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‘IE: 5331 4.01N-10-c42 PD FLYOBRYT OBSERVED UNIDENTIFIED
ORANGE COLORED OBJECT CMA FIRST APPEARING AS THE EXHAUST OR RUNNING
LIGHTS OF AN &/C CMA THEN APPEARING TO LEAVE A TRAIL SIMILAR TO AN
AFTERBURNER EXNAUST CMA.DESCENDING ON A FLT PATH GENERALLY SE TO NW ON
A DIVE ANGLE OF APRX 2@ DEGREES CMA SPEED UNKNOWN BUT THE OBJECT
COMPLETED AN ARC OF ABOUT 15 DEGREES IN 4 SECONDS CMA THEN IT SEEMED TO
FIRE A NUMBER OF ROCKETS AND VANISHED PD THERE WAS NO CHANGE OF FLT PATH
CMA NOTHING TO INDICATE A CRASH OND NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE

LIGHT HAD DONE MORE THAN BURN OUT PD THE BURSTS OF LIGHT PREVIOUSLY
REFERRED TO AS ROCKETS LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE 3 INCH HVAR FIRED AT

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THAT TIME OF BAY PD OBSERVED AT 1812CST 28 OCT 52: FOR ABOUT 4
SECONDS CIA VISUALLY FROM LOVE FIELD CMA DALLAS CMA TEXAS PD

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OBJECT WAS ON A BEARING OF 189 DEGREES FROM GATE NUMBER SEVEN |
OF THE TERMINAL AND ABOUT 15 OR 29 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON

CMA DISTANCE UNKNOWN PD OBSERVER FIRST LT WALTER H PD BAXTER CMA III
Ma USAF CMA 29193A PD WITNESSES WERE DR AND MRS Qi

WIMP OF ARLINGTON STATE COLLEGE CMA ARLINGTON CMA TEXAS PD DR |
PDW@MMMMR 1S A FORMER LT COMDR AND NAVY PILOT PD LT BAXTER |
IS A RATED PILOT ON FLYING STATUS AND HAS RECENTLY RETND FROM

IR COMBAT IN KOREA PD BELIEVE BOTH INDIVIDUALS CAN BE CONSIDERED
RELIABLE PD THE SKY WAS CLEAR AND VISIBILITY UNLIMITED PD
SIGHTING WAS REPORTED TO THE WX OFFICE AND NOTHING WAS SAID REGARDING
ANY ACTIVITY OR CONDITION WKICH MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR THE SIGHTING PD
TRAJECTORY BELIEVED TOO FLAT FOR A METEOR PD
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APPROVED | JUNE 188. = : = gore |
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“United States. TAC IR=55-52 hE GC 713 > mes .
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT |
FLYOERPT = Report of Uideutified Blyitg Object. :
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alles, Texas :; 140th Ftr-Bur Wg, (Intel. Seotion) . |
DATE OF REPC DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION —
31 October 1952 - 28 October 1952 | B-2
PREPARED BY (Officer) | SURE
Thomas FE. Smith, (Spt. USAF jist Lt. Walter H. Baxter, Trt, 20T3A

“REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable)

FBWL40IN-10-642, 30 Ostober 1952 ; ecient, dite riniats os ash

SUMMARY: — concise summary of report. Glee significance in. in pnal one-sentence paragraph. Lia t inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of report om AF Form 1i2—Part 11.)

Confirmation of FLYOBRPT rendered by TWX FBWLA0IN-10-442, 30 October 1952, con~
observation of an unidentified flying objeet at 1812 CST, 28 October 1952,

at Love Field, Dallas, Texas. Signed narrative appears on page 2, Part lI.

APPR t

THOMAS =. SMITH
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OTe THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. S0U.S.C.— ~
31 AND 22. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
tT MAY NOT BE REPROOUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF ne DIRECTOR OF

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AS 1812 CST, 28 October 1952, while waiting for a commercial airliner a‘>
Love Field, Daiias, Texas, I visually observed an unidentified flyiig objestioma .
bearing of 180 degrees from Gate # 7 of the terminal. Its flight path was generally
SE to WW at a dive angle of approrimatel; 20 degrees, Itc position was some 15 or
QO degrees above the horizon, distance unknowi. Its speed was unknowa, tat the object
completed am are of about? 15 degrees im four (4) seconds.

There was considerable air traffie in the vieinity (normal Love Fish!
aotiyity) aad there was enodgh light that aireraft were identifiable as te generat
type when viewed in the southvest, the sux to the rear. I first noticed aa orange
@clored light which appeared te be nothing more tham the exhaust or running lightrc
of am airaraft. Then, I noticed that the light gave off az exhaust trail similar %
that of ar afterburner. I watched the light in its descending path for about four (4)
Seecnds wher, it seemed to fire a number of "rocksts" and vanished. There was PD
charge in flight path, nothing to indicate a crash, and no reason & believe that
she light had done more than burn itself out. The bursts ef light prevwousl,y re-
ferred to as “rockets” looked exactly like five (5) ined HVAR fired at;that time of*

days
Tne sighting was also pit by Dr. and Mrs GUM of Arlington

State College, Arlingten, Texas. stated that he was a former L*.. Comdir,
ar Nay Pilot.

Dr. QM and I reported the sighting to the U.S. Weather Office at Lg
Fiel! who apparently did not imow what to de about it. Ne informtion was written
“own, por did the individual sconeerned take our names. Not was said concerning
any cqndition, metecrological cr otherwise, which might account for the sightiag.
The sy; was clear and \paibility excellent.

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I am a rated pilot ca flying status apd returned from air combat cperations
in Korea in late August 1952.

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COMMENTS |f Preparing Officer:

1. Cbserver was cuestioned as to whether the object could have possibly
been a meteer. we stated that the trajeetory was too flat for 1% te have been a
mataw’, As to source, Lt. Baxter is newly assigned this organization as of 29 Aug
1952. However, he has proven himself to be a sober, reliable individual, and his

record bears this cut. :

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NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, WU 5, C.— |
31 ANO 32, AS AMENOED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON |5 PROHIBITED BY LAW,
IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AiR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF

INTELLIGENCE, USAF.

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