S/Sgt. John P. Haag Statement

 

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CHECK-LIST – UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

 

 

 

1.     Date            7 Jan 48                                                                                                    Incident # 48c

2.     Time            19:30 

3.     Location                                  Clinton County AAF, Wilmington, Ohio

4.     Name of observer                    S/Sgt John P. Haag

5.     Occupation of observer            T/Sgt

6.     Address of observer                Clinton County AAF

7.     Place of observation                Control Tower

8.     Number of objects            1  

9.     Distance of object from observer           Around 5 miles from field    

10.   Time in Sight                           25 minutes   

11.   Altitude                                   15,000 to 20,000 ft                              

12.   Speed                                     N/S – apparently slow           

13.   Direction of flight                     heading to 210°

14.   Tactics                                    Moved from altitude of 15,000 ft to 10,000 ft without noticeable forward or backward motion (about 3 or 4 times)  

15.   Sound                                     N/S

16.   Size                                        N/S 

17.   Color                                     changing colors (red and green)

18.   Shape                                    N/S

19.   Odor detected                        N/S

20.   Apparent construction             N/S

21.   Exhaust trails                          N/S  

22.   Weather conditions                 overcast

23.   Effect on clouds                     could be seen thru overcast 

24.   Sketches or photographs         none

25.   Manner of disappearance        disappeared over horizon on heading of 210°

26.   Remarks           (over)             

 


 

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Witness observed very bright light in the sky southwest of Clinton County AF Base which appeared to be the complete wing of an aircraft on fire. When viewed thru field glasses from the Control Tower the object

would gain and lose altitude very rapidly xxxxxx with barely any discernible forward or backward motion. At times it changed colors (from red to green, etc). At one time it disappeared behind the overcast but its light penetrated thru the overcast. At approximately 19:45 o’clock it began to move away from the field on a heading of 210° and disappeared over the horizon at approximately 19:55. (1st acct)

 

See also:  48, 48a, 48b, 48d & 33, 33a, 33b, 33c, 33d, 33e, 33f, and Incidents 30 and 32.

 

At the time of the sighting the weather was clear over the Base, with a South West wind which was moderate. There was an overcast in the SE which appeared to be a layer approximately 1000 feet thick. The height of this overcast was approximately 5,000 ft. Object seemed to be about 5 miles from the field at an altitude of from 15,000 to 20,000 ft. The object which appeared stationary at first resembled the complete wing of an airplane on fire. No beam of light was projected. After observing it with the naked eye for some five minutes, witness went to control tower and looked thru field glasses and then decided that it was not a comet or a falling star to his knowledge of astronomy. With the aid of the glasses the object appeared to go from an altitude of 15,000 to 10,000 feet without any noticeable forward or backward motion, and then back up to its original altitude very rapidly. This occurred some 3 or 4 times. When it moved a red light would dominate and change to a green light and then back to its original color. It then started to reced on a heading of 210° going behind the overcast. However, the light was discernible thru the overcast. It then moved very rapidly away, stopping momentarily for 3 or 4 minute intervals and then disappearing over the horizon at 19:55. No sound was heard. No photographs were taken (From a signed statement second account)

 

 

 

CONFIDENTIAL

 

 

 

 


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 To: Whom it may concern.

 

                                                                                                                        Inc 48c

 

            On the evening of 7, January 1948 at approximately 19:30 o’clock the undersigned witnessed a very bright light in the sky, in the South West direction of C. C. A. F.  which appeared to be the complete wing of an aircraft on fire with the naked eye. Then the following observation with the aid of field glasses from the control tower was made, the object would gain and lose altitude very rapidly without much noticed forward or backward motion and at times changing colors of red and green, at one time it disappeared behing the overcast but its light penetrated through the overcast. At approximately 19:45 o’clock the object began to move away from the field at a heading of 210 degrees and disappeared over the horizon at approximately 19:55. 

 

                                                                                    S/Sgt. John P. Haag            A.F. 17003481

 


 

 

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STATE OF OHIO            }

COUNTY OF CLINTON}                               CONFIDENTIAL

 

            Before me, the undersigned authority for administering oaths of this kind, personally appeared one John P. Haag, S/Sgt, AF 17003481 who, being first duly sworn by me, deposes and says: The unidentified flying object was sighted in a South-West position at Clinton County Army Air Base at a heading of approximately 210° on 7 January 1948, first being visible to this person at 19:35 o’clock when it was pointed out to me. The weather at the time was clear over the Base, with a South-West wind which was moderate. There seemed to be an overcast in the South-West which was a layer approximately 1000 feet thick. The height of this overcast was approximately 5000 feet. This one and only object which was seen with the naked eye seemed to be about five miles from the field at an estimated altitude of 15,000 to 20,000 feet. The object seemed to remain stationary as first seen, with a light which resembled a complete wing of an airplane on fire. There was no beam of light projected. Then, for a period of five minutes I just took occasional glances at it as I went up (to) the the Control Tower and observed the object through field glasses, which I then decided was not a comet or falling star, to my knowledge of astronomy. With the aid of field glasses, the object appeared to go from an altitude of 15,000 feet to 10,000 feet without any noticed forward or backward motion, and then back up to its original altitude very rapidly, about three or four times. It seemed that when the object moved, a red light would dominate and change to a green light and then back to it’s original color. It then began moving at a heading of 210° and went behind the overcast and the light was seen through the overcast. The object moved very fast away; it stopped momentarily for three or four minutes and disappeared over the horizon at 19:55. No sound was heard from this object or no photographs taken.

 

 

 

 

                        Further the deponent sayeth not.

 

                                                                                                                        JOHN P. HAAG

                                                                                                                        S/Sgt. A.F. 17003481

 

                                    Sworn to and subscribed before me this (unintelligible) day of January, 1948

 

 

 

 

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