USAF Pilot. Pr.,la t:JI t!r' ;PI"\ Bright blue glow traveled at jet speed See Flyolight. Dallas, Texa9 san~ in straight line, burst into fragments~ Ob- served troru C;-47 USAF crew. (Uncla.ssil'ied) FLYOBRPl' Ui~CLASSIFJED To,i~al IntellS~snce Div., C3put7 Dir~ctor tar Estlsates Dire c:t:.ur3te of IntJll13enca, DCS/0 C~.=.::.er Il"ltoll.igence Div. Dir~ctcrate of S!>Jcial Inves~it;aticma, IG Capt arown/fjr.!/AFCSI-6 Cod~ 192/X-JJ.O Forwa~sd herewith for your information is a cow of a Spot Int<JlligJnOG Raper~, datad S i:Ovalber 1952, concerning the above subject. ~Jt Intoll Rpt 5 :L~ov 52 LUCIUS L. F~ ~,. Colonal~ U3AF Chief, Sabotage & Espionagct Sranch IEAifiAITEII lilTED ITATEI All FORCE TIE IIIPECTOI IEIEIAL OPPICE OP IPECIAL IIYEITIIATIO" llatrlct Office lo. II Carawelt Air Force Fort Worth, UnconY~ntlonal Type Aircrart J1Gh~ed 13. 8 nllna :!o~th,..st of' J~ck~ho:-1), Texs~, on tJ.:i ~ ld...,ay Director o~ ..J!)ecl.al Inve~tigatiou 'Hf'!tdquarterft, Un ttod .:.itnt81 Air 7.-,rc!t -~r-~lhin~ton 25, L. c Fort ;l:'rth of' un~ctO'Ir,\ rn1.inb it:r, vnlu!ttql"lly r:::'~rt eHei.n~ Rn obJ~ut in the ~!~y w~1ilct ('nroute 11a a'-ltomobll3 to ~;-ort :jo~h, Tcn3, at a poin-t. 18.fl nt1(~ nort'h.,-.. . t or Jne':rs'Mro, Tf!XA3, C-.i!', 29 aotober 19 5:2. Objaot ? od tro. the north 3t, fl7in~ a 3t~at~ht cour~a or ~;~l"~xl I"!!CJtclyo 245 to 25') dagrf!4t~, t-.t. on estb\ated ~pel!d o? 7:)\) to HOtJ r.tit,.s an hour, at an nlt.itucle or approxi.natttl~ 1500 co 2QJ O i' t. ~:r.r-.!.E! Plf wa.s f lr!!t attncrted to the object 'b-J en exhaut tlnsh, brioht o~np,e color, lastinJ one (1) seoond, toll~ed by t'Yet (:7.) o~hel' exbaus\ fiaabea l:ut.!D n!)pr,xima\41917 the sare l 1ngth ot time. Th" eecond crthAuat fia:Jh Utwd.nated tbe obj~t, t.,r rt;>proxi=atel:f one (l) SftOOnd and TnS es ted to bit 1/Bth ot a n1lr. dir~ot.l7 in the pAth of' hi.a car. eacri~d the :;bjftot as b~htfJ si~11sr to a dl.sou., circular in :Jha~, or two (2) .._abl8 :plat lald inverted, one \tpOil t!ut other, B;lpro-x!J:!atelJ !'"rtr (40) to ttf'ty (SJ) toet in dLeter e:ld f'iv (5) ''r !lU (5) ! t thiak at 1t3 C<.-P1ter, tapvc-ing the C>'"ntP.r to a thla-li!<e :'!:1dl~1J edge. The object :rppearecl to be ~111 or dull l!1'.l31l.nu;a -~ c-,, r wlt.~ blac:C t~L."'\Md l~3d1r.g aclgea. 'the e:~hatU~ l ett no ~"!lo<tJ t.r'-11 and dtse~eared into t!1e t.dlight., eonttnuinz t.n 1~3 ~-~--. ~:o v!.~i.~le ide-ntifying rn~r!d.r.es ~1cra ob3~rvf-d on th~ :1nd the 'l"loathrr un~ ctc:&r. 'i'he tir..e o! d:.ty '.1!