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MULTIPURPOSE INTERNAL OSI FOR (Complete only applicable items) PLEIN E te SUBJECT TRANSMITTAL DATE 11D 2hkc- aS 5 Apr 66 DO NR(S) Si enti ing of UFO Near Temple, Oklahoma, SUSPENSE DATE DET NR(S) — on 23 March 1966 DIRECTORATE MQ USAF) TRACER ACTION TAKEN STAFF SYMBOY AFIS INB 7 DO NR. +— DET NR. DIRECTORATE “STAFF SYMBOL FILE NR. REFERENCE ; iit Ree it : h Telecon, SA WILBUR R. WAM, DO 11, and Major HARRIS SENTIR, AFISINB “TEMS CHECKED ARE APPLICABLE TO ABOVE SUBJECT | your DISTRICT 1S DESIGNATED OFFICE OF ORIGIN. ATTACHED REQUIRES INVESTIGATION IN YOUR AREA. OFFICE OF ORIGIN FORWARD RESULTS …

11D 24c-0 2. SA WILLIAMS advised SLIGAR that the information had already been in the local newspaper and that OSI did not handle UFO sightings. SLIGAR sounded as though he were drunk at the time he made the call. SLIGAR and LAXON are both civilian employees at Sheppard AFB, Texas. Declassification Authority: NND 923007

‘ i ’ DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF HITH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS Reply to TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, OKLAHOMA Attn of: 11D INv 24-0 x SUBJECT: Moon Dust Report, CLASSIFICATION CANCE Wichita Falls, Texas BY SCT ct OE 28 September 1960 BY __-Historian .__—_— Director, Special Investigation ar DALE Headquarters USAF Washington 25, D. C. -l. Reference is made to telephonic spot report from this district office of 28 September 1960, referred to AFCSI-6D, concerning a Moon Dust Report in the vicinity of Wichita Fa…

that the crash involved Moon Dust. Accordingly, command notification was made to ATIC, with a request that ATIC send a team to conduct further investigation. 4, Investigative service by this office was not requested in this incident. There was reported coverage by local news media. 5. On the basis of Major COOPER's evaluation, local press coverage, and national press accounts indicating that the arrival in the U. S. by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, NIKITA S. KHRUSHCHEV, might be accentuated by a USSR capsule recovery, a tele- phonic spot report was made. 6. On 3 October…

SAY. SCIENTIST _ ree ae AF Regulations Impede Fireball Meteorite Hunt By H. V. O’BRIEN Reporter-News Military Editor | Natural science investigation |stumped its toe on Air Force jregulations in Abilene Monday. I E, P. Henderson, associate cur- jator of minerology for the Smith- sonian Institution in Washington, D. C., is in the Abilene area seeking the “fiery objects” lights’”’ llast Wednesday morning. Based on reports of sightings reported in the Reporter-News |and elsewhere, Henderson and his party have narrowed the area of and “‘strange search down to a point in north- west Haskell County …

Declassification Authority: NND 923007

Great Ball 0° fire! Where Did It Go! The Air Force at SAFB refused|searched areas along county to either confirm or deny that anjroads west of town in an eftort}' object or evidence had been|to find remains of the fireball,|! found Wednesday during the day’s|which searchers said could have) investigation of a mysterious ball|been anything from a meteor to a be made until the investigation|spaceship from Mars. was completed, adding that the! Later they were joined by a’ Air Force would continue its in-| ground search crew from SAFB} vestigation of the fireball. land a helicopter from Fort Sifl,…

Declassification Authority: NND 923007