Ftworth Texas — July 1953

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Keywords: 11ght, worth, church, calaiiiiwiiiiir, procuraatnt, rswtt, relatctd, emjjloytie, jn80lil, ljepartmerit, laccw, coopentin, herttin, xlyna, 0bjecr, tneneuver, appcjo, uojact, ivit7, jnclit, jor1lo, 1houlcl, vicbtit_y, l1jat, jrporat
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1. DATI TIMI I OP OIUICTI LIMOTM OP OIII.VA TION I. LOCATION .. TY~I OP t. ~MYIICAL IVIOINCI . AF FOIM 112-IAIT H lJ N CLA :5..; .-' ._ -'---caLAiiiiWiiiiir-- APPMWID I JUNI 1M INTEWGENCE INFORMATION REPORT =\tem A~ Procuraatnt. Oist i-'ort Worth, Texaa Rlf'OIIJ ... In!or &tion -...Ae recei wd fran. OSI Diatrict. ott No. rswtt ll tir forc8 ?aM on thia 3_.b.)ect as relatctd to them by 1-ir. emJJloytie or ~ Jn80lil.tat.edV'U.tH .Aircrstt Corpora t.ion, lJepartmerit 28-J (Production), "'ho . C"SS id~.t ~r w&s int.errl .... ed 1'/ Jul7 i9S) in acco~laccw i.Ji tn J\ rL .20G-). .rr. ~;lll.t coopentiN and conver:Jant. during the int.drvi:tw mu oft'ctr'!ti a .. i~nl ~tat...nt. ~thich is ~ttt~ched herttin. fu-. ntl:it.eJ the follo--.l.ng ld.i~rip~.ion: :he object. Wtla blue or purple in color, :'lppeared nors of a li~ht. th.sn 3 3o l!.:! ; >j t, : ;.A;.;t WlA1>l.e to CJ!t te siae or any aar-:xlyna.:elc !eat.ures. 0bjecr. a~ :Jo~tren:.~.:; ,.rfu ~nvelin.!( .~t 11. very high r~te ot sp~dd, and ro:t,:<i~t.red no :o;ounJ. r a:lvi.Jdd obja~t tneneuver-tct vary sharpl;( .:>nc o r t.~ic then di:.AppCJO\rtl\1 in 1 .;.lrt.h,.'i.'1t~rly Jir~ct.i~n. uojact was sie ht.ed approximately 2llS hours 9 July l75J, :md .;=ts vl.:Ji:Jlct t,() ~lr. Qc)ut. t.hre scon.ia. l'he ~eat.her at. the t1"118 wa.s hot. ' Ul<.i cl . 3-nJ accoruing to -.:r. re \ot,.3 no act.ivit7 or C:Jnclit.ion,-met.Jor1Lo,~i1;3i ,.,r o..~t.h.,nrise '~hich ci~t. account tor thct sl~t.ing. It .1houlcl be noted ::r. -~.:iti.'na to o f lrJc~tlon thtt La horth . :eta .. oulJ b.l in thtt i.:w.U.ata vicbtit_y ot Con~ l1Jat.ed-Vul'-l8 Aircraft G\Jrporat. i.Jn an J GH~lw~ll Eaplo.Y'Nflt recoMs reveal '"rnplo7ed dot U\gil'leer Liai:son =!an-13, High t:chaol .t:auca oom 15 July l9ld, The LltorutioD as <.lewlopad herain c11~ not. warrant !urther pursuit of the matter anci ot;lwr witne:se herein .-nti::m.t wttre not. int.erri.ew.u. It inclosure llo. I is wit.bclrawn (or not attaoh.t) the claasitication ot this correaponcience will be cancelled too.fe S rtrZC rm without reference to the ori~1nating authorit7. "l.l'l: THIS OOCIJMJH CO'-TAINS INFOR~ATION 'FFE'CTING TH NATIONAL Ot.FENS <W THE UNITED STArES OVITHIN THE MEANING Of THF YIONAGE ACT, 50 U S C - J t ANO "2. AS AMIHDED. 