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3. SOURCE

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LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
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TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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PHOTOS

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PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

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CONCLUSION
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BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

Metallic object appearinz
swept back wings from anc

speed. Maneuvers consi sted

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dB February 1953 17 February 1953
Edward R. Swartz, 1/Lt, USAF, Wg Intell off. ee IN==-es

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© At 1630 houre (local time), 16 March 1953, Mra and ur
were watching an AF B~i7 when their attention was drawn to a noisless, metallic ob-
ject executing mneuvers at an altitude about two-thirds the altitude of the B-i7.
These maneuvers were being performed in and around a few scattered clouds. The speed
ef the object was estimated as shout 3 times that of the B-47. (Acheck with the Max-
well Weather Station revealed that at the time of the eizhting there were scattered
clouds at 20,000 fest. A further check with the Maxwell Radio Range revealed that an
AF B~47 #8355 from MeDill AFB, Florida was in the area at 35,000 feet with a speed of
A25 knots.) Mr states thet could not give an accurate description of the object
but it appeared be about the size of an F-80, Both observers state that at tines
the ebject appeared to be round, then again, when viewed from another angle, it look-
ed like it had delta or swept-bask wings. As the B47 passed overhead it left distinc
trails, but the object chserved left or trails and showed no signs of pro-
ne This object performed mansuvers that are bic for krrova—eonventional
to perform. Both observers agreed that the object seemed to maintain a con-
& speed through such maneuvers. They described the object as climbing, diving,
executing right and left angle turns and reversing its course without turning st an
angle. or ina circle.

‘Subject sightings were made by the naked eye. The observers were located on the
ground at Raimer, Alabama (3 03'30", 66°13'30"'T). Observers state that they were
‘about 14 miles south ef the ebject and viewed the object from a 45” angle. . This eb-
ject departed the area en s 300° course at approximately 1650 hours. The total time
a tt was sppreximtely 20 minutes.

a2 SO) the weather report aioft for this area at the time of the above-mentioned sightin}
3 broken ceiling dling, ibaitey wall Clouds at 20,000 feet, winds 270 at least 80

ke. “office bas ne further confirmation of subject sichting. A check with ueD423
Ae evealed ne reperts by pilots on subject sighting. Both observers are untrained

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Ie, Description of Incident P : .
Two civilian men at this location sighted an unidentified object. as 1630

EST while watching the flight of a DB-47 aircraft cross their field of vision.

A metallic looking object appearing round at one instant and flat the next was
seen at an altitude of about two-thirds that of the B-l7 which ATIC learned was
at 35,000 ft. Its maneuvers consiste= of climbing, diving, and sharp angle turns
to the left and right in and around a few scattered clouds and it appeared to be
faster than the B-l,7. Total time of sighting was for 20 minutes.

II. Discussion of Incident

Although the Haxwell Radio Range Station reported no known aircraft other
than the B-l;7 in the area ATIC feels that, on the basis of the description sub-
mitted by the two relatively inexperienced observers, they probably sighted a
fighter type aircraft, possibly an F-&6, maneuvering in the air space below the
B-47. To support this conclusion is the fact that the clouds mentioned in the
original report around which the object was sighted, were determined to be at
20,000 ft. At this altitude a fighter aircraft would be hard to distinguish.
The observers did state, however, that the object appeared to have swept-back )

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Possibly aircraft.

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