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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 3. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
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|  30 Dec 58 | VEGA AMARILLO, TEXAS | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local 30/21050ST OUT 31/0305W | ☐ Ground-Vessel ☐ Air-Vessel | ☐ Ground-Reder ☐ Air-Intercept Reder  |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  ☐ Yes ☐ No | 2 AF Pilots | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
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TH CO PERRIN AFB YET
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JEDUP/CHIEF AUR TECH INTEL CEN BRIGHT-PATTERSON AFD DAYTON OHIO
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93333 FLYOBERRY. THIS JSG IS TEN PARTS. PART ONE: RED OBJ, APPRE THREE TIMES SIZE C DASH FIVE FOUR ACFT, BLUE DASH WHITE WITH GREEN TINT, ONE OBJ, SPEED TWO FIVE 280 ZERO KNOTS, NO SOUND, HORIZONTAL FLY THEN CLIMBED VERT SEVEN ZERO ZERO ZERO FT IN FIVE SECONDS PART TWO. TWO ONE ZERO FIVE CST, TEN MIN. PART THREE: VIS FR AIS, TWO FIVE 250 ZERO KNOTS, SIX ZERO ZERO ZERO ALT. PART FOUR: THREE FIVE DEG ONE FIVE MIN, TEN DEG TWO FIVE MIN W, THREE ZERO MIN W, AMARILLO, TEN. OBJ NINE ZERO DEG RIGHT OF OBSVR, SIX ZERO ZERO ZERO FT ALT, SHEET DIS. PART FIVE: OBSERVED BY USAF CAPTS UN T. B…

AF FORM 112—PART I
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
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|  COUNTRY | REPORT NO. | (LEAVE BLANK)  |
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|  United States |  |   |

# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  SUBJECT | FROM (Agency)  |
| --- | --- |
|  FLYOBRPT | Perrin Air Force Base, Texas  |
|  DATE OF REPORT | DATE OF INFORMATION | EVACUATION  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  31 December 1952 | 29 December 1952 | B-2  |
|  PREPARED BY (Officer) | SOURCE  |
| --- | --- |
|  Lieutenant Colonel JOHN M. BALLEW | USAF Personnel, Perrin AFB, Texas  |
|  REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicab…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
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|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES  |
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|  Perrin Air Force Base, Texas |  |   |

(1) Only one object was observed which was slightly oblong in shape and for approximately two minutes appeared to be hanging from the sky; the object resembled an extremely bright light, blue-white to a greenish tint in color. The object was described by both officers as about three times the size of a C-54 aircraft with no distinguishable aerodynamic features and with no trail or exhaust sy…

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AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | PAGE OF PAGES  |
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Statement by Captain WILLIAM T. BOWLEY

On 29 December 1952 I, Captain WILLIAM T. BOWLEY, participated in a routine night navigation cross country flight. In the company of Captain HERBERT T. LANGE, I departed Perrin AFB, Texas at 1945 CST and flew VFR direct Wichita Falls, R10 Amarillo, G4 Tucumcari, and returned over the same route. I was flying S-26 5865. The west bound flight altitud…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
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AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | PAGE OF | PAGES
Statement by Captain HERBERT T. LANGE
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On the night of 29 December 1952, Captain WILLIAM T. BOWLEY and I were flying a H-26 AF 5865 on a night navigational flight from Perrin AFB, Texas to Tucumcari, New Mexico and return. At approximately 2100 hours CST as we passed Amarillo, Texas on a heading of 257°, altitude 6000 feet, we observed a fairly bright white light ahead and about 25° to the left of our course at an altitude of 7500 feet and…