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JEPEO/CO 4711TH DEF WG PRESQUE ISLE AFB PRESQUE ISLE ME

ahs mee ACL 95983 PD FLYOBRPT ATTN ATIAA~2C
CLN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT AIR FORCE LETTER 280-5

i gg et DISC TYPE OBJECTS NO SPECIAL FORMATION OTHER THAN BEING
CLOSE TOGETHER DISCs MOVED RATHER FAST TOWARD NORTH AT A VERY HIGH,
ALTITUDE fa "

2 1595 EST 21 MARCH 1953 OBSERVED FOR ONLY SEVERAL SECONDS

3 VISUAL WITH USE OF BINOCULARS

4 OBSERVERS LOCATED AT GOC ELMIRA NEW YORK PN 94983 DISCS WERE
DIRECTLY OVERHEAD AND WERE VERY HIGH

5 ODSERVED BY MR HOLUP OF GOC POST NU PN 28 BLACK ELMIRA NY AND

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CLN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT AIR FORCE LETTER 239-5

1 S(x/6/ DISC TYPE OBJECTS NO SPECIAL FORMATION OTHER THAN BEING

CLOSE TOGETHER DISCS MOVED RATHER FAST TOWARD NORTH AT A VERY HIGH, = ©
ALTITUDE 7 | y “B,

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2 1595 EST 21 MARCH 1955 OBSERVED FOR ONLY SEVERAL SECONDS

3 VISUAL WITH USE OF BINOCULARS

4% OBSERVERS LOCATED AT GOC ELMIRA NEW YORK PN 3423 DISCS WERE
DTRECTLY OVERHEAD AND WERE VERY HIGH

5 OBSERVED BY MR HOLUP OF GOC POST NU PN 29 BLACK ELMIRA NY AND

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JACK ONEIL ALSO OF ELMTRA

6 WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH WINDS SOUTH AT 12
7 UNKNOWN

8 UNKNOWN

9 FIGHTERS IN GENERAL VICINITY WERE ORDERED TO INVESTIGATE HOWEVER
NO UNKNOWN OBJECTS WERE SIGHTED AFTER ORBITING IN AREA FOR APPROxX-
IMATELY 28 MIN- | LY
12 NEGATIVE

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APPROVED | JunE 1968

SEMTRA, WAY York 655th AC*H Sqe,y Wabertown, Tew York
are EVALUATION

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PORES (ORT CREW, Se, SD OO an AY Fon mou oss (Th
L 20005, DaTED 29 APRIL 1952 OUR MSG ACL "03085, 23 WakCH 1953 2
Soames (Enter concies oummery of report. ae Liat incloource ot lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 119—Pert 11)

st approxtaately 1510 TST, 21 March 1953, the followirg information was recelved by
this “station (P-9) from GOC Post # PI] 00 Black, located at PN Oh, Elmira, New Yor’:

COC Post 7 TH O00 Black, Elmira, New York, notified this station that an unidenti

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ied flyin: object was obserted at 1505 "57, | ay arch 1953, There were. ix.£6)_dteo
ie : objects spott ed directly overhead moving rather fast at a Very high altitude,
‘hwfs was Wo-speetat Tormation other than being close together, heading in a northern=
‘irection, Observers, Mry.Holup and Mr. Jack O'Niel of GUC oy Simira, New York, —
spotted these ebjects with use of binoculars, but only for several sec prides Spec lal

infornation requested by your headquirters is as follows:

“indis were fron 190 degrees at 10 knots per hour, Coservers did not notify this
station brat the investicating aireraft ware noticed, It was assumed that thay did
not sisht them, Negative aircraft were in the area, so it was not possible that the
Sets actually caused the report. Negative jets were in area of sighting at tire of
sichting. Two aircraft ware sent down to investigate but fond no Joye r.
wsaresoon :

The authenticity of this report is unknown since observation was for such a

short, period of time = several seconis. '

Thase objects were not picked up on radar at this site at any tine.

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THOMAS C. SCUITEBEL
Captain, USAF
Intelligence Officer

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Reuxmag ACL 03088 on an unidentified aerial objecs slzhting made by UOC members Lolup
and O'Neil of Vlairas New Yorks on 21 sar 53 at L505E5T, Project Llue Look requests
you ovbeld AY Form 112 as por AJL 200045 with special abtention to the following items:
1) Vere the winds aloft ab tire of sighting trom 140°? 2) Did observers notice Jeb
alreraft sent to investizate? 3) [3 15 possible that fot sireraft actusily caused
che repors? How many jets wore in area of sixhting?

in reply cite Project ilue Bock,

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