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RESTRICTED cor rn oer - “SECURITY INFORMATION” by ~~) AF FORM 112—PART I! al sak a tes APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 ete, AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) ? REPORT. NO. Ii7th AC&W Squedron, Duncanvilie,| {> [~o 2 | Texas Yt We PAGE 5 OF 7 PAGES Mr. Fechenbach aatd he was looking due north out of the control tower when he first sighted the light. "APPHARED TO GHANGE COURSE," "ZT .watched it travel as it seemed to approach east by northeast. It apreared to change its course of flight toward Love Field." Through a pair of 7x50-power binoculars Mr. Fechenbach said the object appeared to have "Delta-type" wings (swept back like on modern jet planes) and "that it seemed to bover east and northeast of the field." a a dé estimated its closest approach at about 50 miles away and 2,000 feet high, The Love Field tower also reported a relay message from Oklahoma saying flight of the object had been picked up there on radar at a speed estimated in excess of 600 miles an hour. A report in Dallas that a jet plane was trying to chase the object here about 5 a.m. was unconfirmed, Military officials denied any jets were in the air, ‘The Love "ield tower, however, had reports from airline pilots tell- ing of sighting the object. e ¢ e MTOO..FANTASTIC,' W. B. Harris, fire department radio dispatcher, said he and other fire- men viewed the object after receiving a call from the Love Field eae "TI wish I'd never seen it," Mr. Harris said... "It's too hin cm ota and now there'll be a lot of talk. I just wish I'd never seen it.” Looking out an east window at. City Hall about 2:30 a. m., Asst. Jailer J. C. Bowles said the object appeared to be floating a little 2 above the near- 1 by Western Union Bldg. It began to rise as he watched, "changing colors like a-diamond," Mr. Bowles. said, Re CG. Wise, meteorologist at.the Dallas weather station, said he watched the object through a six-power telescope. "It looked elongated, as if it was vertical — standing on end ~ and it had a definite impression of dimension, At first it. changed color rapidly, from white. to blue and then red and green. Later it maintained white with a red spot on the undersurface. S ° ® ¢ BELIEVES IN SAUCERS. "Tl believe. in flying saucers, " Mr. Wise asserted, "Maybe this was a orders ae for smaller saucers traveling in our orbit." ee 3 foore, another tower controller at Love Field, “esthoe ted fhe: object at 30 ,000 feet when he first saw it Nand foc ees 30 minutes I'd estimated it: had Bone, UP. er £0, 900. Peet.’ ass NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION Apacs THE NATIONAL DEFENSE inn UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 US.C— ~ 31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON 1S pg BY LAW, _ IT. MAY NOT. Se REPROOULED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTF , NTELL' On), ypriane sat “exsarcinow Declassification Authority: NND 57565