t. OATE TI ME GROUP CO! .. CLUSION ~!JM~ES~ OF OD.l';CT~ L Et iGTH OF OA:i!!RVATION 11. BRI::r: SUMM..\RY AND ANALYSIS oh i~ ,.o~o T YPE o;: OJSERVATIOH 3. P HOTOS PHYSICAL EVIDENC! C. ,J T\' LD HOLDl..r; o:~ ::-LYG~f'PT. \.'f L LEY. Af FOPM 112-PART I AWROVEO I J UNE 1?4 COO,.TJt'( (I,EAVE IJLANK) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT DATE OF IHF'O R'4A TIO/t ' k'V,\LUI\' 6.-t ' ',IJ -.MARY: (f.nttr ~?MIM "'"'"' ''of rqrt. Gill l17'1ljlea1'U Ira ji1111l O'III.Jtll~llct pur~!J' 1p!l. LWI inel!M'Irtl at bwn ltft. 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'1'1-'fWri) I JUNE. 11-llt AIR INTELLIGENCE l ~ olil ton, t;w~til to.a A.r'!l U''"'' ( u\;ir.,d), ~\opa~r~ O.Ilu WG\9 lut urro r,.l.J.;~d i n t:1tJ CSt'.i:c,., c;.~.' cl d Dir,.,o~or c>.J.' v'l' ~I''J'"i..l m tl.tl.iddntl1'iad l'lyb,. oojdiJt. . ~a:Jrl r.H;ordi. . o f ;!!.,j ,t,,rro :-'-ta oH ~.. ...I.V.~ ..l...lu ~J ;.~lc-H.ruoJ. '.lith vJ :.J r '"'lvl''; ;J.J i:lclo.iUC:t ,, 1 . I!l!'orauvl.O ~on- t.\ L .. hHl t.hc::tr<tL"l i.J l\.3 i'..>lL>..Js: ..:o lo:1dl ~Ju~rt.l ~acurl;;r .;'Ju.cy l uuliiJ l!'\.foc-:v"tlon GfJ.'ic..:c~t ,,ll r"7r:r, .>.J3,;jlblJ <.: ue o.~..iLu t n ii ~rae ~-i;y;:>tt o" .l J J ,, UJ.rcra "' t o refl .. H~tion o.L' !iUO OOVPr .LO~e Si nlL.lr t o .Jounu o.L' .'\.:l ~'-Jo 1 ~ i.l: ;.n .u .i ;uJJ, ,;i en n o <:ha d i!l ;;onct or 7ol:J.n~ uuring cau- Th.J obj )CI:; .~aud thrsa ( :;) , v':>U r j )1t tL<l:l~ 2 to ~ r;~cond.J to Ct;;nl.,t~ il a.c n t rral J ..>tall ! tOlUl....l/, o n t-'1~ . .Le r.;r;ur . 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();.If (' 'llf'il'i IN A~f '1;\., orA f O loH U .\ll1 nH'lOI"fl')Q~ 1: Pl"l'1HII "l l Y l \ d , IT ,_,r_y la(;f ft I t>POOUC 0 HI WW l E (JR 1:1 P.\rH,l.Y Ofl!f,j IIi,\~ l.rlll~l> .>rAil~ 1\H J,r'(f AC.l1'1l. .t-< 'IT IIV IIR'~ISSOa(Jr HI~ UlriLf" 'PO AF FORM 112 PART II APf'ROVf D 1 J UNE 1941 A1R INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Oth~r }cJti~dnt or u l t'Q~t~rOSI ttr, vHT r.o. turn.J, ~r .. oui; v~ J-e i .1ch ~or ~Jt ~ror~:~. thiu ob.j >C ~ dur tu~ t L , ti~:d ro_:>or~eJ n...:>r'~h""''s~ o t' ..;onoma 1/.All.uy !.~..u-tht) c r.,'it o.&. Iri.:1L:y .<. ocLd COll:l~co;i:l(; ~!'let .~ono:n.u. ..o.:l ~lCJ lDrt:l'fd3~ of A>..:;lt i o n o .: .... l-t ol>i~l"7~.r:l. J i.'itaac.ot or o !lj,.,ct f r c:a t.U3\'tC'V';::r .s ;1~3 Uildo;,t~.r.1.it~ttu. l'lJill~ o.t; a r~ry i.l ;~l tU1;i~uJtt L..1 o. r..J.~tn.4e..st; dlrlCtJ.o ..:l. :.l&icuu~ t ~J d~c..,r.U.lud t o b' co;.lin-; .: l.J unli;:ucud .. t.i .. th :;u1'1'.1.oi rlt l i .. n~ for ~:ooJ ob ~.,r7~:;iu.'l. ~:lH: ltll'; !lOCUM~f l '1' 11Wt311FOR~ATIO'i At-F~"CTING lltF l oA I tC-.t\L !J: if tl For l'lt.ll1'11fT 0 ~;nrro; WITHIN Tl'~ ~I~''Nitor. flr Til. ?IO I';E ACT, "'J) 1J S. C- J ll'iU ' . l "iA"''"'lliO IT3 Tf.N.>\41-.;.IO.-. Oof TifF" h tl.f>iiO~I Or If$ ('t 'II P H<; I'~ fol'( 1!.\NN'Jl TO AN IHl~l.!iiii.Jf<I/Ei) ltP'lO~ 15 r:>OHIAIT0 Bf LA.Y. IT HA'( t oOl 1 t. I!~I"I'O'>UCEO IN \'YHOLC OR 1:--4 PART. U I OTHER TJI..\Ii U:il1 .> .iTAlfS AIR FO?Ct /GC...'iCit:S, E.ZCEPf UY rt.:l\ll:i:;IO'I Ur TilE OIRECTO~ O r l~olllllf.C!ICE. US~F. 1\F fQq:'ft 112-PART II ;OV"O I J JNI:. l~t8 AIR INTELL1GE~ lCE INFOR~1ATJON REPO~T C~t.i.u, UiJ'"'r'\~i o.n41 L ~Ali ~.-a.c..t {{JNCLASSIFir.D Sonoon, Call!<Jrnia ])c3cr1pt!on of Incident At. 2345 3 tl'f'O civilia n source s observed one 3'Jlall fly i ng objoc t movin6 at a groat rate or speed and p orfomi ne violent ::1aneuvers. The o b j e c t s :::ouud wa!l elmila r to t.bt of a j e t aircraft. The object made three 360 r ight turns i n nine second~ then performed abrupt 5() tur ns firs t to the righ t , thon to the left. The objact tran stopped, accelerated to it~ forme r speed, rose vertically or.d dloappoared. Jt. Diocuss!on of In~idont The only known a erial object c~pable of appeari ng to go throueh the doscrlbed J:'laneuvers n o-=!.d b e a balloon; however, tho t:i mo f nctorr: a nd v cloci t y ont.lr.a.to!l do not auppor~ this c oncl u!lion. III. Conclus ! a n rUNt.t ~.es1F1Eq