Elpaso Texas — November 1957

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Keywords: knots, rjwfdn, negative, 685th, stalled, lights, artillery, degrees, comdr, rjephq, rentdrt, f010f, rjufkd, rjtify, flllchi, ccordat, sriaped, glcvi, aroijl, quartr, bottol, rjwf9g, exffaust, nzgativf, siiell
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION E l Paso , 'l'e .. -.;as A. TYPE OF OIS!RVATIOM Q.Grounci-Vfauol D Ground-Rodor 7. LENGTH O ... OBS!RYATION I. NUMBER OP OBJECTS ~ t> .. .:0 s econds on~J wc:s:erly 10. BRII!fl SUMMARY Ofl SICHTINO 11. COMMENTS CONCLUSION$ Wos Bolloon ProbaltJy Bolloo" D Po sal Wy Balloo" D Woe Ahcroft Proboltly Aircroft Po ai W y Alrcroft 0 Woe Astronomical D PraltoWy Ashonomieol 0 Poaailtly Astronomical D Insufficient Doto for Evoluoteon E~.;g shaped object, large as a man, brownish with bluish glow. St.riug of lights around side npprox l up from the bottom. Whirring sound sitnilar to artillery shell. Car stalled, light b~lbs blew out . Unre 1 i'f blo rentDrt Got out o f car & obj approached aud th~n went away over the mountains. ATIC F010f J29 (REV 21 SEP 52) RH RJ: ... DDt~ RJUFKD Rji:~DvJP RJEPHQ DE: RJ HF EG 42 RJtIFY.D/COi}:\DI V 34 DEF HQ fl.DC KIRTL.t;l:n RJF.I:UP / C C~:ATI C l:?AF B Ut~CLi\S FROi: DC7-1~G.5S. UFGP/FOH D/1 USAF. SUEJECT: UFCB. FLLLCHI~.G REPORT ~UE:<ITTl:D I~: i\CCORDAt:CE v;ITH PAR 7TJ, AFR l. D~SCRIPTION OF T~[2 OBJ ECT: ~. SHAPE -~GG SriAPED E . SlZ[ -LARGE AS A MAN AT AR S LENGTl1 -:. CCLCR -ERC~H!ISl ITH BLUISH GLCvi. STRING OF LIGHTS AROIJl~D SIDE APPROY.Ir.-:AT I!:LY N-QUARTR UP FROi~ TH2 BOTTOL.j ~J. t~ Ur1L ER -ONl!: E. FOR ATIO~l - /A PAGE TWO RJWF9G 42 F . FEATURES ~ NEGATIVE G. 'lAI L, TRAIL OR -EXFfAUST:. NZGATIVF. -- E. SGUl~D -tJHI RRI NG SOUND SII'il LAR TO ARTILLERY SiiELL I. CTP.ZR FATURES -NEGATIVE 2. DESCHIPTION OF COURSE OF OfJ[CT: A. OFSERVZR' S CAR STA-- LLED AND ALL LIGHTS Dir:t1ED, THEN VJE~T OUT. HE: COT CUT OF CA~ TO I~VESTIGAT:!: AND THEN NOTICED OBJECT HH!C;-{ APPRCACHED Hir~ ISSUING A WliiRRING SOUi~D. E. C'DJiCT tlOTIC.ZD FIRST AT 3"; DEGREE ELEVATION, AZI UTH-::45 C. 0 EJECT DISt\PPEARED OVER FRAl\KLlt'! IiOUl~TAI S AT 2 t.: DEG~1F: i~LF:VATION, AZihUTH 27'.-:; D[GR;~ES D. CE J ECT PASSED OVER Of~ERV[R' S CAR AT 1 ~\.'": FEZT AL TITU})D t OVSD SLOHLY ON A WESTERLY H( .DING CHANGit;G ALTIT~InE AT IRR:~GULAR i~'.T .. ::r~VALS. ON R7.:/\CHING FRANI<LIN EOtJNTAINS, CEJECT LIFTED A. GROUtiD -VISUAL E. NO OPTICAL AIDS 4. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: I . LIGHT CCNDITIONS -~liGHT 5 . CESZ VZR 3 ~;ILf:S SOUTHSAST OF I NTZRNATIONAL AIR?OHT, !