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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  21 April 1957 | Phoenix, Arizona | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Rodger ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Rodger | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Letter reques…

JENKIN LLOYD JONES TULSA TRIBUNE PRESIDENT
VIRGINIUS DALZICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT
GEORGE W. HEALY, JR. NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICATUNE 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT
WIGGINS WASHINGTON POST AND TIMES HERALD, SECRETARY
CARL E. LINDSTROM HARTFORD TIMES TREASURER

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS

PRESIDENT OF INFORMATION COMMITTEE
HERBERT BRUCKER, CHAIRMAN
THE HARTFORD COURANT
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

April 26, 1957

Honorable James H. Douglas
Secretary of the Air Force
Pentagon
Washington, D. C.

Dear Secretary Douglas:

There has been some concern among newspaper people concerning the i…

Secretary James H. Douglas
Washington, D. C.

April 26, 1957
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2. Establish a system by which future incidents of this kind will be made public just as quickly, frankly, and freely--with due regard for security where it is actually involved--as are accidents to Air Force planes.

May I look forward to some word from you on all this?

Faithfully yours,

Herbert Brucker

HB:md

21 Apr 57
SAFIS-3c/Maj Spence/jmd/55809/7 May 57
MAY 9 1957

Dear Mr. Brucker:

Your letter to Secretary Douglas has been referred to this office for action.

There is no evidence of any Air Force involvement in the Frontier Airline incident of 21 April. No missiles were fired on that date. Obviously, speculation that a stray missile was involved is inaccurate. Information concerning the airline should come from that organization.

The Air Force has no desire to restrict unclassified information on our missile program. The two recent events reported by the Air Force when test missiles escaped …