DOW-UAP-D179, Air Intelligence Information Report, Catalina Island, 1952

[PAGE 1] [Diagram: scanned carbon-copy of a pre-printed Air Force summary/checklist form, low contrast, with two circular black redaction marks and a faint illegible footer line; a DECLASSIFIED stamp is overlaid in the lower right reading "Authority: NND 923007"] Legible typed entries scattered across the form: 25 June 1952 — SANTA CATALINA, CALIFORNIA — 1200 [illegible] — 3 Boy Scouts — One — "Silver object faster than jet, which apparently made a climbing turn before disintegrating." — Disintegrated. The rest of the printed field labels and the right-hand evaluation checklist are too faint to read. [PAGE 2] ,.. ' AF.FORM 112--;•PARl I • 55\F\ED /0 ;,.__ ... APPROVED I JUNE 1948 COUNTRY United States ____;_:_____________,___________.,________---=---------I~r\ ... AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Unidentified flying Q,jects Reporting AREA REPORTE!l,ON IFROM (Agn,cgJ i:>outhern California 807th Jir Dase Group, ?rarch Air Force Base DATE-OF REPORT IDATE Of INFORMATION IEVALUATION 28 August 1952 0/A 25 June 1952 ::one SUMMARY: (!i.'nter con.:~e 1ummaru orrep11rt. Gitt signljicance in ji11/Jl one-at11Unct paragmph. Lui fn<l~rti at lou;tr ltfl. B,gn1 Ir.rt ofuporl on AF Form 111-Parl //.) 1.8 This report of alleged ''Flying Saucers" in the vicinity o:f Santa Catalina, which is just off the coast of Southern California., was reported by three (3) Boy Scouts in summer camp (Camp Fox) on 25 June 1952. No report has been made by electrical. mean~ due to the time lag'!n £He receipt ot the informtion at this instal- ~ lation. 2. A swrmary of the description follows: a. The object was silver in color, altitude is uncertain, and speed ~ estimated. to be faster than a. conventional Jet. There was no sound observed. One (1) maneuver was observed which was apparently a climbing turn in:med.iately prior to its disappearance by disintegration. b. The occurrence was at 12'.>0 hours (PSDT). Length of time observed is not recorded. c. The sighting was made by three (3) Boy Scouts during a hike up one of the mountains on Santa Catalina Island. d. No observing instruments of any sort were available. '!'he three (3) observers werE: all in the same group at the time. e. No estimate of the reliability can be attempted by the reporter. The experience of the observers is probably meager at best. f . Sky conditions were clear and unl.i.Dited. No r eports on wind conditions g. A rough sketch is inclosed. on two (2) of the Inclosures of wb4t the observers saw. 4 ____ INCLS. Incl 1. Ltr fr Clyde Vrooman n 2. Ltr fr Howard Howell " 3. Ltr fr Sam Gites " 4. Ltr fr Forrest E. Spriggs dtd l Jul ;2 ois'UIIUIJ!TION Jl.'U>,RlGW1_TCOR ~ vli t;u . .;I\ ~CC: Chief, Air Tech. Intel. Center ==---===·CG, 5t1a }~;;.;;......---....--------- :AT'l'?k AfflAA=-2c, lfriaht-PattJer CO, 12th Air Div NOTE; THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OFTHE ESPIONAGE ACT. 50 U. S.C.- 31 ANO 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 AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE. USAF. UNCLASSIF1.::.'