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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  24 25 May 1952 | Zuni, New Mexico | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local 0127 MST GMT 24/0827 Z | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☑ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☑ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  ☐ Yes ☑ No | Airline Pilot | ☐ Oth…

UNCLASSIFIED
EXTRACT FROM STATUS REPORT # 7

DATE: 24 May 52
TIME (Local): 0827Z
LOCATION: Zuni, N. M.
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: 15 Seconds
SOUND: Unknown
SPEED: Unknown
ALTITUDE: Descending
HEADING: S
SOURCE: TWO Pilot
ACTION OR COMMENTS: Resembles fireball or other astronomical activity.
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: Two torpedo shaped objects, reddish in color, appearing not to have center section and traveling in arc.

DOWNGRADED AT 12 YEAR INTERVALS: NOT AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED. DOD DIR 5200.10

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7-3712-48

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE
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JD333
V11/242
UVD161
UNX203
JUFMDO45

RR JEPHQ JEDUP JEDEN JUPHL 444
DE JUFHD 20
R 241820Z ZNJ
FH CG 34TH AD /D/ KIRTLAND AFB NNEX
JEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASH D C
24 May 52

JEDUP/ATIC URIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO ATTN ATIAA-2C
JEDEN/CG BUT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO
JUPHL/CG UADF ATTN DIR INTELLIGENCE HAMILTON AFB HAMILTON CALIF
AQC-CIN9376 FLYOBRPT PD

/1/ TWO TORPEDO SHAPED OBJECTS CHA REDDISH IN COLOR CHA APPEARED TO HAVE NO CENTER SECTION CHA MOVED IN AN ARC OF SIXTY D…

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
INCOMING CLASS

/4/ PILOT FLYING EAST SIX TO SEVEN MILES SW OF ZUNI NEW MEXICO AT ONE HUNDRED NINE DEGREES LONG AND THIRTY FIVE DEGREES LAT PD OBJECTS APPEARED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF AIRCRAFT GNA FORTY FIVE DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON PD DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE NEGATIVE PD

/5/ RELIABILITY CONSIDERED EXCELLENT PD
/6/ NEGATIVE /7/ NEGATIVE /8/ NEGATIVE /9/ NEGATIVE
/10/ NEGATIVE
24/2044Z MAY JUFE

ACTION: OIN
INFO: OOP
CAP IN: 69883 (24 May 52) Page 2 of 2 Pages JWM/en

AFHQ FORM 19 JAN 51 0-309g
PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THIS FORM MAY BE USED.

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UNCLASSIFIED
HEADQUARTERS
34th AIR DIVISION (DEFENSE)
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO

OIN 452.1

SUBJECT: FLYOBRPT

28 MAY 1952

TO: Chief, Air Technical Intelligence Center
ATTN: ATIAA - 2c
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio

1. Air Intelligence Information Reports, dated 26 May 1952, are submitted in compliance with AFL 200-5, dated 29 April 1952.

2. Required electrical message forwarded to your headquarters 24 May 1952.

3. One information copy of this report has been sent to Director of Intelligence, Headquarters USAF, Washington 25, D.C.

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

Adrian E. Kno…

AF FORM 112—PART I
(APPROVED 1 JUNE 1933)
UNCLASSIFIED
C
OF 455094

|  COUNTRY | United States | REPORT NO. | NOT AVAILABLE | PLACE REASON | of 455094  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  ABSTRACT | FLY08BPT  |
| --- | --- |
|  AREA SENIORITY OR | ZUNI, NEW MEXICO  |
|  FROM (Agency) | 34th Air Division (Defense)  |
|  DATE OF REPORT | 26 May 1952  |
|  EVALUATION |   |
|  PREPARED BY (Agency) | Paula M. Stimson, Capt, USAF  |
|  SIGNATURE | Visual Observer  |
|  REFERENCES (Describe number, country, previous report, etc., as applicable) | None  |

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UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
3

|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | PAGE one (1) OF one (1)  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  34th Air Division (Def) | Not Applicable | 34023  |

(1) Two torpedo shaped objects, reddish in color, appeared to have no center section, moved in an arc of sixty degrees, speed undetermined and disappeared to the south descending slowly.

(2) Time of sighting: Zero eight twenty seven zebra. Visual sighting for fifteen seconds.

(3) Sighted by TWA Pilot Q as while flying at speed two hundred eighty altitude fifteen thousan…