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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  13 May 1957 | San Angelo, Texas | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1951 D GMT 13/1951Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☑ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE SE  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One object
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GFA204 15/19582
RR RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ RJWFGO
DE RJWFGF 4 Mutti
R 132400Z
FM COMDR GOODFELLOW AFB TEX
TO RJEDEN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON
AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHDC
INFO RJWFGO/COMDR FTAF WACO TEX
BT

ANC
130557-01
1/4
4E4
3 482a
C4B
Prob A/C
Atte

UNCLAS FROM 0271E UFOB 1 A OBLONG OBJECT. B. COMPARABLE TO
OBJECT 8 TO 9 INCHES LONG HELD AT ARMS LENGTH. WITNESS STATES
OBJECT BELIEVED TO BE 60 FEET IN LENGTH. C. WHITE ON SURFACE
WITH BLACK FINS. D. ONE. E. N/A F. ARROW HEAD
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PAGE TWO RJWFGF 4

OF THE ARMED FORCES AND FAMILIARITY WITH DIFFERENT TYPES AIR CRAFT WHEN SHOWN PICTURES OF VARIOUS TYPES AIRCRAFT AND MISSLES WITNESS IDENTIFIED SIMILARITY OF OBJECT SIGHTED TO A DOUGLAS NIKE AJAX EXCEPT WITNESS STATED OBJECT SIGHTED BELIEVED TO BE OF MUCH LARGER DIMENSIONS THAN THE NIKE AJAX MISSLE. 2. A. FIRST HEARD STRANGE LOUD NOISE. B. OBJECT 75 DEGREE ANGLE ON FIRST OBSERVATION. C. OBJECT 40 DEGREE ANGLE LAST OBSERVATION. D. STRAIGHT AND LEVEL SOUTH EAST DIRECTION FLIGHT. E. DISAPPEARED DUE TO DISTANCE. F. LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED- 4 SECONDS. 3. A. GROUND VISUAL OBSERVAT
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WFO Case - 13 May 1957

Observed by unemployed American. When showed various types of a/c and mules, picked out NIKE - A DAX as the object to UFO resembled - Flight in SE direction. First observed 42000.

Comment: A check of Aero Chart # 467 shows that Source's location was adjacent to # of the damage and ranges running NW - SE (10 Red I, Airway, 127° approach, with "airway radial" out of San Angelo at 134°!! As plotted on the chart Source was approximately 9612 miles from flying object. This correlates well with the 75° degrees C in the angle of detection that would be required to see object.

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