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AE oP IRR EEE, t ins. rhe ea ih j ' ey aca DIC /W7:D re. 4-56 16 February 1950 @ubad. Onl eared Find Th wean : wiisge Sedge thd eu ee 8 ee . -_—=- = - 2, 4 austiny of the information contzired in enlosure (1) threusa (€) a, 3¢ 2202.CF tcnvary Loam Us!, mtrol lene eorranier of Pov} No, & of Patecl Stuadron One revoré2l an widintified rader contact 20 mila nerth of the “eval Air Station, Xetidk, jilacks, “cen this contact tis first asis, LT QM reo flying the Keds: Securly Patrol. at — Chiu, G minutes later 9 radar contac’. wag made on an otfect 10 miles south ist of NOS Keita. Lt: <i ehacked with the censrel tener to detertinge inetn traffic in the Tes, am! ras informal that thers tas none. varie this seried the radar opcrater, MM (10, US" rapcrted inter mittent redar interference of a ty7e he hai never before exseriaeed. (See enclesure (3)). Contiet was lost at this tive, but intermittent intarferance cuntinucd, ; be At some tine batzeen C203 ant C3007), MMM TC, US! wic standi ss: tateh on beart the USS TILLsocm (AT 192), which mac anchsred in the vicinity of buoy 19 in the muin ship chenncl. Qiimrecorte] sichtin: a "very fast moving red tle: licht, which speared to be of exhaust nature, scered to cone fret the southerst, moved clockulsc in a larze eirele in the direction of, and srcund Nodisk and retumat out in a senerally scutheast direction," diliiillies:1) V1, USS, ale on The obfect sas in sicht for an ostimate? 3C sccomis. So ctor or sound cas detected, and the sbiactt tas deserib24 to Lave the appeamrce of & ball of fire about one fest in diaceter. ec. ét 22CLLCT, conducting routine Ecdiak security satrol, Lt ah Pope rtod 3 visuil sivhting of an unidentified alrtorne object ot a radar range of § miles, on the starboart box. ‘This ehiect shewad ine diesticrs cf 7roat specd on the mdar scone, {The rs aiee of ths | blis save a tail Mike inticzticn.} At this time L called tre attention of 11] erent mecbers to the object. jn estinited ten seconis later, the obtest ras directly overtecd, indieiting a snoed of about 1600 PH. elirbe! te interceat, and attecwed to circle to keep the ebioct in sittt, Se eas uuble to do thic, as the cdject ms too Lichly taneuvorable. Subse juently the cbhject appeared to be enening tho rang, an atte sted to close the rinses. The obiatt ms observed to orc cut somechat, then to turn te the Icft and cone up on S-lth's quarter. @§BBR comicered this to ta 1 Moly throatentg sesture, anc tuned out 31i lichts in te sircrait. Four rates later: - - the objecs diass-e.re? fres vies in & scuthe.ztarly Sirestion. mot At POCAIT:, the day SDlewine Let Satia's sicktias, UG ot - 1 P.trel Siusiror Cee tere comertin«e te Be Seceriy - Sstrol, and siz-ted an enilentifie’ obect. °8 Ue tits of the itt ime the ateeeift is eliet thes officers were evhirke! Sms arworiutey a Ee Ab ewe 8 ee Be 52 eiles scoth ef TS Ics, Be obtect sv: ret to be on an ascending vesterly course, am? t:2 in sit for len cimtes, Daring tha seriod _. the obfect eas observa! ty Licutaninte Caucer and Sareo, amd PACTS", .. "O, alare cr7tcin. at ap tine 32: raiar cont ct esis on the otj cst. Couser us unsble te close the object at ie mete.