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2. AOCATION 112. CONCLUSIONS ;
LAURINSBURG=—MAXTON AFB iq) wes Balloon |
NC 1) Probobly Belloon
& TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Peswbly Gallon
. : O Was Aircraft
JAD round: Vi sual 5D Grownd-Rader 'C) Probably Aircraft

we GN LO Sorcerer ‘DO Ain Visual O Air-Intorcopt Radar 2K Possibly Aircraft
$s PHOTOS ‘ SOURCE i Was Astronami cai
; CS Yes GQ Probably Astronomical
SOCKNe , Airmen a Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMDER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 1 O06 oo
, ,9o Insufficient Data for Evaiuation
1 t :0O Urknown
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iO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING x: COMMENTS
Huge oval-shaped object with two red | 1, Data is sketchy.

lights in front and 8-10 green lights in rear
flew low over Laurinburg-Maxton AFB with ear-
splitting pitch. Object was 100~200 feet wide

appeared over base twice,

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AF FORM 112—PART |
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AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT .

ARES REPORTED ON | FROM (Agency) “WE th AC&i Saquadreon ts “cs ,
LAURINBURG=MAXTON AIR BASE, N.C. '507th Tactical Control Grour, Pope APB, NC

DATE OF REPORT LATE OF INFORMATION EVAL CATION +s
2k October 1952 22 October 1952 go  .

OREPARED BY F)ihcer) GO MCF oy
NOMERT C, ROBAR, 1/Lt, USAF __. | AP@G BERNARD F..DBMONTS.

MEFERENCES « Control nurnher, cirectite, crerions report. ete ae apypdicuhie, ‘

AP Ltr io. 200-5, 29 April 1952, Subj: "FLYOBEIT", ;

SUMMARY: (Baler conctae mara mary Of tepert, Cire signi pcance tm Tem One Seniface paragraph = Lewin loeures at lower left Meg tect ef repertom tk Surmise dare tl

1. On 22 Uctober 1952, at aprroxinately O510Z, an unidentified fiying objec
was visually sited by A/2e ernard F. DEYOITS or suard wt Laurinbur,=Maston Ar
Base Light Veisht Rader Unit iio. 1. DENONTE stated tha Lnis first inpression
was that @ huge slape vas floating at hin from the south. as the object came
nearer te could distinvuish tivo (2) red 125.08 in the forward part of the object
and as it pusced over his he cold see Op} POR ately ci-nt (2) or ten (30) sLoady
green li-:hts at the rear, “he object was not too hi, h and app ca red to be ovale
shaped ansroxuately one to tre hundred fcet across. ‘lo sound could be heard
as the cbhject approached. The object sauce a 180 desree turn west and flew
directly over DEMONTE verifyinys the previous so2itin»s, The object then mde
another 150 decree turn and disappeared | Lo tise Southwest. The object then flew
a straight course and us it disappeared an the horizon sound became audible,
Starting faintly, and buildin; up to tue point of maximum as it passed over the
observer, then & total fade, Tix Sumec sound was verificd hy two (2) other air-
men whose statements are attached,

2, attached as inclosure ore (1) is a copy of TK prepared in accordance
with par 7c, AF Ltr 200-5, 29 avril 1952.

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ROBANT C. RoBAR © 4
ist Lt, USAF

Scuadron Intellizence Officer

APPROVED:

Major, USA
Scuadion Commander

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2, ststerents of itnesses
3, Overlay of -ach of unidentified flying obdject
L. Mavor:y saxeten of unidentified flying ob feet

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Original -— Director of Intellivzence, H.., USAF
1 copy ~ Chief, Air Technical Inteliizence Center, ATT! : aTIAA-20, iirighte
Patterson AFB, Ohio

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FROM | Agenep) t Report sy,

1RED LIGHT ea
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LIGHTS

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TWO(2) RED LIGHTS
iN FRONT (STEADY)

APPROX. 100'-/50

APPROX. EIGHT(8)

aie GREEN LIGHTS (IN REAR.
(STEADY)

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MEMORY SKETCH OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT

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STATEMENTS OF WITNESSES

I, the underatianed, on the 22nd day of October 1952, at 2210 hours, was
walking my ouarid nost and heard *thia naive un in the sky, I lo>ked un and saw
this Fuge round object nassing overhead, It vrs Setween one-hunired (1 °) to
one-hundred ent fifty (15°) feet in dlemeter, The object hod two (2) red lights
in the front and eisht (Ff) to twelve (12) prean liehts in the rear. They were
eteady lishte an? not blinxing on end off an an eirernaft light does. It had a

rure droning sound to it. This droning noise hes never before heen heerd b: this
irdiv'duml. “he object circled the erea once an? then flew awsy tn the SouthBast.
I called the Cervorel of the Guard to witneee it hut by the time he came out the

object «ca flying away at a terrific sveed that I conl! not berin to judee,

/s/ Bernrrd DeMante
BERNARD Te’ONTE
al2e USAF
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IT, the unterctened, heard 9 lou? dronning eound from overhead while lying in
my buns on the nieht of 22 October 1952 nt 771° haure. The eound wae not that of
a conventional troe “lene nor a jet tyme, Int crun-le minutes, A/?C Sa, the
Air Policeman -» ¢uty, crve rmnring wn to the tent end cnilled for me tomme out
enick thet there wre a mlare In the cky that wae round in shene with several red
end green liebts eurrsundine it. I got cut there -« quick ra rssethyle bnt tha rlane
hat elreaty nasset over. It circled around and ceme beck s-out teo (2) rllee erat
of the LenrinhucmMarton Air Base wherr ‘OTe

* I saw the liehta »ut could not
fistingvish the shene of it. It was treveling at a erent rate of aneed,

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I, the unteratiened, on 22 October 1952, 221° hours, sew and heard whet is
believed to he - flyine erucer. The rereon I herve “or *elievine it to be a flying
eaucer ie *rhnt ite noise was sistinguisheable from that of a jet eircraft or that

of a conventicrnal tyne alrereft, I saw 2 few green lichts in pm circular onsition i

/s/ Frank L, Donnelly
FRAYK L, DONNELLY | :
A/2c USAF
AF 15 45" 229

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BEARING STRAIGHT NORTH MAKING 18% DEGREE TURN WEST AND FLEW STRAIGHT
COURSE DISAPPEARING ON THE HORIZON PD OBJ THEN REAPPEARED AND TURNED
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