Wiesbaden Germany — July 1950

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PROJEC1 10073 RE.CORD CARD " LOCATION DATfTlt.tt GROUf' ,;:a ~oll~on f'r:)bobiy Bolloon :l W.n A.rcrc~l CJ A ttt:O:fer<.eot ~.:~dor :'I o rooobl y Atr~roh r: P,sarbly Ar-:rtlh sl\G'Jict... LNClH OF \lDURVATI<:'I~ 'Nos A,tronomtc~i P rot-ool y o\ atronomi c:ol i o ''' ol y Astron~"" c !It ll. CC.'w' -~ENTS BAIEfl SUUMAAY OF SIGHllNG Rt.:.iE.::"llJlec! 0.:1 auto hcaol1c;ht.. Sl1cht ooc1llat.1oll ATIC FOMM Ut (REV 26 1&1' 12) AF FORM f12-PAilT I ~OIJIIIRI~ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMA Unldt.1f! r~ ~ject. SigJt~.in& C?n. '!1 Jul.J 1950 1n Oeraft7 ... , ... r" rmOII. l 'l!f'" '' Intellir-nce Division, Hq VATS 0.1'11&ftJ Anclrna AI Base, 1'13.ahinton 2S, D. c. Captain, us~ USAP' Ai I'M n 1. Tt. Int.ellilence Officer, 1602d , Wieobaden a member or Wieabad, O.l'lll.ftT, reports that t.be 1602d Air Traneport Wing, s weat. of MeabadeD Ail" Base. ad an unldent object the sky t.o the whmU.ted the followin~ report on the at. 1150Z, while a1tt1ng on the porch of the JlATS barracka*, I observed an object. 1n the wat.em k7 at an approximate bearing of 315 de~reea true and approx- 1Mt.el.7 45 degrHI nrt1call.7, wll abon the 1\lll \thi ch was l ow in t.he aky. The bod)"' reae~led an autc.obile headliFht tilted eo that a portion of its under elliptical aurtaoe waa Yiaible with no motion other than a alieht oscillation or ita lateral axle. At approxlmatel)"' 1851Z, I called Pte n. v.. Grisillo, sitting near me, and requested that he obaer.e the aunliP,ht being reflected from the bod1 and ita l a ck ot aot.ion. Gr1a1llo exclaiJiled, lt ' a flying aaucerJ At 1854l I observed an almost a~alt.aneoua acceleration and diaappearance of the object. that the barrack are located on eUesbaden Air Baae. 2. The IM.elligence Officer etatea Neither of cript,ion of the object waa .ubatantial.l.y the same aa Sel~f:e.ar Pretko the airmen obaerved &nT meana of propulaion and neither could atate t.he taken prior to the objec~a.diaappearance. 3.1he t.w control tower operators who were on duty at Wiesbaden Air ooae at the t1e of the eight~ were contacted. Neither had observed anything unusual liuring theil' period ot dutr. One ot the operators, however, etated that from their pc;ait.ion 1n t.he t.oww, in relation to the wna rara, it wuld have been difficult for them to cl1acem an object oo the deacrlbed bearing. A. O. LOVE Capt.a1n, USAf DOWNGRADEIJ AT 3 Yl; \lt INTEl!\' ALSi DECLASSIFIED AFTE R 12 YEARS. APPROVFIJa IJIJ.IA)I L. TRAVIS Lt Colon.l Chief, Intelligence MOrt H.': PLANE SAn r1Hf. HU. ... ~LFIIIG SAU$AG'