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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6788965

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONGuam Marianas14 27N124 00E

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD -
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 0 La etch IF
23 Anyi oy f nt Mari; te (24 ON 19.1. OQ) \Probobly Balloon
29 Avrx il 1957 Guam, Marianas (14,27? +t A 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ‘
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CC” | 0 Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Rodar Oo Diatebly Aitereft
our__.23726552Z D’Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |7 Possibly Aircraft
|S. PHOTOS — 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
O Yes O Probobly Astronomical
| DNs Military 0 Possibly pucren se
7, LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE FOK Other Flare
QO Insufficient Date for Evaluation
} 0 Unknown
12 seconds one LS i ;
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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CiRViIS report of phosphorous flare Not rptd as a UFO. Rptd as a flard,

fired fm surface. Report fm a/c,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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PFICO, PACIFIC Air Force/Far East Air Forces (REAR), APO van

Francisco, California 15 May 57, Subject: (Unclas) Intelligence Re-
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Headquarters Air Defense Command, int Air Force Base, Colcrado
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TO; Commander-—in-Chie . Continental Air Defense Command, ATTN:
COINT, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Headquarters Continental Air Defense Command, ENY Air Force Base
Colorado Springs, Colorado

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HEADQUARTERS
PACIFIC ATR FORCE/FAR EAST AIR FORCES (REAR)

APO 953, SAN. FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
PYTCO 5. MAY. 195)
SUBJUCT; (Unclas) Intelligence Report

TOs Commander
Air Defense Command
ant Air iorce Base, Colorado

Ll. in accordance with AIR 200-3 dated 13 hay 1955, the attached
"CIRVIS" report is submitted,

: 2, Copies of the attached inclosures were forwardsd to the
following addressees;

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been operating the radar on the vartous ranges and various daresay of
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wnen 1 looked wm, scanned the Lnstroments, and looked « lao aint cole

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how cloay and light 4t¢ appaarad. Thora wus no weather in the arsa axcont
scattered cuaults clouds which were way bellow us; wa were at 17,000 and I'4

estimate the tops of the scattor#! clouds were at 4-5900 feet. Tt aac

had looked back at the instmmeants when I bad the sorsation it was suddenly
vacoming Licht. It scoued that in a fraction oF a secorsd {abort the tin:

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it, would take a watch to flarg to tts full brilliarss after

1% was 30 bright I had tha impression e searchlight waa being dirveted
the atroratt (it was bright enough I conld have eas ly mead a beck in ?
ockpit by ita light), ha thought that ienediately entered my mind was
that of missing our RTA at the P-ADTZ and that en intearcaptor atireraft
had fired a flare or turned a saerehlight on us. I looked ont thse ria
hand cockpit window and saw a bright ball of lignt sbout 10 Qagtoas abora

tm behind the right wing g, at what I would estiszate was within 100 yarts ef

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ths aircraft. Ths object fall below and behind the right wing and went out
immeciataly after it became visible uordar tho wing. After the maia ball of

Light went out there appsarad to be three frarsents which fell separately

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glowing for perhaps two seconds. ‘The color wag a white phosphors

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was no apparent fomrard or aft movement in relation to the ateorart Thar

WA2 NO apparent shock or noise accompanying the ineldent and I wenld estimat

that it was abont 12 seronds froa the tins T first becem oapare

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Stateuent of LCar Roach (cont'd)

increase of light until the last fragesnis went out. I could sae no other
objects on either side of the aireraft or in ary araa which I could ses.

it called for the Aircraft Comaander, LCdr Harrell, who was back in the
passenger cabin at the tias; however, there was soms dalay in his betog
notified and it was about 15 or 20 minutes before he came forward ard made
out the CIRVLS report which was sent to Guam as wes wore not in contact
with Clark whan the report was ready, UCdr Harrell also passed the
information on to Pan Amarican Flight 25 Victor which was onreuta to

Manila and asked him to pass it to Clark by phones as soon as he got in.

A TRUE COPY:

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AVIS F. EOWIN, UR.
' Major, USAF

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