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CASE REFERENCE7482351

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONBATESVILLEMISS

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Unidentified Flying Oojecta Sighted Near Batesville, Mississippi 17 July 19%
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Frank M,. Allen, Lb Colonel, USA? Mississipni State 7
Tolebype F LORE submitted by Maewell FLircht

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Service Center (Message MPSC L717 of L7O7TNW7Z July)

Two or threes round unidentified flying o Je =a ware sishted by State Highway
pasrol: an at Rabesv! 13, iigsissipol, O107CS£_ 17 Jnly. Objects rere soprsxinately 100
feat in ¢ J Laster y and oe ke blue fluorescént lients. One objoct was at 11 IOs
and another ab 3, an 5,000 foat. Objects were pat mipa ey

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le Unidentified flying objects were visually observed from tha wround at Bates
Villo, “ississippl, 17 July 1952. Y¥irst sichted OLO7SST and observed for period of
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2. Reported as two or three round objects, approxinately at foet in dianeter,
Loolcir: Like dius fluorescent lights. tstimated altitude of one object i, 000 feet,
estimated altitude of the other from 3,000 to 5,000 feat.

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3. Onjects at first ssemed to stand still, and ee h sea 1 ernrdual back anil forth
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(‘orth and then South) movement. No spsed or sound report

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ae PLroken clouds at 30,000 to 12,000 feet with an overcast svove at 20,000
to 25,000 teat ‘3 Vi: Sibi Llity un res tricted.

b. “Winds aloft reported: 3,000 to 5,900 fe
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20,000 to 25,000 f¢

S. Witresses were J, D. Watts and Jd. L, Cogzins of the Mississippi State Hictmay
Patrol.

6. Memphis Air Ronte Traffic Control Center (CAA) reported that D=29 airerats
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were re fueling in air in the vicinity. Hunter Air Forcs Base, Savannsh, Georgia,
acvised that 3 23 types from that bass us wad to spot lights, in addition to staviard
eiveraft lights, when Feast in air at nicht. There was no position resort to
4ndicata an aircraft micht have been involved.

7. Ho puysieal avidence of sishting reported, and no interception or identifica
tion nection taken.

8. information was received by Harwell Plicht Service Center froa Memphis Air
Route Traffic Control Center O120CST 17 Unly. Toletyme FILILORPT was submitted by

Maxwell Plight Service Center 0O7);7Z2 17 July.

Comnaents of Preparing Officer

i. The sound of B29 aireraft refueling overhead should have been andible to
ooservers, unless covered by other noises, such as at penta radio, ee SbavLonary
eopearance at first sighting, anc abvsénce of movement other than gradual back and forth
snifting for period of 30 mirmbtas, tends to discount refneling aircratt spotlisnts

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diffused Dy clouds.

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2e Mathod of transmission of information from observers to Vemshis Air Route
Traffic Control Center was not reported.