INSPECTOR GENERAL, USAFOFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

OSI DISTRICT FILES23d DISTRICT: CABSHELL AFB, FT. WORTH, TEX.OSI FILE DESIGNATION 2 4 - 1 8 5 - 2 3

cHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCETHE INSPECTOR GENERAL

O F F I C E OF S P E C I A L I N V E S T I G A T I O N S

D i s t r i c t ' O f f i c e N o . 2 3 - C a r s w e l i A i r F o r c e Base ^ * i * ^ , L ' / 3F o r t Wor i fh , T e x a s

April

SPOT IHTELLIGBHCE REPORT

SUBJECT: Unidentif ied S i lve ry Object Flying a t 60,000 F e e t overMemphis, Texas*

TOt Director of Special InvestigationsHeadquarters United States Air ForceWashington 2$$ D* C

1# SXNOPSISt ifti unidentified silvery object i s reported bythe Fort Worth. Star Telegram of 19 April 1950 as hovering for houraabove the Texas Banhandle at an estimated 60,000 feet on Tuesday10

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only avai355SCe~i5Coraation on t h i s subject a t t h i s t ime*3 JCTIQHt Pursuant

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Altitude Put. ( 60,000 Feet

Hovering for Hours Over Panhandle^'' -. . - X ^ - - fe- . - v _ _ , _ _ . * , i T h e P a n h a n d l e o b j e c t f i r s t 1

An unidentified silvery some-thing hovered for hours abovethe Texas Panhandle at an esti-mated 60,000 feet Tuesday.

Variously ^ "Variously icyuuvu as* cigarshaped and spherical, the seem-ingly stationary object was seenby CAA obseryecSv Air Force andcivilian pflots^aBEt ground watch-ers. - 7'^v-;^.i.^..^V.;'?i

A CAA o2caif>erc said CAAstations afcTSacitti*;Falls,"Chil-dress and fTt^ umkituV plotted: the

and aaodr at 60,000

- - ? - 5jr:eral days ago "and released tworawinsonde balloons Tuesday.

These balloons are 12 feet indiameter on the ground'but in-flate as they rise. One was re-leased at 9 a. m., the other at1 p. m.;-, A Carried Instruments. -

Badio instruments carried bythe I balloons.-, indicated to theground station^ that the first, bymid-afternoony. was still travelingat st velocity of 55 miles air hour,west of Wichita -Falls, and the

The Panhandle object first be-came visible about 9:30 a. m.when it was spotted by W. J.Hightower, CAA communicator atClarendon. He said it was south-easterly, in the direction *ofChildress.

Seen at Childress.AledFrom Childress, another .Q, communicator, Jack Cox, spot1

a bright object in the sky in^bedirection of. Clarendon ahput12:45 p. m. It soon disappeared

unv-i. said a c_

feet,, en route from) : Fort Sill, was heard to

otu by radio that he- had seen junusual object at an ~. speed-^ereJ"ii*A W. t

peared about tft^"a2&'and^ap,vof a basketbaH; Sightowerj to Awhom it: was"-H?isibIe until about2; p. m., said: 'We^iaVe seen itfor so long and. it*.'< moved soslow!y3tiiatiI' crafldcgt. say1 whati t s :cou^be.f; ;T : : ' ; , ; j^ ., ,

He discounted tlic;i>ossibility ofusual weather balloons. . , \

Climbed to &MQ Th> pilot of -si F-61 "Black

! ^idoyvi" whQ gave^^h? last threeof hisr.:plane

tnumber astfailedltav .gjy,- his nam^'i

feporifed to" CAA-"ffiat.fie cluftheii, ^to 29;0p0 feet and?the strange;; -pbjejfftstill w%^i|^^bove himi|J--.pprtediy was s i^ te i | by a Braniff .;'>. Airlines, pflot. Cjpt2jCarl Q Gray,,

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who^-iaw . it Iriu th^'.vicimty of^vMemphis as. he; fic^Cfcom Wich- ;;

, ita Falls to Amarffio > " ';. v,j FromV Denver, trray .told the: >'

, S t a r - T e l e g r a m : : 1 ^ ':;~^'"'[- ... _ - . - ^ I' . " W e were asked by CAA to bysu! onthe outlook north of Memphis.%I They thought it wgs around 60,-?,1 OQO.feet Westarted climbing^ a s "

; soon as. we left .WicHita Fal^ a and\ had reached 12.000:f ert due northi of Childress when wef sighted !$

"There were high" cirrus cloudis?% at 30,000; to" 3S,OO0Ffeet which ::\ blocked but th.^ object every one*; in a while. ^aKseiwsai. no tellinghow high it ""'"

when ; !: Was -uu v-wwhat looked J)ikie^a,i.vo- -.-streak went'right through"center of vifc.v-; - ^ ' ^

"From>'tettime wesighted ituntil-;, we: were directly ! under-neath1 took seven;minutes.. We

i weredbing 180 miles per hour,.sowe traveled in the vicinity: of 20miles to get under it. The objectwas pretty good size;

."I've never seen anything likeit Jbefbre. It looked like it could

; have been a balloon but 1 don'tthink it was."(Jray-. said the objecttalso wassighteffvby his co-|iydt;^l(p^ Phil-lips, r^hb- said therie^.^aJ "verystrong refleclion" fro^f t^he thing,and by: "Hostess Ma0pry McMa-han. r(?raf;-Phillips ^d-'Miss Mc-Mahan live in Dallas?,!>;> ! ;; ;

Again ;at 3 p. m.;i th&s objectbecame'; "visible at*- Childress.W. W". Flipperi, "chief'aircraftcommunicator, said it must behuge: if it coiiid alsot\be. seen fromClarendons Managing -ETd i-.to rW. S. Warren of the Childres3Index said it looked like a bal-l o o n l - . ' ^ - --"'- - -'

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UEKST-~Ira Maxey; of 916 * 5tJ^Ave.Y-*: veteran radar bombardier _Tift aucersTiift-half circular

Offef-Proof'.& v.' .i * L> -: - .-vr-tMk&'^S

A farmer radarbombaTdxer.^a B-2*? m the Pacific?".reportedi]Monday?: that he*- saw?flying;ob-jects~ in'the air vlate: Sunday aft^,ernoort in two groups,- coming outo! the west and traveling north*east, and; photographed some oft h e m . ;'"'". *-.'- : ' : ' : ' - : v ' T .

