PROJECT BLUE BOOK

Incident #ill
April 1948
AF Ho.
RPOT 1O. SOURCE USAF Pilot
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DADM OF OPOR DATE IN TO ATIC oe
TUS OP OLOPTK 0955 COLORBilver
EoCimiEn
SVM turtle back and indistinct SPTED_ 200 mph Measuren
dorsal Tin Putiatd
HT wing span 30', length 20' ALTITUDE 1,000 M acurel -
CORN 270 : LENGTH OF TI OBSERVED 60 secs
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No, Il domp 1 TYPE OF OBSERVATION aerial

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war, thaei 3 sighslngs voro influentod by onrlior reports,
robably voull not havs boon coistdored tmucunl or raportae i
beon no pibl.oity-
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Projoot Grudo
Sr awy ol ho Saluston of Resintrg hporto " I
VLI. Mhr or Ad Emluation of remining Reports
In the folladng oection of this roport, each remaining wnngealamd
didant is oansidored sepuratuly. It is not the intent to pnerally
charactor of obsotvers, but eaoh otse his undosirable olonunts, tm
tagot be distiganled. Tho nunerical dasigotion is meruly the eitagont
tr of thc iaoidunt in the grojoct flles.
17, 21, 29, 35, 37, 40,51,50, 63, 54, 65, 71, 75, 76, 77, 79, B
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1 saams investigator nvestigator
the description is cont
that not much weight that r not much weight inoidont.
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5. Ocoupation of obgorvor P-l7 pillst
6,A
7. Place of observation Phillippt
8. Numbor of objoets 1
9. Distance of objoot from obeorvor 3 ailes
10. T Timo in sight Appreozcimetaly 60 onds
11. Altitude 1,cc ft
12. Speod 200 MPE - disppeared acceleration)
13. Dirootion of flight 270*
14. Tactics Revaled or ration"
15. Sound
16. Size wing-opa3
19. Odor dotocted 3/9 ^
20. Apperenk conatruction 1/s'
21. Exhaust trails Rone obecrved
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23.
24. Sketches or phe 2099
25. Manner of d Onjeet Lovaled out 0a 27
reoidly and sight
26. Romerks: (omer)
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trails were observed. At the time or ted,
scattered cmaln as, baze 300 tops Cao 1
NOTE: Becguse of oniel gightine mede ps
. features. i. e., power units,l coctpit were
observed.
The interview with Meyers indicated thet hs is a reliable BOM
exoitable individual who a appeared quite positive in hia statanents,
He was the only 7 witaess to this ineddent as be could not contact
his wing IeR since his radie was out. AUcarantly the BaneRIYers
performed by his 3 preventad their observation object.
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C.N. STEWART
Capt, AGD.
Asst Adj Gen
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GIED 120
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U. S. Army. DOD DIR 5200.10
ATTN: AC/S, 4-2
1. In
identified Airorsft* and letters, your headquarters
A-2, 3 November 1947 and AG 452.1 A-2, 20 March , the
foliowing incident ported.
2. At 1630 hours on1 April 1948. the S-2 ofricer or
the l8th Fighter Group contaoted the A-2 Division, this
headquarters, and sported that lst Lt. Robert W. Meyers bad
Bighted an flying objeet. His atory is as
follows.
interespting anc more positively 4deutif phenceamae
While Meyors nidentified
objeet made TOS one
haadine digappoared
from slght P17e There was no
trails wer Obzarved. t the
26
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turn, plus th was out.
3. Above ineident
in radio, cite Kl243H.
FOR THE CMMANDIN
ROBERT F. DE LONG
24108 02 03 lst Lt. USAF
"EM Acting Asst Adjutan icwera)
FORARDED
HQ XIII AF
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS; YEARS.:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12
DOD DIR 5200.10-
UNCLASSIFIED
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