WAS

away &

EXTREMELY FAST CitA OTHERWISE IT JUST HROVESED* AND NOVED FR SIDE TO SIDE P

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MANEUVERS CLN OPJ AT FIRST UNDULATED UNEVENLY CNA UP AND DCW CNA FR
2LDE TO SIDE CNA THEN SHOOT AHEAD CHA AND THEN STCP PD OBSR JUDGED OBJ
TO PE IN AIR CVER MATHIESCS CHEMICAL CORP OF LAKE CHARLES CtlA LA PD
MANNER OF DISAPPIARANCE CLii OFJ CREW DARKER AND DARKER RED U!-TIL IT WAS

CONE PD PAREN TWO PAREN TIM™ OF SICHTINC It TWO FOUR DASH HE CLOCK 72

| TIME CL INITIALLY OFSR AT TYO TWO THREE ZERO US PD LGTH OF Tiwk OFS”

CLE APRX FIVE ZERO MIN PD PAREN THREE PAREN WANNER OF OBSR CLN NAKED

EYE PD FR AIR OF SUPY CLN SURF PD NO OPTICAL OK ELECT EQUIP USED PD

LOC OF OBSR DURING SIGHTING CLN STAKDING OF LAWN AT THREE Olzc NINE

COLLEGE ST CiiA LAKE CHARLES CNA LA CHA COORDINATES TWO NINE DECREES

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THREE ZERO N NINE THREE DEGREES THREE ZERO W PD LOC OF onJ
TO ObSk CLE OBSK WAS BACING WEST PD OBJ DIFECTLY IN FROMT PD ALT CLY
APPXY FIVE ZERO ZERO ZERO FT PD DIS CLN APRX THPEE MILES PP IDENTIFYING
INFO OF OBSR CLI ; lilo Ch\\ TIS cos Lars
CHAPLES CNA LA PD OPSR IS DISTRICT ENG FCRMMBBNMMM ENc Co Or Los
ANCLYS CALIF PD OPJ ALSO orsn ny on MARR cores con QR cea Acen Tyo
NINE CHA AND ELDEST som chA@Qyh cua acEp ONE rour pp EST OF BELIABLITY

AND EXPERIENCE CLYN ABCVE AVG PD PAREN SIX PARED WEA AND WitDS ALOFT

COND AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTINGS CLN SKY CLEAR W/NO CLOUDS PD PARED:

SEVE!: PAREN ANY ACTY OF COID CNA METEOROLOGICAL Ch OTHERWISE CHA YFIC:

PACE THREE JESKH 15 }

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IV. BALLOON DATA
21. Whe BALLOONS RELEASED IN AREA? Yes age eo Rive.

22, TIME SINGH SCHEDULED BALLOON RELEASES Fs tog

235. POSSIBLE BALLOON LAUNCH SITES DOWNWIND OF “SiOHTING:

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Location

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Launching Agency

V. EVALUATION

C_) Excellent
C} Good
Fair

[—] Poor
Cj Unreliable

C) Extremely Doubtful
(C_] Hoax

ATION:

(_)Was Balloon
("] Probably Balloon
("J Possibly Balloon

[]Was Aircraft
[_]Probably Aircraft
[-]Possibly Aircraft

22, DETAILS OF REPORT:
CT Good
roots
[_] Poor

[ ] Insufficient to Evaluate

(1 Was Astronomical

[_] Probably 4..- nomical
ossibly &s\..acmical
CC) Other:

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["] Insufficient Data For Evaluation

[__] Unknown

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C1) CONE SMALL, ROUND, WHITE LIGHT TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LIME AT

rp HIGH RATE OF SPEED. NO SOUNDS HEARD. DISAPPEARED INSTANTLY.
(2) 215% PDT, 15 AUGUST 1952 FOR 3 SECONDS.

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(5) VISUALLY FROM THE GROUND.
(4) OBSERVERS LOCATED AT GOC POST, GEO REF COORDINATES MK 1515.
OBJECT PASSED HIGH OVERHEAD HEADING FROM EAST TO ‘EST.

CALIF. WITNESS DANNY VAUGHAN, SAME ADDRESS.

(S$) WEATHER WAS CLEAR.
(7) OBJECT OBSER ED WAS POSSIBLY A METEOR. ae

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(5) OBSERVER WAS DOROTHY VAGHAN, LITTLE RIVER AIRPORT ROAD, MENDICINO,

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SUBJECT: (Unclassified) FILYOBRPT

TOs Chief,
Air Technical Intelligence Center

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio

The attached AF Form 112, Air Intelligence Information
Report is forwarded as per instructions AFL 200-5, dated 29 April

1952, subject, FLYOBRPT.
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FOR TH! COMMANDING GENERAL:

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TR-114~52 (1 cy) MAJOR, USAF

Asst Adj Gen

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AF FORM 112—PART I ( vot 8400 e Do)

(CLASSIFICATION)
AUPROVED 1 JUNE 1948

‘MNTRY REPORT fa). LEAVE BLANK) ~ |

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AIR INTELLIGENCE | INFORMATION |! REPORT |

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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT

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DATE OF REPORT — ) DATE OF INFORMATION — F ~ | Gvatarios = ee 7 7

‘6 Anerust 1952 | 24, August 1952 0-3

PREPARED WY (OlRrer) ae. —_=

LT COL THEODORE I. PASCOS, 33634 PERSONAL INTERVIEW WITH OPSERYER

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MEFERENCES (Contra “murder, Jirectire, praious report, te., aa applicadie) - —-—-+-

APL 200—5, 29 Ara 52, msg SO6ADIT 44D0T 16 Mug 52, & ATOTN-C/CC-2, 19 Dec 51

5! MMARY: (Fiuter concise muminary ) of report. Cire tiguifieance in jena vne-wentence paragraph. Lit taclorures at lower left. Meyin tert of te

USA

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SOURCE — =e om 4 a ee am

wien AP Poem 112—F* or? it)
(1) Deseription of objects: Moving ball of yellowish light, size Lenosatula te judzs
Que to darimess, left no trail or exhaust, method of propulsion unknown, No sound.
Sneed at times waa slow, at other times, extremely fast, about 1000 wt per hour.

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(2) Time was approximately 2230 hours 14 August 1952. When first observed, object was
undulating unevenly in air over Mathieson Chemical Corporation, Lake Charles, La, in

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that it moved up and down, from side to side, would shoot ehead suddenly, then stop in
sane inamner.

(35) Manner of observation: Naked eye. Altitude approximately 5000 feet.

(4) Location of observer: Standing on lawn at 319 College St, Lake Charles, La,
coordinates 29° 30'N, 93° 30'W. Observer was facing Gue west, and object was abont
threa miles distant. Observer it could not have been ficment of imagination as the
licht was steady, unwavering.

information of obser: lr St, Lake Charles,
La. MP is a District Engineer for the Ingiszeering Company of Los

Angelea, ornia. Object was also observed by wifo, Qi, aced 29, and eldest son,

web, aged 14.

(5) Weather and winds aloft conditions at time of sighting: clear, no clouds.

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(7) To the knowledge of the observer, there was no activity or condition, meteorolog=
ical or otherwise, which might account for the sighting.

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(S) There is no existence of any physical evidence such as fragments, photographs and
the like, of the sighting.

(9} No interception or identification action taken.

(10) Theres was no air traffic in general area of the sighting at that tire

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> =THEODORE I. PASCOZ |
1, Statement of Obsr (sex) Lt Col, USAF '
eel Director of Intelligence
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OISTRIBUTION GY ORIGINATOR es ae es Oe

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