\S ~t. du~'< t d ~-t"Jdli~'tt~ of bin ftutcmohilP nere not. o:ot. .i\t tht-ti.~e, r.o ~r~r~to, in eitb~r directi~n, n~s ob6er.~d, ftr.d nn ae~i~ity ne~ t:-~:':t \'~Uld CaU3e r9flect,ion in t.he Jlq. No v1Jtb1~ evt~ ... nce or ~!l. o~' s tli.;ht, e~.d ohjPct ftc :n,iftly a~Y -.r1 t:-1 no :.~etnnln,! _ !.;,.tanoe trt;)!l the tal The ,1)j~ct i:\!lde no :!?nne , d .tble I! ~":'~ thtt Sottnd Of :lU f:.:')~Obilee U rJCLJ\SS! Fi E!1 . 'l'::u.s.~, t~alo~honioall,y nc.!.v :.w d J?~O A:;fmt. Chtlrl"'9 J :c :<, t.:1i3 of.:.t.:~, t:: hs had !lt:hW on ,.,bJ eot i.n the / while .e~*l.lr.li:l.~C tn i\)~ "'!"th "Ti.t Mlt.,,nob11 sp!lr..,:<bw~ly l~.n r.11 t,.~ n~rth..,e~t "r Jtle~mOor!) '"".\"<:ls en U.~. lll ch1:s ns~nt contact him Mt hi:\ oi'fiee, located 1n i?o0J!! )~:1., Fort ;:->rtb l\.lt.ion.1l h~nk Dlt:~., Port )i(')rth, 'i'E~Xtt3 tor ~ore deta.!.l.ed 1nfoz-:~Jtt1on. to.:-n y ;;av~ a state:"l@nt c~ncerning t.he lncide-:t'A ar.d u ~r:ntlr.e oho"f ing thP ':l~pt"o~imate Oi"e nr_G C~:Jcrlptlon of tho obj~ct, C.,~il,.~ of . :ti 1 drO att.."\~htlh'! :~.s incl.o.:;ur:!:t t., t.hts re >rt. r3~3or1':lt.ion Jlo action t!l!.ten or c ont.r.-m!'l'\ted by the ur.dP~=' l; ?d. T-:rl') (2} co,te3 nf thi3 r e!)ort f or.rard3d to the Commandin~ G'.::n~r:'ll, Atr : er1.3l Co...und, ~irlRht-Po.t.tftl"~on .\;.:s, Duyton, Ohio, i.ttention& :. IJ, in coMp- l!:t!'lC'! with J\:'C.:ii Lett.E~tr ~Io. 85 tl!l:t.ed 23 Oct.ober 19 ; J. JEDYP JEPHQ 33~ J toJFPN 6~ .. FM C~ Pt:-<RIN TO JEDEtJ/CG ADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO JEDW?/CHIEF AIR TECH INTEL CEN WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB DAYTON OHIO INFO JEPHQ/Dia INTEL L J/0 HQ USAF WASH 25 DC FLYOBRP!. THIS MSG IN NINE PARTS. PART ONE& ROUND OBJ CMA BRIGHT BLUE C~A BRIGHTER GLO~ ONE SIDE CMA JET SPEED CMA NO SOUND CMA TVLD STRA!GH7 L!~E E TO W. DISINTEGRATED INTO FRAG AND DISAPPEARED. PA~T TWO: 0 :!~HT ONE THREE CST CMA ONE ZERO SECONDS. PART THREE: VIS FM C DAS~ 7: SEVEN ACFT CMA ALT FIVE FIVE ZERO ZERO FT. PART fOUR& LOC TH Tn~EE DEG THREE SEVEN MIN N CMA NINE SEVEN DEG ONE FIVE ~:1A ~K .. \ CNA OBJ THREE ZERO DEG RIGHT OF OBS\/R C~lA FIVZ FIVE Zi: :;:~ao FT ALT AT UNDET DIS. PART FIVE: CBSEVRD BY USAF CAPT JACK E (1Ci\IiJISTER Ci1A CAPT JOHN R NAU Ci'lA SISGT G.tv. UATSON CNA ALL PERRIN AFB CMA TEX. ALL RELIABLE. PART SIX: UEA CLEAR ClJA VIS O~E MIN V CMA/PAOLI CMA OKLA\CMA OBJ THREE;ZERO DEG RIGHT OF OBSVR CMA c FIVE FIVE ZERO ZERO FT ALT AT UNDET DIS. PART FIV1 OBSEVRD BY USAF CAPT JACK E MCKINISTER CMA CAPT JOHN R NAU CMA S/SGT G.W. WATSON CMA ALL PERRIN AiB CMA TEX. ALL RELIABLE. PART SIXa WA CLEAR CMA VIS ONE PAGE TWO JWFPN 60 WING NNW EIGHT KNOTS. PART SEVEN: NEGATIVE. PART EIGHTI NEGATIVE. PART NINEa CARSWELL AFB CMA TEX FLT CEN NOTIFIED CMA NO INTCP RPTD. 29/223~Z OCT JWrPN 0()r.