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Guatemala ·o Probabiy Boiloon
Possitly Bolican
3. CATF·TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
1100 lirs. XGround-Visuai iGround-Roder Was Arcraft
L.ocai_. Drocnkdera
DAirVisual C A-interce Rud "biv Aircraft
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3. PHOTOS SOURCE...." Was stronomeal
C Yes PrecablyAstronomical
CIV Fossibiy Astronomical
X. No
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION URSF 48
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:0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. CEMVENTS
Color--silver )∴
Chipe--Ove ightly elliptical - 1.1
Siac-Appean rgor than DC-4-054
L.vel Flt., 25.000ft. No cxh. no sound
Obj's apcured nighly polishec Sjeed-
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1. AF 417199. W. W. OTTINGER W. W. OTTINGER
2. (Added Drait of Lt. Col.onel, USAF it. Colonel, USAF
reply to reply to Exeoutiva, Evaluation Division
Directorate of Intelligence Intelligence
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the information given to him by the 3 TACA crowen, Were
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EDWIN G. JANE, JR.
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questicned for about two hours. Tape recordinz was made. .hen he nentioned
nanes, A-2 made imediate phone calls to
4-2 was described as telling
saucer. You have 0801 ying You won't discuss them,'
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h. No release this information vill be made public until it has been
properly coordinated, and cleared by persons who have authority to declassify
such material.
DE WITT R. SEARLES
I.t. Col., USAF
Chiof, AF Press Desk
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Mireotorate of Int ntion: AFOIN-C/DD.
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1 Incl. WILLIAM A ADAVS
AF 417199 Lt. Colonel, USAF
Collection Division
Directorate ntelligence
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TE IISPECTCR GINRAL USAF
3th District Cffice of Special investigaticns
Haxwell Air Force Fase, Alabama
: 11 April 1950
NCM PEPORT
SUBJECT: Sighting o1 Unidentified Flying Object, Guatemala City
Airport, Guatomala, 15 March 1950.
TO: Direoter of Special Inves icna
Headquarters US.AF
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1. SYNOPSIS: Captain USAFR and pilot for commercial
airline, states that three American Crow manbers TACA, connercial
claim the: saw "flying saucers" 15 March 1950 passing directly over runway
Guatemala Suatemala.
2.1 TETAILS: USAFR.
- approxinately 1100 bours.
Observer's position standing in front of Air
Terminal, Guatemala City, Guaterala.
(4) Number of jects- and state that
they Baw threo states he sighted four.
All agreed that o jeots wcro a single formation.
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sight, it porth a distance that was jusged to
be approximately 30 miles -about ovor the tcwn of
Ravinal - where it turned left.13oo and hoaded
1 directly south. Cou monents later two nore ob-
- jects appearod moving one directly behind t.e othr,
1 heading north. A third object passed over after the
first tho disappeared. It was surnised b the TACA
personnel that the first cbject went back to pick up
the second, According so fourth object
appeared a few moments later. All objects were
traveling north estimated the turning
radius was 15 t v..les.
(11) Evidence
asswned that the objects were highly polished. No
artificial lights were observed.
(13) Effeet on clouds - no mention of clouds.
piece oval.
(15) Propulsi noise of reciprocating
exhaust in i lence. I No vapor trail observed.
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City; Quatemala CAVU.
& atod howed him a
City newapeper On the morning of 16 Farch 1950 which was represented to
bea picture of "flying saucers." According to the picture was
approximately 4" x g4 and the object was about tho sise ronny
HALL stated that h lieves still has oing.
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for aporox irately four years and has always found tiem to be trustworthy
and honest. Turther revealed that he had at first kidded the three
concerning the story wohel eupon they all became very angry and very
emphatically stated that t they had said uth.
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