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(CLASSIFICATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT, 9% | / f Frou (Ayency) REPORT NO. ‘ is Director of Intelligence { Headquarters Zighth Air Force SAR~2=79 PAGE ved OF 6 PAGES 1. wUewspvaper Story: ae The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, evening edition, published 18 April 1950, carried a front page picture and story captioned "Fictures Offer Proof ... Vet Sees Flying Objects in Sky and Photographs Them." (Incl No, 1) bo. The story told how fort Worth, Texas, Snapped "objects he said definitely were some Scrt of aircraft, a type which he head never seen before." Co. ane photographs admittedly retouched to bring out details, showed three crescent-shaped objects, in echelon formation, two of which were apparently treiling exhausts, 2. Keason for Report: . @ The publication of this picture by the Fort we Star-Telegram has occasionsd widespread local comment. The picture received nationwide distribution oy AP Wirephoto, and -- as far as is known by this ee ea -~ is the first time a photogravh purporting to be a "flying saucer" has been published by the press, i 7 b, If analysis by expert photo technicians substantiates that the } photographs are genuine, instead of abrasions or crimps, they will be of definite ) intellizence value, Jo Interview with Mr, miS April 1950 Hr. SRS interviewed in his home, which is i built up area in the south-central portion of ort Worth, Texas, aS present throughout the interview, Mr, S account of the 4 varies considerably from that published by the Fort Worth Star- -—Telegran, 4 a ver ae 2 ees we wet conde ue An Be ht MOBS ata PERE T eHa bt Cyt Dp | PATTY Hy = COMP! y ANALYSIS OF FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM STORY AND INTERVIZ Late + a. PHS FORD WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM REPORTED: b, INTERVIEV WITH 2 MP ess (1) "A former Radar Bombardier on a B-24 (1) He served in the Air Force fron in the Pei yn 22 April 1942 to 29 September 1945 and from 15 oo t 1947 to 19 October a perator, Aerial Overator, He e oO 1943 as a Radio 0% Racar Gunner, and Rada x reports he paneieg the grade of Technical Sergeant, Records are not available ‘ie to subdstane (2) ®.. .--that he. saw flyin oujec in the (2) Exposures were made at approximately air late Sunday Afternoon ..." (The Sunday 1/30 hours on 9 April 1950, immediately preceeding was 16 April 1950.) Pe Pe An te eroups coming o a or the (3) ay......-:: he saw a totel of seven west and traveling northeast and perpendicular streaks of light in photographed some of oes three groups, moving horizontally across the sky. CUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL D "AD AWENDED: ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ROOUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER HAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF isa seen meh oamcteetoeton i alae, nee j i e enrages BAM Betarunye (CLASSIFICATI 15 >> u. 3. Gover NM ? 60 cE Declassification Authority: NND 57565 OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U.S.C. — ENTS TN, ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PEHSON q 15 FR Biso SY LAW cana F< 5 t Ses eae Le