~Man~na Gen.ral Headq t:~, Unlted Statea Air Foree AT'rlf 1 D11'eotoz-ot In be lll .:;enne \Iash1nston ~5, D. c. In 9coo:atauce l'l1 th J)~ovlgl ~ns o;~ .\1~ ~005, d~t94 29 Aprll 1952, attach8d r3~ort ia l.,ore~ Lot ~"r L f . n -~ DR\ G U EZ Pno11. Ol,l&hOII& 2B Octobez-1952 Lt Col JOBI U. BAI.LEI, Perrin Ali'B USAF PtJrs()nnel, oxr1n AFO, TeUB A1r Fo~ Letter 2005, ~9 April 1952 Pollow1 repo~t or un1dantit1ed object was g1ven by an air ere~ aboard a C-47 type a~rcrart cona1at1ng or UJAF Captain JACK i:. UcKI!liS- ~R, Captain JOU~l R. NAU and S/Sc;t George ~i. Watson, on a return rou- tine tl1ght trom Enid, Oklah~a to ~o ln A1r Forcs Base, Texas, ho~a atat1on. All thrtte crew rl9l'll rs ore cons1:!ttrsd rel1::sble. Sa~ Part I!. Porr1n Air Parce Dase, Tex. (l) ~ one objoot a1~hted -:tas rou:ld, hrl;;ht-blu!:~h 1n color; it tx-avela<1 !n a atra1dtt line fro'ft east to :1est at j9t ~l>etttd, lftntl!...at., i by o~ o~ tn oource, 3/S~t OtJor~e .-1. Wa tuo!'l, to bet 600 r~1l~s po~ !totrr; ho.,-rer, tha two ofC1cere WOllld not ~st,.m.ate 2 d~Jl"1n1te speed, but s!"'''P .. 11 a ta td ".1at speed." There Wf4~ no dia1 tln~lsllable exhRu t but '.1r:e n 1 <!a or tha ob.1eat waa or a brlr,hter blue J howeYfti-, that o1d..., uas e l>n!~l.s t!tntl1 brleht. T!-la ohj~ot burat into fr&omftnt!t 11nd ~1multaneou3l7 cl1sa;l:>-tttx~d. (2) Object t~aa s1z}'lted at 1013 hours, C3ntra.l :ltaod~rd T1:.~e, 29 October 1952. Length or ti~e observed wa3 about t~n aeoonds. Obserftt1on ua M'lde visually froM a C-4'7 +,7pe teet, 3pesd 150 ~iles p~r hou~. airorllft, alt1.- (4) Locatinn o obsel.v~ra w&.r. ~3 37'li, 97 l5'?1 ovs~ th .. Cana<!iiln r1vor, aouth or.o~cla.."to.ma C1ty i!l O!<la!lOt!1A~ Ohjoct W!l3 at 5500 f oett nlt;t- tuda t\n~ tra vet ling oa!1t to -w~s t ln n a tr~i~ht 11n9. ' ;ons of t~a cr3-.. vroul~ aatloats th~ d!3tanes o f the o.,jt:tct fro!'1 thEJ r.-47 u:trcrart. ( ~) ~\ll throe obsrvers have n o t prev1o'-43ly o:<p$rlonced th~ 31::.ht- !.n3 of an unldent1f1ed objact ouc~ as d~soribed aboJe. '.:'hs t\"fo o!"ficer~ hav~ rosponiJl.ble pos!.~1ons 1n a 1'ly1.ns t:ta1nin.; g~oup, ?o~rln t\lr ~,orce ?.ass, To:ta ~ nnd all three. of the ob ue s~s are c ons! d ar-ed rol1able. (G) Woath~tr ~t th& t1:-te and plte of' ai;;ht1n; v.raB fair, vl~!.blltt:r waa fifteen Ml.lGs w1th ''!nd rror.1 the ~4o'Mih,'!'torth Vitt3t at e1~rht 'knots. (7) ThrD wa~ no !