Ira- Maxey of. 916 5th Ave.;" a'veteran of 3,60fr hours, of flyingin the U.. S. Air Force," calledto his-- \*fe a t about 5:30" p.rrcuSunday, and. asked her^to bringhis camera out to him. ' '-. -

Maxey:,set the* camera" at in-finity*-, andf began snapping ob-" ""*

:v--said definitely., were

- .-* *'". typei before.

baP1c^Showed^attheob:

iHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

THE INSPECTOR GENERALOFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

District Office No. 23 - CarsweM Air Force BaseFort Worth, Texas

19 April

SPOT BJTELLIGMCE REPCRT

SUBJECT* Unidentified Flat Circular Objects over Sherman, Texas,Iteported 18 April 1950

TO: Director of Special InvestigationsHeadquarters United States Air "ForceWashington 2, T>* C

! SINOPSISg Tiro witnesses, housewives of militarypersonnel nho reside in the North Section of Sherman, Texas,reported that at 10U on 18 April 1950, they had observed frcmtheir residence eighteen (18) to twenty (20) flat circularobjects wilk polished silver surface in the air*

2* PET&ELS Two witnesses, housewives of military

personnel -who reside in the North Section of Sherman, Texas,reported that at 10U5 on IB April 19^0, they had observed fromtheir residence eighteen (18) to twenty(20) flat circularobjects with polished silver surface in the air* These objectswere quite some distance away - from thirty to forty degreesabove the horizon and were first seen in the West going in ageneral direction East by "Northeast* The objects appeared tohave sort of a hocking circular motion and appeared to rotatein. a counter-clockwise motion. They made no noise* Objectsremained in view four to five minutes*

3* ACTION,:: Pursuant to AFCSI Latter 85 no action is beingtaken on this matter*

CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED- ~:i.^^^;:. , - v T i g 5 ^BY AUTHOR:?-/ 0? VH^D'^UT^l O?Si 'E^li^.^ ^ ^

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AIR MAIL

HEADQUARTERS U N I T E D S T A T E S A I R FORCET H E INSPECTOR GENERAL

O F F I C E OF S P E C I A L I N V E S T I G A T I O N S ,

D i s t r i c t O f f i c e N o . 2 3 - i ' C i a r s w e " H A i r F o r c e B a s eFort WontK>, Texas

24-0 SPOT IBTBIIJGggCB HSPOBg , A 7 September- 1951

>r\fcrtSUBJECT: IJnident i f i^ Objects in Flight oyerVLubbockr. T-exaa ~ " """ A -

TO: Director of^ Special InvestigationsHeadquarter* tfaited States Air TWashington 25, D. 0"

SYB0FSI3;

CLASSIFICATION CAXC"T.BY

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Histcrimi ^l^rsterloua, objects appdWftftg to be "atrlnga of beads*traveling at high speed* have

Texas. Subject phenomenon were allegedly observed by three facultysteaoers froa Texas Technological College, Lubboek, Texasr on 25 August1951* These objects appeared to be V-shaped formations giving off a

which jaay have been reflections from lights on "tfee ground,lions by the three college professors were later vouched

four other witnesses. Siallar phenomenon was observed by oneof Lobfcock, Texas* who i s alleged to have taken photo*

of the objects* Numerous other witnesses to similar occurrencesbare reported varied accounts to reporters of the Lubboek AvalancheJTournal, on 1 and 2 September 1951. At Matador* Texas, on 31 August1951* at 12:45 P. H. CSE, two vroaen reported a Strange wingless" air*-craft passed within 150 feet of their automobile and disappeared ashort time-later.

2 * BTffAILS: Ittonerous reports have been received by news sources

at Lubboek * Texas of strange unidentified objects in flight over tabboek,Texas and vicinity since 25 August 1951* Tlrsi; observation of suchflying phenomenon was reported by three faculty members of Texas

afessers veres

urday evening at 2110 boors, a group of objects flying in a rough seal-circle or crescent format ion vas sighted flying from the northeast tothe southwest at an "incredible speedB, These three professors wreunable to give any complete description of the objects; however, they

o -..^fj.j^i Coasts in j-Iiht cvar1

stated that they gave off a glow which could have been created fromthe lights of the city below. The formation of objects allegedlycrossed the sky from horizon to horizon in three 3econd3. Calcula-tions made by these professors were to the effect that had the forma-tion of objects been flying at so altitude of one mile from earth,their speed would have been 1300 miles an hour, or at 50,000 feet ofaltitude, their speed would have been nearer 13,000 miles per hour.So shook waves were fe l t , according I^^HHHPP* vho stated thatthe absence of shook waves would Indicate that the formation was flyingin the stratosphere, above 50,000 feet, 19MflNMP*B*s'tlinated thatthere ve&e 50 of the strange objects. A second group of such objects

passed over the sky approximately three minutes later. Oneof th _..._

also rgoortad,..hat severaX-niabfts prior to the observe-had observed au of J^v^ess^rs^HHRHRVSVHHSHHRHMPKf h& had observed a

Siailar fl ight of objects over Lu!>bo

7 September 1951Unidentified Objects in Flight over Lubbock, TexasSI33JSCT:

lor, Texas, two women^t^^jflpPBHlBBIt and her daughter,were alleged to have observed a "wingless" type

aircraft traveling at a low altitude and at a low speed. Thi3 craftallegedly passed within. 1^ 0 feet o fJpHHMiPis automobile* thenrose rapidly and waa out of sight -within a few minutes. eilltltilNNIgto*'an5&rcuKd object to observe one door or porthole in the metalsi**ttfee aircraft. Since the Initial sighting of the alleged

vaexj reports similar In nature have been received by theoffices

3 iflrta 1 Oct 51

(Unclassified) Unidentified Object a in Fligixt over Lubbock, Texas, 25 AugustCollection Division,

directorate of Intelligence DGs/oCounter Inialligeaee Div, Directorate of Special

b * the Inspector Goneral

3 QGGT

Lt. Col. Frae/dtf/53623

1* Thare i s attached for your iaioraation a copy of a Spot Intelligence Reportdated ? Sdptonber 1951 coaoeming ths above 3\ibjoct.

2* Aft wi l l bar aoUd the Information ha bten ftLPni3hd ABIC* I3* Request that the newspaper dippings inclosed v&Oi tha report be returned t o -|

thia Directorate for f i l e after hoflns served their purpose* t ki

1 . Clpga dtd 26 and 23 AogEe t

GUSBBS XJSfTChief, Coanter IntelligonceDirectorate of Special Iareetigation

Inapector Geirel

Sa aboe subject*4 . Clpg did 2 Segt 51

Be above arabjeet*5 Sia did T Sep 51

Us abofe aubject*

CLASSIFICATION CANCSLLE^:: / ; " ^ :; ; ^ " - _"I

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When Inol No.4, ,.VK**ar (8?) withdrawn^ attagoed. ttie ola33ifioation of

par 25 s, AJR 205-I,

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SUBJECT: TJNKNC7JJI SU3JBCT

UNCLASSIFIEDk January 1952

TO: Ccsananding OfficerAir Technical-IntelWright-Patterson AirDayton, OhioATTN: ATI

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! Hefarene ia made t o la t ter^ t h i* office, dated 13Hovmber 1951* fi^a 2Ur-21> subject as above.

for your additional ii^orsiation arat of iircrsstigatioa by Special Ag^nt

2 Attachad^o copias o? th.a rspor

Deceniberp g y p

, 23d.0Si: District (IQ), f i l e 2irSU, dated 5a s

abova*3* Bo fu r the r ixr\rastigativa a c t i o n i 3 contaaDlated^ and

ths file of the Office of Special Investigations are consideredclosed in instant case

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u Attent ion I s ijavitad t o paragraph ? , AFR 205-i d a t a d IkKarcii 19l|-9, -which p r o h i b i t s t h e d i s c l o s u r e of c l a s s i f i ed infoianationt o unaathorisad oersonnel.

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n Indoawre v^o*. X y ^attached, the claasiflcailSnto ^J38^^^W^^WPpBB^" * .-in. accordance^ ' '~

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a/f jm/wrtn 19 Dec ,51 rewrtn 24

OFTHB ISSffiCTCR C3II5U

24-185

SUBJECT: (Unclassified)Flight Over Labbock, T.

