XJCX,' ' hi 'J II t l I Orange object descending on slight dive gle, tired rockets and disapp~ar~d. ! :,y qualified fiight. personnel at Love t 06ll.ts. AT'lC: !'OPW .1:9 i V 11 S F.P HJ 1. See Flyolight, Paoli) Okl~ . ., IJ4TII-IJI-,JC RR JEPHQ JEDWP JEDEN JEPLG 444 Fi1 CG 14r&TH FBW CLOVIS AFB NM TO JEPHQ/DIR OF l~T HQ USAF WASH 25 DC JEDWP/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO ATTN ATIAA 2C JEDEN/CG E~!T AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO JEPLG/DCS SLANT INTEL TAC LANGLEY AFB VA BW140IN-10-G42 PD FLYOBRYT OBSERVED UNIDENTIFIED OR.C\NGE COLO~ED OBJECT CMA FIRST APPEARING AS THE EXHAUST OR RUNNING LI~HTS OF A~l t-./C C!1A THEN APPEA?.ING TO LEAVE A TRAIL SIMILAR TO AN AF7ERDURNER E :A~ST CMA-DESCEtJDltlG ON A FLT PATH GENERALLY SE TO NW ON A DIVE ANGLE C~ A?RX 20 DEGREES CMA SPEED UNKtJOWN BUT THE OBJECT COMPLETED At~ ARC OF ABOUT 15 DEGREES IN 4 SECO~IDS CMA THEN IT SEEMED TO FIHE A f!U:1EE?. 0/ RCCKETS AND VANISHED PD THERt: WAS NO CHANGE OF FLT PATli C!lA t~OTHif':G TO !~.:;ICATE A CRASH OND NO REASON TO BELIE.VE THAT THE LIGHT HAD DONE ~;CRE THAN BURN OUT PD THE BURSTS Of LIGHT PREVIOUSLY REFERRED TO AS ROCKETS LOOY~D EXACTLY LIKE 5 INCH HVAR FIRED AT PAGE TWO JWFOS 106 ThAT TIN! 0~ ~P.Y PD OBSERVED AT 1812CST 28 OCT 52 FOR ABOUT 4 SECONDS CMA V!SUALLY FROM LOVE FIELD CMA DALLAS CMA TEXAS PD OBJECT WAS ON A BEAR! -- 180 DEGREE~ FROM;' GA~i' NUt1BER SEVEN . OF THE TERNIN.~L AND ABOUT 15 OR 20 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON CMA DISTANCE UNKNOWN PD OBSERVER FIRST LT WALTER H PD BAXTER CMA III :A USAF CMA 2~103A PD WITNESSES WERE DR AND MRS OF ARLINGTON STATE COLLEGE CMA ARLI~JGTON CMA TEXAS PD DR IS A FORI1ER LT COto1DR AND NAVY PILOT PD LT BAXTER IS A RATED PI LOT ON FLYING STATUS AND HAS RECENTLY RETND FROt, IR COI~BAT IN KOREA PD BELIEVE BOTH INDIVIDUALS CAN BE CONSIDERED RELIABLE PD THE SKY WAS CLEAR AND VISIBILITY UNLIMITED PD SIGHTl~G WAS REPORTED TO THE UX OFFICE AND NOTHING WAS SAID REGARDI~G ANY ACTIVITY OR CONDITION WlilCH MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR THE SIGHTING PD TRAJECTORY BLIEVED TOO FLAT FOR A METEOR PD 32/18302 OCT JWFOS n antow 1952 'l'hoa E. Sftd.th, ~P' USAP llatel. Seotiou) Coatinatioa ot FL ra:4ere4 bT TWI FBWJ40U~O 6,2, jO Oato 19'2 CJ-'D- cwrntrl ~;'beenaUoa ot aa vn44e1ltitie4 firbl objeet a\ 1812 CST, 28 Ootob.-19,2 a\ Love ?teld, D1 laa, Tea. ss~'l.ed urratiw appears o'll p1ge 2 THOMa\S E. SMiiH Captesn, llSAP WiDI IDteJ.liga ottioer .:oaT .. IUTIOII 8'1' CllttC\I"'.lTO. :aT TMtiDOCUMDITCOhTAINS IN'O .. MAI10fUFF"-'"TING THI NAT10NAL DUENstOFTHI UNITED STATU WITHIN THE MEANINGO,THE ESPIONAGE ACT. !0 U. S C.