Sanangelo Texas — May 1957

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Keywords: rjwfgf, angelo, horizontal, witness, comdr, types, nsibly, ol3ject5, lnsufficionl, luluotion, uabl2, jlac1, tnsela, b8hincl, tcllecj, nrovidcd, vhight, 0271e, llissles, livestocl, trafficcontrol, utlconfiill1ed, sound, object, obsehvat
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2. LOC A T ION Wos Bolloon Probc.bl y B oll oor. Pos~iLiy B o lloon 3. DATEiiME OROUP 4. TYPE Of OBSEHVAT ION D~Ground Vi SU'CJI S . PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Gro~md RodrJr 0 Air-lnter:cop t Rooor 0 V/or; Aircroh 0 P robably Aircr oh 0 ;,:P o nsibly Aircraft rJ Was A 5t ronu mi cal 0 Y s U Probably A:otronomlcol : o :No C.iv.i.l:i.n 0 Po~!libly A::honomlcol 7. LENGTH OF ODSERVATION 8. NUMuER OF Ol3JECT5 9. COURSE 0 Otner--------------- 0 lnsufficionl D.:~ta io r t'luluotion 0 Unk nown 10. BRieF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1 l . COMMt!Wt'S one object, oblon;; --comp~:uabl2 Lo o rj.} wh.i.to Oll SUl'facG W/!Jlac1{ fin.So f~l'l'O'.V he d type nos; , w/2 h ot.i;o;on tal f ins mlcJ way o n .tnsela.go a nd 2 horizontal tn:i..l .ftns 1.::1.ack s:nol<l-l t ra.i.iing; objcc t 20 Jt b8hincl objl.":ct .. H a d sou n d oi' fast moving jet n/c oxcept sound was high~n pi tcllecJ~o> ATIC FORM 329 (REV :Z6 SE P 52) Possl.b.le a/cot l'<Jc~.:.Yt. t i. o u c :-: t. r e lll ~ 1 y s h o .t' t t o detail nrovidcd RR RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJ liF G F 4 }Y)xJ1:( Ftvl COMDR GOODFELLO\~ TO RJEDEN/COMDR AIR RJ ED\tiP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER \vHIGHT PATTERSON ,..-- RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHDC INFO RJWFGO/COMDR FTAF WACO TEX UdCLAS FROM 0271E UFOB 1 A OBLONG OBJECT B. COMPARABLE TO OBJECT 8 TO 9 INCHES LONG HELD AT ARMS LENGTH. WITNESS STATES OBJECT BELIEVED TO BE 60 FEET IN LENGTH. C. WHITE ON SURFACE WITH BLACK FINS. D. ONE. E. N/A F. ARROW HEAD TYPE NOSE WITH 2 HORIZONTAL FINS MID WAY ON FUSELAGE WITH TWO HORIZONTAL TAIL FINS. G. BLACK sMOKE TRAILING 2~ FEET BEHIND TAIL OF OBJECT. H. OBJECT EMITTED SOUND LIKE FAST MOVING JET AIRCRAFT EXCEPT THAT SOUND WAS HIGHER PITCHED. SOUND WAS MUCH LOUDER THAN JET OBSERVED BY THE WITNESS AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME HEIGHT ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS. I. wiTNESS DISCARDED POSSIBILITY OF OBJECT BEI NG LOCAL TYPE AIRCRAFT. OPINION BASED ON A PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AS A MEMBER P~GE TWO RJWFGF 4 OF THE ARMED FORCES AND FAMILIARITY WITH DifFERENT TYPES AIR CRAFT WHEN SHO'~N PICTURES OF VARIOUS TYPES AIRCRAFT AND lliSSLES WITNESS IDENTIFIED SIMILARITY OF OBJ ECT SIGHTED TO A DOUGLAS NIKE AJAX EXCEPT ~JITNESS STATED OBJECT SIGHTED BELIEVED TO BE OF MUCH LARGER DIMENSIONS THAN THE NIKE AJAX MISSLE. 2. Ao FIRST HEARD s TRANGE LOUD NOISE. B. OBJECT 75 DEGREE ANGLE ON FIRST OBSERVATION. c;. OBJECT 4 9J DEGREE ANGLE LAsT OBSEHVATION . D. STRAIGHT AND LEVEL SQUTH EAST DIRECTION FLIGHT E. DISAPPEARED DUE TO DISTANCE. F. LEN~TH OF TIME OB;~RVED- . 3. A. GROUND VISUAL OBSERVA- DEGRE:E 27~ NORT}\/ 10;-pEGREE 25' WEST. 6. A. CIVILIAN .=:-.:. STREET, SAN ANGELO TEXAS, UNEMPLOYED.' CIVILIAN, 52, SAN ANGELO TEXAS, PRODUCERS LIVESTOCl( COMPANY. 7. A. CLEAR VISIBILITY EXCELLENT. B. AIR HEATHER SERVICE OBSERVATION LOCAL VISIBILITY 20 MILES PLUS SURFACE 60,0~0 230/5~. 8. NEGATIVE. 9. COORDINATION WITH AIR TRAFFICCONTROL THIS AREA REVEALED NO AIRCRAFT OF THIS CAPABILITY PRESENT IN LotAL AREA AT Tif'ilE OF OBsERVATION. 10. (l: ?CAL TRAFFIC B-25' S BE -_! jl fi- . }~EET ON TRAIN:i:~iG t'liSSION IN GENERAL AREA. 11. l;JING OPERATIONS OFFICER GOODFELLOW AFB BELIEVES OBJECT SIGHTED POSSIBLY HIGH PERFORt'IANC CENTURY SERIES AIRCRAFT: HOWEVER THIS BELI EF UtlCONFiill1ED BY LOCAL CAA TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL. 12. NEGATIVE REPORT 14/~!~052 MAY RJWFGF