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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 19 Apr 52 | 2. LOCATION Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2120 GMT 1620 | 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 general office, USAF | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☑ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5-6 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 | 9. COURSE NNE  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMM…

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Auth CS, USAF
UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET
5 - MAY 1952
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WAR DEPARTMENT
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|  FILE No. | SUBJECT | Report on Sighting of Flying Object  |
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|  TO Chief, Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio | FROM Directorate of Intel., Hq USAF - AFOIN-X | DATE 5 May 1952  |
|  ATTN: Colonel Dunn | Col Kieling/54733 | COMMENT No. 1  |

Inclosed for your action is a letter from Brigadier General (redacted), Dhahran Airfield, Saudi, Arabia, reporting his personal sighting of an unidentified flying object. An inte…

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AG 201-206
HEADQUARTERS
1414TH AIR BASE GROUP, MATS
APO 616, c/o POSTMASTER
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
21 April 1952

Major General John A. Sanford
Director of Intelligence
Department of the Air Force
Washington 25, D.C.

Dear Sammy:

I never thought it would be said that I would join the great army of flying saucer seers. However, note the attached report. I know that you have some sort of a section that is considering these reports; therefore I send this to you so that you may pass it along to them.

The duration, distinctness, and the complete unexpectedness of my siting leave me posit…

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By Authority
CG, Dharron Airfield
21 APR 1952

HEADQUARTERS
1414TH AIR BASE GROUP, MATS
APO 616, c/o POSTMASTER
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

21 April 1952

SUBJECT: Report Upon Sighting of "So-Called" Flying Saucer

TO: Director of Intelligence
Department of the Air Force
Washington 25, D.C.

Place: Dharran, Saudi Arabia

Date: 19 April 1952

Time: 2120 local daylight savings (1620 Z)

Weather Conditions: Night, cloudless skies, maximum visibility, no moon but starlit.

1. While reclining alone on my patio for an after-dinner smoke, I noticed in the far distance in the general south-southw…

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Hq, 1414th Air Base Crp, MATS, Subj: Report Upon Sighting of "So-Called" Flying Saucer, 21 April 1952

2. The appearance of the object at first was a dull glow without sharply defined dimensions more of the nature of a transport aircraft single lighted window at a fair distance during night flight. The intensity was about that of a low wattage electric light bulb when the current is weak. As the object approached nearer my line of sight it distinctly broke into two parts on absolutely the same altitude and without waivering or fluctuations relative to each other, allowing my imag…