Memo from Dr. H. A. Miley AFOIN-4E4 to Col. G. C. Hoffman AFOIN-4E1, 7 Nov 1956

SUBJECT: Report for Analysis - UFO Reports from CINCUSAFE, Wiesbaden and Lakenheath, England

1. Attached herewith is AIIR-1-56, England (Inclosure #1), containing pertinent information on the Lakenheath-Bentwaters sighting which was reported to this Center on 13 August 1956 with a request for immediate evaluation by Headquarters USAF. It is believed this report is in response to this Center's request for additional information (see Inclosure #2).
   
2. On the basis of the information available at the time, it was our conclusion that the sighting was the result of anomalous propagation with the possibility of certain meteoric showers, which were prominent during that sighting date, a contributing factor.
   
3. Inasmuch as Headquarters USAF has expressed a desire for an expeditious evaluation regarding this UFO sighting (Inclosure #3), it is requested that this report be reviewed, together with the original data, for the purpose of arriving at a more firm conclusion.
   
4. A rough plot of the three radar and one visual observation indicate that the sightings cannot be considered as concurrent with respect to time. (Inclosure #4). A forty-five minute search of the area by a local intercept squadron produced no physical evidence of any unidentified object in the sky.*
   
5. Attched for your information is an evaluation by Dr. Hynek and Dr. Whipple which represents an approach to the sighting, primarily from an astronomical and astrophysical viewpoint from the data available at that time. It may be of some assistance in your over-all study of the incident.

HENRY A. MILEY
AFOIN-4E4

6 Incls

1. AIIR-1-56, England (U)
2. [deleted]
3. TI T56-23446-1, 10 Oct56 (S)
4. Rough Sketch, UFO Plots (U)
5. Memo for Record, 17 Oct 56, T56-24219 (C)
6. 6. Memo for Record, 21Sep 56 (U)

[handwritten annotation:]

* Of significance is
the fact that the
direction of the UFOs
travel on the radar
scope was not the
same in any of the
three plots. In fact
there was a wide
divergence in the
three bearings indicated.

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