PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9549479

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1953

REPORTED LOCATIONQuarryville Penn

FRAMES3

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
I Fab 53 2/0200% "end.
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civ Man Astro (LRS a VIUS)
NUMBER OF OBJECTS
To
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION T1. BRIEF SUWMARY AND ANALYSIS
0 lln. Ralllah-orangsI puleating liht hovered fno approrin tely 1o
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION idnutad, novod bewnrd the horlaop, raywsad its direatlon to
allas ujwnd, ant thon movod sloily terd tie horison aghin.
Cround-Visul Objant dialshd da bri aibiesa anh dloagpiared.
7. COURSE
8. 8. PHOTOS
Yas
No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE . PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yo Yas
No
FORM
FTD SEP 33 0-329 (TDE) FTD SEP 63 0-329 Prevtoua zdillone of thie form

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JEDLS A114
AR JEDEN JEDWP JEI 333
DE JEDLS 49B
R 02203 2
FM COMOTN MIDDLETOWN AFDEP OLMSTED AFB PENN
TO JEPPQ/DIR OF INTEL HOUSAF WASNDC
JEDWP/AIR TECHINTELCEN WRIGD-PATTERSON AFB ONIO
JEDEN/CG ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COL
JEDWP/CG ANC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO JEDWP/CG ANC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFE OHIO
ATTN AT1AA-2C MBEBF-2-IE I FEB 53 AT APRX 215GE3T MR JOHN ATTN AT1AA-2C MBEBF-2-1E I FEB 53 AT APRX 215GE3T MR JOHN RIPPLE OF OF
LANCASTER R D 6 CALLED AND REPT I SEEING aN
CKY THE SISHTED OBJ WAT LOW AND NOVERED FOR APRX SKY THE SIGHTED OBJ WAT LOW AND 0 HOVERED FOR APRX 10 NINUTES AND TIEN 10 NINUTES AND TIEN
DISAPPEARED INTO THE WEST AT THE TIME MR AND MRS S C WERE VISITING F WERE VISITING
A MRFWHO LI A MR RF WHO LIVES BETVEEN QUARRYVILLE AND NEW PROVIDENCE PENNA QUARRYV Lo Z PENNA
MR E IS A GRD OBSR AND STATED TO MR  MS THAT LAST NIGHT
31 JAN TIERE VERE TWO SIMILAR OBJ SEEN AT APRX THE SAME PLACE THERE
WAS NO SOUND OR ANY EXHAUST ASSOCIATED VITH THE OBJ THE WEA AT MIDDLETONN
AT 2I3OEST VAS CLEAR AND 1 ILITY
82/2152Z FEB JEDLS

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approximately
tion to climb upward and then moved slowly toward the horizon again, ininishing
in brightness as it desasuded end disappeared. It was visib oprox-
imately twenty minutes.
The observer stated that he heard no sound and that no exhaust or trail was
visible. He stated that the lirht was brighter than any of the stars near it. He
night and this light resemble
either normal navigati
abaarr
beharior vould also indioate thet Airoraft were not responsibla for this or the
previous sini lar sightings. The motion and brighiness of the objeet also eliminete
the probab f' ordinary Astronomioal Phenomena.
0 INCLIL.
DOWNURADET
TIC. W/P AFB, Ohio for fo wariing to B/I, Hq USAF, Wash, D
One info AFB, Ohio
MNC SIFIED