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This 1955 CIA memorandum from the Chief of the Physics and Electronics Division, Scientific Intelligence, to the Acting Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence forwards a preliminary cable from Pepperrell Air Force Base, Newfoundland. The cable describes an object seen at the same time by the pilot of a KC-97 tanker and by a ground radar site. The memo calls the report unusual for two reasons. The pilot's radioed direction changes matched the radar scope exactly, and radar tracked the object for 49 minutes. The memo adds that a fuller AF Form 112 report was expected.
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Acting Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence Chief, Physics & Electronics Division, SI Unusual UFOB Report 1. The attached copy of a cable is a preliminary report from Pepperrell Air Force Base, Keyfoundland reporting on what appears to be an unusual "uniidentified flying object" sighting. 2. Essentially, the "object" was apparently simultaneously observed by a tanker aircraft (KC 97) pilot (visually) and by a ground radar (type unknown) site (electronically). While such dual (visual and electronic) sightings of UFOs are reported from time to time, this particular report is somewhat unique in that: a. the "pilot of Archie 29 maintained visual contacts with object calling direction changes of object to (radar) site by radio. Direction changes correlated exactly with those painted on scope by controller." 6. In previous cases the dual (visual and electronic) sightings are mostly of a few minutes duration at most. This one was observed by radar, at least, for 49 minutes. 3. It is reasonable to believe that more information will be available on this when complete report (AF Form 112) is issued. Attackant. TODOS M. ODAREKO (51(3) cc: ASD/SI GD/SI SS/SI
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.