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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  ATIC NO. | ---  |
| --- | --- |
|  AF NO. | ---  |
|  REPORT NO. | ---  |
|  DATE OF REPORT | 20 Sept 1950  |
|  TIME OF SIGHTING | 2100 1750  |
|  SHAPE | Circular  |
|  SIZE | 10' diameter  |
|  COURSE | ---  |
|  NO. IN GROUP | 1  |
|  HOUND | ---  |
|  PHOTOS | --- SKETCHES ---  |
|  Temporary ATIC Form 329 | (2 Jan 52)  |
|  DATE OF INFO | 17 Sept 1950  |
| --- | --- |
|  LOCATION | TATUALLY, NM  |
|  SOURCE | Airmen BADO  |
|  DATE IN TO ATIC | ---  |
|  COLOR | Bluish-white  |
|  SPEED | Fort  |
|  ALTITUDE | 8000  |
|  LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED | -…

AMERADA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
P. O. BOX 2040
TULSA 2, OKLAHOMA
17 Sept 1950
3F232636
Datum, New Mexico
Sept 18 1950

Chief, U S Army Intelligence
Roswell Army Air Base,
Roswell, New Mexico.

Dear Sir;

I wish to pass on to you the following observation made by me while enroute to my duties as geologist at the Amerada State RA "1", a wildcat well being drilled in Sec 22, Township 8 South, Range 32 East, Chaves County, New Mexico. Whether it has any military significance I do not know but you may evaluate the follow as you see fit.

Below are the contents of what I wrote after getting to the wel…

2.

even been a minute. It seemed to head right toward me, I was looking west, my left window was open ( I was driving a Dodge Powerwagon) and I could see it much better. It was larger than the largest plane I have ever seen ( A B-36 or B-29 is the largest I have seen, I don't know the type planes the air force has but have seen one with 6 propellors and I believe that is the B-29.) It came slowly in a gliding matter, getting closer and closer, I thought at first it might be a tornado or a lightning bolt, I thought I would stop but then decided to proceed as quickly as I could, it came down in…

AMERADA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
P. O. BOX 2040
TULSA 2, OKLAHOMA

3.

1st View

yellow orange
gray
yellow orange

This object came from a southwesterly direction.
Probably 15° south of west.

2nd View

orange yellow
gray
orange yellow

The angle of approached was probably about 30°?

object
30°
30° truck
road

it came from a due ~~west~~ direction

AMERADA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
P. O. BOX 2040
TULSA 2, OKLAHOMA

4.

3rd View

SOUTH
orange yellow
whitish trail.

← SOUTH
orange
yellow

This time the object was headed due south.

At no time did the object seem to travel at a high
rate of speed, all apparent movement was fairly slow
and very smooth. At the time the observation was
made it was raining fairly steady to slow. The
hour or time of observation was near dusk, I did
not have the lights on the Powerwagon.

There were no distinct edges on the object,
the orange yellow was fuzzed at the edges and the
same applies to the gray band in the…

AMERADA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
P. O. BOX 2040
TULSA 2, OKLAHOMA

I have made the following, rather preceding, statements in the view that perhaps if this object was a guided missile? some location of object could be obtained for military purposes.

My idea is it may have been a tornado in the making, a lightning bolt, a comet, or if possible a so-called "flying saucer".

I do not desire no publicity. I have tried to present this observation in a scientific matter in that if such information is desired it may be obtained.

Whatever the object was I did see it plainly.

Excuse the typing errors.
…

3. 7C Lt Col Hearst
AF FORM 112—PART I
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
UNCLASSIFIED AF 32636

|  COUNTRY | REPORT NO. | (LEAVE BLANK)  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Zone of Interior (U.S.) | 509-79-4 |   |

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

SUBJECT: Unidentified Airborne Object

AREA REPORTED ON: Tatum, New Mexico

FROM (Agency): Intelligence Officer, 509th Bomb Wing, M

DATE OF REPORT: 21 September 1950

DATE OF INFORMATION: 17 September 1950

EVALUATION: R-6

PREPARED BY (Officer): ARAM S. TOOTELIAN, Lt Col., USAF

SOURCE: (Civilian) 4172

REFERENCES (Checklist number, directive, previous report, etc., a…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agency) 509TH BOMB WIEG, M
REPORT NO. 509-79-4
PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES

1. Source.
All information contained in this report is based on a personal letter from the source, a geologist at the Amerada State RA "1", a wildcat oil well being drilled in Section 22, Township 8 South, Range 32 East, Chaves County, New Mexico.

2. Observations by Source.
a. While he was driving a truck enroute to his duties, at the above site, the source states that he observed, "an orange red ball, wider in the center than its outer edges." H…