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(1) DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT

(A) LARGE LIKE A FLAT WATER TANK

(B) IN SIZE IT APPEARED TO THE OBSR LARGER THAN A B-29 ACFT.

(C) COLOR WAS A BRIGHT ALUMINUM,

(D) NUMBER NEGATIVE

(E) FORMATION NEGATIVE

(F) DISCERNIBLE FEATURES NEGATIVE

(G) TAIL TRAIL OR EXHAUST NEGATIVE

(H) SOUND NEGATIVE

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| (I) PERTINENT OR UNUSUAL FEATURES NEGATIVE

| (2) DESCRIPTION OF CRSE OF OBJECTS:
| (A) A GLARING REFLECTION OVERHEAD CALLED THE ATTN OF THE OBSR.
(mR) WHEN FIRST OBSERVED THE ANGLE OF ELEVATION WAS 3@ DEGREES AT 362

DEGREE AZIMUTH.

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(1) PERTINENT OR UNUSUAL FEATURES NEGATIVE
(2) DESCRIPTION OF CRSE OF OBJECTS?

CA) A GLARING REFLECTION OVERHEAD CALLED THE ATTN OF THE OBSR.

(Bp) WHEN FIRST OBSERVED THE ANGLE OF ELEVATION WAS 39 DEGREES AT 369
DEGREE AZIMUTH.

(C) UPON DISAPPEARANCE ANGLE OF ELEVATION WAS 39DEGREE AT 369DEGREE
AZIMUTH.

(D) OBJECT APPROACHED THE NAVY STA DESCENDING AT ABOUT A 3% DEGREE
ANGLE (OBJECT ITSELF REMAINED AT A HORIZONTAL LEVEL AT ALL TIMES) FROM
DIRECT NORTH STOPPED OVER THE STA FOR APRX ONEC(1) MINUTE THEN FLEW
“AROUND THE STA AND STARTED CLIMBING AT ABOUT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE IN THE
DIRECTIONC(NORTH)IT HAD APPROACHED FROM. UPON REACHING THE APRX LOC WHERE
IT WAS FIRST OBSEVED THE OBJECT STOPPED. ALTS OF SIGHTIN ESTD AT
BETWEEN 7,299 TO 19,999 FT.

(£) AFTER STOPPING THE OBJECT WENT STRIAGHT UP AND DISAPPEARED.

(F) LENGTH OF TIME IN SIGHT WAS APRX FIVEC(5) MINUTES.

(3) MANNER OF OBSERVATIONS

(A) GRD VISUAL

(B) NO OPTICAL AIDS WERE USED

(C) NEGATIVE

(4) TIME AND DT OEF SIGHTING:

(A) 12392 19 NOV 53,

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(B) LIGHT CONDITIONS : DAY
(5) LOC OF OBSR: 39 DEGREES §* N 85 DEGREES RTJW
(6) IDENTIFYING INFO OF OBSR: — Oe das

(A) CIVILIANS E 31 MAILING avpress ae

ANDREWS STATION PANAMA CITY FLORIDA, OCCUPATION: ASS'T FIRE CHIEF. EST
OF RELIABILITY: MAMMMMMBPAPPEARED VERY SOBER SINCERE AND VERY SERIOUS
ABOUT THE MATTER, HOWEVER HE WAS VERY POOR AT JUDGING ALT DISTANCES.
(7) WEA AND WIND ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING:

(A) OBSR STATES WEA WAS CLEAR WITH SCATTERED WHITE CLOUDS AND THERE

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(6) IDENTIFYING INFO OF OBSR:

(A) CIVILIAN @QggAGE 31 MAILING ADDRESS aor

ANDREWS STATION PANAMA CITY FLORIDA, OCCUPATION? ASS*T FIRE CHIEF. EST
OF RELIABILITY: MR@MMEMBBAPPEARED VERY SOBER SINCERE AND VERY SERIOUS
ABOUT THE MATTER, HOWEVER HE WAS VERY POOR AT JUDGING ALT DISTANCES.
(7) WEA AND WIND ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING:

(A) OBSR STATES WEA WAS CLEAR WITH SCATTERED WHITE CLOUDS AND THERE
WAS NO WIND AT GRD LEVEL.

(B) AIR WEA SERVICECTYNDALL AFB FLAt 9639 QO NOV 53, REPT OF WINDS
ALOFT NOT AVAL. |

(C) CEILING? SCATTERED LAYER 12,909 FT

(D) VISIBILITY t19 MILES

(E) AMT OF CLOUD COVER 9.2

(F) NO THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA

(8) NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OR CONDITION METEOROLOGICAL ASTRONOMICAL OR
OTHERWISE REPTD IN AREA.

