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1. DATE - TIME GROUP
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NUMBER OF OBJECTS
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5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ([11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

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The information contained in this report pertains to a visual observation
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On 3 April 1953, ab 02351, in the vicinity of Ui coordinates YC 3060, 7a
Lbs Colonel Jonn U. Dillon, a 5-26 pilot flying night armed reconnaissance
on a heading of 355 degrees, with an indicated airspeed of 200 mph, and at
an altitude of 5,000 feet, £00 feet on top of a solid overcast, observed a
bluish green object about 200 feet fron his aircraft, on a lavel, parallel
flight with vg airerafte The heading of the object was the sane as that of
the airorafte The cbject tiened fran bluish green to white, then toa red and stfemnnet |
bixned cut leaving a trail of sparks as it turned red. lo trail was observed
until it turned rede The object was in sight for at least two seconds; long
enough to train sights on it. The aircraft could have fired on it, had it
Inown what it wase The speed of the object was excessive, estimated to ba
traveling Supersonic speeds; not as fast as a tracere The object appeared |
to ba about the size of thea tail pipe of an F-dh.

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. 1. On 3 April 1953, at O23u1, in the vicinity of UTM. coordinates Yi-3585,
1/Lt Myrle S. Perry, pilot, 2/Lt Frederick J. Vermillion, navigator, and A/2C William |
R. Caruthers, engineer, all crew members of a B-26 flying Night Armed Reconnaissanca,

on a haading of 010 degrees, with an indicated airspeed of 200, and at an altitude of |
7,500 feet, 1,500 feet above an 5-10/10 overcast, observed an unidentified flying
object.

2. i1/Lt Perry observed a white light decending from very high altitude to
approximately level with his aircraft. The object was traveling at a very high speed
on a heading of approximately 100 degrees. Lt Parry wonld not attempt to estinate |
the distance of the object from the aircraft. The object appeared to be white with
no noticeable change in color. he object gradually increased in size until it |
disappeared. He estimated that it was observed for approximately five (5) seconds.

3. 2/Lt Vermillion's statements were the same as the above with the exception
that|the color of the object was greenish at first observation, and then turned red
snd disappeared. He observed the object for approximately ten (10) seconds.

lh. A/2C Caruthers stated the same as above althongh he observed the object to
be green at first, then turned red and then white and went out. He stated these
‘changes of color were simultaneous. He estimated his observation to be approximately
three (3) seconds. He observed the object from a 35 to 0 degree angle above the
aircraft, and falling at a very rapid speed. He stated it resembled a meteor, and
its estiiated its size to be approximately five (5) fest indiaseter. ~~

COMMENTS BY THE PREPARING OFFICER: ‘his crew was very cooperative in reporting thi s

. oe -. object. the crew members have completed the
following number of combat missions: 1/Lt Perry, 5 missions; 2/I,t Vermillion, 2);
missions; ;-.atda A/2C Caruthers, 12 missions. The information given by this crew is
considered’ to be reliable.

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s/Kermit W. Fish

t/HERMIT W. FISH
Gaptain, USA?
Intelligence Officer

COMMENT of the approving officer:

It is the opinion of this Directorate that this was probably the sighting of an
unusually large meteor. At the time of this sighting ths moon was entering the third
quarter, which might have prevented the trailing sparks common to large meteors from
being readily observed. The reported changs in folor could have been due to: 1) the
composition of the meteors; 2) the refraction caused by different height angles of
observation through the atmosphere, and; 3) the effect of the color of the cockpit
end navigation equipment lights on the viewer's cyes.

This Directorate has no previous report of a similar observation on file. Thore
was no evidence to indicate that the object was controlied in my manner, or that it
was anything but an unusually large meteor. (Restricted)

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COMMENT of the Approving Officer:

Information at this Directorate indicates that this was a possible observation |
of a small meteor. The changing color and sparks are probably the result of the
meteor burning out in the earth's atmosphere. Because of the difficulty of es-
timating distance at night, the 200 feet may have been much more. It is doubted

that this woject was a projectle fired from an aircraft or ground weapon, or another
aircraft. ¢iiiiGEL GED seme

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