BITBURG GERMANY reported light formation observation — December 6, 1952

Hovered briefly, Went into altitude of 570c*.Object disappeared instantly. No smoke or vapour were reported in area during time of sighting. Description of Incident The co-pilot of a London-to-Frankfurt commercial flight sighted a fast moving object for about 15 seconds. DOD DIR 5200.10 UNCLASSIFIED 6 DEC 52 C UNCLASSIFIED NOTE: According to the report, a British European Airways flight #402 from London to Frankfurt on 6 Dec 52 reported the sighting of an unidentified object. The information furnished is as follows: A crewmembers statement is as follows: "Sighted streak-shaped object with bright lighted nose and a dim trail of light behind, crossing our flight path to the left. The object if it can be called that) seconds when it abruptly disappeared." Sighting was made in vicinity of Bitburg, Germany (NKOB3259) at approximately 19:00 hours. He called this sighting to the attention of the pilot to the object, but the object had vanished before the captain could see it. OBJECT CROSSED FLIGHT TRACK AT 30 DEGREES TO THE LEFT. OBSERVED IT FOR APPROX 4 TO 5 SECONDS. THEN DISAPPAR CONTACT DISAPPEARED ABRUPTLY. HAD CALLED ATTENTION OF PILOT BUT IT DISAPPEARED BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO SEE IT. SPOT WAS SIGHTED ABOUT MINCH MILE FROM BITTURG, GERMANY (43 DEGREES 50/10 DEGREES 52/16 AT APPROX 2332Z, 8 DEC 52.