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1. DATE - TIME GrouP
28 April 53 29/06002 Fontena, California |

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

Several. iirace of vroud Lists. .
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION /[11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

15 iiinutes Several fiery colored objects traveled in a Southerly direcif.on
6 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~ in fommbion. See cose Mle, Objects appeared in yirs.
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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

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FORM
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AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

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SUMMARY: (Inter conciss summary of report. Gise significancs in final ons-cenience paragraph. Liat inclorurce at lower left. Begin tart of report om AF Form 1i8— ‘art [1.)

On 26 April 1953, 1st Lt Ralph R. Scowden was flying T-6 aircraft SN })h-S1209

through the Cajon Pass when he sighted unidentified flying objects as described in
the attached signed statement.

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1, OBJ3CT SIGHTED

A, Description
1, Shape

Circular
2. Size

No estimate simce distance was not known
y Color Fire amber
4. Number

Two , four , anoroximately sixteen maximun.

. Formation.
Ofmaveerat first in normal two shép elements, then as the

B, Aevodyna Hepat wegreased, both abreast and unsystematio ball

1. Trail or aust formation.
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2 Propulsion ernewn
. Speed .
. ™ ' No way of estimating.

» Sound
4 None heard

5, Maneuvers. =
None except the changes in formatdon. hen the

é, Vande €f SHeap Hatake ned formation,they just avoeared.
The ghts became undiscernable as IT let down

11, Time of Sight#p(4heoke%a opypr Long teach.

A. th of ti b 2200 PDT 28 Apr.53
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111, Manner of Observation (Visual or Electronic) Visual
A. From Air or Surface Aip

1. Speed
e 150. mph

2. Altitud
° 7000!

3. Type of Ajropatt
B. Any type of optical or electronic equipment used shoukd be described

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1V. Location of Observer

A, - Latitude and Longitude (Landma
© and Let oatane Liv’ 25¢ W, 34°10" 1
B, Location of Object gin respect to observer.

1. Distance
. Unknown,but it seemed to vary.

2, Directio
FeCU ” Stayed between 9 and ll’ o’cloéck tintil turn to snt»

Vv. Identifying RRosRessigmotdarey, fhemmks.s ©' chock.
A. Reliability and Experiance

B, Estimated Reliability of Sighting

Vl. Weather and Winds Aloft
Clear with an inversion at adout 3000’ and haze

below.
Vll. Any activity or Conditions ( Meterorlogical or Otherwise) Which Might |

Account for Sighti
mins Jets were flying at 31 Toro.

Vlll. Existance of any physical evidence,
A, Fragments None

B, Photogrephs

C, Other DOWNGRADED AT 3 YRFAR INTERVALS; |
| DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YRAPS |

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UNCLASSIFIED DOD DIR 5200.19 |

‘2X, Interception or Identification Action Taken

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X. - Location of any Air Traffic in General Area at Time of Sighting

Xl, Winds and Velocities at Altitudes Indicated at Bime Object Sighted.
4,000!

8,000!
123000!
16,000!
18,000!

20,000!

X11, Remarks (Any additional or 8 ac “Anformation not completely
covered by the

i was flying caved A og a when I first saw two lizhts ahead,
These two lights wewe amber and although they did not look like wing
lights , @ tried to watch them, assuming them to be a two ship forma-
tion. 1 lost them and later saw two more whenoved Fontana. These two
were joined by two more and these four seemed to be flying a normal
four ship formation. at no time did I see any normal coloted navizga-
tion lights. Then more lights joined the first four in a grouping
action. This greup seemed sometimes to be abreast and sometimes to be
just flying ia a group as sparrows do.

Although i had no way of telling their speed, they seemed to be
moving parallel and slightly toward me at first and them later seemed
to go southward.

I contacted Long “each tower in an attempt to have my sighting cen-
firmed, and was informed that there were Navy jets round-robining to
Catakina Island. It is quite vossible that if there were a number of
them flying , I was loocinz down their exhausts. But as I said before,
I never saw any conventional navigational lights near these lights,
and I saw them from Fontana to the time that I entered the hazs level
at Long Beach when they appeared to be due South and going away.

Rsk trourde

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