Panama City Florida AREA radar-visual unidentified-object report — March 25, 1953

26 March 53 23/23009 Civilian One 3 Seconds Visual Hot Reported 2 Yes 2 Yes The object observed flying toward Panama City was circular in shape, and its speed was considered high. DOD DIR 5200.10 UNCLASSIFIED JEDIO 05B JFRWG 50A IS CC AIRDIV FIVE RAPAT FR HOR CO JEDEIW/CADO EST APP COLORADO SPRINGS COL PD PLUS JEDM/COFS USAF WASEDC JFRWc/COA ANS MAR BRM GHT PATTERSON AFB OETI IEFO JEPHO/COFS USAF WASHDC JFRWG/COA ANO THAT PATTERN AS IN JEPOG/CINCUSAFE WIESSADEN GFIR PD FLYORP PD UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLE PASSED TO RIGHT OF EIGHT ONE FIVE ONE ZERO DEGREES THAT TWO MINUTES CMA ZERO SEVEN DEGREES THREE FIVE MINUTES U CHI TWO FIVE TOID ONE CMI WALKER AO THREE NINE SIX FOUR NINE FOUR CMA TEN CMA VISUAL RADIO AO EIGHT ZERO ICO EIGHT EIGHT FOUR NINE ZERO CHI FLEEP AO SIX EIGHT THREE NINE TH REE CMA NINEM FOUR ELMGHT FIVE AND /S SG GESEHEN AF THREE NINE NINE TWO FOUR SIX FIVE EIGHT ZERO SEVEN FIVE EIGHTY SEVEN DEGREES THREE FIVE MINUTES SPEED PD LIGHT CONTROL ON COMA DISABLED PASSAD TO RIGHT OF ACFT AT APEX TWO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO FT AT IIIH SPEED PD DOWNGRADED A 2 YEAR INTERVALS O'Roark, AF-13529670, USAP, at Nouasseur Air Base, French Morocco, observed an unidentified flying object on radar and visually. McMAHON, AF-O-667721, USAF, AT NOUASSEUR AIR BASE, FRENCH MOROCCO, SIGHTED AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT AND ATTEMPTED TO INTERCEPT IT. In an interview with A/2C John Teeple, A0-2351790, on 25 April 1953, the following information is as follows: Section at approximately 2000 hours on 25 March 1953, the AG Maintenance Squadron received a telephone call from a woman who stated that she had observed an object in the sky which she described as being small with one bright light. A/2C Teeple and his companion proceeded to the location from where the call originated, and Teeple reported that he observed the object described by the woman caller. He further reported that the object seemed to glow and that it then disappeared from sight. "b. Notified CIC when OBJECT was sighted a 2135." "c. Fitzgerald AD-704,331) ATO 2008 Landed at 2255. Johnson AD-750,019) ATO 2008 Landed at 2255. (Capt.) Maj 1557 landed at Nouasseur at 2256 from Tripoli." TOWER OPERATOR'S LOG FOR 25 MARCH 1953 "2130 An obs'srv'r on the base, AF 2321, observed OBJECT visually. The OBJECT disappeared. AF 2321 reported that they cannot see OBJECT due to fog. Supporting case details: Witnesses / participants: Clifford C. Hopkins Witness context: Clifford C. Hopkins Reported craft or object: Light Formation Reported special objects or artifacts: Radar system Physical traces or material: Radar data or reported radar return associated with Panama City Florida AREA radar-visual unidentified-object report — March 25, 1953 Electromagnetic or instrument effects: Radar or sensor detection Institutional response / aftermath: Military intercept or response