UNCLASSIFIED

SUBJECT j Unidentified Objects in

TOsBSk OS3C

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r ^ Of investigation by SpciaX A^nt

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that o ^

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TO: -

HEADQUARTERS UNITED ? T * T E ? A!. P... FORCETHE INSPECTOR GENERAL

OFFICE OF SPECIAL IN V EST I G AT I ON S

D i s t r i c t O f f i c e N o . 2 3 - C a r s w e l l A i r F o r c e B a s eF o r t W o r t h , T e x a s

IS DEC 195]ILKKOWI! oU3J.'2CT -~ Unidentified Cojacts i n Fl ight Over Lubbock,

ec 1951

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Director of Special InvestigationsHeadquarters, U. S. Air Force

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Auth cf e s . us.-.?10 Dec 1951

UNITED STATES AIR FORCETHE INSPECTOR GENERAU

OFFICE OF SPECIAL. INVESTIGATIONS

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UNCLASSIFIED'^.iii.Uisrii.i.iz.';.^ OOJCCCG ii.i'1 irln.&n.'i Ovor

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FILE MO. DATc

S Dscember 1951

s./REPORT MADE AT

IX) #23, Ca.,-y3lPERIOD

17, 24 Hov; 2 D"?c 51OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DO #23, Carsv;ell A?35 Fort, vJorth, TsiSTATUS

CLOSEDCHARACTER

SPECIAL I I 'XREFERENCE

ROI 3/A. -*:. ^ TD ^23 r,a.-rawa11 - Texas , ft Oc.fc f i l e ?/i.~ft/SYNOPSIS

_ _ __jlubbock> Taxas, r e -iaierviewed at the telephonic "request of Lt EDWARD J

jfljjPlyU, Air Technical Inte l l igence Center, Wright-Ifefcterson AFB, Dayton^ Ohio, Interview vdtSgJHpspro-"vided no additional pertinent irtformationfl^MPifc executed

hand-witten statement as to taking the picturesIn question on 30 August 1951, and denying the possessionof the lost negative.

LASSIFIED

CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED fe BY AUTHORITY 07 THS BISSCTO?.'BY _

DISTRIBUTIOH

Hq OSI

CG, Air Tech I n t e l l 2Cent3r(THHTJ Hq OSI)

CO, Reese AFB 1(info) .

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ACTION COPY FORWARDED TO

Commanding GeneralAir Teciinical Inte l l igence

CenterT//ri ght -Patt er son Air^ F or c eDayton, Ohio

APPROVED

//JAMES C, SCHOPIKEDL t C c l , U3AF

District Commander.

FILE STAMP

AFHQ15 JAM 49

15 37744-1 U. S. G0tNMtNT PKIHTIHS OTTICt

SECURITY I1-1FQHHATI0M9 1

1. This case was reopened in compliance -with ths verbal request oflieutenant SDVJAHD J . RUPFECT, Office of Air Technical Intel l igence Center, Wright-Fa btsr son Air Force Base, Dayuqn^Ohio, In telephonic conversation on 15 November1951 requesting reinterviavr of Iflfl^^^fRflMQir* in an effort to procure more def-i n i t e technical information and the'~possibllity of locating nissing negative.

AT IE3B0CK. TEXAS

2, "^IHHHHHPH^VHH^ Texas, was out of the cityvisiting the Boy Scouts Executive Camp at Raton, New Mexico, On 2 December 1951,

MMV&as interviewed in private. The rights of a private citizen under the FifthAmendment of the Constitution of the United States >.-as explained Backnowledged his understanding of such rights.

3 During this intervie^pJPJpid not deviate from the information obtainedin the f i rs t interview by the -writer or on the subsequent interview by the writerwhen accompanied by lieutenant EEfa&ED J . EUPPELT, Air Technical IntelligenceCen te r ,^ Base> Dayton, Ohio, with the possible exceptionof the tracking^lind exposures .of the Unidentified objects on 30 August 1951*' / ^ J - a ^ f i l - ' - l ^ ^ ^ ^ i ^ ^ ^ ^ . ' : . - : A ' r k : ... ;.':...,. :--;:/

.--" ^ 0 ' a^JPpH;^ Jtf^a^T>^'"Tirtr^c> \jr^ ;hi^ T r\A RDPFELT, through enactment, hovr hehad obtained the pictures by tracking across the sky in the backyard of his resi-dence* 1i|^(^explained in detail that allo-wing for the loss of thirty (30) degrees :of visicai to tfiejoorth due to a line of trees and a duplicating loss of thirty(30) degrees of Vision to the south due to the contour of the residence that hehad. used half af^tiie remaining arc of vision in attempting to center objects in

his range finder mi then as they had passed the center arc he had'pivoted andtaken three (3) pictures Tdhile tracking, t*JWWfl|-was_very positive of this particularphase* Questioned as to the paissing negative^(|pfcBtated that i t had never beenlocated, vrais sbi.11 missing and *

.1DO fjQ3 24-84 SECURITY INFORMATION

O .&2S1;5R, '.'.filch is set forth verbatim:

"On A.ug 50 , 1951 a t about 11:30 FM took p i c t u r e s of s t rangeob jec t s pass ing overhead from North t o South. I saw t h r e e separa tagroups of o b j e c t s . .Two p i c tu r e s a r e of the second group0 Three a r eox oh 3 t h i r d group. The l a s t nega t ive has not- been found and i s noti n ray pos ses s ion .

che -8, On 30 November 1951, itfMMMMWMMHHl? Photographer for theJournal Newspaper,. Lubbock, Texas, -was interviewed as" tohis^aiowledge ofof vork, the authenticity of the pictures turned^nbgllHHRHMlMi^' during aperiod covering approximately one (1) year* ^flMINPMbtated that heto be the best amateur photographer in Lubbock and vicinity and 1i-evergiven them any occasion,,to doubt his work* In referring to the pictures takenbydflHPon 30 August i951iflHHPated that the newspaper had also been doubtful asto the authenticity of the^negatives and had runexhaustive tests on the negativesbefore they were published in the newspaper. ^ BB^urther stated that these testswere rery thorough and thatVihey had used the Technical knowledge of other photoggraphetr/,in the city and node^could find any evidence of the negatives having beentampered with in any way*-"*

UNITED STATES AIR FORCES 'NSPECTOR GENERAL

OFFICE OF- -SFFCIAU INVESTIGATIONS

REPORT OF INVESTIGATION

JO vr l l , -j-'ink-r i-.'

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

L)Q 7=23, Carsvjel

II. BOSS34 . d t d 8 Octoberfile 2-^

shsoed objec-tin ftont o

Lug one hundred twenty-five y,her automobile north of iiatador,v

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Co lone 1 , , US-ir"

O-2O8 Replaces AFC.SI Form la577-1*-1 u. 3. GovcimmsT mmiHO amct

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t 1615..hours on 16 October 19.51,,v;ton, Oklahoma, v;as interviewed and staged in sub

.stance ti-.at on. 31 Au~ust 1951 at approximately 1245 hours, Vihile drivingon the high".-.'ay from White Flatt to Llatador," Texas, she' observed an objectentering her line of vision from, the left rear. The object vjas between 125and 15C yards from the automobile and looked to be about the same size as a3-29 airoradirtr vrithout -wings. The object appeared to be talcing off or landingin an -area o her left "which v.;as used by aircraft engaged in cro^ p dusting as alanding araa. . ,

s 2. '^^^^^pppppt/e.ted that when she first, sighted the object i tappeared to be floating at a speed less than the speed required for take-offin a Cub aircraft. Suddenly the object ascended very rapidly, moving in aneasterly direction and disappeared from sight. There was no noise nor sign ofexhaust or smoke- i*o wings or visible means of propulsion "were observed. Theobject appeared^ to be floating at approximately the same height as the derrickat^HH^PMMHVfe* Matactor, 'i'exas. (Described in referenced report as 120Toverall

3. -i-: describing the ob^ecty' ^s*^|HHHpKta^e^ that the only objectT/hicli rsssEblad the shape of the object "was that of a pear. She furtherstated that there appeared to be a door'or "window located on the tapered endof the object thar^ the object "was-flying "with the tapered end forward. Thebulbous pg.r~ a>the ociect reflected the rays of the .sun and made accuratedescription c the lar^e part of the object impossible. I t v;aa believed by

iMMMHHKHMHHi^ -^ ~-^--'srs of a highway repair gang sav* the sane or a similarobject la-er. ^he same day, follov^ing the course of a snail creek in the-area,

-because of i conversation members of the highway creW held "with her father.

