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ATIC NO. ---
AF NO. ---
REPORT NO. OSI Report
DATE OF REPORT 18 Jan 1950
TIME OF SIGHTING 1410 CST
SHAPE Football
SIZE 30'-60' long
COURSE 90°-100° magnetic
NO. IN GROUP 1
HOUND ---
PRIORITY --- SKETCHES ---
Temporary ATIC Form 329
(2 Jan 52)

DATE OF INFO 6 Jan 1950
LOCATION Howard, Kansas
SOURCE 3 Officers (two pilots)
DATE IN TO ATIC ---
COLOR Bright Silver-Red Nose
SPEED 300-500 mph
ALTITUDE 2000'
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED less than 2 min
TYPE OF OBSERVATION Aerial
MANEUVERS ---

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON

UNCLASSIFIED

INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF
13TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska
EES/hdg
18 January 1950

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SUBJECT: UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT NEAR HOWARD, KANSAS

TO: Commanding General
Air Material Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: MCIAXA5

1. Forwarded for your information are two (2) copies of the report of Special Agent CASS W. RIDDLE, of this office, dated 18 January 1950, reflecting the closed investigation of UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT NEAR HOWA…

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DETAILS:
1. Investigation initiated by District Commander, DO #13, upon receipt of request from the Inspector General, Headquarters SAC.
AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA
2. Pertinent details regarding the phenomena observed are included as Inclosure #1.

INCLOSURES:
Check Sheet - "Unconventional Aircraft - Special Inquiry"
- CLOSED -

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UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT - SPECIAL INQUIRY

1. Date of sighting 6 January 1950

2. Time of sighting (zonal by 24 hr. clock) 1410 (CST)

3. Where sighted (observer's position):
a. Ground
b. Air 7 Miles west of Howard, Kansas, in C-47 aircraft, at 5500 Feet
c. 37° 28" N (Latitude) 96° 27" W (Longitude)

4. Number of objects. Formation type (if any). Sketch of possible.
One

5. Observable celestial phenomena or planets that may account for the sighting. (Local facilities or organizations which follow such celestial phenomena should be consulted for such information)
N/A

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N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

No clouds - CAVU

N/A

N/A

N/A

Entire object reflected light, as would an aluminum aircraft.

None

None

None

None

N/A

None visible

None visible

None

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None visible
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16. Control and stability: None apparent
a. Fine
b. Stabilizers (horizontal or vertical)

17. Air ducks: None apparent
a. Slow
b. Dust openings

18. Speed - M.P.H. judged speed to be 300 miles per hour
and judged speed to be 500 miles per hour

19. Sound: None
a. Continuous white or blue
b. Rear, whistle, whosh
c. Intermittent

20. Manner of disappearance:
a. Explode
b. Faded from view
c. Disappeared behind obstacle

Relative to the Observer
1. Name of observer Captain, , ; 1st Lt
2. Address All assigned to Hq 8th AF, Carswell AFB, Texas
3. Occupation
4. Place of bus…

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Check Sheet - Unconventional Air

c. Degree of fatigue and duration of flight at time of sighting in cases where observer is airborne. Had been airborne less than two hours.

9. Witnesses:
a. Addresses N/A
b. Occupation N/A
c. Reliability N/A

10. Comments of interrogator regarding the intelligence and character of person interrogated.

Relative to Radar Sightings

1. Re radars operating on ground:
a. Observations of range, speed, altitude and size of target N/A
b. Did target execute any turns? If so, what angle (100°), etc, and what radius of turn? If radius of turn…

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Theok Shoot - Unconventional Aircraft (Gene)

3. Local flight schedules of commercial, private and military aircraft flying in vicinity at the time. (Check Canadian activity if close to that border)

4. Possible releases of testing devices in vicinity sent aloft by Ordnance, Navy, Air Force, Army, Weather Units, Research Organizations or any other

5. If object contacted earth, obtain coil samples within and without depression or spot where object landed (and then presumably departed) for purpose of making comparison of coils

6. If object came sufficiently near othe…