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UFO case file · UFO-31340

Aquadilla Puerto Rico reported light formation observation — December 17, 1959

CE1Puerto Rico1959-12-17

Aquadilla Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

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Case description

On or during December 17, 1959, at or near Aquadilla Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, the source reports the following sequence: AEROSPACE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE TITLE 73 ATIC~LB-X SUBJECT: UFO Sighting TO: SAFOI-34 (l/Col Tacker) Reference: Letter from Information furnished relating to observation of unidentified flying objects. 3d Lt/32 Traînor) Reference letter from Aguadilla, P.B. dated 2 December 1954, This was information pertaining to a sighting of an unidentified flying object made by personnel serving with the United States A r Force in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. DEAR SIRS: As requested, I am submitting the following letter in which I give my personal account of an unidentified object that I observed flying over the Aquadilla Airport area, Puerto Rico, on 17 December 1959. With regard to the sighting, I have, showing to the same on the different occasions, several unidentified objects that I observed flying at a relatively low altitude over the area. At first I observed a single object that later appeared to divide into two and then into three which continued to maintain a position relative to each other. Appearing very close in the space and a little bit behind a small, elongated object (but it was not a balloon) which moved very fast at a constant speed. It moved with a slight wobbling motion, ascending very smoothly and disappearing into the sky.

Recorded details

Craft description
Light Formation
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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