DOW-UAP-D155, Air Intelligence Information Report, Saudi Arabia, 1957
Department of War · 1/18/57 · Saudi Arabia · Document
DOW-UAP-D155, Air Intelligence Information Report, Saudi Arabia, 1957 is indexed as a Department of War record with incident date 1/18/57 and location Saudi Arabia. This document is an Air Intelligence Information Report (AIIR), a standardized U.S. Air Force reporting form used to record raw information of potential intelligence value for later analysis. The form served as a primary vehicle for U.S. Air Force field intelligence collection throughout the early Cold War, until defense-wide reporting standards were established in the early 1960s. This AIIR records a January 18, 1957, incident over Saudi Arabia in which the crew of a U.S. Air Force B-52 aircraft reported detecting an unidentified return on the aircraft s gunnery scope for approximately five to seven minutes. The report characterizes the unidentified return as smaller than one produced by another B-52 operating in the area. All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.
Notable / anomalous element
- it."1 an unidentified aircrD.ft bile part1cipatin,z:Lu Strategic Air Cam:mnd mission "Operation Po:tertlie,itn. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Significance I The unidentified aircraft apponrod on the scope ore no aircraft ore expect.ad,I w I jor, tr' Asst Chief Intclli&once vision l INCLS. (native PDF text, page 1)
Details
- Give significance infinal one-sentena paragraph. (native PDF text, page 1)
- it."1 an unidentified aircrD.ft bile part1cipatin,z:Lu Strategic Air Cam:mnd mission "Operation Po:tertlie,itn. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Duration or contact; fiw (6) to seven (7) minutes. (e.pproxi tely). (native PDF text, page 1)
- Coll position of 1B 52 nild.ng l!/stt emtact; coll ien.dcr. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Tho ttnidonti:fied c.ircrnf"t gave c. smaller return on t. e scope than a sinuU;nniously rev-eived return produced by a second D 52 ctiroraf't riditig at the 5000 yard 100.rker 0 the scope. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Significance I The unidentified aircraft apponrod on the scope ore no aircraft ore expect.ad,I w I jor, tr' Asst Chief Intclli&once vision l INCLS. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Oive tignificattce in frnal on Nentence paragraph. (native PDF text, page 3)
- By other than united states air force agencies. (native PDF text, page 3)
Tags: War Department, Saudi Arabia, Air Force, Aircraft, USAF