<nown cond1t1on, neteoroloz.ical or othe~!~e wh1ch would have accounted tor t~e s1 1nz. (a) '!'h~re 1 no known exi~tenee or 31ldenee :su~h as rrag;~ents, phot03~a , sto, of the s1~ht1ag (9) At th~ tlme o~ a13hting, abo~ crew not1f1o~ Oklah~ C1t7 radlo ae;a-:!.~n, Oklahousa or the 1ncldent and al:Jo re?o:-tod 1 t t'l -,.,~:\~ Op 1~na, ? t.trr1n Air 7or~e Ba3e, ':'exa3, u;>on ln~d1n '.rhl~ ba3$ th~n not1f'!*td :'a.~ ell A1r P~rce 3ase, Te:it&3 fll t e~nter which d1d not. later re?O~'= 'i:.n !.nterc4?~. Th"' a1gr.t1ng cr~w or the C-4? 2:11:-cr:t.rt al~Jo not1fi~d. .-:. :::ntell1g.,nee, Perrin Alr r'ore ratJ~ \Th1e~ fu-rt1'lor rsport- od th' s!.~;~-::.:1g aa pr~vided far ln i\.1r Fore~ L~tter-::oo-5, dated 2.) ~o:ttrul'~ -~ l}Jf.:W.Jxi.":l_t\tul.i l~ ! 1ours~ ... .r ;:;n ~u~o objsct. tr~velLl6 ""~ jet o:; d or i":.J '.::.J'J oi.:.J.!fleu. t o t.he ~e:';t. ~t. ey kr.o;locibt, .i raro~ t.r..J !'ollo -J.nt: o'):;a::-t:.t.l.o .. ~ t.o LJ trua ~.n:..l cor!"!ir:t. '.iJ.40 ol ~iJ :Vit ~iwn lill.J h~u.rl <,;entl".1i';-. : l .. G~ lOt.r ! .uls ~;)lor of jbJ~c:t. Jr!.;;!1~ ~lu.i:Jh .Jh.:po uf ~bjrJct. .1ot. dut.oz-:n.--.d \no t:~l) t'l.Li,~tlt. p, .. t.h af JbJoct-;..~tal flight, !ro.il L t, to .aJt .:;peN of. "-bjoct ~uic:no .... r. . .it.!.J .. it.t!d tu bcJ '\:' ~lirer.:U~ s;:~ed or 1\.1.t.t~or ~lt.i.tu.:is of uoj~ct. !)!)OJ i'oe~t. to c~CO !tJet. .JJ... ~r:lt.i')n o~' JiJ~rJt:l'"V'-..~:LOU .6it.i;,a~ 5 t.o g B~COO~.J. .;hur . .lC~ori~t.l~:J or libjuct. .lpp,ared 1:4 L.N:!l fli.;ht. a..r:cl eeHicl t,o oxpl.:;)dv i:1W nu!:'eroua briDht. Cr.lg.ctult.u. iha gruund <'l.rool ln t.he vi..:irJ.t.j \Jhe1"8 ob.1ect. ;:.ad t.o ~!;.Snt.a6r ... ~ ~d di:;:ttppear :JhO\fed r.O UVider&:e Of t.ho o~jnc:t.uc.l at.r.Ui~ the~ e .u-t.n. I, S/S~t Oeor3s ;1. 'oiatson to the biJSt ot rn.y !<nowl'3d :state tha3a facts that ~ollow ~o bo tru$ .; : a bout 13:15 hour a, on the ~ven1 ':1.~ of 2D Oc too9.r 1952, I v.~as n~d : t. : -y n. ~!AU. Capt ~rA~ and my~$lf W9rs ~atchlng ror alr- er:l! t ~:. ~ ~8 3.:-fta as a :l3.f e ty rt'~43Urft when OUt of t~tl :~)13 t c .l.:re t~l ~ and d~3:i~-::ea~":tc. I co.l!.lr:'t hoar a ~ound fo.r-ou~ cn 1ne~ .t-")~: 'i't~lr.';; I no1ae. '?':.~ 3:-'~ed s~e:""ed t o bn that of a j~t c.irer:Jf't. '/A \l".::"n '.lP a:,out; 550.:; !. t; altitud~. Th1s ha;>~>o.nea '>VtJr D~l!l:~ora. IEAifiAITEII UIITEO ITATEI All FOICE TIE IIIPECTOI GEIEIAL OFFICE OF IPECIAL IIYEITIIATIOII llatrict Office lo. II