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The document discusses the sightings of mysterious aerial objects referred to as 'ghost rockets' in Sweden during the summer of 1946, and the subsequent reports of similar phenomena in the United States, notably the sighting by Kenneth Arnold in June 1947, which popularized the term 'flying saucers'.

…ification of the above information, lst Lt. Bennett, Lawrence W., Director on Duty contacted Love Field Traffic Control Tower at Dallas for verification of the sighting. Mr. Wyle V. Moore at the Love Field Tower said that the object could be seen from Dallas. Lt. Bennett then notified the Controller at Head-— quarters 33rd Air Division (Defense) of the situa…

…ger than.any of the stars in the area and was ofa yellow orange color. There was no blinking of any lights and there was no sound heard. from the time of first sighting gntil the object disappeared approxim tely S minutes elapsed, Immediately orior i observing this object, he noticed a conventional aircraft in toe imnsdiate vicinity of where the object was s…

…O. Director of Intelligence Hqs, Tenth Air Force AFXOI FLYOBRPT 6-52 PAGE J] ane PAGES Le 2s 3. he light. ae worker. 26 4e he and in a northeasterly directions sighting.) according to AIRMAN WEBB, At MI, CLEMENS, MICHIGAN on 17 duly 1952 at 23318, AIRMAN SECON CLASS JAMES E. WEBB observed while looking through the windows of his home, a light of bluish white…

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…bject rose vertically and disappeared from view to the northwest. Other Pertinent or The glinting did ae iis during the maneuvers. Unusual Features: 2e Time of Sighting: Lecal Time: Between 1545*hrs and 1600 hrs, 10 Jan 63 Zebra Time: Between 2345Z and 2400Z, 10 Jen 53 Length of Time Observed: From 60 to 75 seconds by Colonel McNab. Mr Hunter saw object 10 s…

…icance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 118—Part II.) 1. This report contains information of the sighting of a luminous object from Sampson Air Force Base, New York at 1820 hours, 26 January 1953, 25° B/2C Salzberg, Sampson AFB, reported in letter form the visual observation of a luminous object …

…t. Dove to about 100.200 feet above river at 50-100 yards from observers, then climbed out of sight. Object was in horizontal position at all times. m. Time of sighting: 02/0345 2 JAN 1953. n. Manner of observation: Visual. : o. Location of observer during sighting: From automobile, then outside of vehicle when object appeared to be 50-100 yards distant. pe …

…tant. Dove to about 100-200 feet above river at 50-100 yards from observers, then climbed out of sight. Object was in horizontal position at all times. Time of sighting: 02/0345 2 JAN 1953. Manner of observation: Visual. Location of observer during sighting: From automobile, then outside of vehicle when object appeared to be 50-100 yards distant. Identifying…

…(Circle One of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 22. a. Certain c. Not very sure @> Fairly certain d. Uncertain On first sighting it dropped behind hills, How did the object or objects disappear from view? on second sighting it faded from view. In order that you can give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, w…

… dia- meter was three (3) feet and its distance from the observers was estimated at twenty (20) miles. The ball appeared to remain stationary during the entire sighting. The object made no audible sound, 2. Times: Sighting began at 1100 hours, PST, 2 February 1953, and the object remained in view for approximately three (3) minutes thereafter. 3. Manner of O…

… dia- meter was three (3) feet and its distance from the observers was estimated at twenty (20) miles. The ball aopeared to remain stationary during the entire sighting. The object made no audible sound, 2. lime: - Sighting began at 1100 hours, POT, 2 February 1955, and the object remained in view for approximately three (3) minutes thereafter. i 3. Manner o…

…:45 DB 533 T-14-1 0215 EB 1119 0215:15 Fa 0450 Fade In accordance with AFL 200-5 Paragraph ¢, dtd 20 April 1952, the followi information is submitted. 1. Radar sighting only, appeared as a normal target ex abrupt maneuvers were noted. Several individual targets were noted. @. Time of sighting was between 0118Z and @215:15 on 20 April 1953. d- Manner of sight…

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…Ted Randall, Age 145. The object was described, by the boys, to Mrs. Ted Randall, 1/25 N. 3rd Street, East Ste Louis, Illinois, who notified this office of the sighting. The object was described as being aluminum colored and disk shaped with a slightly raised dome on the top side. It appeared to have a dark almost black edge with silent exhausts on the under…

…el straight line estimated to be in a Northwest direction by & observers at Nahe and toward the West-Southwest by one ebserver at Kadena, 3- Although the first sighting of unidentified object was around 19001 hours, 21 June 1953, this Headquarters was not notified of sighting wmtil 23 June 1953, Upen notification this. Headquarters immediately interrogeted t…

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…st; distance was approximately five (5) miles at an undetermined altitude; direction of objects from the observer in Denison was just Hast of the town at first sighting and appeared to be at an altitude of 1200 to 1500 feet and were directly overhead at time of disappearance; directionof objects from the observer in Sherman was North Hast, distance was appro…