Guatemala — January 1953

Category: 1953  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1953-01-9544299-Guatemala.pdf
Keywords: 08l2avation, bctin, omlulr, volco, fueeo, lldst, 1nalj, ntelli3nce, hcfer, adqnartern, di5trict, dicclosure, lnfomation, nsidere, vlolation, lictdni, longir, chamacl, distiuutiote, citi2a, rlt1atal7, 3rlin6, rtlcally, ov3r3d, i3taly
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I. OATE: TIME GROUP 2. ~'""ATION l . SOU~CE 10. CONCLUSION 4. NU>A8ER OF OIJECTS .), L ENGTH OF 08l2AVATION 6. TYPE OF OaSERVATION Grou!'l.d Vi,. , ... l 9. PHYSICAL EVIDEMC! 11. BRIEt' SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS [It, rdjH~r ~lt, di:;-..~ry rin. bctin~l t'C :omLulr U NCLASSIFIED DEPART M E N T OF THE A I R FORCE H EADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR WA S HINGTON THE I N S PECTOR GEN E R A L U S A F DISTRICT OFFI C E OF S PECIAL INVESTIGATI ON S 7 2 E. 10TH STREET N E W YO~K 3, NEW Y ORK IN r!EP L Y SUBJ'XT: Unidentified Flying Gbj .c~ Si(.hta d n~.lar Volco.r.o Fueeo 90 50 lldst longitude, ll.~o 25 nort h latitude Gua L~1nalJ., CA. : Conun:1.1ding G~ner::.l Air Technical I ntelli3nce Center 1iright-?atteraon lG3 , Ohlo 1. Hcfer c:1ca i s made to Air li'orc e Le t.ter 200- 5 , ~bted 29 Anri.l 2. Transmi t t e d h~r~wi th for the information of your lh.~adqnartern, i s report o f invest.it;ation rnade by Special Ager.t fiSI~-....7 N. J..A':GWIS, 20 OS! Di5trict, file 24- 322, concerni ng SUBJECT. ). Unauthorized dicclosure of 'Lnfomation conta:L1ed :in thl5 reoort ui.l l be co nsidere d to be a vlolation of A.:.~ 205- 1 A~ indi ca t e d rHE I NSPf':CTOA GENERAL OI"I"ICE OP SPI!:C IAL INVESTIGATION S rt PORT OF INVESTIGATION UNCLASSIFIED RLi'Oitr r. .\Ut. nv r. <O.t r I~AUt. AT U!'lictdni;i..t'i3d .lying Gb,j act . ;nted near Volcano :<'tt~o SO"' ~0' .lAst longir.u de, 14 ~5' nort~h latitude Guat e mala, C:!\. rr J 1.nuary J.9 SJ O~FICE OF ORIGIN DO /12, 72 l' a~t lOt:t otr.}et, CHAMACl'r!R REFERENC! DISTIUUTIOte U. s . Citi2a n ra~idant in Guat~'lal3; ..., .... i.J.nt g ra-3nl.Jh gold obla.ta obj~ct npp::".:>rlT1atal7 t~rl.ca tha ai~a of I:C-3 aL~rait :>r oce>3rlin6 in fort~"'as+~rly directi)n in horizontal flight at adti.mat~d altitude o.f 6 ,.500 feet at a3ti."TlB.tad spaed or 400 taU.l~ oar ho11r. "b.j al..-,o::Jt stopped flight and than ros~ v~rtlcally 1 , 500 f1tt~. 1:ov3r3d f or nc.p roxi.--nataly 2 s Jeonds, then l"J1oo.i3taly NSl~ad hori- zontal 11.i'4ht at n e'tf altit u d a in Datlla direction and speed. Object lost to vidW bdcausa of lntervaning t arrain. ACT10ft CO#Y POIIWAIIOEO TO FILE STAN,. Dir9ctor of Dueci.al !nva~tig tion.~ H3adqu.art.ar:J, USAF Hq. OSI (2 incl3) .. to, ATIC ( L"lfo) AfHQ JOI4111 UNCLASSlfiE.D i1 lfL\SSJFlED \ :..ll"Tfl~di-no clol.ld 3 -1C'J J,'~':VIl'I ?Jo'.S'?')'lS i:JL.Z -(:ouJ..i '.'lOt; ,d., iJd o .l , ry \ ivi.ty f J ... ~--~Mlo~ical concii.tion ~ihich co'l.lJ ~h:counl'. :':n :.:,,.. 'Ji.'.l~ir~ TJ~.J .a."' 'L.d.n~ ./i~iJ j.'tU or n.ao:fi'-1Jlf r:;f, 2h "-lltn Jri7~r :lnd (')nrla,!".O~, .,-.,.,v .. r, ther-t :f~S o rut >~Stf.;,~dr rro 11.~ct :ile:t ~oj-.te:.. ~ bft t "" .;ov:.r111r.ent clCM~stie :"lirlir.-.t, f'l;rinq in t~t. ar:>~. f.1 Lor..elu3io J:-.~t.Jd -~'lJ\~ h a i:Rn . ot:. :>M'I'<>,l .jl,; ~olJ t -t.~nl.tt.=trt. I ! r..d ;tflr't t-:> l)d contact'ld l n l;tat-i,nflla, h 3 C.:O'U l 1 . ~'.-:.,ch !.Jmd:r; oo9~rr J.~c<\T,ion and ub.1lcii :J"ldtl ( i n G-:1xtl?lJt.) .t:-.d Vo1c'lno :udcro -9cala 1 1 1,-~co,:r;o (in :J~cttt':'>lJt) l.. . ~rti.on ol -.,~d ;tap o t' (~1at~..,;.a.l;tL ::J:10,.rln3 obsAx-Mr ''l lo(" 1t l 1n "nd rolc;.no \B~o -~c'\la: 1 . 1