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Air Intelligence Information Report, Saudi Arabia, 1957

File

DOW-UAP-D155

Type

Document, 5 pages

Agency

Department of War

Date

1/18/57

Place

Saudi Arabia

Released

Release 7, October 23, 2026

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The government's description

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.

AF FORM 112-PART I
1071aG7
(CLA.SSIFICATION)
APPROY£D ! JUNE 194a
(Ll!.:A VE BLANK)
REPORT NO.
COUNTRY
-1-57
• ' • ••
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT
-port or Unidontitied Airoraf't Sightin:_.
FROM (Agtncv)
AREA REPORTED ON
DATE OF REPORT
DATE OF INFORMATION
15) Janum-:y 195?
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c.udi . rabin
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( ,. , ~ch AFB , Ca.lit.
EVALUATION
I 18 Jw uo.r., L157
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SOURCE
PREPARED BY ( Officer)
Capt Alva ~th
REFERENCES } Omtrol number, directive, pru ious report, etc., a, applicable)
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1,
B-62 Air ere.ft Nuro.bcr 394
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SUM MARY: (Enter concise aummarv of report.
Give significance in final one-sentena paragraph. Lm lnclosure, at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form I It-Part II.)
D• 52 uircra.i't numb r 394 tran Castle AFB, Cali:f'ornio., CO'll:!Dlnded by Lt/Col
J .n. orris, ot ths 328th Boobn.rdment quadron, 93d Dambnrdmox:tt ing (ll) , 1!18.de
radar contact it."1 an unidentified aircrD.ft bile part1cipatin,z :Lu Strategic
Air Cam:mnd mission "Operation Po:tertlie,itn . Coordinates at tir.Jo of oonte.ct;
27 north - 47 OQ.St {appro:x:imately) . Speed o£ e.ircrnt't: (E-52) at ccnto.ct; 842
knots per hour . Altitudo; 39.000 feat . Visibility; night. Duration or contact;
fiw (6) to seven (7) minutes . (e.pproxi tely) . Coll position of 1B• 52 nild.ng
emtact; coll ien.dcr. Ca.11 sicn, 0£ 'B• 52; Rmmer 11 . Gunner's nn.ma; l!/stt
C .E. &.llslJ •
Just prior to mo.king rendesvous i th tanker a.1rcra.tt B• 52 aircra.£t nu:mber
394 picked up an unidentified eircra.f't on tlle A• 3A gunnery scope • Tho return
or the unidentified aircraft remi~d o.t t..'\ia 6000 yard tm"ker (center) of the
scope for approxinntoly five (5) to seven (7) minutes after hich. the Il• 52
made a
bank to t h e l e f t , nnd the l m i d e n t i f i e d o . i r c r a f t r e t u r n disappeared ott
the soop0 to the left . 'fhe disappear-an.co may htl:\l'e been oauaed by the chance in
direction of the B- 52; !hCJ.'lever the unidentified aircraft ee.e->--ed t;o disappear in
the direction or tho Baghdad Flicb,t Identification Region. 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 .
Significance I The unidentified aircraft apponrod on the scope
aircraft ore expect.ad.
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Asst Chief Intclli&once
l
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vision
INCLS.
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O!STRIBUTK)N
BY ORIGINATOR
l cy q 16th AF• l cy liq SAC, 1 cy 93d Bo:ib ,g. l ey llq USAF •
NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFOR MATION AFFECTI NG THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITH IN THE MEAN ING OFTHE ESPIONAGE ACT. 50 U. S. C.31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS T RANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON I S PROHI BITED BY LAW.
I T MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED I N WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES. EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF
INTELLIGENCE, USAF.
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AF FORM 112-PART II
(CLASSIFICATION)
APPROVED I JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Ao~)
REPORT NO.
2at
OF
PAGE
A-3A GUNNERY
SCOPE
B- 5 2 ACFT.
PAGES
PRESENTA TION
NUMBER
394
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1,000-' t ' - - - - - - - - t - - - - - - - -- -- - - - + - - - - - - - - t
NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U.S. C.31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AI R FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF
INTELLIGENCE, USAF.
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(CLASSIFICATION)
APPROVED I JUNC 1948
COUNTRY
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(LEA VE BLANK)
REPORT NO.
• •
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT
I
AREA REPORTED ON
FROM (AQfflCI/)
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OAT!c Of l'U':PORT
DAl£ OF INFORMATION
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PREPARED BY ( OQicer)
SOURCE
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REFERENCE;S (P,ntrvl number, <llrecU•t, prn;lllU$ rtport, etc., cu applicable)
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NOTE: TH IS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECT I NG THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITH IN T HE MEAN I NG OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, SO U. S. C.-
31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART. BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES. EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE D I RECTOR OF
INTELLIGENCE, USAF.
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AF FOI\M 112-PART II
(CLASSlFICATION)
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
REPORT NO.
Z?d
PAGE
PAGES
OF
A-3A GUNNERY SCOPE PRESENTATION
8 -52 ACFT NUMBER 394
8,000 - t - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - , I
7,000 - t - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . L - - - - - - - - - - '
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NOTE: THIS DOCUMENf CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNIT ED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U. S. C.31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED I N WHOLE OR I N PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORtE AGENCIES. EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF
INTELLIGENCE. USAF.
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