-w-IIIT'S ITCTE : Urs J'HHHMHPLPPea^e^ sincere and honest in har descriptionof this inci-lent-and impressed this agent as an intelligent and serious indi

Discreet inquiry in the vicinity_ disclosed ^hat4f|H^HHHSPH^MMPis considered a reputable ' ea

"jith excellent character and credit reputation in the community.

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Lt. Col. Fre/df/53623AFCSI-6 - .

of a Spot Intelligence Beport

thei r f ^ i o n has W a s h e d AUG.

.ith the report bereturned to

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5 They also estimated .from

Vthe ; apparent size-of the ob-jects*/that if they were flyinga mile high, each- object wasapproximately 1,000 feet in

. diameter. '-. ..;- .. ' ''-. .' 'r>S"'^ We..ielt no shock waves;' saciivjas an object':traveling

. aiv;sacbt. a high speed irr the vlbwey/atniosphere would giveytfffgPnckpr; said^'and the^'

a^ov^^w -. : shock waves ..^would^ihdicatethat the forma- '!

;tibfiiii^ fas ilying. in the strato-; V-oiT '"' '

^.tl^poin^easpfc ^ .r.-was seated'fechairs^ ^

The? ,__which madejiip the forjoatipn -were indistinct^ - Duckerf j^d "^but gave off afc.g^ ow, appaieiit-"-ly reflected .light, . possibly

. from they c^j^-T^ow..^^:^''^^!

irt:.seoon6^::.-^vj^p^i^'

i r ^J miles; an jhourf catSe STRANGE OBJECTS'MJJHJ

group, containing' about1 the;sianifi^number of individualpbjecfer and moving in. thesame .semi-circular; Jtormation,',.with the bulge toward the lihia:of flight, sped overhead about'three|gniihutes later givirig thethfee^aep -. ah opportunity . tocheck their, first observations.

- "Frankly, we were aston-:ished^,vAnd if I had not had"confirming: witnesses "at? thetime'I feel.sure I should havesaid, nothing about w h a t Isa^Vv;i^ckerSs^d^^for-.it is

; incredfl>Ie};tpv beUev^ they are^ ofrtrM?niali origm-and "even

rthey

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^:Duicl^^ointed;ip;u't i h a t^w ^^.Q t f e^;p ro|essprsm e t ;

fty.^lor .discussions...at ,A\''f&s anything'strong-:; vice.tea" served, and . /* particular occasion.;'-'*"-'~: forgot to pro- ";.

JesasJt- Aeronautics ad-'^ -^^p'flv office^: Munici-j^saidr^&%&vno jet.

i^ fipvpther flights;vw:ere"" " LuDboci ; ^ the

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28 August 1951

Four Others HereSee Sky Objects

"Operations Beads" was con-firmed Monday by four additionalpersons who .say . thfy saw tnesame mysterious flight racingthrough Lubbock skies Saturdaynight that was witnessed and pre-viously reported by three membersof the Texas Tech faculty..

The -Techsans said they sawwhat appeared to be a group ofobjects in a semi-circular forma-tion "like a string of beads" fly-ing overhead at ."incrediblespeed*1' v "'":;^* - . - ' > .'.". Monday, four ne\y witnesses saidthey, saw the same rthing at thesame time9:10 fr.-lvcL., Saturday.They were Mrs. Earl Medlockrof1912 Ave. N, Mrs. R. Ai; Rogersof 1910 Ave. N and; Mrs. P. ARogers of the same' address, and-fof.-.Carl Henninger; 2311' Eigi(th,

ia^ e professor o i ' Gerrrjlnexas Tech. The. three womi

were visiting in thej.Jtof'gers bacUyard. lJ;''^-?^i

LUB30CK MORNING AVALANCHE1 September 1951

MYSTERIOUS OBJECTS nrrXiffiBOCK SKYIt's anybody's guess what they are, bt t&e^aBjjsteriaus objectsin the photos

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atiovef.'?are'believed.tcil'be the3^Sj!icig^':i'whict.-3jibbockites have,!. ..been-seeing in the sky during:T*cen nights. /The highly unusual., -.photos^ snapped by Carl,Harf^jiK of' 2332. Nineteenth ;street,, v;Thursday night, show what JBtaactstfd was the- urtidentified glow- "

ing objects as they passed over the city from north to/ south. In...:;the: photo at lelt, the dots, are in a two-row V-formationy while -" t h e photo at right shows them shifted into-a single-file formation.-^

Several Lubbock residents reported, seeing the objects over thf.';; city-last night. Hart said he shot the two photos above., with, a /:35mm camera. ' " *-.... . %

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1 ' -:^S:/AvalancJw'Sl^ft'^Writer

throughas numensssskies-

resiaeitt^ Be^nrted seeing flasnes*> t^eii+ '*K!i.-.in* "unbelievable'speeds"and at'least one persons h e d up witK' photographs ofshowed up: :

pphotographs of

i h kwhat he said he saw in the sky.of the strange objects

to baffle all who claim-seen-'them and three

Tech professors who ex-

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nited States ^ 5 DEo 1975Washington 25, D.-C.

1. ' 3eference is made to Spot Intelligence Report, this Headquarters,file 2*M3r Subject: Unidentified Objects in Flight over Lubbockr; Texas, .dated Z September 1951. ' . . ; _

2. Ssclosed is Report of Investigation of Special Agent HOWARD N.EO3SSR'?, ifeis district office, subject and file as above-, dated 8 October195L- ' ' ' ... . / ' :i:i;

3. It" is 'believed that all logical investigative activity in thiscase has been, accomplished in this district; however, an interview'with HrsidVgMtiHMNP*Uas ' specifically requested?, by Headquarters Air Materiel.Command "ia-T'.^ C, Cite AT73 0.9, directed to Commanding Officer, Car swell AirForce 3ase, Te::as, dated 7 September 1951. ^ this reason, an undevelgpedlead is set forth for. District Office Mo. 11 for interview v i i t h f l ^ B B P *dtfHMl^ 'and District Office Ho. 11 is requested to transmit its report"oTTHves.-tisaiion to your Headquarters for subsequent transmittal to Head-quarters Air Materiel Connand. ' j '

^ ^here ^s inclosed for your information a copy of the TWX receivedat this Base from Air Materiel Command, Cite A?7309, dated 7 September ..,1 9 5 - 1 - ' . ' . ' ' '. ''^-' .

