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…Force a PAGE 2 OF 6 PAGES SAF~ 2-79 1. Newspaper Story: a. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, evening edition, published 18 April 1950, carried a front page picture and story captioned "Pictures Offer Proof ... Vet Sees Flying Objects in Sky and Photographs Them," (Incl No, 1) 3 b. The story told how Ira BE. Maxey, 916 5th Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas, . snapped "ob…

…916 5th Avenue, (4) Mr, Maxey lives in an upstairs a veteran of 3600 hours of flying garage apartment at the rear of in the US Air Force ..." the address given and claims over 300 hours of combat time. (5) "... called his wife at about 5:30 p.m. (5) According to Mr, Maxey his attention Sunday and asked her to bring his camera was directed by his wife to a ou…

…EPORT. <j pe Hi Aas FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. Director of Intelligence Headquarters Highth Air Force SAF~2=79 PAGE PAGES 5. Study in Interpretation of Negatives and Photographs: a. The negative of the picture appearing in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and three other negatives exposed at the same time were obtained on loan from the Menaging Editor of the Fort …

…very large number of Dlares were dropped near Sampson, Sunday evening, November 23, 1952. Here is why: On that evening oy 5 pm, the writer, Rochester 9, N. Y., and stopped deer hunting with bow and arrow and came out of tne Ww the highest peak of Gannett Hill, west of Canandaigua Lake. No stars were visible. Jt was raining lightly and visibility was poor, bu…

…opped near Sampson, Sunday evening, November 23, 1952. Here is why: On that evening at 5 pm, the writer, Harold B. Smith, 640 Melville St., Rochester 9, N. Y., and Carl Finsterwalder, 124 Devonshire Court, stopped deer hunting with bow and arrow and came out of the woods on the highest peak of Gannett Hill, west of Canandaigua Lake, No stars were visible. It…

…d on the south side of Ctter Creek on Ctter Point. Otter Point is almost four miles north of Eau Gallie, Florida, This prop- erty is on US Highway 1, east side and west bank of the Indian River, , QUESTION: What was the distance, direction, and altitude of the craft? ... - ANSWER; I had walked to my car and was facing approximately. south. I glanced to the r…

…d on the south side of Otter Creek on Otter Point. Otter Point is almost four miles north of Hau Gallie, Florida. This prop- erty is on US Highway 1, east side and west bank of the Indian River, QUESTION; What was the distance, direction, and altitude of the craft? ANSWER ; I had walked to my car and was facing approximately south. I glanced to the right and…

…notified the Controller at Head-— quarters 33rd Air Division (Defense) of the situation. Soon after the initial call, Mr. Billy Johnston of Paris, Texas called and stated that he had observed a mysterious object at 0130Z% over Paris. He chased the object with his car for thirty minutes to Cooper, Texas. He es— timated the object to be at an altitude of 3500 …

…ATION 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- graph…

… 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…

…PAGES He said a number of pilots gathered in the tower to watch the spectacle. Mr. Moore said he'd been a pilot for 27 years, worked, in the tower for i years, and "I should know a.plane or a star by now. ‘his wasn't either! Military Officers at Dallas Naval Air Station, Hensley Field and the Duncanville radar station said the object was not seen by any pers…

…nated lights in the skys Mr. Said states that the objects were fly~ ing in a loose, widely spaced "V" formation at a point due west of his position at the time and moving toward the south. Mr. noted that the only light or object trailing the formation appeared to be a small red light or glow at the rear of each objecte No form or shape of the objects was dis…

… {tJ ‘ . A \ ‘ \ Information contained in this report is a' result of a telephone conversation between o SMM 2nd the Director of Intellizencs on 6 August 1952, and is forwarded in accordance with AP Letter 20085 dtd 29 April 1952, ) aa BENJAMIN L. BERKOW Capt.e, USAF Director of Intellizence Headquarters Command, USAF { i er ee ee ee eA ge Pe Ce ee od ee ee …

ae 2 he ‘egelys _Cottorwoed, Arizona Canta i jSAF f ptain, USAE 28. January 1953 Commanding Officer ge ae Williams Air Force Base /) ay A ad ie Ried h e J fA ai’ f Chandler, Arizona : fs f ae / if Dear Sirs area / $ Last night, 27 Jan 53, at 1915 hrs, I sighted in the eastern sky an illuminated object moving in a horizontal direction proceeding south at an e…

…& WSkI REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable). AmA TAI JANA C) 1 Aw. oS | San tie alta ASO L! NC / ‘Cmc, 19 December 1951 and AFL 200+5, AFXOI 1059 SUMMARY: (Hater concise summary of report. Give significance in fnal one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) rr i…

…nion Grange Hall where we parked again for approximately two (2) minutes. At this time the light seemed to be farther away, considerably lower, smaller in size and less intense. We lined it again with a telephone pole on the opposite side of the highway and once again we established beyond any doubt that the light was moving in the Northernly direction. We r…

…mitted in accordance with AF Ltr 200-5 dtd 29 April 1952. =~ t i oy Bere Sey ar aeeeee BENJAMIN L. BERKOW Capt., USAF Director of Intelligence Headquarters Command, USAF DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR © 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 A…

…__Boise, Idaho Us PAGE OF 4 PAGES 1. The unidentified flying bbject was described as follows: silver in color, there was no indication as to type of propulsion and no sound was audible. Oblong in shape round on leading edge with fish tail shape on trailing edge. Size unkmown, however observers reported there were two (2) or three (3) single jets and one (1) …

…e paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part I.) y) ‘ - (CLASSIFICATION) ———- 1, Between the approximate hours of 09452 and 10052, 17 February 1953, an unidentified flying object was observed in the general area of Willow, Alaska (GEOREF * QB 5545). The object, which appeared to be a red light, was sighted from a C-47 …