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PROJECT 1C073 RECORD
1. DATE· TIME GROUP 0805 2L TION
18 March 50 187 2aAXZ Bradford, Ilinois "T
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Possible A/C.
4 NUMBER OF OBJECTS No data presented to indicate that an A/C could NOT be the canse,
One Speed, fiight otc in accord with this evaluation.
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Not Reported Air Vicual obsorvaticn rolayed through FAA. A Saucer shaped opjec:
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION with speod estimatod at 200 mph. Flight.to SE. C Object at an
estimated altitude of 8,coo ft. No other info.
Air-Visual
7 COURSE 1
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PHOTOS
Yes .
YXNo . +
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
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flying objects forwarded by various MATS Flight Service Center units, The
in the Us and red during March 1950. -
. APPROVED:
a Krcher
. JOSETH G. LAHAR
Lt Colonol, USAF
Chief, Intelligence
Divisioh
b.At 0805C on 18 March 1950 ob1 ayed over Bradford,
Illinois, by Illinois, by the pilot of aircraft N505B. The name, address,and name address, and occupation of the.
witness are witness s are unknown, but the aircraft owner is reported to be the aircraft owner is reported to be of the
Hubinger Company, Keokuk, Iowa. Keokuk, Towa
The pilot lot reported the sighting htin through the hrorigh: the Burlington (Iowa) Burlington (Iowa)radio
and the information n was relayed to the Wright-Patterson Flight Service Center at
0833C, 18 March 1950, through the Chicago Air Route Traffic ·Control Center.
No photographs or sketches of the object were received by the Wright-
Pattersor Plight Service Center, but the pilot declared the object to be shaped
like a saucer The object's speed was estimated at 200 miles per hour and it was.
headed southeast. The pilot stated that the object appeared to be at an altitude
of 8,000 feef No inforration could be obtained regarding the size, color
maneuverab exhaust trails of the flying object.
Comment t-Pattersor Flight Sorwice Center: The weather at
Bradford, I 730C, 18 March 1950, Estimated 25.000 feet broken
clouds, cattered clouds, 12 miles visibility.
. INCLS.
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322-2
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS
45. AFTER 12 YEARS,
DECLASSIFIED