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. 1 . Rpt of Inv, DO 23,24-SU, dta S Oct 51 (o cys)

JAI^ IES C. SCKOFISLt Col, USAFDist ' r ic t Commander

2 . TWX-fr Cite AT73O9,dtd 7 Sep 51

UNCLASSiFISIUNITED STATES AIR FORCE

THE INSPECTOR GENERALOFFICE OF S^SCIAL. INVESTIGATIONS

REPORT OF INVESTIGATE OH

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ETORT N'-.CS 3Y

DATE

TITLE I p.crCP.r I'.ADC AT

I'KilQ'.IV; oU3JIiC'_", Unidentified Objectsin 71:. r'.-.t Over Lub'oock, Texas

PERIOD

17,' 1OFFICE Or ORlGiN

DC 2 3 , C?.rswell ; ^ 2

CHARACTER

REFERENCE

3?ot Inte.iiiasr-3 3 Report, DO rr'23, I?ile 2U-0, dated 73eptember 1951 SYNOPSIS

. Investigation, predicated upon verbal request of Air Provost Marshal and EaseIntelligence Officer, Reese Air Force Base, Texas, 17 September 1951 > based uponclassified TWX frc-m Commanding General, Air ilateriel Command, Wright-Patterson-AirPorce Base, Dayton, Chio, passed to the Commanding Cfffb'er, Reese AFB, Texas, through23rd OSI District Office, Carswell AIPB, Texas. TWX requested A-2 accomplish investi-gation concerning reported unidentified: objects sighted over Lubbock, Texas duringlatter part of Augast 1951 and reported to Headquarters OSI by 25rd OSI Districtvia Spot Intelligence Report, file 24-0, dated 7 September 1951. copies of whichwere furnished to Csamaanding General, Air Materiel Command. ^lfigafiBHBMHRWiB.tadorTe:cas reported a p ^ r shaped object flying at approximately 200 feet in front of herautomobile,, five sLes north of I-Jatador., Texas,,at 12U5 hours, 31 August 1951. Thisobject rapidly ascended following her observation and moved away to" the east in acircular pattern i Mrs >^ (JJ(|jptoi vised the unidentified object moved with the smallerend forward. lie sign of exhaust or noise hed^ according t o ^ M B H ^ Weather- report,Reese AFB for 1270 hours, 31 August 1951, showed ceiling -jOOO feet, with brokenclouds, visibility 15 miles, "emperature $7 degrees, an-; t/ind froin_the east north-

^pts per hcur. "his object alsoobseryed cy^M^VHVMlMi^ daughter,.vrton, Oklahoina. -JHflHSRHHKbt availa'ols for interview.

.Local inquiry at Matador revealed^g^lflHHB^be reputable citizen in community.^BHHJHHMPpLubbcck, Texas,' interviewed at 19^5 hours, 20 September .1951. .and-advised that on 30 Aug-ast 19 51, at 2330 hour's, he observed a formation-of lighted-

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ftautliorised disolosura of1 informationontai;i-d l:a this xooort i

2 a[nd will IDQ considered a yjiolatioa o205-1 and AffH 205-6^

CLASSIFICATION CANCELLEDirrr

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FILE STAMP

s"pr3lii"bited

5 DEC 1975

This is copy #J_ of //_'copie

AfHQ rOHM15 JAH 19 O-2O8 Replaces AFC31 Form 4, 23

Dutrict Commander.

1 0 5 7 7 4 4 - 1 u. s . ooVERHMtNT pniNTma o f r t e k>

Sync oo :,5

fobtained by Reese IC72 :i~ellie::0 3 Officer nr:i

ded. in. his report to Coivmanding General, Air iiater\el Corrjnand.verred he heard no noise and saw no exhaust fron the objects.

"feather observation, Lubbock, Texas, reflected -'-hat at 233^' hours,^ 50Ausust 1>'51 a.- high line of clouds at 2c,COO feet, visibility 15olles,temperature 7& degrees, and wind south southeast at eight l-iPH. ^ flHMhlstated he observed two more formations pass over LubbocLc at approximately2J32. hours, 1 September 1^51. Technical data pertaining tdSHHIte photo-graphs cc-csined and set forth in details.

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1. j..:Ves-::.".^-'-..'.on predicated .pen-vorbal reo/.-.est fro:;. :'.ir rr.ovcntIlarshal and Bass liitelligenco Officer, Reese ;.ir crce^Basi, '~e;:t,o, 17September 1?51, based upon receipt of classified r:'.:x frou Co:-,i~nding GenAir Materiel Cc-nand, V-risht- Patterson AFB, Dayton, O'v'.o, relayed ro.Co;r....andin3 Cfi'Icer, Reese A? 3, by Di^riot CoiAniciiaer, 23rci Oil District,Carswell AT2, Te::as, requesting that the A-2 Section, Reese AJ'B, Texas. accomplish investigation and submit report direct to the CcnnandingGeneral, Air Materiel Command as prescribed in A51 Regulation 200-15, pertaining tc^tce sighting of Unidentified Objects in flight over Lubbock,Terras. -Z~ese incidents were previously reported to Headquarters OSIby District Office No. 2J, Carswell ;?B, Texas, in Spot intelligenceReport, d=-:ed 7 September 1951> Subject: Unidentified Objects in Flightover Lu'cbock, Texas.

A? y TSXAS

2. 1st lit JOHN A. -FARLSZ, Assistant Wing Intelligence Officer,Reese AJB, se.s designated to accomplish the report desired by -the Com-manding General, Air Materiel Command and requested any possible assistancefrom the Office of Special Investigations in the furtherance of themissionv : :-

, TEXAS .

September ^931 .ijffi writer accompanied by FAHISY met withWtQ/B///jKK^^ of Lubbock, Texas, Mr.. without any questions, assisted in obtaining^available

copies of the paper containing the necessary information to thoroughlyacquaint^^JHBPith the scope of tr.e required investigation. Thosecopies of the. newspaper not available were'photographed in privacy.

' AT RS3SB A?B, TSXAS .

k. Due to the classification, cf 33CR3T imposed cy the CommandingGeneral. Air l^-teriel Conmand, on mentioned T'OC and the same ciassifica-tior'^pi-i cy jiS1 Reflation 200-15, for the preparation of the A-2 re-^por^ " ai- c-^tne newspaper Iteas were -hotogra.aea, developed and printedT,.;,,,vo (5) copies only, using one (I) negative for each reproduction.^6S"e reproductions are marked in dated order of publishing, as In-cicsures'l, 2, 3, U, 5 and 5 and are attached as part of this report.

T5SAS

= The sighting of an unknown aerial object over U. 3. Highway70, a^roxinately two and one-half rales north cf the town of Matador,Texas'was reported to the local Hatador newspaper on 31 -"-.gust l?51f

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3r- U. S. Highway 70 .o .

