UAP Sighting Report: The Dalles, Oregon, 25 July 1952

This document contains two distinct reports regarding unidentified aerial phenomena occurring in July 1952. The first report, dated July 25, 1952, details a visual sighting by a member of the Ground Observer Corps in The Dalles, Oregon. The observer, using high-powered field glasses, reported a white, round object approximately the size of a marble. The object was observed moving at a speed faster than a jet aircraft, performing a circular pattern toward the south before disappearing to the southeast. No trail, propulsion, or sound was detected, and the weather was reported as CAVU (Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited). The second report concerns an F-94 aircraft, piloted by 1st Lt Claine M. Jones with radar observer 2nd Lt Aubrey M. Brenner, operating in the area southeast of Talkeetna, Alaska, on the same date. At 0820Z, the crew established a radar contact on a target that appeared larger than their F-94 at a range of 14,000 yards. The target maintained a speed 40 knots greater than the aircraft and, despite the F-94 increasing speed to 350 knots in a climb, the target pulled away at over 100 knots. The target eventually leveled off and increased speed before the chase was broken off. Visual contact was not achieved during this incident. The Intelligence Directorate of Headquarters Alaskan Air Command noted that no defects were found in the radar sets of the three aircraft involved in these reports. Furthermore, a check of ADCC records indicated no target returns that could be correlated with the contacts obtained by the APG-33 radar system. The document includes a handwritten note referencing two other folders from July 5 and July 21, 1952, regarding other sightings in the same area.