- Jl AND ll. AS AIIINOID. ITS T .. AHSMISIION OR THI RIVIUTION CW ITS CONTIHT1 IN AN 'I MANNO TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITtD IY LAW. R M4Y NOT. IN WtUMI OA IN PMT. IY OTHU nfAk..U"lTID IT4TIJ AU' PDIICI AGOICIO, lJCCPT DV PRMISSION Of THI DIMCTOR 01 .. ::;;. -;.. -?-~:::.. AIR INTEWGENCEINFORMATION REPORT A\ ~ eft~ 28 O.to_. 1~2, wbtle \ins tor a c~nnero1al. airliner "~ Love Fielcl, D "'-~ , I dnll7 obaet' re4 aa unt4at.1t1ed t'lr1~ obJJ'\ t'l11 a . of 1., dapeea troa Gate I 7 ot tlle .. Ita fi1p~ peth wa~ paerll~ -.~-a -41~ . ot PI*OZ~tel:; iO d&fP I\Q poaitioa wa 110-1' trr ;lJ U... diat uwJmote. It. apen4 wa b\t. the objeo' ~ted a are of 15 ctesr u (4) aaooade. 'a.ire vaa eena14able air tratrle ia tbe nailli'\y (IW:T!IU !#J'e Fiu\ aat.l\'t ty) tb.re waa eDOM!l llpt. tbat. aireran were identifiable aa te genera-\ tJ'S)e ._ben deved in \be aoatbvea~, the -to the rear. I tirat notioecl u or&qe ~lorecl lip\ whiala appearacl te be DOthi "I r tlt the axhaua\ vr rnnni ng 11gb~ ett aa atrcaf'\. ~, I aot1M \ the lip\ gave ott arAr exhut trail sim 1 a.r t o \ ot ar. I wa the liP'\ ill ita deaoend1DI path tor abo1lt to,g (4) ,...... wMn 1' to rue a or "r~na n.aislle4. There ,.. ro ahr ... in nip\ pa~, DOthiDI to irxUoat.e a araah, and no rea80JI 'bf> believe tba"\ ~he lip\ hd d~ more btu u 1 tael t out.. The burst ~t llg!a\ pre,c-toual:, re- tert'ed to aa rooketa looked e;~aotJ.T like tin (') iDe~\ HVAR r:t.red at.tthat time u~ '!fte wiptL.,._ wu alao wi tneaa State Cell , Arllnstea ~ Dr. aDd Mr-11 atat1d that he wu or Arli.D,tcn a tor11er L~. CoWir,. Dr. Dd I report1cl the aiP,tiq to the U.S. Uaathar :>ttice at. L:;.ru ft.el.~ vbu appare11~ d14 DOt lmov vbat to de abot it. De inf'oration -w.w vrit~l :o-~, ;~;r d14 the 1""1Yid.al 'l0Deen1ed take our ~ Nothing vaa slcl conoernin, a117 oqr.dit1oza, .-t.crological cr otbarviae, Wiu aipt. accou.it tor the sight' Iii ~ s'7 ,.. olear ~\o.tbil1 ty excall~\. I a rat4 pUot ca f'l71n atatua y retuned troa air (tlObat operatlot~a i:t lcr in late Aap.a\ 19,i. WAL'I'Dl s. BAXrm, nr Lt. USAF lt1'1: TMII DOCUMUfOOIITAIMI IIIIOttiiAT1011 Afr&;fiiiG T1C NATION-'&. OIJtllfKCW THI UNITID STATU WITHIN TH MEANING OF THE ESPIO'IIAGE ACT, !.11 U !l C.- llANO ]1, AI ITS Tlt..\HSIIIISIION CM ntC IIIIVIUTIOM Of ITS c:oMTINTS IN AltY IUNNU TO AH UNAUTHORil0 Pf:RSON IS PI'OHI~t4 rEO A't LAW. &T NAY flaT lliP~iO 1 Wilt" I Olt 111 PAin'. aY Oll"i.Jt ntM UNITID SrATU AUI fORCE AGENCJES, EXCUT BV P!R,.I!t'SfON OF THE DIHlCTOR OF