Harmonafb Newfoundland — May 1953

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Keywords: lir1itd, brmar, rotatiing, foot3all, 1iiar, vatici, writtetl, ilai3, 1lnci, dbclas, to2feet, gaees, declassll, tincr, assrfied, intervalsi, nummr, hetal, unccassif, assifieb, shrpe, coiicluiion, vngrade, attei, yeaus
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t. DATI TIMI OIIOU' 2. LOCATION L1Jt/0lr;JJ Z 11. COIICLUIION NUMMR OP OIJICTI t. LINOTH OP OIIIRVATIOM ... AMALYIII 9. PHYSICAL IVIDIMCI 4~ GaEES 33' N 'a DEGREES 33' W ( ERNEST i{AR~ON AF3) ~4/115~2, :;&:.ARING EAST, 512 " FEET LONG 18 INC:{ZS THICl< SPEED FAST v::. . ~Y LOU, SIGHTED BY CONFIDENTIAL OB~ERVER OF Lir1ITD EXPC:RIENCE : . .:.~!:AG RECEIVED THIS HEADQUARTERS AT 04/160~2. ACTION T.~,'JEN NINE, ,,t, GCI CR GCA CO:~TACT, WEAT:ii::R 1.a/l~ FEET BROl<EN, 15 (1ILE VISIBILITY, Lu:.J Dl{UD OBSCURING HILLS TO NORTH. BRMAR~<S: CANADIAN ~ATIO.~L FE\1.,LE C.i\fll.IA;~ W;-{0 PHh;~'ERS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS ~At4 09J!::CT U:IEN IT HAS REF- L~CTED IN BEAN fROM ROTATIING BEACON. OBJE.CT RE:1AI:-JED VISI3LE .~FTER LIG~T BEAM HAD PASSED. OBJECT WAS SEEN 0~1 A BEARING OF EAST FROM THE 0:3S'!:kVER AND WAS TRAVELING SOUTH AT L0\4 ALTITUDE AND :1IG:{ L:.::;GTH CF OBSERVATION ESTIMATED T;IREE SECONDS. Oi3JECT HAS LIG;{T hETAL OR .TIM AND SHAPE OF FOOT3ALL. NO LIGHTS OR TRAILS OBSERVED t\G Zt.RAKS OR RIDGES APPEARED ON OBJECT. MADE NOISE SIMILAR TO ,)l~Ci:S OF TIN STRIKING EACH OTaER. OBJECT DISAPPEARED IN LOW 0u5 1iiAR BASE. NO WEATHER BALLOONS HER RELEASED NAR TI~E OF OB- L~VaTICi~i. O&~E C-97 AIRCRAFT DEPJ\RTED HAR:-10 N AT JJ4/?J 1592. UNLIKELY AI.~CRAFT ACCOU~TS FOR SIGHti~:G. WRITTEtl R~PORT FOLLOWS PENDING AVA- ILAi3!L!TY OF SECOl~D OB~ERVt:R. ATTEi~TION: ATIAA-2C H~IGHT PATTERSON it TTl'~ CO C PEP?ERRt::LL AFB NF P D 1lNCI:ASSiFIED AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ... I I ll t y .t. G r_dj .n DO\VNGRADE D AT 3 Y 1: \ l! Ix:~n V ALS DECLASSll"lED A FTi~i{ 12 YEAUS . DOD DIR fi~ HI I \'Hf..J,(c UNCCASSIF\0 < tiNcr:AssrFIED AIR INTELLIGE ....... ORMA ON REPORT or..Jcrv. : C"CSC''~irs:-th<? 1hc or~crv~r, i t ~ ~ J . Al t~btJ<'h t!'w es t i ::'.4l'l0d :.; r~c I V I S :!,.i')rl DO\VNOl\ADED AT 8 YEAR INTERVALSi DBCLAS~IED AFTER 12 YEARS. bNCt:ASSIFIEB AF. FORM 112-PART II . Di r /Int, it:-'AC 1 Cf\NADIAN ! PO S T 0 F r= I c E. BUilD & Nc, ;r 01~APPEAREO B~RGON APPROX. 300 YDS. SOUTH OF 13UI LDI N& SHRPE . oF foR5 FEET _ _ /'b.To2FEET In~i. II 1 ti: CAS3!r::tc:o