28954330.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  19 April 53 19/1920Z | Ft. Davis, Texas  |
|  3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One | AIRCRAFT A jet a/c with swept back wings was flying in the vicinity at the time of the sighting. It is believed that object was the a/c at high altitude with the sun reflecting off it causing the amber color.  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 45 Seconds | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Oblong shaped amber colored object resembled bird flying at high altitude. Object appeared to hover then accelerate rapidly. Object changed dir…

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IP-28-53
19/1330
AT DAVIS, TEXAS

United States
Witness
UNCLASSIFIED

Unidentified Flying Object

Fort Davis, Texas
1 May 1953
H. B. BENTZ, Capt, USAF, Dir/Intel
SAF ICP, 15 Aug 52

97th Bomb Wing, 810th Air Div, Biggs AFB, Tex
19 April 1953
F-6
Mr. Davis, Texas

The inclosed letter was received by the Civil Aeronautics Administration
Marfa, Texas and forwarded to the Directorate of Intelligence, 97th Bombardment
Wing, Medium, 810th Air Division, Biggs Air Force Base, Texas. Mr. Grey A.
Pringle, Chief of Airways Operations Service at Marfa, added that "We know of
at least one jet aircraft of…

Ft. Davis, Texas
April 20, 1953

Civil Aeronautics Administration
Communications Branch
Marfa Air Field
Marfa, Texas

Dear Sir:

Yesterday, on April 19th, about 1:20 P.M., while observing a vapor trail just west of Ft. Davis, from horizon to horizon, and from northwest to southeast, I observed an object which appeared to be floating just west of the vapor trail, about halfway between Ft. Davis and your air field at Marfa.

I at first thought it may have been a balloon released by the plane that made the vapor trail, as it appeared to be about the same altitude, but was not of a spherical shape…