/.is incident \Kth~ Ir.-.bbocl: lornln.p; Avalanche

(oee "."nclosure IJo. !-)i.n reprinted i:>r the- Matador

At 12;!-3 hours,r interviewed

September l0^!, cccom^aniei by Irfcwho stated that at a-

as she ana "tier daughter, Hi|* Oklahoma, who was visiting at hone, v;ere ".driving to

inch, located about five miles north of Matador, Texas, onu, S. Zighsay 70, their attention was attracted l>j a strange aerialobject drifting across U. S. Highway 70. ^s*^MMNMBtfv;'n0 was- driving,first no ticedthe object and it was apparently a few seconds before shedrew Itrs attention"to it .'4M^lHAistated that when she sawthe object, it was drifting slowly in an

teas/terly direction about 150feet above the terrain s^d approximately 200 feet in front of theircar. Ac cart the timS^MpPHbsaw the object, it began a rapid ascent andmoved awsy in a few seconds to the east in a circular ascent.

there

Tte ob.ject was described by^m0M$E being pear shaped inpperruse^. (to quote "like a yellow pear shaped tomato") aluminum or

silver in. saclor, and that the object readily reflected the sunlight.The cbjesx had a port, window, door or a similar aperture, located ata point Titiere the .object began to taper toward the s.maller end. Oneobject only was seen, and i t moved through the air with the small endforward- She stated the sun was shining brightly with l i t t l e or nowind. - ' \ ^

-^_______ topped the car and got out and both then reaxisedwas no noise, no sign of exhaust, no smoke, now^ngs were visible,

nor was a:iy visible means of propulsion observed. WHKKmk stated she couldnot estimate the speed of the object except that it^went up rapid]a curving, apgia did not get cut of the car and lost sight ofth^object as it ascended ,due to her limited vision Inside the carj^flflHMte certain the objectwss'r-ot a balloon. She- compared the size of t>.e object, to the best ';of her knowledge, as comparable to the Matador railway freight shed orperhaps larger. The aataaor freight shed was examined and measureappropriately US feet by IS feet.

stated she had judged the height of the ob-t above grouTTd"to nave been approximately 150 feet by comparison

with "zeb's Oil Tiell", a wsll known landmark, which is an oil derrickcombined with a gasoline filling station located in the city limits of ,Ilataior, on "J. 3." Highway 70. To her knowledge, no other personsobserved the objecV.

stated her daughter has sii\,-id'furnished the full name and address c. -: Lav? t o n /follow

s e 1: : :

Lawton, Oklahoma

furnished the folioviing inlemation concerning her

hoina&gez 56 "yearsResidence;

Texas.MKdtai StatKtisisaids

ledrancher.

7* tion, of the location, described made,and it was observed that the terrain to the.west of TJ. S. 'Highway 70 isrolling lsad..br about 10"to 12 miles (est) to a line of foothills. .Theland is sparsely to moderately heavily wooded by mesquite with the first300 y^Pds opezL.f 1st terrain. The land to the east is fairly flat forapproxima-fceiy 2.0 to 50 miles, sparsely wooded and the first 1000 to 1200yards is open /"terrain. Inquiry was made at ''Bob's Oil Well" gas stationand disclosed that the derrick is 96' feet in.heisht with an advertisingsi,2n on ^ cp zf approximateiy 22 feet, or a total overall height of 120feet.

Der of xea-rs of the Itetador State Bank, disclosed thatM H t t H reputable citizens and have an excellent character

ani credit reputation in the community-,

y. Ccservation of *WttMMPM$^-'-

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T h e 1 2 3 ^ ' s c o u r s o ^ > . -

^vs'" temperature - ^-"I ^crth northeacrc ^r

1^ r.:ilss

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mt.s oar hour, tde?e e S j

3werins cumulus _a

jisrrtpictures

his cam ^ 2332 hourbacic yard- * overhead and tootcmmm

process.!riv scratched and extreme care V/G.S t.^ -ceanegatives vere turned over to the .".eese

-he enlarging

Intelligence Officer, 1st Lt JOHN 1?A3L2Y for inclusion in his reportas requested try the Commanding General, Air Materiel Command.

toS"certain of that fact.ions kept .;.hii"-

s emohatic14. According't

position, out he v;as not m M Khis assertion th?.t,there vias no noise, "no exhaust reflections, or anyvisv.L'1 /.leans of propulsion within his scope of sight or hearing. Hecould. :naks nc approximation of the size of the cc^'ects due to the greatalt i tude.

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i:' "t^ e vieather was clear with very l i t t l e wind.

The LuDooek, Texas weather observation at 2330 hOMi*a""#or^ 30 August 1951,vas listed as: Thin scattered clouds at 28,000 feety-visibility 15 nilesplus, tearoerature 73 degrees, dew point $6 degrees, with wind from the . -south soutaeast at.eight MPH. ' ...

.;.. 'lo.. ^BJpfcifctated that on. 1 Septeiaber 1951> he saw two more forma-tions pass-^ aFKg:.IajbT3'6ck,-- approximate'time. 2^20 hours, with about a twominute iaiaassfal between the formations. I H H ^ i d not get any photo-graphs afiaiess formations, but said the passage was identical, exceptthat tha oi^BC'ts seemed to be a t a much greater altitude and althoughthe formations?'passed over Lubbock in about the same position a-fe before, thecourse seessetOtd^ be from the northwest to the southeast. Each group loolcedto "be a slngis':;line formation. '' > . ' ' :',':

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IT. f52B Lubbock, Texas weather observation at 2330 hours, 1 Septem-ber 1951 vast Clear, vis ibi l i ty 1~ miles plus, temperature 77 degrees,dew point Si- degrees, wind from the southeast at six MPH.1 ' 1.?. ^HHPB^hotogrs-phic equipment was checked by the writer, and

inforrnstioa was obtained "relative to the photographs taken on 30 August1951.

Date: Thursday, 30 August 1?51TiLie: 11:30 ?M (CST) 2330 and 2332 hours

x .Li\.Cane re.: Kodak, 35 MM with rangeFilm: ^-yv^ ?L'JS XLens: Kodak Anastor F3.-5 50 MM S3Bsposure: F3.5 at l/l0-of a secondDeveloping Solution: Panthermic 777Tank: Roll Film, Hard Rubber, CleanDeveloping Tine: 15 minutesWashing Solution: Speed SDryer: Electric Flat Plate . *.Printer: Federal 3nlarger #269 35 I-J>at>er: Bromide ?-l Single Edge

er (Model nuriber not shovm)

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******* **Kmmmammam>i?oo&t Te^sja ^lOiiality: Unit ad States2.ace: white3exi Malei^e: 18 years ' "Zirth: 24 March 1333, at. Lubbock, Texas

Marital Status :v "SingleOccupation: Student - Freshman, at Texas Technological College,

Inibbock, Texas ^ ' Height: - 5 lltt . ' ' .

ii-' 155--lbs. 'Blond - Cut' short - Crew' cut style

xion: : Eair . '"fieditim slender,

or Scars;. Hone visible

2 C "22 photographs were taken oMMMMPtt^ his residence using anArgof isz IS^^ired. focus, with flash, lens.Arg&s Lumar, 75 1-H'I, inclosed asinclosures: SErii'll and Ho. 12.

2L. ^ H p ^ a s observed by the vjriter to be a very intelligent young.man, vsry interested in photography, which is a hobby. Re seemed sincere inhis. efforts to relate all incidents to the best: of his ability*

22. Information obtained in this investigation was reported directto Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, based upon concurrent investi-gation conducted by 1st Lt JOH1I A. FAHLKY,. Assistant- Viing IntelligenceOfficer, ?.eese Air Force Base, LubbocV:, Texas, in accordance with AirForce Regulation" 200-15. This case is continuing in pending status fordevelopment, of lead by 11th OSI District at Lawton, Oklahoma.

Inciosures:

OSI, , D. C.

1. Photostat, news article on unidentified objects, Labbock, TexasAvalanche Journal, 26 August 1951 (trip)

2. Photostat, news article on unidentified objects, Lubbock, TexasAvalanche Journal, 2S August 1951 (trip)

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DISTRICT O?FICB IIP. 1 1 , TIHK5R FB

, OKLAHOMA,

1. Mill interviewOklahoma, c-oncerning her knowledge of all occurrences relating to thesighting of the unidentified object approximately five miles north ofMatador, Ce^as, on 31 August .1951

2. T*Till forward action reports direct to Headquarters 031 for sub-sequent trsnsnittal to Commanding General, Air liateriel Command, through5th OSI District.

