PROJECT 10073 f~ECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Wus Doltt'on S of Ft Horth, Texas o Prob<thly Uulloon 4.-iv"P"ioiOaiERVATtoN ------------o t'ossihly Ualloon ' DA"ri!TIM! CROUP n G d V 1 0 C d J 0 Wns Aircroft K toun lsuu roun R o ur robobly Alrcroh GMT.. 44 --D AI,.VItuol 0 Alrlntorcpt nodor Pouibly "lrcroft Wa1 Asttnnomlcul Proboltl y A 1honf'ml cal Po ul My Astronomica l 7. LEHOTH Ofl O'JSI!RVATION Civilian couple and othe r s . Nu~aeR o, oa"JE"c'Ts-;.-couns!------~ S~veral groups g of thr0e Varie d Insufflcint O otc:t for Evoluotlon " OJIIIfl SUMMARY OP SICHTINO 11. COJ.AMcHTS Triangular groups o lights -Color - Red and UNIDEiTI FIED - green lights -Size Small -Speed 100 mra ( eo1 ) Alt -1000 (est) -Sound like an t!t{ Board l~tor Ttoll i ng". Object aJ.peared to . triangles or thre e lights in a v ertica l plane . ral groups or people observed objects. 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Cudl'd rr..=at.lng. .;~ n o:.ic 3d t1at ::;horr.ly th J l nl't off th.J tjn.Jn hl~trNay D.(IJ. t.h .. 1.c ~ L'l')rd ~ 't "l .:l.JSUln~d t~at he~ l l v ~J in t hat :L ':.1iddi3t..i vici.nit.y. ..d i a d b~en i, lor C. .. ort..h o.a bu :Jinda~ ~nJ h~d r~vt touch~d as r ... uch e.:t on1 b)t.tle of b~9r.'' 'UNC[l .SS\F\ED lJNCLASSIFIED Stbj.ic~: "Aerial Ph&no.tdna" l!Uti3d 19 Jan 51, FiliJ l G() 24- 0 cc: llq . J~C Rough ni~gr~Wa. lt Colonal LJA~ ~ IJist.ri c t, Con:onande_.... J l>O'VNGR illF 0 AT :3 YF. \It lNTf.!H V ALS; iU~lCCASSIF.lED , ';rn~ciAs;::;iFrEo AFTEI{ 12 YEAl~s. - :-1 lJOU .lJ1l' G:!UO.lO IIJNCLASSlF.IEO . ( Unclas.,ificd) Un conventional . .\irc r ,.ft Counte-r I ntelli gonce Dl vls ion, J>irr c t or:1 te o f Sp ec i a l nve:l tii~a ti on '3, '.t.he Innrwc t or (r~neral H "r o.,i th for :vur infor:'ldtil.)ll t ; Spot !nt.Jlli(,mce t! l.:>rt , d~otl'!\l 1951, rcu~rding subjc c t . lii ntrl butt on of th~ 1 ~cloJur~ h '3 h ew n r.:L'l'-' C7 of' fpot Int(:l P.p t Actg Chi.~. Counte r Intel Div ~1 r . ol Spe-cial InvcGti{;utlon~ Tho I nrJp e c tor G e nP.r c.l Dlselenrr~ o! t~e n'ltn rn, seu'!'ct."l , or ev-:-n tbo ~x:,tanc-. of f.U~ lne " t!";'lh VIt i.,!c:.:-nolton to pc, &O":I rae. t i., l:a l h a.,~, AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMA TIO Unidenti!~ed Flying Object ARc: 4 REPOitT0 O:ot fROM (. l.,ncr J Intelligence Dl vi3ion _ Andrews At se, \'iash4!~n ?.2.._Q. _C. _ DAlE or:iNFOfi'1ATION ---I LVALUAHOr. -- ~entuck;y; G~orgia OAT F. 0~ R[f'OMT 1 t'EPAA0 O't(O}/IttT) I SOU11CF A. G. Love, Captain, USAF Kentucky residenta SI.I'Ar<~ARY: (t:flttr c "'cic """"'orr fJ/ rt~l. Ultt ignlftcucc f,. JMIJI .,nf_.,,,t,,"' /)'ttiJ>}tapA. The follo report of an unidentified flying object ha s been r acelved from thg Comrea.ndlng Officer, \'lright-Patterson Flight Service C~ntcr, Dayton, Ohlo, \'lho in t.urn roceiv~d the data fro.m the Cincinnati Air Route Traffic Control Cente r . e.. Sic,hting: An unidentified aorio..l. object was s i ght.ed traveling north- ',7est to zoutheast from ns far north a s Lexington, Kentucky and as f a r south a 3 Atlanta, Gdorgi3, with the c enter sightings moatly around Corbin, Kentucky. The date and tir.:.a of sightings v1a s between 2229E 11 January 1951 and 0415E 12 J anu.1.ry 1951. b. \'le3ther: T\venty--five thouaand thin scat.tered, visibility 1/4 to 3/4 of ~ milo with ground fog. c. \~itneaaee: llr. Airport Guard, Lexington, Kentucky; ,Ur. c/o L & ll Railroad, Corbin, Kentucky; H~. Radio StJ.t.i on ';:CTT, Corbin, Kontuck.YI llr. c/o Corbin Police Departm~nt, Corbin, K~ntucky. d. _Descrlption: Tt:e \$1tnesse 'J did not. describ e t he sigh.ting as an obj.Jct but more ns a flash reeving nortlmest to southeast, therefore, no info tion on the ahape~ size, color or maneuver~bllity waa g iven. One ,.,itne s s , a truck driver at. Harrod3bure, Kentuelcy estimated the altitudl! as 1000 feet above the horizon. There \'l~re r~ports of severe shock vtaves at CorQ.:ln, Kentucky with less severe ones at k~ington, Kentucky and Atlanta, Georgia. o. Photoer~ph C?r sk~tche:-: Nona made. A. G. LOVE C1.ptain, USAF -\'ITLLI~J L o TRAVIS Lt Colonel, USAF Chiof, Intelligence rl..oTRIIJI/TIO .. Uf C.RI .. ItiATOR loOlt... Tilt', DO t. n. r COtll f1l~; ltlfOK 'AATION AI-H.CTINC TI!F. Nt ' ~ " I EN OF , HE ll:" Tl 0 ~ r 1\ rr> WI . 'ttl TIIC :.IF\'di. G G" r A E..PIC:,.\C.C. ACT . !.') U !i C - , JIMH>~. I .~A'-lr'IIJE.O. 11 ... 11lArl.>'US..ION OHTIIE RfVrL. I or ITS C1J'H 41) Il l MIY .\A~':It( 10 A:l Ur.-\lllll')i 1.:1:0 1'1 P '):II'; Pti0riiHIT(O OY lA'V. k ri'imOUCLO 1r1 \',HOLE OR li~ PART. UY ()TIIi H TIIAII UNITJ/5'rAHt; All( I'ORC.L A~l~ICif'l. l"CI.r'T ll'f l'i H'lt ~.ION (Ji-ntE Olot'='l.T().~ OF