Foia Release Unknown Complete

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1%
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A Uraughen=tiiller Airport Tenple, Texas Aver) $y 2958) CVV s FIT TETAS Pe ye es Poere we $i ° On 2 April 1952 at approxinately 2940 hours at Draughon=ailler Airport the undersigned coscorved an object movin; beak the air in the “irection of “orth. itis estimated the object was moving av a speed of 1500 47 or I. better ond appeared to be at an altitude of 20,000 to 40,000 feet. All that could be seen was a str Sabana fire and at intervals the fire would brighten or ®lore «p. Object appeared ‘to maintain a straight cowrse a niki ee There was no sound at all obsorved.. and maintain a constant aT: ; Of a, 34443 | tt) ae aaa ssf . 3 April 1952: ‘About 2100 hours on 2 April I was takcing to Lt Col WR behind | , his tent. He called xv attention to an iia in the sisy. I saw what I - epee to be a meteor, traveling at a very high rate of speed in a lortherly dire ectione It ap_eared as a ball of fire eee a trail of lane, it ned for an unusally long tise and finally disappeared. It was traveling in a straight line 5 April 1952 j TIMMS UNE } PLAGZ IN TsacL2 TRKAS ACROSS STAGST FROL vines STATION | Rell of 2iro with a tail crossed heavens from South to HYorth as-I RR ee te abe chee faced jiast. At 3/3 of its course 3 individual balls wis ci tails broke from A ee main object and burned out tao sain light continued on at same speed and Py altitude till it faced fraa viow. a ae { ¥: he : i Characteristics: Maintained a constant speed and altitude as far AF434443 as I could deterzine, through its entire orbit of uy position. WES! oof of Vide Declassification Authority: NND 57565