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v. A^I".C/CC2, 19 Dec 6X, arid Report ^o , i f r _ t:i ia_ :i-i Z1 Apr ..^ jr. e t t c rSUMMARY: (.Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final ontscnttnet paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Bejm text 0/ report on AF Form lltl'n-t II.) f c i

1. Ir. >~!": pi Lance with le t tor , Headquarters, li3AF, AF Jl^-'^/cS-S, Subject;< JuciiGsii'Lor^ Report of Information on "Jnidentiried ?lyinr Z'ojv.ztz, 19 December".-bi, ":"" C---1 :...j"V-.nir; infornation., a: reported to this hsad^uartirs by V.rs* Wo B.Rea.d, La] 1*--- f-sxas , is for-varded. )

?, Dalies, Texas, con-tao^ed tne undersigned and reported^ irht ing of unidentified flying objectssimilar to ones she had previously reported. Information was received fromIlrs. t ^ P over the telephone and she was requested to forward a written reoortto this'ho ad quarters at her earliest convenience, Yio report v/as transmittedelectrically, Viritten report frora- Mrs . ^HH^ ^ as received this head-Tiarters

3. i'lrs* 4MP was contacted when she reported a previous observation, andi t was determined that she was of above normal intell ig

4. I t is believted rnat reports of this nature are not o2 much value orir.portan.ee as intelligence in that no observations vrere made "by other citizensa.i.i reported to this headquarters.

Major,

_~ INCLS..Vrittcn "by Sirs . N. 3. Read,

DI5TRI.BUTIOS 2Y ORIGINATOR

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lv Description.: Spherircal in shape; size un.dotemi.ued, appeared to belike a 3Tia.ll star. Five objects were sighted in all; two viero red,

ball type, wo were white star type, and one was green, a.id appeared to beelongated. Observed singly, v/ith aerodynamic features, ao trail or exhaust,propulsion system speed, sound, etc* was reported. Objects were fly in*: astraight course. They rr.ade one sharp right angle -turn. No other maneuverwas reported. Objects disappeared out of the horizon. ' /

2221C - 2241C, 24 April 1952. '

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visua^ L aid, ~~?O^servtiont Objects were obseinrod from ground with no

54 . Looation of Observer? Vf Long. 964:4:', H Lat . 325O'. Objects were-observed a t an 'undetermined a l t i t u d e in the Eastern Sky proceeding West, made

sharp 90-^ t u r n to the l e f t and proceeded South. J5 Identifying Infor5ia.tion on Observers: Observer was Mrs.

She was previously questioned' regarding- a similar -inoideat and appeared to be.'of above average- in t e l l i gence . R e l i a b i l i t y could not be .ascertained in tha t-the-observer had no other mature vr i tnesses . .

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7. >Other Activity? ifo unusual a c t i v i t y waa_reported to t h i s headquartersi n t h i s area, "by any other source. ' ^

Evidence?. physica.1"evidence- or photographs were taken.

9. In ts rcept ion or Iden t i f i ca t ion ; "No intercepti-cm or i d e n t i f i c a t i o nac t ion was t '

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in tfce heaven* an the night of April 2k, 1952.

At 10:21 P. ., jr children oighted t h * f irst one. t t was the red bal l , with a dtalXred glowv I t a *lgbt*d: in the Eastern sky proceeding Vest. Aa i t case cran with.

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Tn* next on- sighted, * fe nlnutes later, was high orrhd in th* Yestorn aectiao.of tha akrjr^ I t appeared as s mall hit* star and saa streaking Sooth at a trmecdon*spaed*A* next en* bservvd' a th red ball type, cair la- far* the East. Unfortunatelyfar us i t as: welt higher- than th* one ' ""identical courser tfurt th preriooff ones bad ToUcni. ',and wfeea; I t t u r n s with the boose I t tnrne, South, i t aeeaed

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Ta other' ob^aetevvervobsexTed fcarj- high in the Eastern portion of the. akj** goingSootB at th* sa* tertffic apeed aa the f i r s t brlCttt aaw* had seett~ia therVestemocrtiott ef the say aoee-twentr ainntea before. The f irst one. of tbes* was the

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Fort Worthy Taxa3A vof untnoWnScellabiiity,seeing an object in the sky whue enroute via automobile to Fort *-Worth, Texas, at a point 18.8 milks northwest of Jacksboro, Texas,on US Higway 281, at 1811 hours, C ^ . 29 October 1952. Objectappeared from the northeast, flying aSatraight course of approxi-mately 2^5 to 250 degrees, at an estimated speed of 750 to 800miles an'hoar, at an altitude of approximately 1500 to 2000 feet.J/H/totJHKH* first attracted to the object by an exhaust f Ia3b,"bright orange color, lasting approximately one (1) second, followedtoy two (2) other exhaust flashes lasting approximately the samelength of time. The second exhaust flash illuminated the object,for approximately one (1) second, and was estimated to be l/8th ofa mile directly in the path of his car. fNjPMHMMfebcribed theobject as being 3iiailar to a discus, circular in shape, or two (2)tabl8 plates laid inverted, one upon the other, approximatelyforty (40) to fifty (50) feet in diameter and five (5) or six (6)feet thick at its center, tapering from the center to a thin-likeleading edge. The object appeared to be gray, or dull aluminum,in color with black trimmed leading edges. The exhaust left nosaoke torail and disappeared into the twilight, continuing in itscoarse. Ho visible identifying markings were observed on theobject, and the weather was clear. The time of day was at dusk,and headlights of his automobile were not on. At the time, notraffic, in either direction, was observed, and no activity nearthat would cause a reflection in the sky. Ho visible evidence ofobject'3 flight, and object flew swiftly away, with no seemingesistance from the elements. The object made no sound audible .bove the sound of4|flMMM!MKfc&utomobile,

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Texas, teiephonically advised Special Agent Charles J. Eck, this office,that he had sighted an object in the sky while returning to Fort Worthvia automobile approximately 18.8 miles northwest of Jackaboro, Texason U.S. Highway 281, at 1811 hours, 29 October 1952* 40MflWBP*this agent contact him at his office, located in Room 514> Fort WorthNational Bank Bldg., Fort Worth, Texas, for more detailed information

contacted by Special Agent Eck and volun-tarily gave a statement concerning the incident and a drawing showingthe appraxiaate size and description of the object, copies of which areattached as inclosures to thia report.

____ made a drawing giving approximate descriptionand siae of this object. This drawing is being retained in the files ofthe 23rd OSI District, IG, Carswell Air Force Base, Texas.

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So action taken or contemplated by the ^ undersigned. Two (2)copies of this report forwarded to the Commanding General, Air MaterielCoaoaaBd, wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, Attentions MGIS, in ccaap-liano with AFCSI Letter Ko. 85 dated 23 October 1950.

