--- PAGE 1 --- AF FORM 112-PART I (CLA.SSIFICATION) 1071aG7 APPROY£D ! JUNE 194a COUNTRY REPORT NO. (Ll!.:A VE BLANK) • ' • •• -1-57 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT -port or Unidontitied Airoraf't Sightin:_. AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agtncv) DATE OF REPORT c.udi . rabin DATE OF INFORMATION I? d Bombtu-cb:!ent 'in IEVALUATION ( ,. , ~ch AFB , Ca.lit. 15) Janum-:y 195? PREPARED BY ( Officer) I 18 Jw uo.r., L157 SOURCE iJ • 2 Capt Alva ~th REFERENCES } Omtrol number, directive, pru ious report, etc., a, applicable) I vrc 1, B-62 Air ere.ft Nuro.bcr 394 ./A SUM MARY: (Enter concise aummarv of report. Give significance in final one-sentena paragraph. Lm lnclosure, at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form I It-Part II.) D• 52 uircra.i't numb r 394 tran Castle AFB, Cali:f'ornio., CO'll:!Dlnded by Lt/Col J .n. orris, ot ths 328th Boobn.rdment quadron, 93d Dambnrdmox:tt ing (ll) , 1!18.de radar contact it."1 an unidentified aircrD.ft bile part1cipatin,z :Lu Strategic Air Cam:mnd mission "Operation Po:tertlie,itn . Coordinates at tir.Jo of oonte.ct; 27 north - 47 OQ.St {appro:x:imately) . Speed o£ e.ircrnt't: (E-52) at ccnto.ct; 842 knots per hour . Altitudo; 39.000 feat . Visibility; night. Duration or contact; fiw (6) to seven (7) minutes . (e.pproxi tely) . Coll position of 1B• 52 nild.ng emtact; coll ien.dcr. Ca.11 sicn, 0£ 'B• 52; Rmmer 11 . Gunner's nn.ma; l!/stt C .E. &.llslJ • Just prior to mo.king rendesvous i th tanker a.1rcra.tt B• 52 aircra.£t nu:mber 394 picked up an unidentified eircra.f't on tlle A• 3A gunnery scope • Tho return or the unidentified aircraft remi~d o.t t..'\ia 6000 yard tm"ker (center) of the scope for approxinntoly five (5) to seven (7) minutes after hich. the Il• 52 made a bank to t h e l e f t , nnd the l m i d e n t i f i e d o . i r c r a f t r e t u r n disappeared ott the soop0 to the left . 'fhe disappear-an.co may htl:\l'e been oauaed by the chance in direction of the B- 52; !hCJ.'lever the unidentified aircraft ee.e->--ed t;o disappear in the direction or tho Baghdad Flicb,t Identification Region. Tho ttnidonti:fied c.ircrnf"t gave c. smaller return on t...~e scope than a sinuU;nniously rev-eived return produced by a second D• 52 ctiroraf't riditig at the 5000 yard 100.rker 0£ the scope . Significance I The unidentified aircraft apponrod on the scope ore no aircraft ore expect.ad. •,I w I jor, tr'~ Asst Chief Intclli&once vision l INCLS. O!STRIBUTK)N X BY ORIGINATOR l cy q 16th AF• l cy liq SAC, 1 cy 93d Bo:ib ,g. l ey llq USAF • NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFOR MATION AFFECTI NG THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITH IN THE MEAN ING OFTHE ESPIONAGE ACT. 50 U. S. C.- 31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS T RANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON I S PROHI BITED BY LAW. I T MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED I N WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES. EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. I;; 0, 1J0161 ( CLA.SSIFICATION) 1 6--55569-1 u. $ , GOVERNMENT PRINTI NG or,1cE --- PAGE 2 --- AF FORM 112-PART II SEORET (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED I JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Ao~) REPORT NO. 2at PAGE OF PAGES A-3A GUNNERY SCOPE PRESENTA TION B- 5 2 ACFT. NUMBER 394 8 , 000- t - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - ~ 7,000 - ~ - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - 1 oft COl)C 6,000 - t - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - -- ~ - - - - - + - - - - - - ~ ( :ller rotum. than tll . --- in dire t..1:.ia: ot 1111cht Inda t:.­ rod by :>2J Uics.tion ~on 5,000 - t - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - t - - - - - - - - 1 4,000 - t - - - - - - - - t - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - -~ m.ip produced 13 00 lJ. io C¢il ~ 2,000 - r - - - - - ~ - - - - t - - - - - - - - - - - - - - t - - - - - - - - t 1,000-' t ' - - - - - - - - t - - - - - - - -- -- - - - + - - - - - - - - t NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U.S. C.- 31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AI R FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. lj 00161 SECRET (CLASSIFICATION) IG- 66670-1 * U, 8 , Ci.O'IIU:NMEHT PRINTIK/i OP'P'ICS --- PAGE 3 --- AF FORM 112-PART I SEG(.ET (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED I JUNC 1948 COUNTRY • • I REPORT NO. (LEA VE BLANK) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT AREA REPORTED ON I FROM (AQfflCI/) OAT!c Of l'U':PORT I DAl£ OF INFORMATION PREPARED BY ( OQicer) I SOURCE • REFERENCE;S (P,ntrvl number, -1 "· G, 40VDIHMCHT r l lNTllfO orr1cc --- PAGE 4 --- AF FOI\M 112-PART II SEORET (CLASSlFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO. Z?d PAGE OF PAGES A-3A GUNNERY SCOPE PRESENTATION 8 -52 ACFT NUMBER 394 8,000 - t - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - , I 7,000 - t - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . L - - - - - - - - - - ' tsl1p of \tnidcntiticd tdrcr~? ilif.li\PPC ort scop ~OOO-r-------1------• ( Cln3llcr return than tha ------~---- in diroc ot~ d flieht t­ rodueed by 52) liic t1on ~gion 5,000 - i - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - . 1 4,000 - t - - - - - - - - - - - , 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - -~ Dl.1p prod coo by OOI • it) c l l ;> 2,000- t - - - - - - - - - - t - . . . ; , _ - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - I 1,000-i - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . L . .- - - - - _ _ J 52 nircro!t ;a.king cont ct t.lit J9,000 tect , tpccd 642 knoto - trae o.i1· er> cd. l \ NOTE: THIS DOCUMENf CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNIT ED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U. S. C.- 31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. 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