Darmstadt, Germany, April 1952April 1952

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 25, 1952, at 9:15 p.m. near Darmstadt, Germany, an Air Force instructor pilot and his copilot in a C-47 aircraft observed a brilliant white light on a collision course with their plane. The light appeared at about 2,000 feet altitude and was visible for two minutes. The pilots thought it might be a landing light or another aircraft. The light climbed at high speed in a northwest direction and disappeared. Visibility was five to ten miles with scattered clouds. The pilots reported the object reminded them of jet exhaust at night. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Darmstadt, Germany, April 1952

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                           2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
   25 Apr 52                         Darmstadt, Germany            [] Was Balloon
                                                                    [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION           [] Possibly Balloon
   Local                            [] Ground-Visual  [] Ground-Radar    [] Was Aircraft
   2115                             [X] Air-Visual   [] Air-Intercept Radar  [] Probably Aircraft
   GMT 2115 20/Apr/52                                             [] Possibly Aircraft

5. PHOTOS                        6. SOURCE                        [] Was Astronomical
   [] Yes                           AF Instructor Pilot and his co-  [] Probably Astronomical
   [X] No                           pilot (C-47)                   [] Possibly Astronomical
                                                                   [] Other
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION         8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE  [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
   2 minutes                        1                              [] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING                11. COMMENTS

Brilliant white color. Bright and level and   Brilliant white light on collision
high speed climb.                             course with C-47.
No known a/c in area, maybe Soviet.          Reminded pilot of jet exhaust at night.


ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 51)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941596