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24-0-163SUBJECT: Unident i f ied FTO: Commandar

824th AirCarswell AirFort Worth, Tsxaa

1 . At about 2205 hours , 23 Apri l 1954, AAQ O'DCHNBU* S .JHER, AF 1812074?, d24th Operations Squadron, ass igned duty:

F l i g h t Dispatcher, Base Operations, Carswell Air Force Base, t e l e -phoa ica l ly n o t i f i e d S p e c i a l Agent PAUL A. WILES, 031 D i s t r i c t N o . 2 3 ,about an un ident i f i ed objec t orer t h e TCU Airport , hovering a t about4 ,000 f s e t The o b j e c t -was c i t e d and reported t o GALLAGHER b y Mr.-e^^MBJjWMjpfey, JWfcWWHWP Boad, South, Fort Worth, Texas,telephone 4NNR> at about 2140 hours. The description of the ob-ject, according to GAUAGHKR, a3 related by^HM^ was "T-Shaped,"with the varied colors of blue, green and white. GALLAGHER furtheradvised that the object was, at the t ins of the telephone conversa-tion, reflecting on the Carswell AF3 Weather Station Radar s t e mDetractor at about 110 degree* true heading, 4,000 feet and about4 1/4 s i l e* fro* Carswell AFB. GALUGHEB stated that Air TrafficControl had also alerted him reference the object; and that the MB&~chaai Fisld tower operators had visually observed the object. In 'addition, GALUGHSR stated that Utah Radar Site had picked up theobject on their radar, positioned as reported by the Carswell AF3Weather Station*

2. Sr.-^ j^JNMHMHMNHHP, student at Texas Christian Univer-s i ty , talephoaicalisr stated at 2220 hours, 28 April 1954, that he andhi3 s i r ! friend first observed bbe object at about 2055 hours; thati t changed color from red to white to blue, and had a grsen t a i l ofsoiie kind. MMfts ia ted ^ droved the TCU Airoort and talked tothe object; and that the three of them watched the object forperiod of tins* H^MMMP^ advised that during this period, the oseeaed to be hovering ar%r the TCU Airport between 3*000 aai 6

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r24-0-163Hq 23rd Dit OSI (IG) 03AF, Carsvoll AFB, TexasScbj: Unidentified Flying Objectsflaring objects are now conducted by Air Intelligence* in accordance v&thAir Force Eegulaxioa 200-5.

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4. On 20 August 1956, the files of the FBI* Dallas, Texas,were reviewed with the assistance of EDWIN KUYKENPAltL., SpecialAgent, FBI* and failed to reflect any record

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Ifed/ JU Colon*!, USAF(. m*t*ictc;stndied the pictureand. conferred * with authoritiesat nearby, Hensley Field. ^

He said^uihorities told hiiA.only recently .he no longer hadto keep the photo and story quiet.1Kirby said v 'the Air 'Force-theorized the glow was radiationvapor..

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Fort Worth Evening Star Telegram, 5 November 1957

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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCETHE INSPECTOR GENERAL

OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

District Off I co No. 23 Corswell Air Force BaseFort Worth, Texas

23D 24-0-246 UNCCLACSIHED

SUBJECT: (Unclassified)UNKNOWN SUBJECT (S): Reported Sighting ofUnidentified Flying Object in Vicinity of Levelland,Texas, night of 2-3 November 1957.

TO: Director, Special InvestigationsHeadquarters, USAFWashington 25, D. C

1. Reference TWX from the Detachment Commander, OSIDetachment 2303,7 Reese AFB, Texas, subject as above, dated 4November 1957.

2 At approximately 2300 hours, 2 November 1957, theProvost Marshall Office, Reese AFB, Texas, advised they hadreceivetiafcxeport that an airplane had crashed and was burning inthe vicinity of Levelland, Texas. Additional reports filtered in tothe ProvostMarshals Office by means of civil police radio indicat-ing that ait Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) was reported ratherthan a busmixLg aircraft. Major DANIEL. R. KESTER, Reese AFB,Parovost >vSaxshal, conducted a preliminary investigation and obtainedsufficient information for a .TWX report in accordance with AFR 200-2.Such report was transmitted on. 3 November 1957 by Captain SAMUELGOLDSTEIN, Acting Counterintelligence Officer, Reese AFB, Texas.

Information obtained from both the Provost Marshal's Officeand the Wing Intelligence Office on 4 November 1957, reflected thatthe names of some .of. the witnesses as contained in,the.-original TWXwere misspelled. Identifying data which was not available at thetime tiie TWX was transmitted was made available. A correctedlist of -witnesses who reportedly observed the citing is as follows:

farm hand and part-time barber,Levelland, Texas

'truck driver, Levelland, Texas

Hq, 23d Dist OS I (IG) USAF, Carswell AFB, Texas, file 23D 24-0-246,Subject: UNKNOWN SUBJECT(S): Reported Sighting of UnidentifiedFlying Object in Vicinity of Levelland, Texas, night of 2-3 November1957

Texas Highway Patrolman, Littlefield,

Texas Highway Patrolman, Littlefield,

evelland, TexasLevelland, Texas

Kermit, TexasWaco, Texas>, college student! Levelland, Texas

On 4 November 1957, S/Sgt NORMAN P. BARTH, UFO Inves-tigator, ADC, Ent AFB, Colorado, arrived in Lubbock, Texas, bycommercial airline and immediately initiated an investigation forATIG. BARTH completed his investigation on 6 November 1957 andreturned to nis home station to complete and disseminate a reportof his fimimgs.

3. Inasmuch as no request "was received, this office did notinitiate am investigation into the report of citing. The investigatorfrom ABC advised that in the event it vra.s determined that additionalinvestie^icBti vra.s deemed warranted, this office would be contactedfor assistance.

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5D-24-2J.-18726 May 1958

SUBJECT: (U) Report on Unidentified Object by

Dallas, Texas

TO: Director, Special InvestigationsHeadquarters USAFATTN: Chief, Sabotage & Espionage

Branch of the CI DivisionWashington 25, D. C.

1. Reference is made to letter, this office, subject andfile as above, dated 21 April 1958. . -

2. Attached hereto as of possible additional interest, isa copy of Disposition Form comment from ATIC at Wright-PattersonAFB, Ohio, to AFCIN-4S, Headquarters USAF. This memorandum wasapparently forwarded to provide information upon which to base areply to Senator JOHNSON..^ and possibly Congressman VINSON. Thisinclosure should serve to complete the file of your Directoratein connection with captioned matter.

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TO: Director, Special InvestigationsHeadquarters"USAFATOSJ: Chiaf, Sabotage & Espionage

Branch of the CI DivisionWashington 25, D. C. . ,

1. Files of your Directorate will reflect an inquiry by ._ .,Senator LYNDON JOHISgiON concerning a report irtade by captioned *civilian, which ma^ fifcer was referred to Air Technical IntelligenceCenter here at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

2. As of pos_sible interest, attached hereto is the resultof interview o|0JHNHNHtaM^y a n officer assigned to CarswellAFB, Texas. Upon rece ip t of the r e su l t s of that interview, AirTechnical In t e l l i gence Center requested the Conmander, KeeslerAFB, Miss i s s ipp i , to discontinue t h e i r por t ion of the inquiry .Air Technical In te l l igence Center advised in th i s regard . tha tinastouch as the interview o4HMHIHHW*'^3ised considerablequestion as to his r e l i a b i l i t y , i t was decided, thai: any fur there f fo r t to ident i fy and locate the object in question, vouid beunnecessary. '

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SUBJECT: (U) Uncertified Flying Object sighted two (2) milesnorth Si8|ilmer, Texas, 4 February 1959

T".->. Commander2 596th Air Base SquadronU.S.Naval Air StationDallas, Texas

1. Reference is made to Air Force Regulation 200-2, dated5 February 1958, concerning unidentified flying objects, and oralconversation between Lt Colonel JOHN E. LITTLE, ExecutiveOfficer, 2596th