~:L PASO, AGE -35 YZARS, BORp~R_.lNS cIQR, STAT~ OF TEXAS. A. OP-SERVl!:R ?.C:PCRTED SCATTER D CLOUDS, SLIGHT HAZE F. riGGS WZAT~:R STATIOt! RZPORT~ r.GOT.":-S 12 -~ DEG ~EES D~Gpr .. s 55 l<NCTc: OCCUPATI 0~1- C. CiiLit~G -6 0()~ FT EROKEf~ D. VISiriLITY -2~1 MILES F T{UNDZRSTO~t(S -l!EGATIVE 1 . N~GATIVE 11. INT~LLIGE~C ICER, 95TH FOt~B WING PR~LIMI~lARY ANALYSIS -~R CVID:s 1~0 :~ ANAT I ON. CBSZR\/ER REPORTS CAR STALLED AND LIGHT !.UL~-~l::O\~N 'JT AT ~I~!t~. C:F SIG:-rrit:GG~: OESZ~VZR AP.PSARS TO BE PCSITIVI::. LF D:sCaiPTIOi~ PRCVIDZD. I 6/1::5SZ NOV RJUFBG ::ovambs! I. DATI-TUilO_.. a Wea Atrareft a P .. ~t.ltl r AJrereft Pea&Wr Atrereft a;o,.un .. Yiauel a Oreun R .. ., . IL\. We a Aatrottol col i.'I e t G or a Yee D ProlteWy Aatronolcol ILtle C i Vi:!. i u !! D PoaaiWy Atenleol 7. LIMOTM OP.OIIIIYATION I. NUMI!It 01' OIJICTS f. COURS! D Other~--~- -- 01' IICHTINO AftC POJIII JB (JIKV 21 Sat 12) D lnufficfettt o ... lor Evoluetion 11. COMMINTS . JEDWP Hl130 VPB117 VYCI5tDNAI1&7 1 RR RJEDDN RJEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJWFDN 1F FM COMDR 685TH ACWRON TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC RJWFDN/COMDR 34TH ADD RJDWP/COMDR ATIC RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF UNCLAS FROM OPS 799 UTOB IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 211-2 12 AUG 19S4, AND ADCR 211-2, 25 JAN 1955, THE FOLLOWING IS SUBMITTED& .. ca ,......:;. :::lf~Y-CI!it>PIECE AT ARMS LENG~H '(c ('jiHITE CHANGING TQ.J!.g) AND ~tlEEN CD> ONE Cl) CE> NEGATIVE PAGE TWO RJVFDN lF CH) NEGATIVE CI> CHANCE IN COLOR FRO FURTHER AWAY C2) (A) WATCHING SKY "(B >(!' DEGREES ( a TO ,;DEGREES CD> STRAIGHT FLIGHT HEADIN ,: (E) FADED OVER HORI20N CF l. 5 TO 6 SECONDS: (3) CA> GROUND-VISUAL CB> NO OPTICAL AIDS USED CB) NIGHT-TI~E ALL ABOVE AT ROAD EL PASO, TEX PHONE PROSPECT 81786 RELIABILITY UNKNOWN PACE THREE RJWrDN lf C7) ~A) VERY CLEAR WITH CB) SURFACE WINDS AT {iJ KNOTS, aiH FT DEGREES .. . AT 31 KNOTS, i'lll FT l31 DEGREES AT 31 KNOTS, 21111 FT 21 DEGREES AT ,. KNOTS, 31111 FT 2'1 DECREES AT 111 KNOTS 51111 FT 251 DEGREES AT ,. KNOTS. CD) ,. MILES cE) CLEAR CF> NEGATIVE CS) SICHTINGS HAVE BEEN MADE OF OTHER UFOB IN DIVISION IN PAST 24TH PERIOD. NUMEROUS AIRCRAFT IN THE EL PASO AREA LT. ROBERT W. DEBOLT, A03149346 SENIOR DIRECTOR ON DUTY, 685TH ACWRON. OBJECT SIGHTED MAY VERY POSSIBLY BE A/C IN EL PASO AREA. SUGGEST RED AND GREEN LIGHTS TO BE A/C NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS 17/1348Z NOV RJWFDN