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Incident #250

DATE OF ISSUE: 17 Feb 1949
TIME OF ISSUE: 17 Feb 1949

NAME OF FILING: Sandra Rose, M.P.
NATURE OF FILING: HOUSEN, M/Sgt USN
DATE OF ISSUE: 17 Feb 1949
TIME OF ISSUE: 0532
ORDER: Orange Red as Fire

NAME OF FILING: Hobler with Tail
FIRST SIDELAR TO F-30: 1/3 Half Moon
MONTH OF FILING: 10,000
DATE OF ISSUE: 10,000-15,000

MONTH OF FILING: 10,000
NUMBER OF TIMES OF FILING: 5 to 7 Seconds

MONTH OF TIMES OF FILING: 5 to 7 Seconds

MONTH OF TIMES OF FILING: 5 to 7 Seconds

DATE OF RECEIVING OF FILING: 18 Feb 1949
DATE OF RECEIVING OF FILING: 18 Feb 1949

MONTH OF FILING: 18 Feb 1949…

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HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY
FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS

452.1 AKADB 28 February 1949

SUBJECT: Unconventional Aircraft

TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: M.C.I.

1. Reference letter Intelligence Division, GSCRA, CSSID 452.1, 25 March 1948, subj, "Unconventional Aircraft," and to Control No. A-1917.

2. Inclosed Summary of Information, this office, subject and file as above, 28 February 1949, re unidentified flying object sighted from Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 17 February 1949, is forwarded for your informa…

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S/I, AC of S, G-2, Hq Fourth Army, 452.1 AKADE, 28 Feb 49, subj, "Unconventional Aircraft"

(10) Exhaust trail: Blue flame, 4 to 5 times length of object.

"2. Transit measurements taken at 0730 showed following readings:

(a) Appearance:
Vertical azimuth: 35° 01' 00"
Horizontal azimuth: 221° 30' 09"

(b) Disappearance:
Vertical azimuth: 05° 00' 03"
Horizontal azimuth: 166° 29' 00"

(c) Time in passage: 5 to 7 seconds.

"3. The observer, M/Sgt MITCHELL, formerly an anti-aircraft gunner, stated that the object looked like a plane hit by AA fire, gliding out of control on a long an…

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SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
DATE 28 February 1949

|  PREPARING OFFICE | Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas  |
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|  SUBJECT | CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION  |   |
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|  Unconventional Aircraft | OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION  |   |
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INTERIOR NO. 258

1. Date of Observation 17th Feb 44 Date of Interview 23 Feb 43
2. Exact time (local) 0552
3. Place of Observation Sandia Base, Albuquerque, N. M.
4. Position of observer ground
5. What attracted attention to object
6. Number of objects 1
7. Apparent size Compared to half-moon in the sky at the time, the object appeared about 1/3 its size
8. Color of object orange red as fire
9. Shape Globular (as ball) with trailing tail
10. Altitude 10,000 to 15,000 ft (35° elevation when first sighted)
11. Direction from observer Appeared 221-1/2° Disappeared 166-1/2°
12. Dista…

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Incident: 258

Name and address of observer: M/Sgt John P. Mitchell, 6456 Mp P. Co., AFSWP
Occupation and hobbies: M/Sgt - formerly an anti-aircraft gunner
Comments of Interrogator relative to intelligence and character of observer(s):

NARRATIVE SUMMARY:

M/Sgt John P. MITCHELL sighted a globular shaped object with a trailing tail about 1/3 the size of a half-moon in the sky. The color was orange red as fire and the trailing tail was blue like a gas flame. Speed was like a P-80 jet plane and the heading was NW to SE. There was no deviation from a descending course of 35° t…