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THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF
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72 &. 10TH STREET
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ECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJEC “
Sighted in a1EeENnS, Me Les at ™
0120-0125 hours, 23 February 1953
SPECIAL INQUIRY
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Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson AFB, Unio
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s report of inve:stivzation ude cy Special Agent HENRY M. LANGICIS, 2
CST District, file 24-326, SUBJECT as above.
 .: Unauthorized disclosure of information contained in this report
cS aed psig to be a violation of AFR 205-1.

1 Incls D. D. CARLSON
As indicated acove. Lt Colonel, USAF

District Commarder

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1, Ab 1245 hours on 23 February t953> oeks Agent LOUIS C. IIITSDER3SRGER,

Sis distriet, received i:vonmtion from Sg eeEeea.,
Bayside, Jew York, allezinz that he had observed an ae abject in the

February 1953. advised that he sould

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AT TSW TORK, YEW YCRE
2. mm & February 1953 <i os interviewed at iis office on the loth

floor of » Jew Yorke City, and furnished

the Jollowing information cOnecemin: identified flying object wrich ne had
observed “he previous day. the deseriptim of tne object is as Lollowsa:

LAYS - NO re@ognisable shape was described, inasmuch as ‘he oDject vas
considered to be merely a light, and cmsidered sirsular because of its glare.

LR = jise of the object vas estimated | as to be three (3) or

sur iu) times thas oar 9 sGar “olaris.

LOR gM ioserived che color as being an off-yellow with an ormse
Siage and very brilliant, avout three (3) or four (1;) times brizhter than Ghav
2° She star Polaris.

MESR = Only one 65 )s0t was ovserved

ASRODINAMIC FEATURES apQQgh because of the {aot that he only observed
a light, sould not describe any aerodynamic features, nor did he see amy trail,
exhaust, or prepulsion tystem sonnected with this anidentified flyinaz object.

jounp - QBBRR aid 2.0% Imow, nor could he sstimate, the sveed of the
20jeet. lowever, he did «tate that it appeared to travel at a very rapid rate.

SOUND = Wo soumd waa seard.

KATZUVERS = The object appeared to travel horizontally in very low aros,
sovering sixty (60) degrees of angular traverse during the time ha ego
sbserved the cbjest. These ares were very flat in trajectcry and the odject,
in travelling through me are, seemed to aceolerate during the first half of

the aro, then when reaching the apex of the trajectory, it appeared to decelerate.
After deceleratio it appeared to momentarily hover and then start again om its

aeceleration to the apex, then deselerating to the point where it would azain
appear xomentarily to hover. ‘This maneuver appeared to oecur four () or five (5)

times. During these maneuvers the iizht did not change in sisa, appearance,
soler, or in any other way.

./¥SR OF DISAPPEARANCE - stated that che ag “th ins tan sanesous ly
\iSanceered at the and oF “he vert or nis ofservatia. Ue serefully exaeninsd

‘he af3a ‘ron whieh he "as ocoserving she sbteet co sea 1? shers VAS an oD8sruc-
sion in ois Jine of vision whisk sould have saused the disacvearance of the Licht
nd fomd non@e . St {> appeared as GShoucth the oniee% oad (assed
hind =» senetrable | .iek silond,.

F Qs. wet Cha G the time oc the ooservmation was aouraxinzsceiy

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AT NSW YORK, NSW YOR (Sonata)

(3) between 0120 and 0125 hours on 235 February 1355, and he observed the m-
identified object for approximately twelve {12) seconds.
|, MMMM waded thas he sad first observed the unidentified object from

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the corner of his eye while he was driving eastward on jth ivenue in Jayside

and had iomediately stopved his car, dismomted, and stood outside to observe
the so inet. alana does not wear «lasses nor did he use any optical devise to
observs the objeat.

De WHERE 5 cated that his locatim at thse time of the observation was as
the intersection of SARs oni QURege side, Long Island, ew York,
which ls estimated to be approximately 79 degrees LO ninutes west longitude and
Re decrees 47 minutes north latitude. “his vositicn is south of Fort Totten,
Leng (sland, Sew York. (ir. BRQQMBR estimated the object to be at m altitude
above the horisental of between forty (40) to forty-five (45) decrees and its
initial observation waa 4 little to the south of an extension eastward of 29th
Avenuee 23¢h Avenue was eatimated to bear approximately twenty -ive (25) dexzrees
north of due east and Shia would olace the object apvroximately iue east of the
couerver. QRMMMeconi4 © ot cake an ostimation of She distance of the objeot.
The object traversed a wigular distanse of approximately sixty (30) degrees to
Seite right, or to ‘ine south, and oaintained approximately constant altitude.

 (JZ7/7—M—MENER acatei «=©(at due to the time of? the observation, ae did not notice
any other individuals in ‘# vicinity wno sould be considered as witmessea of this
ovent. QQQMEND further «sted that he has had vast experience in observing air-
orart in flight, and a)s« wat he ealled “shooting stars", and that this object
did not resemble either of these and, therefore, that was why he Celt it necessary
to advise this office smeerning hia;titing. QQRMMMBBoorther stated that at the
Sime of the a@ting there # no rain or moisture present in the air, the atnosonere
was sool and, insovar *# «ew, clear. Wo somment was made sonceming the winds
aloft at that tine. QP further stated that he had not observed any aircraft
in Plizht in the area aur: ¢ the time when he observed this midentified flying

object.

—~ «Jo Vere ARR stated he is employed in the advertising braneh of the

Premotion Department of True magazine, published by Fawcett Publishing Corporation.

He stated that he tad read tlie artidle concerning “Flying Saucers’ sublished in
True magasine, and that 46 was interested in determining the nature of these
objects.
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