Informe de información de inteligencia aérea, Isla Catalina, 1952

De qué trata (en español)

El archivo contiene un formulario de información de inteligencia de la Fuerza Aérea de EE. UU. que registra un incidente del 25 de junio de 1952 sobre la Isla Catalina, California. Tres Boy Scouts en un campamento de verano observaron ovnis plateados que se movían muy rápido y treparon antes de desintegrarse. El oficial preparador indicó que no se estableció la confiabilidad del reporte y que la experiencia de los observadores era probablemente escasa. El informe aclara que el lenguaje descriptivo refleja la interpretación subjetiva del reportero y no indica características concluyentes del objeto.

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Descripción oficial de war.gov (inglés)

This file contains 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 June 25, 1952, incident over Catalina Island, California, in which three Boy Scouts attending a summer camp at Camp Fox reported observing silver “flying saucers” moving at an estimated speed faster than that of a conventional jet. The report also describes the object as climbing quickly before apparently disintegrating. A comment by the preparing officer indicated that no attempt was made to establish the reliability of the report and characterized the experience of the observers as “probably meager at best.” 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.