Incoming Message: Sighting Report - Saudi Arabia, 13 July 1950

This document is an incoming military message dated 13 July 1950, reporting an aerial sighting by a C-54 crew over Saudi Arabia. The incident occurred at 0125 GCT at coordinates 26 degrees 33 minutes North, 45 degrees 01 minute East. The crew, including Captain James [illegible], 1st Lt James E. [illegible], 1st Lt Claude E. [illegible], and T/Sgt Ariel D. Kelsey, reported observing an object approaching from a bearing of 305 degrees, flying parallel to a pipeline. The object was described as emitting an intense light and trailing streams of flame and sparks. The crew noted that the object moved at a 'terrific' speed and made no sound. The observation lasted approximately 10 to 12 seconds before the object disappeared toward Iraq. The crew members were unable to identify the object. The document includes a handwritten annotation at the bottom of the first page identifying the object as a 'METEOR' under the authority of ATIC (Air Technical Intelligence Center). The message was processed as an unclassified incoming communication for the Director of Intelligence in Washington, D.C.