(9) NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF SIGHTING AVAL.

(19) NO INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION WAS TAKEN

(11) THERE WERE SEVENTEEN (17) TYNDALL ACFT FLYING IN LOC AREA AT TIME
OF SIGHTING, LOC RADAR REPTS NO UNIDENTIFIED SIGHTING AT 12392 19 NOV53,

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AF FORM 112—PART 1!

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“AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

Unidentified Flying Object (UFO3) m
AREA REPORTED On ronuAnos i °° —_— ———- _
_ .__ ~Florida Intelligence Office, Tyndall \rB, Florida

DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION

27 November 1 19 Novenber 1
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GUMMARY: (ater conelos summary of repart. ioe vignipcance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclowures af lower left. Begin tert of report on AF Form 118— “ort 11.)

At about 06:15 on 19 November ‘Mr. Assistant Fire Chief at the
US Naval Mine Countermeasures Station, Panama City, Florida, saw in the air what
appeared to be a very large, round and flat metallic object. The ovject approached
the Station from directly NORTH, stopped over the station, then flew around the
station and headed NORTH and stopped again where it was first observed then flew
straight up and disappeared. No sound was heard. lr. Wells stated that he had
always laughed at Flying Saucer stories, but that now he was convinced, after what he
saw, that there is such a thing.

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AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

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(1) Deseription of the object:
(a) Large, like a flat water tank.
(b) In size it appeared to the observer larger than a B-29 aircraft.
(c) Color was a bright aluninum,
(ad) Number — negative.
(e) Formation = negative.
(f) Discernible features — nezative.
(2) Tail, trail or exhaust - negative.

(h) Sound = negative.
(i) Pertinent or unusual features - negative.
(2) Deseription of course of objects:

(a) A glaring reflection overhead called the attention of the observer,

(b) When first observed the angle of elevation was 30° at 360° azimth.

(c) Upon disappearance angle of elevation was 30° at 360° azimth,.

(d) (Object approached the Navy Station descending 2t about a 30° angle (object
itself remained at a horizontal level at all times) from direct "ORTH,
stopped over the station for approximately one (1) minute, then flew
around the station and started climbing at about a 30° angle in the
direction (NORTH) it had approached from. Upon reaching the approximate
location where it was first observed, the object stopped. Altitudes of
sighting estimated at between 7,000 to 10,000 feet.

(e) After stopning the object went straight up and disappeared.

(ft) Length of time in sicht was approximtely five (5) minutes.

(3) Manner of observation:

(a) Ground - visual

(b) No optical aids were used

(c) Negative

(4) Time and date of sichting:

(a) 12302 19 Nov 53
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(5) location of observer: 30° 8' N, 85° 45° ¥ DiR 6200.15 TEAn. “6

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(6) Identifying information of observer:

(2) Civilian Cp ace 31, mailing adiress . CP tae.
Andrews Station, Tanama City, Florida. Occupation: Assistant Fire Chief.
Estimate of reliability: QED ss proved very sober, sincere and very
serious about the mutter, however, he was very poor at judgins altitude

distances.

(7) Weather and wind aloft conditions at time and place of sizhtings:

(a) Coserver states weather was clear with scattered white clouds ond there
was no wind at cround level,

(b) Ady Yeather Service (Tyndall iF3, Florida): 0630 19 Nov 53, Report of
winds aloft not available,

(c) Ceiling: scattered layer 2 12,000 feet.
(d) Visibility: 10 miles

{e) Amount of cloud cover: 0,2

(f) No thunderstorms in area.

(8) No unusual activity or condition, meteorological, astronouical, or otherwise
reported in area,

(9) No physical evidence of sighting available,
(10) No interception or identiMcation action was taken.

(11) ‘There were seventeen (17) Tyndall. aircraft flying in local area at time of
sighting. Local radar reports no unidentified sichting at 12302 19 lov 53,

(12) Report prepared by M/Szt. Oscar R. Lopes, NCOIC, Wing Intelligence Office,
Tyndall AFB, Florida. It is the opinion of the preparing NCO that since there
were seventeen (17) local aircraft airborne at time of sivhti that
visibility was ten (10) miles and that upon interrogation 2. lap: to be
. _ Judge of altitude distances, that the sighting was probably a local
aircra

APPROVED:

DANIEL A. SILS
- 3° é: AR vy — Lt. Cole, USAF
DECLASSIFIED A¥TER 12 VE Ve Ming Operations Orficer

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AGENCIES, EXCLPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF

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IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY
INTELLIGENCE, USAF.