PROJECT BLUE BOOK

1. OaTe. Time Group 2. LOCATION
usust 53 7238/1075: on Nafacl, California

- NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Fey Fg a. of ever

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 Tl -inut es

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

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FM COMDR ADIV 28 (DEF) HAMILTON AFB CALIF

TO JEPHO/HQ USAF WAcH 25 DC er |
JEDWP/WRIGHT PATTER=ON AFB OHIO ATIC |

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JEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO |
ZEN/COMDR WADF HAMILTON AFB MAMILTON CALIF UNCLASSIFIED :
SEEN 22° seo. ATTN JEPHQ/DIR OF INTELLIGENCE, |
ATTN JEDWP/ATIAA=2C. ATTN: INTELLIGENCE FLYOBRPT. - a
1. FOURTEEN CIGAR SHAPED OBJECTS WITHOUT WINGS WITH WHITE LIGHTS ON |
THEM IN LOOSE V FORMATION, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BI-MOTORED ACFT. }
NO SOUND OR MEANS OF PROPULSION OBSERVED. ONE OBJECT APPEARED TO BE |
LEADING THE FORMATION AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 299 MPH. |
2. 2325PDT, 28AU53 FOR APPRX 3 MINUTES, |

$3. VISUALLY FROM THE CRND. OSSERVER USED OPERA GLASSES GF ABCUT

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4 POWER RATING,

4, CBSERVER LOCATED AT GOC POST IN SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. DJUNH 2386,

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OBJECTS WERE FIRST OBSERVED HEADING WEST OVER OBSERVER*S HEAD
THROUGH BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS, THEN OB.J.C1TS APPEARED TO TURN AND
HEAD NORTH DISAPPEARING BEHIND CLOUDS.

5, OBSERVER VAS Sarre, SAN RAFAEL,

CALIf. OBSERVER APPEARED TO BE RELIABLE AND HAS BEEN Ail OBSERVER ON
DUTY WITH GOC FOR SEV YEARS DURING WWII AND DURING PAST WAR YEARS.
6. W% IN SAd FRANCISCO AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTING WAS BROKEN TO OVER-
CAST WITH CLOUD BASES AT 2300 FT SURFACE WINDS FROM WEST AT 1545 :
WINDS AT 2,003 FT, 220 DEG AT 17K; WINDS AT 4,900 FI 199 bEG

AT 18K; WINDS AT 10,093 FT 218 DEG AT 25K.
7, OBSERVER MAY HAYE SEEN GROUP OF STARS THROUGH OVERCAST WHICH NAY

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HAVE APPEARED TO BE MOVING DUE TO MOVEMENT OF BROXEN CLOUDS BETY
OBSERVER AND STARS.

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9. NONE

16. NONE

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Ete At Turner. AFB Albany, Georgia and aireq adjacent

flytng “object sighted traveling on a constant heading of 270

degrees. Object appeared from” South, circular in shape, :

outline. aternined by reflection ground: lights, size estim-

ated to be-equal or greater than F 84 sivers{t. Witnesses

reported ‘ye Se itee varlable intensity bal! of light or flame

which. ees ed to reddish color as ‘i ect disa ceeer ed to

west. Attitude estimated to be 3,000 to 4, 000 feet. Velocity

30 to. 46 MPH, no sound, chemical reaction with atmosphere,

or Fesidue was re arted by ee observers at Turner AFB and vicin=
Ye Obiect obs byed b by Cap and wife and neighbor

Tevic ees residence exteas 1 pile west of Turner AFB, Capt

ae air drone officer Teraer. vee? sighting made from
ta Turner AFB. Roxie -Phillipsvand. rty made unaided visual

i OO ight ings » Knavel made visual sig tin ng aided by 7 by 50

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noculars, Object sighted b y untdent tied third
person who made phone call to base weather officer at Turner

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fr 8 19e visib Knavel, r during
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INFO us CSA, G2(CIA}, G3, NAVY, JCS, OSD, NSA

DA IN 802854 (29 Aug 53) cdf/4

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Unidentified Flying Object, Tumer AY Base, Oeorgia

| Flight Service, MATS, Wewark
State of Ceorgia | binds Oa es
1 September 1953 | 26 August 1953 Bel,
Gerald B. Tyler, Major, USAP USAF personnel, Turner AFB, Georgia

Teletype FLTOBRPTS SO6IO2 and 2915502 August submitved by Memwell 7S Center

iiicatiy Ghats iiieneinith: Aquemiatns paadh ext (roml dere flying
object near Turner AP Base, Georgia, at 2256E, 28 August 1953. ws

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"CIECULAR SHAPED OBJECT EQUAL TO OR LARGER IN SIZE TO AN P-Sh. COIOR UNKNOWN BUT DID
REFLECT LIGHTS FROM GROUND ONE OBJECT YELLO’ BALL OF FIAME OR LIGHT. VARIABIE

SPEED ESTIMATED 30-10 MPH. NO SOUND, STEADY COURSE.
AND CHANGING TO RUDTISH cCOrIcR. SIGHTED 2256r
FROM GROUWD FROM THREE LOCATIONS. ONE OBSERVER
OBSERVERS LOCATED TURNER AFB, GA., AND
SOUTH AND PASSED DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. ALTITULE 3
OBSERVED FROM TURNER AYS CONTROL TOWER THRU 7 BY
pp de 1000 Fr 30 TO
D WEIGHBORS- CAPT W AHD ONE
BSERVER AT TURNER AFB, GA, CAPT GPS AND
CAPT KNAVEL ARE RATED AIR FORCE. PERSONNEL STATIONED AT TURNER AFB GA. - WEATHER REPORTED
SCATTERED CLOUDS 12 MILE VISABILITY
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, NO INTERCEPTION OR
BO AIR TRAFFIC REPORTED IN AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTING

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areslZPAreatly positive identification of the object was watshlished ty oo-the-spst