28957975.pdf

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  3 April 1954 | Wichita, Kansas | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 04/0850Z (Right) | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE circling | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10-12 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 7 - 9 | 9. COURSE Northerly  |
|  10. STRIP SUMMARY OF MONTHS…

CS WPR 50 040240Z WHITTREX KAN 25
Witness

INFORMATION

WPF066
YME032
YYC055T
WYD078
WMB057
WWC044
JWFKT 201
RR JEDEN JEDST JEDWP JEPHR JWFDL 55
DE JWFKT 22
R 082134Z
FM COMDR WICHITA AFB KANS
TO JWFDL/COMDR CTAF RANDOLPH AFB TEX
JEDST/COMDR ATRC SCOTT AFB ILL
JEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO
JEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTEL GEN WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEPHR/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASHINGTON DC
GA2467D. UFOB. MR [redacted], WICHITA, KANS, REPTD THE SIGHTING OF UFOB WICHITA AFB, KANS, AT 052030Z APR. TIME AND DT OF SIGHTING WAS 040250Z APR, W/MIGHT PREVAILING. WHILE SITTING IN CAR FACING S ON MARKET ST, …

PAGE TWO JWFKT 22

V FORMATION. THE LAST LIGHT ON THE W SIDE WOULD PERIODICALLY DROP
BACK, RESUME ITE PSN AND THEN MOVE OUT TO THE W SIDE OF FORMATION
BEFORE RTNG TO PATTERN. THE OBJS DISAPPEARED AT A 35 DEGREE ANGLE AND
AN AZIMUTH OF 350 DEGREE. OBJS WERE IN SIGHT FOR PD OF 10-12 SECONDS,
MADE NO NOISE, AND LEFT NO VISIBLE CONTRAIL. SIZE OF LIGHT CAN BE
COMPARED TO HEAD OF PIN HELD AT ARM'S LGTH WHILE SHAPE COULD NOT BE
DETERMINED. COLOR OF LIGHTS WERE (W), W/BRIGHTNESS BEING COMPARED TO
SECOND OR THIRD MAGNITUDE STARS. Q WEA CONDS AT TIME OF SIGHTING ARE
AS FOLLOWS: WIND AT SURF WAS TEN KNOT…

Source: NICAP
4 April, 1954
Scotland

Under British Air Ministry policy, reports on Unidentified Flying Objects have been withheld from the publisher at least three years, the National Investigations Committee has been officially informed. The British policy was admitted by the Air Ministry Information Division, in denying a NICAP request for verified UFO cases.

The official details requested by the Committee on April 29 covered two visual sightings and one radar tracking report previously confirmed by the Air Ministry. The radar was received on April 4 when three Air Ministry radar operators…