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18 April 59
CLARK, THOMAS
Memphis, Texas
KROZNOVSKY
NORTHERN TEST PILOT

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Military Avis Form 529
(Form 52)

Military Avis (VENUS)

18 April 59
CLARK, THOMAS
Memphis, Texas
KROZNOVSKY
NORTHERN TEST PILOT

Military Avis (VENUS)

7-3712-29

LOS ANGELES AF PROCUREMENT FIELD OFFICE
AIR MATERIAL COMMAND
155 W. WASHINGTON BLVD.
P. O. BOX 3849 TERMINAL ANNEX
LOS ANGELES 54, CALIFORNIA
MCPFYT/CEM/wmb

SUBJECT: Report on Observation of an Unidentified Object in the Sky

TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
Attention: MCP

1. Forwarded for your information is a copy of a report prepared by a Northrop Aircraft Inc. pilot in regard to an unidentified object observed in the sky in the vicinity of Memphis, Texas, on 18 April 1950.

2. This material has been classified "Confidenti…

NORTTHROP AIRCRAFT, MEMORANDUM AVOID VERBAL ORDERS
CONFIDENTIAL
SECRET
Lt. Col.
From:
Date: 27 April 1950
Object: Observation of Unidentified Object in the Sky in Vicinity of Memphis, Texas, on 18 April 1950
Copies:
Case, File
Ref.:

On 17 April 1950 a flight was made from Northrop Field, Hawthorne, California, to Amarillo, Texas, in connection with Project MX-775. The airplane used for this flight was F-61C No. AF 8357, with a three-man crew consisting of Lloyd Balsam and Sam F. West as observers, and the undersigned as pilot.

Shortly before departing from Amarillo on 18 April 1950 for the r…

28-PO (R. 4-45)
NORTHROP AIRCRAFT
MEMORANDUM
AVOID VERBAL ORDERS
CONFIDENTIAL
RESTRICTED

To: Lt. Col.
From:
Subject: Observation of Unidentified Object in the Sky in Vicinity of Memphis, Texas, on 18 April 1950
Date: 27 April 1950
Copies: Ref.:

as to this possibility. After contacting the local weather station, they advised that it could not possibly be a weather balloon inasmuch as it had been observed continuously in the same area for approximately four hours and that the winds aloft were such as to preclude the possibility of a free balloon remaining visible from the ground for that lengt…

NORTHROP AIRCRAFT, MEMORANDUM
AVOID VERBAL ORDERS

To: Lt. Col. [redacted]
From: [redacted]
Subject: Observation of Unidentified Object in the Sky in Vicinity of Memphis, Texas, on 18 April 1950
Date: 27 April 1950
Copies: Ref.:

between two clouds. After this contact it was necessary that we descend due to depletion of the ship's oxygen supply.

It is estimated that 20 minutes elapsed between the time of first sighting the object and losing sight of it for the second time. During this period a constant easterly heading was maintained while climbing from 20,000 feet to 30,000 feet altitude at …

RESTRICTED
Fwd. (MAY 22 1954)

Basic ltr fm Los Angeles AF Procurement Fld Office to CO AMC, W-P AFD,
ATTN: MCP, "Report on Observation of an Unidentified Object in the Sky"

1st Ind MCIAXA-1/JJR/peg

Hq AMC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio

TO: Chief, Los Angeles AF Procurement Field Office, Air Materiel Command, 155 W. Washington Blvd., P.O. Box 3849 Terminal Annex, Los Angeles 54, California

1. The report forwarded in the basic letter has been routed to the organization interested in these matters.

2. Due to the nature of the report in question, the information may be downgr…

ATSC Form No. 10-200
(Rev. 22 Oct 43)
(PRINT SYMBOL AND
INITIALS IN APPROPRIATE BLOCK)

ADJUTANT GENERAL
Basic ltr fm Los Angeles AF Procurement Fld Office to CG AMC, W-P AFB,
ATTN: MCP, "Report on Observation of an Unidentified Object in the
Sky"

CHIEF OF ADMIN.
1st Ind MCIAXA-1/JJR/peg
Hq AMC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio MAY 25 1950

AIR INSPECTOR
TO: Chief, Los Angeles AF Procurement Field Office, Air Material
Command, 155 W. Washington Blvd., P.O. Box 3849 Terminal Annex,
Los Angeles 54, California

PUBLIC RELATIONS
1. The report forwarded in the basic letter has been ro…