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FLYING SAUCERS?—Ira Maxey of 916 5th Ave., a veteran radar bombardier with
3,600 hours in the air during World War II, took these pictures Sunday of flying
objects he thought might be some relation to flying saucers. The half circular ob-
jects s left vapor trails.
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FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM Pictures Offer Proof
Tuesday, April 1 18, 1950
Evening Edition Vet Sees Flying Objects in
Sky a and F Photographs Them
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A former radar bombardier on "They weren't moving fast and
a B-24 in the Pacific reported they appeared to be six or seven
Monday that he saw flying ob- miles away," he said.
jects in the air late Sunday aft- He described the objects as
ernoon in two groups, coming out tailless craft and noiseless. Not
A of the west and traveling north- like a saucer but more like a
east, and photographed some of banana.
03781 them. Pictures showed that the ob-
Ira Maxcy of 916 5th Ave., a jects left a vapor trail.
veteran of 3,600 hours of flying "They were moving in and out
in the U. S. Air Force, called of a thunderhead. After I saw
to his wife at about 5:30 p. m. the first group of three I called
Sunday and asked her to bring to my wife for the camera, and
his camera out to him. then took pictures of another
Maxey set the camera at in- group of three appeared,"
finity and began snapping ob- he said.
dot jects he said definitely were Maxey is employed at the
- some sort of aircraft, a type Worth Food Market at Hemphill
which he had never seen before. and Berry.
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of the incident and the Fort Star-Telerram.
reports that he photogragned cerpencicular eaks of likht moving in
formation e ross the sk: lo:ing the Tilm, Mr Alecovered that
creacent-thaped objects woare l; trailing vapor trails or erhaust, appeared on
the regatives pictures taken.
4. A studyc 4. A acgativea phato iclans at this hnadquarters indic.tes iclans et this hnadquarters indic.tes
that "objects" are abresion abresions or crims crimms the negatives reswlting frcm resulting frcm mislandling islanuling
during cr prior to the during cr prior to the developing process. developing rrocess.
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photogra_hed so.e o them." three groups, moving
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(e) "... they were moving Labt and they (c) H. s 1.04
seven nlles away. the size i the otjscte
He descrite. cjjnctc as taiiless estizte th .
crart and noiseless. Hot l.ce se.ue0 the tietrace
but more iiltn a Sed ws
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fringes or
believe. Hs
clouds. Te e: ere
lost fria view hits
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prints or
As a resuit, on those prints tie
vagor tr.lls er's she.. to behind
the object.
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more than 5 feot away.
6. Other Evidence:
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could be round.
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He said wile in de an he hr. volunteere.
radiation nals wile over Hokaido, e. which ie atilt
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