Fursten Feldbruck Germany radar-visual unidentified-object report — November 23, 1948

As for the text, here is the information I can decipher from the document: UNCLASSIFIED Incident 222 DATE OF ---------------- 23 Nov 48 LOCATION FurstenFeldbruck, Germany OBSERVED BY --------- USAF Capt. (P-80 Pilot) TIME OF SIGHT: ------ TYPE OF SIGHT: 2220 SHAPE: ------ SIZE: Light TRANSPARENCY & COLOR: ------ X SPEED: 200-500 mph ALTITUDE: 27,000' (Radar) TIME IN SIGHT: ------ NO. & FORM: 1 ELAPSED TIME: ------ EVALUATION: ------ REPORTS: Horizontal Flight climbing and circling. Object sighted 2 1/2 hours after scheduled release time at which time it was plotted by a radar DF station to be at 17,000. A short time later the same station reported the object circling at 10,000, speed estimated at between 200-500 M.P.H. In Reply Refer To: ATS DSS 11 May 1949 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects TO: Commanding General Air Materiel Command Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio ATTN: AMC/IXO-3 1. Reference is made to letter from your headquarters, AMC/IXO, dated 19 March 1949, subject "Unidentified Flying Objects," and a first indorsement thereto by this headquarters, dated 31 March 1949. Col., USAF Adjutant General 2 Incl: 1 - Incident Summaries 2 - Comments 173 thru 233 Incident: 23 at 2220 hours, local time, 23 Nov 18, C saw an object in the air directly east of Furstenfeldbruck at unknown altitude, It looked like a reddish star and was moving in a westerly direction across Munich turning slightly to the South-East and then South-East. C called Base Operations from his car and they notified Raccceard Er Station who reported nothing on the scope but stated they would look. There were no F-80's (Jets) flying on this night. Date and Time of Observation: 23 Mny 1949 at 2220 hours Where Sighted: Furstenfeldbruck, Germany Observer's Position: from ground (i. e., ground, air, control tower, etc.) Name and Address of Observer: Capt **************** 23rd Fighter Sq Furstenfeldbruck AF Base, Germany Occupation and/or hobbies: F-80 pilot Attention Attracted by: N/S Number of Object(s) Seen: 1 possibly 2 Size of Object(s): N/S Color of Object(s): like reddish star Shape (Sketch If Possible) N/S Nature of Luminosity: N/S (directed beam of light?) Altitude of Object: 27,000 ft to 10,000 ft (estimated) Estimated Distance of Object from Observr: N/S Estimated Speed of Object: from 200 to 500 MPH Time in Sight: N/S Tactics: horizontal flight, climbing and circling Sound Made by Object(s): N/S Direction of Flight of Object(s) southerly direction turning slightly to SW and then SE Apparent Construction: N/S Effect on Clouds: N/S Exhaust Trail Color of:: N/S Manner of Disappearance: N/S Weather Conditions at Time of Sighting: Sky: clear; moon shining; no cloud layers; visibility 3.75 miles with ground fog. At 2320 hours, local time, on 23 November 1948, Captain ███████, 23rd Fighter Squadron, saw an object in the air directly east of FURSTENFELDBRUCK (M 49/Y 65) at an unknown altitude. The object, observed by Capt. ████████ from the ground, looked like a 90 lumen star and was moving in a Southerly direction across MUNICH (M 49/Z 85), turning slightly to the South-East and then South-East. Traceboard later called Capt. ████████ at his barrack and informed him that the object was climbing and was then observed to be at 40,000 feet altitude, about forty (40) miles south of MUNICH and was orbiting (circling).