Reconstruction of part of SAC IR-

BOI-485 from SAC, Lakenheath, was bounced on from the 7th Air Division, South Ruislip, on August 17, redesignated IDO-7-3351 and addressed to HQ, Strategic Air Command (CINCSAC), Offut AFB, Nebraska and to CINCUSAFE, Wiesbaden, Germany.

SAC IR-2-56 is essentially a paper copy of IDO-7-3351 (i.e. not a telex) re-sent in AF Form 112 format as an Information Report from HQ SAC, Nebraska to an undisclosed recipient to whom, as stated by Major Childs in the 'Summary' box, IDO-7-3351 had not been properly addressed as required by AFR 200-2. Air Force Regulation 200-2 indeed requires all reports outside the Zone of Interior to be transmitted direct to Director of Intelligence, HQ USAF Washington DC. Teletype IDO-7-3351 was not thus transmitted; hence we can infer that the addressee of IR-2-56 is D/I USAF, Washington.

It is noteable that IDO-7-3351 was received by CINCSAC in truncated form. Major Childs remarks at the end: "Report did not include sub-paragraph 10, 11 and 12." In fact it does not include most of paragraph 9 either. Thus the description of the interception action by the RAF Venom, and the preparing intelligence officer's preliminary analysis, are missing. The break point in paragraph 9 coincides with the end of page 6 in the original telex BOI-485 from SAC Lakenheath. The same three pages are missing from the telex version of IDO-7-3351 retransmitted from CINCUSAFE, Wiesbaden at 1115Z August 21.

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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN UNITED STATES	REPORT NO. SAC IR-2-56
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
AREA REPORT CONCERNS ENGLAND, BENTWATERS		DATE OF REPORT 17 August 1956
AGENCY OF ORIGIN Headquarters, Strategic air Command		DATE OF INFORMATION 13 August 1956
SOURCE OF INFORMATION Personal and Electronic Observation		EVALUATION
PREPARING OFFICER RALPH M. CHILDS, Major
REFERENCES (control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) AFR 200-2, 12 August 1954
SUBJECT Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOB)
SUMMARY (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112a.) This report is taken from a TWX received from Headquarters 7th Air Division. Report of sighting was improperly addressed in accordance with paragraph 7a, 200-2 and improperly transmitted by TWX four days after the time of sighting. This report is submitted to preclude the possibility of the information not becoming available to your headquarters. [text of IDO-7-3351 follows, ending on p.4 of 4 with this note:] Report did not include sub-paragraph 10, 11 and 12.