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B5X1 Approved For Release 2002/08/21 : CIA-RDP81 R00560R000100070022-1 - Z — , 7 dee ene geet | ; bg Se natvonad defense of the . NP hes renet row ces emp essed informa : - “4 Tie tanomreson or the ve REG) VORTIGN pss. M y curled ve wchfied slety co te basis H ' too Chea we aret stand | cede He era) ' 1. countay Thadinad a. mroart meween, =) 656 0111 69 2 | t 4 + 6 suaeer oNKNOWN ENTITY 9. pave of seronr:; 6 September 1969 - ’ i nidentificd Object Thought to be Halicgptor , Lo . a. : \ Cocerved Near Nakhon Phanom RTAFB (U) 10, mo. OF PAGES: 4 “ * ° 4 | 2, 95¢ mummem: 1, seremmces: DIRM 151 xt ots ' u how 1. cate oF ruronmation: 24, August 1969 tz. omcmaron: OSI District 51, Bangkok, Thai la 7 . 56-713/03/5 ae S. PLACE 4x0 pave of ac@:Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, a eweramep ev: SA ROBERT D, KAEHLER, OSI Det 5 iThailand, 24 August 1969 Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Tagilend | Sg Eve vation: SQVACE INFORMATION | See Item 15 See Item Same a So L os 7. SOUACE: . . y 1 SALE f LVOULE } See Item 15 {ELE , Lt Col, USAF ; + (Commander ; * is) Early on ne morning of 24 August 1969, the pilot of a base aircraft j observed what he thought to be a helicopter, with folded rotor blades, on the ground approximately five miles north-northoast of Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai air Totce Base, He also reported seeing a large, omni-directional light. A uoyal Snail Army sweep of the area,met with negative results. Subsequent checks, newcv2r, disclosed that a roligious procession passed through the general area |’ etWir, during the samo time period and that the pilgrims garried with them two large on PE Rh ae me ceremcniai drums suspended between two long poles. One of the participants A _ ' also carried a powerful electric lantern which, when an aircraft was noted — ae) ' , : cireling overhead, he pointed skyward, ma’) Ten ; 5 pao 1. (C) Information contained in paragraph 2 below was provided by the Director of Intelligence, 56th Special Operations Wing, Nakhon Phanom Royal Tnai Air Force Base (RTAFB), Thailand. . The source of the information in para» graph 3 (5106-ASP-6J) ia a resident of Ban Ram Rat, Nakhon Phanom Province who nas contributed in the past, but whose reliability is still unknown, The 19 ¢ i ¢ bp et einen co 6 ossributor of tho information in paragraph 3, and source ~¢ the information ~ i--vragraph 4, (5106-ASP~-6),is-a membor of an official Thai agency who hus ontributed in the past, but whose reliability has not yet been fully Os» tablished, ; 403 AO 2 360 S09 6302 ‘ TG DISTAIDUTION BY, OMIGINATOR: Cc kL : Dir OSI USAF Sketch of Sighting Area (C),J =f * 4 Dep Dir OSI (PACAF)(CINC~ ' yey, Ll pe: 6 GROUP.3 Downdraded at 12 year interval; ! ! | | | 4 : | | 2 2 . oge USARSUPTHAL Not antomaticslly dcclassified. 17th MI Det 2 Rly) Pad qa, 62ist TacConSq 1 57/- £7 (RLS ; Cli, ASAG | ere 7 DODSRT JUSMAGTHAL 1 o Fy 18 SECRET ~ i yistribution "A® ° ” , : ‘ [File Filer AMDe "NO FORIIGN DISSEM™ | SOR arcs ee. : DD /%, 1390 179 eaitinatten cand Paid MeAinea) Stevens cane Are SUL ee , } een tea een cetenear an aa aie ie wee coe DIAREVIEW COMPLETED..." b¢e: a 4 ‘ . . . , Approved For Release 2002/08/21 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100070022-1