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PROJECT 100% RECORD CARD

|  1. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSION  |
| --- | --- |
|  Wink, Tuman | ☐ Not Found  |
|  2. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Not Found  |
|  ☐ Organic-Volcan | ☐ Organic-Volcan  |
|  ☐ Ammonia | ☐ Ammonia  |
|  3. SOURCE | ☐ Not Ammoniated  |
|  ☐ Ammonia | ☐ Ammonia  |
|  4. SOURCE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ammonia  |
|  5. SOURCE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ammonia  |
|  6. SOURCE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ammonia  |
|  7. SOURCE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ammonia  |
|  8. SOURCE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ammonia  |

13. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Aluminum color. Pie shape. Rapid climb.

14. COMMENTS
A higher coast ex
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IR-509-52

Unidentified Flying Objects Sighted Near Wink, Texas Flight Service, MATS, 3800 Newark Street, N.W., Washington 25, D.C.

18 August 1952 12 August 1952 P-2

Gerald E. Tyler, Major, USAF Unidentified Air Crew

Teletype FLYONRPT 130448Z August submitted by Carswell Flight Service Center

Two unidentified flying objects, described as pic-pan shaped and aluminum colored, were sighted 70 miles west of Wink, Texas, by unidentified air crew members flying an SR3 type aircraft. The objects were climbing rapidly to the south towards Mexico when sighted. An apparent exhaust trail which app
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CONFIDENTIAL

Flight Service, MATS
3000 Newark Street, N.W.
Washington 25, D.C.
IR-509-52
2
2

1. Two unidentified flying objects were observed 70 miles west of Wink, Texas, 12 August 1952. The sighting occurred at 122248C.

2. The witnesses were unidentified in both the Teletype FLYDRPT and the confirming letter. They were flying an SBB aircraft, cruising at 130 knots, at an altitude of 10,000 feet when the objects were sighted. The objects were observed visually by the pilot and co-pilot simultaneously, passing ahead of the aircraft and crossing the flight path. The objects were described as
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ACTION
2. ATTA
3. C. Files
15 PM 9:34

21WPR013
72312
JEPHS F32B
JEDWP
JEPHS 257A
132345Z
NO USAF WASHDC
ATIC WPAFB OHIO

FOR AFGIN 45735 FOLLOWING TWO MESSAGES RECEIVED FROM OLESTEAD FLY
NO CENTER. "CIRVIS 33 DEC 35 MIN W UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
HEADED SOUTH ALT 1245B TO 1522B FEET VERY FAST NO SIZE OR SHAPE.
TRAILING BLUE LIGHTS SIMILAR TO AIRCRAFT EXHAUSTS. LAST PART OF
OBSERVATION OBJECT SEEMED TO CURVE UPWARD AND DISAPPEAR ENTIRELY
AND NOT APPEAR TO BE METEOR. 1215B MCVINE STS
HAND CALIF PILOT OF WESTERN AIRLINES FLT 323 COPILOT ALSO
WITNESSED OBJECT 12 AUG 1553Z." SECOND MESSAGE. "CIR
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13 Aug 52 09 11:2
ACTION
2 ATK
1
1
1

RA110

JEDWP Z1

EMERGENCY JEDWP

DE JEDWP 1Z

0 130816Z

FM CARSWELL FLIGHT SERVICE CARSWELL AFB TEX

TO ZEN/DIRECT OF INTELLIGENCE HDQTRS USAF WASHDC

ZEN/CG ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO

JEDWP/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO

ZEN/COMATS INTELLIGENCE DIVISION WASHDC

ZEN/COND FLIGHT SERVICE WASHDC

FLYOBRPT

1. TWO PIE PAN SHAPED ALUMINUM COLORED OBJECTS SIGHTED 70 MILES WEST OF WINK TEXAS OBJECTS WERE CLIMBING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTH TOWARD MEXICO EXHAUST APPEARED PHOSPHORESCENT

2. 12/0448Z

3. OBJECTS OBSERVED VISUALLY A/C WA
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7-3719-4

ACTION

IN COMPLIANCE WITH PAR 4D LETTER HQ DTD 5 MAR 52 AG350.07 FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED: (1) ORANGE LIGHT, ORBITING LEFT AT 800 FEET. APPROX 200 KNOTS, LIGHT SPIRALED DOWN TO BELOW 1500 FEET. THEN STOPPED IN MID AIR, NO AERODYNAMIC FEATURES, TRAILOR EXHAUST, PROPULSION SYSTEM, SOUND, NOTED, LIGHT WENT OUT AFTER REMAINING STATIONARY FOR 2 OR 3 MINUTES. (2) SIGHTED 102145I (3) OBSERVED VISUALLY, SIGHTING CONFIRMED BY FLARE PLANE, CALL SIGN FAT FACE 1, BELONGING TO NAVAL STATION VP9. REPORTING ACFT ATTEMPTED TO TRACK OBJECT ON RADAR WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS, RADAR SET APS

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