Andersenafb Guam — December 1952

Category: 1952  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1952-12-9170520-ANDERSENAFB-GUAM.pdf
Keywords: abape, anderson, trailing, color, nilvory, extremcl, 3peod, equaled, dianppoarod, eonwlt, lftflihhetlon, atatutk, milke, toiiiii, iaipan, itoiy, twriterrui, taiiapae, tihitoiy, lllaiidi, tr11t, lembeft, stndrd, llels, c650k
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SqdD. reported tbat they sighted an unidentifiable object traveling &D ap:prox1mate head ill& of 270 degree a trcm ~dersen 47B. at a ape ed eat eel to be conaiderably in emeaa ot tbat ot a conventional jef b. The ooject appeored to be o.:~llDdrical in abape. silvex-)' color 't'li th a bright ailYeri.ab tlru-e 'trailing f'ran the att section. ;here \188 no exhN.Lst or npcr trail obaerved. A similar or the sarra object Me obaer'led by two pilote o~ a B -17 at a,Px;roxtwately 1.30 :niles fran Guam or1g1:aal ataht1JJ& trcm tt. gound ot Preparin& otticera There appears to be Do raon to doubt the ftlidit1 ot the obeerYera olaima ot ai&htin& a tlyiq objeot. Althouah the graJnd obaerwe:ra have ~ been tzaictd in airo.rart 1dent1t1oat1oD the two pilots have bad OOUiderable cperleme aDd stated the objeot S~hted did Dot appear to lJNCI ASSIFl~ 16. CO 20.rB .Alll J'C&D CO 7.A3 IMP AlB J'CRl!:S WriSLt -Pat'-nCD AD. 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Yi: CG BOi1\1G 19 GU Ai1 . 70 JZ?1:Q/DIR OF I:.TZL EQ USA7 ~AS~ DC J:!:DH?/A.lR_ TEC:-1 .n:t.EL C.C:!::. ~:RIGr.T-PAT AFE 0!-'IO .Jzn:::: ICG ENT AFE COLORADO SPR n:Gs COLO ZD~/CG FEAF TOlCYO JAPAN . I:.FO ZDI/CO 27430 AIR t;~A HG TO:<YO JA?A~:. 7474 0?:: 0?~; PO FLY O~SZRVATIC:~ ~Z?T S'J2~iD If\'.1 AIL 2ZRO DAS:; FIVS PD RZF PAR ~::v:;::~; ChARLI CIT!:D LTR CL~: ZZP.O Zl::RO TO ON~ FIVE ZERO FZ:!:T EETt: EEL! EXTR:!::JITIZS C~lA SILVERY C~:A ~1ETALL!C n: COLOR TVLG AT EXTREL1ELY EIGl: S?EC:D PAR~N ESTD OR FOUR T I'11;S AS FAST AS A JZT ?LA::~ TVLS PA}~.:.. .. ~ OEJECT PD C~JZCT A?!'!.-\R:::!J FR :.z 1 rr:D CU~1ULUS CLOUD EAt:l< I~: EAST Uno ZERO TO ONE FIVE 2E:RO F!ET BETWEEN EXTR!f.IIT IZS C~iA SILVER-Y CNA ::tTALLIC Ir-: COLOR TVLG AT E:fT~S:Mt:LY l-\IGH SPEED ?A~ZN ZSTD T:iREZ OR FOUR Tlt1ZS AS FAST AS A JZT l"Lt\~,C: TVLS ?A;1Z~: ::c SOU J i:E:ARD C:1A ~.;o ::: i<AUST on COi~T;{AlL :: ; ?D :~::ITTZJ Ii: DI!1 .\TCl':i :?i1 !lZAR END SILV!RY Ul!ITE FLI ,z P 7L/\i~2 Z"UALL:.:D li'. L: !GTJ' S IZE 0~ OBJECT PD OEJZCT f'.PPF. n:~n Fn :.s: n.:) CU; JULUS CLOUD i./1.::!( J:: Zt~ST vr:::ut-.LLY FR G}D C~1.'\ !~o OPTICJ\L P.!DS AVAL ?D ?1\~:::: FOUR ?AP.: : ors:-!S Cot 51 PORTIO~: 0:? ?.A::: P.RZA AT A::D:Rsz~: ,.~s c;;A GUA:J CilA :~A~IA~!A~ ISLA~!DS ?D OSJ:::CT UAS 02SERVZJ I: ~ CLASSIFIED Anderson AFB Guu. 19 Dece.ber 19S2 1. DeacrJ.pt.lon of Incident. 20$0 \o ZOSS hour an unidentified aerial object vas sighted fro"' \bree aepara\e poln\a or obaenation --(1) pound crew personnel at. Ander:Jon AFB,. Ouua, (2) a llaal Officer 14 miles aouth ot Anderson AFB, and ()) from an SnoOif.lnl B-17 US lld.les fro 0\W\ on a wes~erl7 heading. The object or objecta 1ft all caa were reported to be on a heading or 270, appeared cy- 11ndrlcalln abape, ot ailYer)' color vith a bright flar..e trailing rrom the rear. The speed