OF INFORMATION ;>RE?ARJ-.G OFFICE Fourth Ar~ Intelligence Liais on Officer Sandia Da~ Al CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION: COM PLETELY REUA.8LE A USUALLY REUABLE 8 NOT USUALLY RUAILE 0 REUABIUTY UNKNOWN F CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES I IDllDEllTil'IED FLYING OBJ'ECT PROBABLY TRUE POSSIBLY TRUE DOIJ'BTFULLY TRUE I MPR08A8LE TRUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED SUM MARY OF INFORMATION 1. An tndd.eDt1.f1ed ~ object was sighted near Albuquerque, N Mexieo, a. point where the Kirtland Field perimeter fence crosses the Ordnance Area road OD 10 r.faxsch, 1949. Details o the sighting are as fol- lowsa : . ObeeJsterr Cpl. Paul James Huteb1nsoD, ASN RA. ll008.369, S457th -. a450th M.P. Group, Sandia Base. (b) Time oE aightiDgs 2200 to 2215, 10 March, 1949. (c) Location o sightingt On ths Ordnanee Area road 'tfh~tr inter~ecta the Kirtland Field perimeter fence. (d) Vleatbert Clear. (e) WitDHees& (f') Ph1togxaphat None. (g) Object sigbtAdr Spherical. (3) Tw() tbes the (4) r-Yellow. size o~ an automobile headlight . (5 Sp&fH)t Estila 200 MPH. (6 D icva ~ bavels East to west. (7) Me. b:t11tyt No deviation from t he horizontal path. (8) Altitudet 30 to 40 elevation ~-the point of obeervra...,_.., ( 9 )- SounCl: None ( 10) E:xbans t tnilt Nm 2. Tran.i't easmement.e not available. ( b ) Horizontal azimuths 40 -50. 'rhe observer had n o previous experie nce as a n observer. CISTRIBUT!OI'I DI, GSUSAJ UNCLASSlFlED :l~ct ti~e (locGl; rlc::cr' ,f 'Jbse:""r . t i or: Kirkland AFB. Albuquerque_ New Mexioo. .r~at attr a cted attenti~n t~ otject ~f. q_bj e ct s ~ '.unoer A:;:paren t Spher1.oal -:>tiD.J: e i::~ s i ~ht ot auto headlight& East t o 7fes t llo deviation fr horizonal path lJJNCLJ\SS!F~E.O tJ ~ccASSlFl'E:D 'Jtsc~v-ar( s): Cpl ~ul J amea Kut oh l naon Sand ia. Ba~ Alouquarque, N .~ .xperisnce.aa an obaer~er. HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS 452.1 AKADB SUBJECT: Unidentified Flyjng Object Couui)Snding ~neral Air Materiel Command Wright Patterson Air Force Base Dayton# Ohio ATTNa M.C.I. 1. Reference l etter Director of lntalligence, GSUSA, CSGID 452.1, 25 1-.hrch 1948, subject, "Unconventional Aircraft," and to Control 1~o. ~. The inclosed Summary of Information, Fo Liaison Officer, Sandi a Base, 11 1~rch 1949, subject unidentified flying objact sighted over Albuquerque, for~.mrdad for your ini'onna.tion a n d any action deemed Army Intelli;;ence a s above, r e an New Mexico, is necessary. FOR T~ C01J:lliTDING GENERAL: As 3'tated EUSTIS L .. FOrAND Co.l~mel.~ GSC AC of S, G-2 DOWNGRADED AT 3 Y"'t-o E''T n DECL \ ~SIFIED A r.v -~ .. K~ ... VAT.j~'