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(CLASSIFICATION) | REPORT NO. “AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION/REPORT => tion of Alleged "Flying Saucers" igh | FROM (Agency) _ mg ters Eig EVALUATION Fr ra] Comair numoer, zc Tyevious report, fit as applicable) “3 R etter, SAC 31 January G5 , sudject: "Reporting of Information on aro cari oea ra ircraf SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in n fina one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part IL) 1, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, published 18 April 1950, carried a front peze picture captioned "Pictures Offer Froof ... Vet …

ORM ay it ~~ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO. Telegran, Se vbjects he said definitely re some sort of aircraft seen before." ails, showed were apparently The publication of this picture by the Fort Worth Star. despread local comment. The picture received nation, photo, and -- as far as is lmown by this headquarters a oh purporting to be a "flying saucer" has been publis - + =F wv 9 on ie April 1950 ae was interviewed in y built up area in the south-central portion of out. was present throughout the interview, a, ies considerably from the ublished by the i = FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGR…

ICATION) ELLIGE dia INFORMATION REPORT AF FORM 112—PART I a APPROVED 1 J! g to Mr, directed by his ange cloud overhanging Fort Worth the time, vr, vent dom stairs to the side yard to lo the cloud, which was described as "boiling mad," streaked with Sloat and aes directly over his house though it was clear on all base of the cloud was ees sau light zonteally cegrees, \ described as extremely bright and luminous and it $s the opinion of Mr that there wes insufficient light at that hour of the day to produce that bright a reflection from a solid object. These streaks of light, with an overall spa…

AF FORM 112—PART I APPROVED 1 JUNE 1943 ICATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT «> FROM (.lyency) REPORT NO. Director of In San Headquarters Ei Air ix $A3-2- Kodak Duoflex camera was used to pietures (Incls 1 through 5). has a maximum lens speed xpo sure and a pe lana stop a Telli 2ee film used wes 620 Superpan mies GR hieveloped the negative at. his home. bjects he said definitely were (7) m:: that he did not repor se aircraft, a type which he O un mer they were definitely var seen before," aircraft, nor that they were banana shaped, He says he did not think of flying "saucers", but thou…

AF FORM 112—PART II APPROVED i JUNE 1948 Director of Intelligence Eeadquarters Eighth Air 45. 5 a The negative of th Star-Telegram end three other negatives exp S 12 W btair oan from the of the Fort Wo bd. The negatives were in one strip when given to the Fort Worth Star- Telegram, but had been cut before being obtained by Headquarters hth Air Force. The Fort Worth Star-Telezram insisted there were no bulges or blemishes upon this lm when they received it. The Editor attributed the abrasions to "poking" with Sharp pointed instruments in an effort to prove the picture a hoax, c. A thorough stud…

AF FORM 112—PART Il IFICATION: APPROVED 1 JUNE 1946. (GES ? AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 4 [Fron (Agency) REPORT NO. Director of Intelligence Headquarters Eighth Air Force SA¥-2-79 om © Delieves to be the result of a Russian atomic blast. He reported the incident intelligence and -—- when no action was taken —— to the F.5.l. in san Hrancisco his return to the Z.1. ‘also claims to have protested in 1947 to the at Langley Field, Virginia, against the public sale of IFT equipment. DALTON SHITH Major, USA? Asst to Director of telligence | | | | | | | | | | q 4 4 me THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS. I…

» AF FORM 112—PART 1 APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 COUNTRY REPORT NO. United States of America g 8AF-2=79 d un AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION/REPORT Investigation of Alleged "Mying Saucers" AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Fort Worth, Texas Headquarters Eighth Air Force DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 27 April 1950 9 = al April 1950 F-5 PREPARED BY (Officer) La source Tra M. Maxey, and Major Dalton Smith Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 April 1950 REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) i 3 Letter, SAC 31 January 1950 » subject: "Reporting of Information on Un…

CST | AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. Director of Intelligence Headquarters Eighth Air Force 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) b. The story told how Ira BE. Maxey, 916 5th Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas, snapped "objects he said definitely were some sort of aircraft, a type which he had never seen before," c. The photographs admittedly retouched to bring out det…