HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY FORT S 'of HOUSTON. T EXAS Co::r.1ar.d 1W:"'cre'1ce 1;tter In:t3lli .:Jnce Ji;i:.:..~n, Inclu~ 1 !. .. J b ruary l)L}, : r~"' ) rt:l?.tion Cclc::.el. UL.CO:"VtJ .: - (10} W\&w;t tn:.il: B.luo .fltAKD' 4 t o 5 ti.mea le~r-t.."i. c::. obj6c-'"' .-Vertioe.l I '.50 01' oon . Hori&fmtal &&i&ttht ~lo ~1 1)9" 3. !he obaerver J(lS~ liiTGH EI..L. o ly an *fltiircra.tt t;u:cnar. at&tod t-A...n.t the objoet looked l'ke a pleD& h:it bY J.J.. .fire. blidinf~ cn...-t c~ . ~ .. ~e.ont1--ol ~>n e. long ~nGle "'o outh. lie .,f'u.rtber .ate:t.od that it was ~n re.Df;, Ur CLASSlflED su RY OF INFORMATION 28 Febrw-ry 1949 Unoonnntionnl Aircrart SUMMARY OF tNFOfH4Al10N CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUhL PARAGRAPH LVAL UAT ION OF SOURCE: OF INFOR 1ATION COWPLETELY RtLIABLE CONfiRW.0 BY OTHCR SOURCCS USUAU. Y RaJ ABLE B PRODABI.Y 1 RUC FAIRLY RCLIABLC POSSIBLY TRUE NOT USUALLY RELIABLE OOUBrFULLY TRUE UNRELIABLE I MPROBADI.C RflJABILITY UNKNOWN l RIJTH CA,..t-OT BC Jli0(..C0 ~he .following report bas beau I'eoeived fraeu Fourth Army IntBlligenee t.;oison O.ftioer Sandia Ba.ae Albuquerque New : oo. 17 February 1949 & "1. An \mi dentifi~ flyinG object 11exioo. 17 Feb"Ue.ry 19-~9. Detail o sighted :fran aighting follos. J;ase Albuqurqu (a) Obaernra JV8gt John P. kl!GBEIJ,~ 6456 J.l.P. Oo. AFSWP (b) ~ime of aighting c 17 Feb 1949. 0552 hours (o) Looation of ibhtinga Sendia. Busa. (d) Weather a Olet--r. No clouds. ~:moon i.n -wast,ern zer..ith. Witnflsaes: Ph..-rto g-nphs : Ob jG~t $igh b."3d = (2} S'nap~ t Globul&.r ~s a ball nth tzailing ta.i.l. ()) Si * Cc.~r~d to he.lf moon in. Gl:y ~ object ~bot:.t 1/.? fli~e c.t: eoon. {1-t) .C..olor1 Orange red ~s fire. Trai11ng tail blue e.c ~s {S) Sp&e<i 1 Uadetezwi.ned . F.dd t o be like P-80 ~let plen e . litneuv-a.c~bi.litY:. ll ti tude a EstilJll!.ted b y observer 10.000 aurements 35 on a.ppee.ranoe to SO .t Cisannee.rc.nco. Sounds None i<ient1.fie.blc. Conside~ble motor YJ..rtlend b.PB drowned out other pol!isible sotmci "'." ~ GSUSAJ l-CG, AKC Wrigh~Patterson AFBJ File AGOFOR~ 568 descendin g .IU.~TIVE ww. Co.... LP'SY:P ll/Sgt -for!llcrly an anti~ircraft r,ur..ner N/Sr;t Jotm P. MITC.Hr:I.i. e.igb.ted a globular sbsped obj-ect rtt~ a. ~ :1 ng tall J3bout l/3 'Ule sii.e o f ~ half-:noon :i.n t.he sky. The c olor waE Orc:tlf:e red u s fire and the tr~il: .. nc tail was blue J.ike a g~s flame. Spee::i was like r: p...go j e.t plane t. m t.~e bactd~ Ytc.~ 1,. to SE. There W"c!~ no detiation from a descending course of 35 t o 5. There 1'\aE; n o ident:ifieble tiound. Conside:rable motor u uibe at t:i!"'tlam J..Y Base rlrowned out other pos.sible aound . It first appeared on a vertical azj,mnth 35~ 01' 00 and bori.zontsl a~im1th -of 221 30' 09" according to tr&insit moostrecente taken at 0730. It disappeared on a vertical azimuth of 05 0 0 ' 03n and a hori.ont21 ezilDlJth of 166 29' oon. Time in pasS<Ie:~ l'as 5 to 7 seconds. The exhaust trail -.s blne fJ.ame 4 to 5 tines the l.eflbth of the object. M/Sgt IU:'CHELL stated that the object .looked like a plane hit by l.A -lre , gliding out of control. on a :Lcng angle to eerth. He further stat.ed tr.11t it was in ran.s;;e of a mult.iple -.50 cal. AA weapo " S sc incic c~-t 255 & 255A of sar~..e de. t e