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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 27 Apr 52 | 2. LOCATION U.S. MA, AIRZONA | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2030 MST GMT 28/0330 | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Redor ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Redor | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE AF S/Sgt and wife | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Either one seen 8 times or 8 separate | 9. COURSE ☐…

UNCLASSIFIED
HEADQUARTERS
4750TH AIR BASE SQUADRON, GUNNERY TRAINING
YUMA COUNTY AIRPORT
Yuma, Arizona
28 April 1952
SUBJECT: Report of Unconventional Aircraft Sighting
TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
ATTN: MCIS
1. The following report is submitted in accordance with ADC Letter 200-1:
a. Objects appeared as bright red or flame colored discs, slightly larger than a fighter aircraft. Eight objects were sighted, but could be same object reappearing more than once. The objects appeared singly except for one appearance of two objects in formation. There was no…

UNCLASSIFIED

Subject - Report of Unconventional Aircraft Sighting (Cont'd)

G. Unknown
h. None
i. None
j. None

2. This report is submitted in lieu of AF Form 112 due to lack of subject form at this station. This report is exempt from Reports Control Symbol in accordance with paragraph 9b(1), AFR 174-1.

FOR THE COMMANDING OFFICER:

1 Incl: Statement of S/Sgt STEPHEN R HALPIN
Captain, USAF
Adjutant

cc: CG ADC, ATTN: Dir of Int
CG WADF

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10

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UNCLASSIFIED

V2C-35

UNCLASSIFIED
STATEMENT OF OBSERVER

On the 27th of April 1952 between the hours of 2030 and 2230, my wife and I, while sitting in our automobile at the Yuma Drive-In Theatre at Yuma, Arizona noticed what at first seemed to be falling stars but upon following them we observed them to fly horizontal with the ground and then make a very definite abrupt change of attitude disappearing in the clouds. Several minutes later two (2) similar objects appeared flying parallel with each other, after a few seconds one continued straight ahead the other veered sharply to the North and passed over the town o…

EXTRACT FROM STATUS REPORT # 6

DATE: 27 Apr 52
TIME (Local): 2030 to 2230
LOCATION: Yuma, Ariz.
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: Periodically for 2 Hrs.
SOUND: None
SPEED: Unknown
ALTITUDE: Below 11,000'
HEADING: Varied
SOURCE: AF Tower Operator
ACTION OR COMMENTS: No conclusions
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: Objects appeared as bright red or flame colored discs slightly larger than fighter aircraft. Eight objects were sighted at various times. Once two objects were in formation. Scattered overcast at 6,000', solid at 11,000'. Observed from drive-in movie.