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eer RESTRICTED | RESTRIGHED- 7) : "3 <CURIEYINEORMATL AF FORM 1'2—PART 1 SOB RIE INEORM, Sscurrry. prlikes ofl 1948 (CLASSIFICATION) TNFORMATTOR-—~ \ COUNTRY hs if. . ee (LEAVE BLANK) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT FLYOBRPT AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Dallas, Texas 1,7th AC&W Squadron, Duncanville, Texas DATE OF REPORT EVALUATION DATE OF INFORMATION _ 8 January 1953 6 = 7 January 195 = PREPARED BY (Officer) : f : soecE CAA, Chance Vought Airofaft, DNAS, WARD L. McCOMES, Captain, USAF Perrin AFB, Carswell AFB, Mr. Fechenbach of REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous rep
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a RESTRICTED _ “erCLIBITY INES Bors Pa? ¢ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. 117th AC& Squadron, Duncanville, LR \-S 3c a Texas At 0718Z on the 6th of January 1953, this unit was notified by the CAA ARTCC at Meecham Field, Fort Worth, Texas, that they had received numerous calls of an unidentified flying object northeast of Dallas, Texas. Upon no- tification of the above information, Ist 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 t
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Ot ej LW) ee “SECURITY INFORMATION” LS AF FORM 112—PART f! FEST CSE Sle ee ai ast (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. lu7th Ac&éw Squadron, Duncanville NTHIS IS A FACSINMLEM Mancta a Hee farebabh) ie area oe ie a Ul gee yo eo (aub = 52 Gee 226 ee oe ile ior Cee res uv bee Bar 7. mee Wor: 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 conan IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZ
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AF FORM 112—PART It ELAS Re ees APPROVED | JUNE 1948 . AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Ageney) REPORT NO, TR \- $3< Texas The original two items have been retained by this unit and have After compiling all of thea forma an extensive inve i g was undertaken by intellis 6) perse of t unit.: The graphs are the f- ; 1 is nvestigation,. { following para to identify the object. Calls to tl no flight plans placed any aircraft. j ns A-Gheck with the fice at ¢ i located at Grand Praire;, Te was made. Naval office said Uhance- Mie no airecra borne at t Lehtir He. also stated t had reece inform
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“SECURITY I! (CLASSIFICATION) AF FORM 112—PART I! APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) UW, 7th Ac&W Squadron, Duncanvilie, : Mr. Mechenbach said he was looking due north out of the control tower when he first sighted the light APPEARED TO CHANGE "T watched it travel as it seemed to approach east by northeast. It apreared to change its course of flight toward 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 fe "that it seemed to bover east and north
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AF FORM 112—PART It APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. Wi7th Acew Squadron, Duncanville I~ aa ng 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 14 years, and "I should know a.plane or a star by now. +his wasn't either." ‘A ’ is ) Military Officers at Dallas Naval Air Station, Hensley Field and the Duncanville radar station said the object was not seen by any personnel at those stations. The Perrin Air Force Base at “herman, however, reported sighting 
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AF FORM 112—PART Il APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO, 1u7th AC&W Squadron, Duncanville,| PY Q-{-S ec Texas OF i; "T first saw the light at 0105 CST north of the tower. The only color visible at this time was red. I didn't pay any attention to i thinking it night be an airplane. LIeoking back again I noticed the light had moved south- southeast. to a point cane northeast of the Sas riety It appeared to turn towards the tower. hat the light seemed to get brighter. I asked Mr. Wyle V. Moore, who was on duty with me, to look at the light. At this tim

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