PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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1. DATE ·T:ME GROUP LC *ATION ^
19 Jan 53 19/1130Z Aruadulce, Penarn
3. SOURCE 0. CONCLUSION
Civ. Man (HOAX)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS to newspaper
Photo sent was a fake.
One
.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Not Reported Not Reported A newspaper reporter observed reporter observed an object traveling an object traveling at a high at a high
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION . TYPE OF OBSERVATION rate of speed, having intense brilliance, without lliance, without appearance ppearance
of any knoum a/c. of any knoum a/e.
Ground Visual Ground Visual
7. COURSE
Not Reported
3. PHOTOS
M Yos
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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCZ PHYSICAL VIDENCE
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FORM
FTD SEP63 0-329 (TDE) Previous oditione of thie form may be used.
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JUBUELT
FLYOBRPT
AUZARICRTED ON PoM.eay
Panara Dir/Intelligences, CAirC
CATLOFREA DATE OF INPGROMANION 19/0630
23 January_1953 19-27 January 1953 0-3
AEPADPD BY(DNL) SOURCE
John J. Abele, Captain, USAr Press - Personal Contact
IR-70-52
241
LA HoRA, reported the
travelling at incrad-
ible speed. The sighting occurred at about O63o on muary 1953.
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JCHN J. ABELE
Captain, USAF vapedin, 1
Aset Dir/Intelligence Aset Dir/Int lligence
. APFROVED: APEROVED:
Stomen
Aaureu
LAWRENCE P. STOVER LAVRENCE P. STOVER
Major, USAF
Dir/Intelligence
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DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS; DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12
AT1C 109296
2 DOD DIR 5200.10 YEARS.
TNILS.
1. Nevspaper elipping
2, Newspaper picture
With
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w/2 ATISDIB
ATRIRLY ON BY CDINATOR 10mu53
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ed, Gar Command E
IT MAY NOT AE REPRODUCED IN WITOLE OR IN PART. OY OTHER THAN UNTED STATES AIR FOMCL AGLNCILE LACLPT DY PEPMISSION OF HE DINECTOP OF
INTELLIGEKE LSAF,
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sighting similar or the same object. renorts the object as travelling at
incredible velocity and having an inten iliance.
COMMENTS OF THE PREPARING OFFICER: is that
will create interest and sensation.
The man assigned the job of job of illustrating a knew so little about
photography that he tried to illustrate an object of intense ! photography that he tried brilliance by scraping
a white spot on a negative rather than making a black spot. a white spot on a negative rather than making a black spot.
It is possible that the whole story is fiction. The editors or the local
papers feel that the Public Information Officer at Caribbean Air Gommand should
have released the last similar incident, reported in IR-70-52, to the local press,
Their first kmowledge of this report came via a Drew Pearson sindicated column.
There appears to be soms resentment at being scooped.
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DOWNGRADED AT S YEAR
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 INTERVALS:
DOD DIR 5200.10 YEARS.
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UNCLASSIFIED
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This CASE Includes
Two (2) Newspaper
Clippincs. Clippincs
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