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RESTRICTED - youe “SECURITY INFORMATION” fof AF FORM 112—PART It ee ( ha. APPROVED | JUNE 1948 3 \ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Ageney) REPORT NO. lu7th aceW Squadron, Duncanville, LR- id $3 < PAGE h oF 7 Texas rm The original two items have been retained by this unit and have been placed in our intelligence files. After compiling all of the above information an extensive investigation was undertaken by intelligence personnel of this unit. The following para- graphs are the findings of this investipation. An attempt’ was made to identify the object. Calls to the surrounding airfields revealed that no flight plans placed any aircraft. in the area in duestion, A check with the Naval Office at Chance-Vought Aircraft. Corporation located at Grand Praire, Texas: was made. perma Hee: Ryan, USN, attached »to the Naval office said unanes VeueHt had no aircraft airborne at the time of the sighting. He also stated that they had reeéived no information of the sighting. Their first knowledge of the object was obtained from local’ radio. broadcasts. Department. to check on Vs to their dispatcher. We than proceede to contact the Dallas Police the information they received from the numerous ah It was learned that. GAA at Love Field had spotted the object and. numerous Police Officers cruising around the Dallas ee Kad called in onthe object, Ore Police Officer, W. R. Russell, sighted the object at his home and: saw: the object disappear at 11302. SS Tt is. not bélieved that the object sighted by Officer Russell as the game as the object in question, as the time delay in the Sitings vary con- siderably. Officer Russell: most liked Saw One Of the bright..morning. stars which, if one looks at long enough, will appear to: change colors. We proceede = pe to contact the two local newsp apers to see what infor= mer. 2 OF they hdd on the unusual object. Mr. Boswell of bhe: Dallas» Times-— erald was very BET Sect and gave us additional information which we had he not ‘as yet received. In-as much as. his: information was from the notes: he had for his article we will Give’ the text of his article which, can be used’in analyzing this ‘sighting. { ©, THE DALLY TIMES HERALD, DALTAS:: FAN. 6,...1953 A bright, colorful object hang in the. skies north and northeast of Dallas several hours early Tuesday. Scores of watchers saw the object. But many doubted it was "a plane, a planet or a star." pgs rs at the Civil Aeronautics Administration control tower at love Field, a weather bureau observer and police and fire station dispatchers re- pected seeing the "elongated" or "arrow shaped" object which gave off brilliant "orange, red, green and bluish-white colors", M. F. Fetchenbach, traffic controller at the Love Field tower, si 1 "light in the sky" at 1:15 a.m. An off-duty policeman said he saw the objec disapvear at 5:30 a. m Nit: shot. right straight up in going out of sight," said W. R. Russel, the off-duty officer who sighted the object at his home, 1814 Lakeland, MOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U. S. C.— 31 AND 22, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW, IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UN AUR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF — INTELLIGENCE, USAF. 6 R > QR eLIRELY PN MATION’? (CLASSIFICATION) 16—55570-2 vy U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1950—O-918332 Declassification Authority: NND 57565