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at Draughon-“iller Airport - 5 April 19&2 Froz a position near Svant, Texas at A500ft indicsted altituce, om a a heading of “130°, on the night of 2 April, 1952, at 2042 hours, the pilot, Capt Jom “orin and 1 toge ther saw an object similar to a shooting star or The object started from the horizon to the South gr passed over head - Matesore -_ to the Yorth. I approxicate the heating of the object at 020°. When the object was directly overhead, or. alent so, two balls ye fire cane a fron the tail of it and immediately went oute The main bod: contimed on q as before. + : ee The fire was of a red orange color and had a tail, such as a sogePefsA83 or shooting star. { could not 2 make out the, if any, body in front of ‘the The speed was some where over 700 MFH.. If 1% was @ shooting star, . tail. it~ was. tho largest, one I have ever seen. I stato that Ih raad this statement, and sizned this statement, and that it is correct and Ta aa written. ge et = I swear that the following is a true state: ment of my observations AS aporoximately 2000 hours on 2 April 1952 i «25 2 r were standing on the west end of the ramp at Draughon~’ tiller Airrort. Temple, Toxase “i¢@ obearved a ball or teardrop shaped ob pjact which appeared +o emit exhaust 3 intermittently. This object apreared ‘from the southern © horizon and passed overhead at an altitude estimated to be 10,000 ft and = continued out of sight over a bank of cumus cloud on the northern horizons = : The flight time m® this object was under my observation was less than’ 10.2 #3 is seconds. No sound was emitted fran the object. in my sddaenee hit Marte ph eee traveled at a speed faster than a jet aircraft. ices Pats, | HS cs /s/ Declassification Authority: NND 57565