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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6383309

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONALLENTOWN PA

FRAMES6

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ia, SRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Civilian pilot, an inactive 47 ceserve
ceptain, sighted a flaming orsageered
football shaped object traveling on
collision course with his Livht a/e
Object pulled up and sin). over wiadshield
moving in opposite dire... . from course
of plane. Object wag trav+..1g at 700 mph.

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The brevity of observation and

the description give the impression
of a meteor. However, the odjecus
change of direction usward is
inconsistent with this theory.

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FORM 112—PART 1

(CLASSIFIVATION) «
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 .

COUNTRY i NO. (LEAVE BLANK)

UNITID “TAIrES | Mhede lbh, | ;

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

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AREA REPORTEO ON es <tr |
PIXNTYLVANIA | DO #2, OSL (1G), 67 Broad Ste, I.1.0.,i-7.
DATE OF REPORT “ DATE OF INFORMATION 2 —_ EVALUATION “ th, a. a a A
~ = 9 OCT 95? | 23 eptember 2952 |
‘PREPARED BY (Officer)

SPTCTAL AQEMT, NEWTON HAMP"LDT
PEFERENCES ( Control number, diredise, prestows report, aic.. as applicedle)

| SOURCE
AFT. "De 20085, dated 29 APRIL 1952.

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SUMMARY; (Anter concise tummers of repert. pert. Give vignificence in final one-sentence parzgraps. List inciooures at Lower left. Begin tert of report mm AF Form 118—Part 11.)

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presently spleyed by 10; REA,

actain Air F “eserve (inac mere

York °2, ‘ew fork, submitted a letter to (oomanding “eneral, eearuapture

Tirst iP yerun, “4 tehel Aig Porce “ase, New fork, dated 23 ‘entember 19752,

woich ls verbatim as follows:
we ear “L's
ft had net seen the eneloged clippia,, | probably would
sot snake the following report. owever, since other people
in the vielnity vhere I recently sav an unusual phenczsncn
saw the same thing, I thought perhaps | should describe ay
«xperienes.

"Oo 13 eptember 1552 at about 1910 “DT I was flying alone at
10,000 fees fre, sllentom, Pennsylvania, <o the Caldueli-
wright Gumi ‘tetion in a Reechorart Bonamea. Visibility
at that altitude was about 12 wiles. ‘There were no clouds

f any kind althouvh there was some hase...iron the zpound

wes that it was
sollisien course with
pulled up inte a steep clind te avoid
continuing on it's
up inte about a 65°

sstonianing.

than ‘uo seconds,
\fter the obiect wens
°) mautes tried

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AF FORM 112—PART It za

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

FROM (Ageneyd 2EPORT NO,

DO #2, OST (IO
67 Bread st. 5 I 2haOu16h PAGE : oF

"I regret now that I did not make this report immediately ut
the experience was‘so brief that I hesitated to report it until
1 gaw the enclosed newspaper report,"

2. ‘the newspaper report referred to by@R, was sbteined from the newspaper,
Newark -vening News, Newark, New Jersey, dated 13 “eptember 1952, titled "Flying
‘sucer Seen in Mopris” which is set forth verbatia below:

“HE. ~ A flaming object, iarzer than an airplane, sas
reported hovering over this commmity last nit by six
persons, each of whom termed it a "flyinz saucer”,

"ne of those who saw it, an artist, will put her impression
of the object on canvase

"ir. and Mrs. Avenue cescribed tire
obsect as a "flaming red bell with a tail". the tail's
density changed, they said. ‘the object hung motionless

at an estimated sititude of 1,000 feet for 20 mimtes before

fos) slowly weewwerd in the direction of Hackettstom
tnap techanee ,

3. ‘The eriginal. copy of SEE letter rensins on file at the
District Offices

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P20ISCT 10073 WORKSHEET (
I. GENERAL |

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Binoculars

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CI] By Two Sets

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af A/C Obeerved Object §<'s—- - +
C) Interception Attempted |
; Ci No Intercept Attempted

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C) Visual Contact Made
CiA/I Contact Made

(jNo Contact Made

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1-5 minutes
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II. ASTRONOMICAL DATA

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IV. BALLOON DATA
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¥V. EVALUATION
» DETALLS OF REPORT:

(_] Fair
(_j Poor
[_] Insufficient to Evaluate

C_] Was Astronomical

(_) Probably Astronomical
. C) Possibly Astronomical

() Others

(] Insufficient Date For Evaluation

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