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; aye AF FORM 112—PART I APPROVED I JUNE 1948 (CLASSI FICATION) Unived States of America TR - 2 = 50 _A\R INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT / Haupt 3 : SUSsECT } | Sishting of Uni dentified Object } ? § countay : REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK) ' i ook nga FROM (Aony 4 eeotorate of Intelligence, Ninth Teas noe Air Force (Ady DATE OF REPCRT j DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 7 & Aved 1952.5 3-6 April 1952 vee AG | | | PREPARED 3Y (Officer) : > SOURCE : ¥ jc Joseph We Hensley. Exec Dir of Intel | __—_-20 Observers : ae ROFERENCES ( Controd numoer, directive, precious report, ae., cs applicable) ] | ee. 9 ¥ ‘ ‘ ; SUMMARY: (Enter neg ortega of report, Give eucnge onan im final one-sentence paragraph. . List inclosures-at lower left. ~ Begin ters of report on AF Form “eee sea us was reported by 15 observers at Sica boat isk Airport, = femple, Toxas, 9792598 Sl-10*Ns by 2 observers on flight near Evant, © Texas, 98°10°® 31°28'N; 2 observers at Stephensville, Texas, 98°12'W : 32°13°N; and 1 observer in Temple, Texas, 97°20'W 31°07'X, ' | at approximately 2045 hours 2 April 1952 for a period of 10 = 40 asconds. Nan a TE et Mal WK Rae a od. Object appeared to be round ball of fire giving off grsenish glow and having a red and yellow tail of fire and sparks. Object emitted two or three smaller balls of fire-which burned out. It traveled a straight South - North course West of Temple, Texas, aS about 030 degrees heading and disappeared behind clouds. Speed ' estimated from 500 to 6,000 MPH. Altitude estimated 10,000 to 150,000 Paet, flat trajectory. Sound rsported similar to that of jet aircraft. .All sightings visual. aa es ele ten co ect als” ai ty “We. as ae onto nian tverpn nse Tro. observers at Evant, Texas, were in. RB=26 at 4500" altitude - flying Scuth. All others were at genes ‘level. ‘Weather sequence 2028 hours, louie thin scattered 25,000'; visibility 12 miles, surface winds East at 4 knots. PREPARED BY: APPROVED: ese 7h 05 | ESSIEN. HENSLEY Me et ee ptt a [fee ‘wna, USAP (Ht Col, USAF et Bee Dir of Intel Director of Intelligence: tC “USBF... hems [30 jay | ’ smenta-(6 sepies By deus cn. pase Sets Ree es | rf Declassification Authority: NND 57565