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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  7 Jan 51 | Honolulu, T.H. | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local CNT 08/0500Z | 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 Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One | 9. COURSE Arc  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF…

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HEADQUARTERS
PACIFIC DIVISION
MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE
APO 953

24-24 10 January 1951

SPOT INTELLIGENCE REPORT

SUBJECT: Unconventional Aircraft

511.9

THRU: Commander
Military Air Transport Service
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington 25, D. C.
ATTENTION: Inspector General (OSI)

TO: Director of Special Investigations
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Washington 25, D. C.

1. SYNOPSIS: Unidentified airborne object observed in sky over southern shore of island of Oahu, T. H., at 1900 hours Hawaiian Standard Time (HST), 7 January 1951.

2. DETAILS: At 1015 hour…

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did not see the flames beyond the third cloud. As the moving mass of flames approached the third cloud, I observed a conventional four-engined aircraft apparently coming into Honolulu from the south with landing lights lighted. I thought, at the time, that the pilot of the approaching aircraft must have seen the mass of flames, and that, possibly, the mass of flames had been an aircraft in distress crashing into the ocean. I could hear no sound from the unidentified object. The mass of flame appeared to be approximately eight to ten (8-10) times the wing-span of the four-engined …

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and that these people reported that they had received no information concerning a sighting. Mr. said that he had also called The Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, reputable daily newspapers, and had received no indication of any other reports concerning the sighting. Mr. FEN called the 14th Naval District Intelligence Office at approximately 0800 hours on 8 January 1951.

No other references to this sighting have been noted in public news media or reports of other agencies in the Hawaiian area. Reference is made to Spot Intelligence Report, File 24-24, dated 26 …

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B/L fr Hq PACD, Subj: 1st Ind MACIG
Unconventional Aircraft
Gordon A. Penn, civ
dtd 10 Jan 51

MATS 24-233

7 Jan 51

HQ, MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE, Andrews AF Base, Washington 25, D. C.

TO: Headquarters USAF, The Inspector General, ATTN: Director of Special Investigations, Washington 25, D. C.

Forwarded for your information.

FOR THE COMMANDER:

JULIUS A. KOLB
Colonel, USAF
Deputy Inspector General

AFCSI-6
24-185-600/20 2nd Ind

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, HQ, U. S. AIR FORCE, Washington 25, D. C.

TO: Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air For…

WICHITA FALLS RECORD NEWS
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS
Page 2 - Wed., Jan. 17, 1951

# Flying Saucer Troubles

## Balloon Takes a Trip

Residents of the Wichita Falls area had "flying saucer" troubles again Tuesday, but government ordinance officials said "no such thing."

The object that was seen by literally thousands of West Texans, the government men said, was a balloon released early Tuesday at White Sands Proving Ground, N. M.

That report may end Tuesday's chapter of the saucer tales officially, but some folks around here were skeptical of the explanation.

Too many people saw the mysterious th…

COUNTRY USA
REPORT NO. 1
(LEAVE BLANK)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT
"Reporting of Information on Unconventional Aircraft"
AREA REPORTED ON 4th Army Area
FROM (Agency) Wg Intel O Sheppard AFB, Texas
DATE OF REPORT 18 Jan 51
DATE OF INFORMATION 17 Jan 51
EXECUTION R-2
PREPARED BY (Officer) Wg Intel O Sheppard AFB, Texas
SOURCE Wichita Falls Record News, Wichita Falls, Tex
REFERENCES (Control number, direction, previous report, etc., as applicable) Ltr, AFDIC-CC-1, Dept of AF, 8 Sep 50, Subject as above
SUMMARY: (Under concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sente…