DOW-UAP-D159, Rapport de renseignement aérien, Allemagne, 1953

[PAGE 1] AF FORM 112—PART I APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 [illegible handwritten number] CONFIDENTIAL (CLASSIFICATION) [illegible] Hq Tempelhof AB LogNo AB15C-4 2 COUNTRY GERMANY REPORT NO. 260-53 (LEAVE BLANK) [illegible] AF603026 BRANCH 1 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT EXTRACTS FROM AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL LOGS AREA REPORTED ON SOVIET ZONE GERMANY FROM (Agency) 7350TH BASE COMPLEMENT SQUADRON DATE OF REPORT 11 AUGUST 1953 DATE OF INFORMATION 11 AUGUST 1953 EVALUATION NONE PREPARED BY (Officer) FRED L. ALLEN CAPT. USAF SOURCE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) The following information was extracted from Air Traffic Control Logs, TEMPELHOF, 11 August 1953. 10 August 1953: 1936Z hours: British European Airways DC-3 type Aircraft, GALXK, flying inbound for TEMPELHOF via Center Corridor reported observing what appeared to be red colored rockets, being fired approximately one (1) mile in front of him. 2245Z hours: Bad Eisen Air Traffic Control reported the following information to TEMPELHOF Air Traffic Control: The pilot of British European Airways DC-3 type Aircraft, GAGIP, reported sighting a stationary red colored light twenty (20) nautical miles West of Genthin (5224N/1209E). Light appeared to be at approximately 5,000 feet but not above 5,500 feet. 2315Z hours: British Berlin Air Safety Center reported that the Soviets checked on this reported red light and could not account for it. 11 August 1953: 0235Z hours: Pilot Lesser, Pan American Clipper C-193A enroute to Hanover via the Center Corridor reported to TEMPELHOF Air Traffic Control when over the area twenty (20) nautical miles West of Genthin. Pilot Lesser observed no light or activity of any description, but stated that on Friday night (7 August 1953) in this same area, he observed ground to air firing. Pilot Lesser stated that as his Aircraft approached this area (7 August 1953) the ground to air firing stopped. Pilot stated he was unable to determine what type projectile was being fired. INCLS. [illegible handwritten list] SEE LAST PAGE FOR SUBJECT & AREA CODES DECLASSIFIED Authority: NND 57597 DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR AC/S, A-2, Hqs USAFE (Orig) AC/S, A-2, Hqs Twelfth AF - 1 cy OSI DO # 3 - 1 cy File - 1 cy SECURITY INFORMATION 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 AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. CONFIDENTIAL (CLASSIFICATION) 16-55560-1 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE [PAGE 2] AF FORM 112—PART II APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 CONFIDENTIAL (CLASSIFICATION) 3 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) 7350 BASE COMPLEMENT SQ. REPORT NO. 260-53 PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES NOTE: As of this report, this office has been unable to contact Pan American Airlines Pilot Lesser to gain any further information. Fred L. Allen FRED L. ALLEN Capt. USAF Air Intelligence Officer LIBRARY SUBJECT & AREA CODES [illegible handwritten annotation in red] 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 AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. CONFIDENTIAL (CLASSIFICATION) 16-55570-1 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE