PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6383587

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONHEMPSTEADTEX

FRAMES6

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FRAME 001 / 006POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

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ATK POTNJN 33 SRP 57

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5i8 PROJECT 10073 WORKSHEET
I. GENERAL
I. DATE PION 3. TIHE
Local: 257
2750f52 H enmpatead, Suan
Zebra: 5052-
T. WAS OBS TROM RODND? ( Yes UHNO
Nakod I Eye
Binoculars
Telescope
Thaodolite
.WAS RADAR? Yes No
By Ona Set
By Two Sets
LBy Thras Seta
D WAS AIR? EYes No
Object
CInterception Attampted
No Intercept Attempted
MBCED PT 0 Yes 21o
A/C Scrambled
Visual Contact Made
A/I Contact Made
No Contact Mado
5. DID OBJECT CHA TIME? LYes No
Noral
Violent
D Blinking
Stondy
10. HT Seconds
11-5 Mimutes
17Over 10 Mnutes
11. REPORTING Nuntwer and Mailing Address)
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II. ASTRONOMICAL DATA
TED?
13. DID OBJECT APPEAR TO ARCH DCVNRARD? Ll Yes No
14. DID OBJECT HAVE A TAIL? !! Yes CNo
15. DID OBJECT APPEAR TO DISINTEGRATE? I'! Yes No
15. TIKE OF SICHTING RELATIVE TU SUNRISE OR SUNSET (Data From Air Almanac)
+ CNight
LrDay
WSunrise
IlSunset
III. AIRCRAFT DATA
2 Yes
ClOneAireraft
iS 1es 1N0
Yes (
WAS TION? Yes CING
ATIC Tast Form 334 (13 Aue 52).

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V. EVALUATION
Excellent Good
Good Fair
Fair Poor
Poor Insuf
Unreliable
Extremely Doubtful
Hoax
23 N
Balloon Was Astronomical
Probably Balloon Probably AA nomical
Ballo doel
ATIC Test Form 3ih
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7,000 60,000
8,000 65,000
9,000 70,000
10,000 75,000
12,000 80,000
14,000 85,000
ATIC Test Form 333 (13 Aug 52)

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it. The inatrugter had I happened to look up at the aiky and had.saen siroular
objeet, appaaring mare white than ailver* almost "directly overbead". Both man
estinted the objeet about firtoen (15) to twenty five thousand (25,000)
Coed altitude five (55) to sixty rive thousand
(65,000) fee rratieally high rete of speed in s south or
mpeared table and traveled at an
(700)
Both that
banis to the vertieal at
There ware scaventional vaper
althe faint Risty arva to the rear of the objeet.
flying left trails about ane and ane heif
appeared to about
it2le
bjegt
RTIMG GFICER:
sarious minced indiv riduals wh lined
3 fairly raliable,
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BE 3

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AF FORM 112-PARTI
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1946 (CLASSIFICATION)
COUNTRY REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK)
IR-70-52 (ATRC)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT
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AREA REP BRPT FROM (Agraeg)
HOM Tate
DATE OF REFORT DATE OF INFORMATION
Instruetor: 1/Lt. JAMES E. PAHNAUCR
Cad
SUN t-Part 1I.)
On or about 0905 hours, 27 September 1952, an unidentified C7
seen by 1/Lt. JAMES B. YAHNAUER, Listructor, and Cadet
Student, both asaigned Buyan Ar Force Base, lexas. The aighting Vas sade
over HRMPSTRAD, Texae (30 00'x 9 15y) from a 7-33 jet airaraft on heading
of t tundred (300) thirty nine usand (39,000) feet.
Ih xtly eireraft at about girteen (15) to
observing aireraft. It was dafinetely
dre thea noved at great speed and disappeared
I elearly visible for two ) er three
ule loft no apparent vapor trails
G S1i0 twice it seemed to benk nearly
with airoraft and
2ag
AFROVED:
3 . Richard LFaunt
INCLA
RICHAAD L. FAUST
DISTRIBUTION BY CRIGINATOA
Orig and 3 copiess 89263
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