Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report — Guanarito, Venezuela, November 1952

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated Air Intelligence Information Report (IR-178-52) dated November 20, 1952. The report details a sighting that occurred on the morning of November 19, 1952, in Guanarito, Venezuela. According to the report, the entire population of the town observed two mysterious objects flying at a very high speed in a northerly direction. Shortly thereafter, two additional objects of a smaller size joined the original two, and all four subsequently disappeared into the clouds. The observation lasted for several seconds. The report notes that the Venezuelan Air Force verified the presence of their own jet aircraft in the area at the time of the sighting. Lt. Colonel Harold C. Kirkpatrick, the Air Attache in Caracas, provided additional context by referencing a previous incident in August 1952, where the Acting Chief General Staff and Chief of the Venezuelan Air Force, Lt. Colonel Félix Román Moreno, had informed the president that Venezuelan Vampire jets were operating in areas where civilian sightings had been reported. The document is classified as unclassified and was distributed to the Commanding General at Albrook Air Force Base.