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ProseCt 70073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
12 Mar 54 Scranton, Pennsylvania Was Balloon
000 Prebobly Balleen
3. DATE-TIME OROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION PessiWy Balleen
Leeal 1940 Ground-Visvel Greund-Reder Wes Airereft
000 Probebly Aircreft
OMT 13/00402 0 Air Visudl 0 Air-intercopt Reder PossiWy Aircreft
PHOTOS JOUNCE Wes Astrenemiedl Meteor
a Yee Probably Astrenemical
No civilian Pessibly Astrenomicel
7. TION Other.
000 00 Insufficiont tien
20-30 seconds Unk ne wn Unkno wn
ae
18. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIOHTING 18. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIOHTING 11. COMMENTS
Luminois, shape of vapor trail or tail of Poseibly a luminous
meteor - no detail meteor.
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ATTC PORM
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R.4NC. SCLAN
2
BQ, S4 PIBTAICT OSY (I..
I litned 161e S. Careron Stre Thes
Earrloburr, Pa. why
rlae tian
UNCLASSIFIED
couldn1re
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STOT DM
SUBJECTI led viying
DOWNGRADED AT : YEAR INTERVALS:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DQD DIR 5200.10
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Air Poree
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in ht
Distrie
reper 2 exdmetely 2916
hour
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uae ide
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On 16 Merob 2954, minl
ARNER, Jr. of the sen Dot 3d In
seeerd 1ok paragrech AFR 2002, dat Angust 1953, u5jnet: Une
identified elin Objeets Re and in with irsl Latter 85,
dated 7 Jarma 1953. Subjret: orting Lying
objeets, Lowing inferm obte
UNCLAS SIFIED
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sise of ebjeet(). tha$ whole objest
tral
was the 1 of BOP.
(h) Nope beard.
carty
.
(a) That firet - th
objeet()? . . that be was leoking inte the
while
doing so.
(b) Angla of the ebjeet(•) when Nret
obeer that he firet sam the
30.
(c) fobjeet(a)
ance. - Unknow.
.
UNCLAS
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C. - Hone.
(e) slghting 0 p,
1t
eble.
(5) Lecati one longitnde of
each obeerver pesitien withreferened
to a kmnowm mlledng south in the
C
(6) ()
(a)
estimate of reliability.
31 (DOB: 20 Feb 23 at Serante
Scranton, Pa. Employed Laborer in the Pinishing
UNCLASSIFIED
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Foree. 314 inte and knowledge
of deliberate
in his etions, during the interview
did lying trying to attention
to him unexeited during the interviow
and etated
that he indulging Leants prier
to his oby Although not
trained 18 is thought that he repeorted
something he astually obeerved. The interviewer rates
the seur about C-.
(7) Reather nd place of
sighting:
(a) Obeorver() conditions. -
stated that clear and that there wore
there wes little er ne was little er ne
(b) Repert (b) offlee of
faee, ,10,0001 16,0001 0,000',
and 50,000'
Ceiling. -U Unlind ted.
(d) Voibility. - Clear night.
(s) The
None
(5) Ang astivity or eendi tion, mete porelogical,
astroncmisal, or otherwise, which might aceount for the
sighting. - None known.
(9) Existence phyeieal
material and photographs.
UNCLASSIFIED
T54-4225

3D0 1-10-36 SPOT INTELLICENCE REPORT
Subj: Unidenti Flying objeeta
(10) Interception or identification action taken (such action
whenever feasible, complying with existing
air def dime None Ian observed.
(11) hting.-
(12) Pesition title preparing offieer, inelud-
ing his proliminary analyois of the pessible cause of the
eighting. ALDIEN I. WARNER, Jr., Speeial Agent, CSL, Detash-
34 Distriet OsI (m)
USAP.
On 16 19544, lst Lt CLARENCE J. COLE, Adjutant, 648th Alreraft Control
and Warning Squadren, Bentom, Pao, Waa intervie wed by Special Agent VARMER at
the 6l8th AC&Y Squadri COLR stated thas 1s maintained on flying
objests sighted and ta and advieod that of this log indieated that
no flying ob1 1940 hours 12 fareh
1954.
mem n
Cem Wright-Pa APB, Chio,
ATTN P Airerafs Contral eing Squadren
FOR AND L.I THE ABSENCE OF
1 Inel: OWEN L. COLAW
Cy of unsioed and undid 1tr roo'd jor, USAP
by Serent Id Dst 081
10) USAP, in
-
B. Pa. /Inel (i cy oa)
UNCLASSIFIED
T54-4265

SDO 1-10-36
The fellowing I is a eopy of a letter, undated and unaigned, recei ved by the
3d Distriet Seranton, Pa., in an relope addressed to
Dept of the Air Faree, Speoial vestigation Depte, Seleet Building, Seranton,
Pa., poeta Pa.. 16 1954s
"Sire:
ting to proper
pauty or tho thr  te rure
20 ins
whas I
leek like. I teck
17
but wt wae
moving parell lking the side.
Then I meteer
but
4t tr was a 7es 3
lying jet th
othee
y bo
theank you"
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