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12 January 1949 At the request of €hief of Intelligence, the undersigned wishes to describe as accurately as possible his impressions of the brief ap~ pearance of an unknown illuminated object which appeared over Fairfield~ Suisun AFB at 2015 PST on 3 December 1948. The object first shot into view about 2 miles north of the control tower, flying at a low altitude between 500 and 1000 feet, climbing on a low trajectory, with a speed estimated at something in excess of 400 miles per hour. Immediately after sighting, this observer rushed to the east side of the tower. By this time the object was estimated to have not more than 1500 feet of altitude and its speed had slowed for several seconds to perhaps two- hundred (200) miles per hour. The observer can recall that ai this staze the object had a very. slight undulating or bouncing motion, When its position oriented with a line between the tower and the air freight terminal, but a slight distance east of the terminal, the ob- ject. took an almost. vertical rise or climb and levelled off again at an estimated three thousand feet. At that time the other control tower operator on duty continued watching the object while this ob- server telephoned the AACS operations officer residing on the base in hopes he might be able to get a look at it. The other tower operator reported the object almost immediatly afterwards started a fast climb toward the south-southeast and reached about twenty thousand feet, at which point he lost sight of it. The undersigned never saw the object again after going for the telephone. Pertinent information is that the light was clearly seen with the naked eye, brilliant but by no means blinding. In size it was comp~ arable to one of Fairfield-Suisun AFB's high-intensity runway lights. The observer is convinced it was not an aircraft navigation light. The night was clear, and the wind was indicating southwest at 10 miles per hour on tower instruments. I certify and affirm that the information herein is true and ac- curate to the best of my knowledge and ability. /s/. Brace “arlin McFarland FIED TRUE Py ion } /t/ Braese Earlin McFarland ? PFC, USAF PIERS 1901 AACS Squadron ARTHUR CONRADI JR Major, USAF Chief of Intelligence Fairfield-Suisun AFB, Calif.