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SECURTTY—INFORMATION ae (CLASSIFICATION) 11Z——PAR D 1 JUNE 1948 mayo Sa YE oy 53 (LEAVE ae c <a? 2 e y AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT Unidentified Flying Object AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Fort Davis, Texas 97th Bomb Wing, 810th Air Div, Biggs AFB,Tex DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 1 May 1953 19 April 1953 Fe6 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE H. B. BENTZ, Capt, USAF, Dir/Intel Mr. A. V. Chapin, Ft. Davis, Texas "REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) _ SAF ICP, 15 Aug 52 SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112--Part II.) » The inclosed letter was received by the Civil Aeronautics Administration Marfa, Texas and forwarded to the Directorate of Intelligence, 97th Bombardment Wing; Medium, 810th Air Division, 5iggs Air Force Base, Texas. Mr. Grey A. Pringle, Chief of Airways Operations Service at Marfa, added that "We know of at least one jet aircraft of a type that has ‘swept-back! wings that was oper- te an that vicinity at approximately the time mentioned in the attached etter. APPROVED: tate > Vd a ne f- v ‘te off det aoe fy $A - USAF Mims 2/3//7py He B. BENTZ A ee ; Capt USAF ewe be WE(77 Divector of Intelligence : . ) \ Tape q \ Hee tag \ OF ee ca ae OY SN Pari! Wa INCLS. Ltr fr A. V. Chapin to Civil Aero Adm, Marfa, Texas DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR Headquarters, Eighth Air Force, Fort Worth, Texas NOTE: 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 32, 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 UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF, (CLASSIFICATION) 16—55569--1 «VU. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Declassification Authority: NND 57565