DOW-UAP-D159, Air Intelligence Information Report, Germany, 1953
Department of War · 8/10/53 · Germany · Document
DOW-UAP-D159, Air Intelligence Information Report, Germany, 1953 is indexed as a Department of War record with incident date 8/10/53 and location Germany. 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 series of entries extracted from Tempelhof Airport air traffic control logs dated 10 11 August 1953 concerning aerial reports in the Soviet-occupied zone of Germany. The report states that a British European Airways DC-3 aircraft reported observing what the pilot described as red-colored rockets being fired approximately one mile in front of the aircraft while inbound to Tempelhof via the Center Corridor. It further states that the pilot of a second British European Airways DC-3 later reported a stationary, red-colored light approximately 20 nautical miles west of Genthin at an altitude of approximately 5,000 feet. The report also notes that British Berlin Air Safety Center stated that Soviet authorities had investigated the reported red light and could not account for it. A later Pan American pilot reported no corresponding light or activity when passing through the same 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
- Pilot Lesser obae?"Yed no light or activity of any description, but stated that on Friday night (? (native PDF text, page 1)
Details
- Gioe i,nlfitana In final 01,uc,uenu paragraph. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Bttln tat ofrtport on AF Form IJt-Part Il.) The followi11g information extracted Air Trattic Control Loga, f'l'OII TEMPELHOF, 11 August 1953. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Pilot Lesser obae?"Yed no light or activity of any description, but stated that on Friday night (? (native PDF text, page 1)
- August 1953) 1n this sue area, be obsened grourd to air firing. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Pilot Lesaer stated th&t as his Aircraft approached this area (7 August 1953) the groUJld to air firing stopped. (native PDF text, page 1)
- 0 BASE COMPLEMENT SQ..PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES B<1l'E;.A.a of thie report, thie office has been unable to contact Pan American Airlines Pilot Lesser to gain any further inforaation. ' t { Capt. (native PDF text, page 2)
- Usaf air intelligence officer a library subject -area codes wc je_ note: th is document contains information affecting the national defense,of the united states within the meaning ofthe espionage act. (native PDF text, page 2)
Tags: War Department, Germany, Air Force, Lights, Aircraft, Aerial phenomena, Rocket, Soviet Union, USAF