113 TRAHSMISSK>N OR THE RVELATION 0' ITS OOHTEMTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZ0 PERSON IS MC>HIIhT0 BY LA'.V, IT MAY UOT 01 1UPR00UC1D IN Wt It'll OR IN PART, 8'1 R FOAC AGENCIES. EXCPT BY fEIUUSSION Of THE DIRECTOR Of 'IITELLIGOCI. UIV. H E A DQ U A RT E IU UN I T E D STATES AIR F 0 R C Ef . J1.. f, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL . . ~, OFFICE OF SPECIAL IMYESTIGlTIOMS Dlatrlct Office No. 23 -Carswel I Air Force Base Fort Worth, Texa1 SUaJiiC'l'r Un1dent1t'1ed PhenoJtena Obse.M'ed 1n Dky, N.~. ot Fo~ Vorth, Texas, on 9 JulY 1953 TO: Collltll1det- Sout.he~ ~1r P~ure~ent D!s+.~lct Fo:-t Worth, tr,xas InforMation waa rec8lved on th13 or ConYatr, Depa~2~nt , Fo~ Wo!"f"h, TeX:\1. eot -tr0r1 rtr. ~ho resld~s 2. aJY1sed that nt opprox1matelJ 2115 hou~s, 9 July 1?53. h8 hll4 J:.~at ttntshed a church aat1Y1 ty flt the R1d rest ~,+.i:Jt Church ::md W!l3 loc~lftC the front door ot the ChU!'eh 1n pr tlon ._,0 lt!&V1n~ Uhen he obserred a blue, has7, glowlns ltght north~a3t from t.he front or ~h~ c~hurch whlch ~so 1 n a wester-ly dlr~t.1on. '1':1~ blue, hazy 11ght hl\.d no dt1n1te outline and appeared to b~ traYelltng in s aou~hves~@~ly dl~c t1on. It chMSed cout-Se and trsYelled 1n 3 wes~erlJ d lNctton fot-wh""t appeared to be a short dlstano and again ch~nged cou~e to a south- vesterl7 d1ractt0ft. The total t1:~e this blue, hu1 11 t '""' v131~l vat app~xlmatelr three ()) or f~ur (4) seconds waa unable to 1derrtlt'7 a shape or ton~ whtoh tght be ~tt~tbuted to +.he light.. tu~her adY1aed that he waa unabl +,o e~t1mA~e the altt+,~d or e l!ght: hoveYer, 1 1t to be at the s al~ttude as nol"ftal ~1t-e:'fttt 1n tl1;ht. coul~ not sta~4 whether or not the blue, haz7 11ght could be at'tP1 ed to the tl71nc saucer phaDOMna. ed that thr.e (3) otheP peraona vere at the t~ he ,.., the ltattt 'ln4 tlhOIII he bel1'1Yed aav 1t. 1dentlt1ecl these his vtre, MP. re~1dtns a City; and, a P. vho ~sides 1n the HaltOII Clt7. ' ?or your 1 tton 1~ believed to be !lomeuh~t oenst+,t,,\9 abou~ t~ls mat+.eP, bel1eYlng t h~ ~ldht b& held up to rjdtcul~ at ht~ place or vo!'k ~hould hls na be used 1n this conneo+,ton. He 1s wll11n~ to ste anJ lntor.atton d~tt~d lrreapecttye or Rn7 oth8~ co~a1de~tlon. 4. The roNsotnc 1s 9ubeltted fo~ youl' 1nroP.!Siltton 111 t:he av~l"lt that you desire to subatt 1ntor!'llat1on pursuant t.o Alt-?ol'Ce IAt4-:3!' ?.C0-5. 8 1f1ed Phen_.na Obaezstecl 1n S1q, lf.B. ot Jlol't WoM-h, da+.ed 29 ApP11 1952. No further 1nvet1aat1on 1a contplated b7 th1s JAJIIS C. SCIICJriiLD tt Col. U3~ ~strl~ Co.Mancter 2 UNCLA~SIFIED . UNCLASSIFIE the ~ b!Ju.,nc .,,,._, at-s cdS.1appeued a a\ vrt ate r,r :r ..U.te tae ~ ot oMena\loe to be t.'u-lle or ()'/W tM LAlli ~-'h Ana, to \awl and ~ ill a I' wa Zor to ~- ' \" ~-..U.U. ot tbe altJ.Wde. TZ. _. a'& aa ooe...a-;r... ~ID' vhne I wa marung, ba' ~ ":h' wa .-.n.ct a\ tlw U. ill 1lfl