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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

1. DATE 2. LOCATION ) 12. CONCLUSIONS
ee 65 as DB UNeR dCse hae 0 Wos Balloon
5 June 1954 | Texarkana, Texas Q Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP [4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION * BD Possibiy Balloon
NYITOH0 : : O Was Ai:croft
! JEON Ground-
Loca = ee {XL Ground- Vi sual Go d-Rodar GQ Probably Aircraft
omt_02/0700Z _ C2 Ain Visuol 0 Alrintereep! Redor |2 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE tH Wee Aatronamicel
OYes QO Probably Astronomical
Ne Civilian 0 Poasibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE LEX Other__IRITOINTIFT ED
O Insufficient Deto for Evaluation
2 Minutes One NE to SW 0 Unrnown
1). BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i" 1). COMMENTS
Circular obje ct about th 2 of 2 wash tub, UNTO MNTIFIED
at 5 = 19,000 ft altitude r downward at
a rapid rate f speed ‘EH to the SW,
Odject was brignt golden , Ws dno tail.
Mede paculiar sound. Two mit! ifter it
aisacneared from sight ther- in explosion
in direction of an arsenal f *ne source's

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} Vl ORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS rex AS
IN REPLY REFER TO: ULE t s8 or the AC of S, G-2
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AKADB-O 000.9 UNCLASSIFIED 28 JUN 1954

SUBJSCT: Unidentifisd Asrial Phenomena

TG Commanding General

Air Materisl Command
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il, Attached tor your information are extracts of a report on
an unidentified aerial object sighted on S June 195 which wers
forvearded to this oi ttca »y the Commanding Officer, Red River Arsenal,
Texarkana, Texase

2, Attention i+ invited to possible relation between descending
movement of unidentitisd aerial object and explosion of fragmentation
cluster bomb in nearsy arsenal at approximately same moment.

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2 Incla: « H. VALENTINE
1 - Extract of Report, ne GS
Tl Jun 54 & Ltr & Jun 5’ AC of S, G-2
2 - Cy of Statement,
Cy furnished: ae
CG, Continental Air Command
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ll Jume 195

1. On & June 135:, at 0256 hours, an explosion of fragmentation
cluster bombs occurrsd in an sarthen revetment in a restricted ammunition
arsa in Red River Arsenal, Texarkana, Texas. Two blasts in rapid succession,
with sparks ascending approximately 150 feet, left a larse hole in th
ground and scattered containers and unexploded fragmentation bombs in th
Vicinity. Debris, scattered over the surrounding area ror a distance of
500 yards, started several small firss in nearby wooded arsas. No one was
in the araa at the tims or the explosion, excspt the driver or a patrol car,

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making nis rounds. Ifa wes at a distance of £50 yards from the explosion

but oeither he nor ths yvenicle suffered damaze.

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25 * * * * * * 4g of the morning or 9 June 195),, no cause of oo
=xpliosion had bean Jatermined, but it was the opinion of Colonel Aldrup
that a minor electrical storm, which was in progress at the time, may be
blamed. Preliminary examination failed to disclose the possibility of
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3Ze On 8 June |-wi, at 0100 hours, li. an estan
Hooks, Texas, an ompiocyee of the General Supply Division, Red River arsenal

who is reported by tre Military Intelligence Officer, Red River Arsenal, to
be reliable, saw a circular object which appeared to him to be about the size
of a wash tub ard about 5,000 to 10,000 feet altitude but moving downward,
traveling at a rapid rate of speed from the northeast, over his house, and
on toward the southwest and the Red River Arsenal. The object was a bright
golden yellow, had no tail such as a comet would hays, and made a peculiar
sound. About two miotas after the object had passed from }

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he heard the explosion in the direction of the Arsenal. A copy of Gitiinn
statement is attached,

Extract from letter report from Ord Corps, Red River Arsenal, Texarkena,
Tex, 8 June 1954, to CG, Fourth Amys

2. Mre Eee ae ae DA civilian employee of this installa-
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tion, called at this office at approximately 3:45 A.uM., S Jue 195),

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uomitted thse attached statement.

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fantastic tendenciss. He was very sincers in furnishing this infor=

mation. The infsrmation has not been released to anyons except the

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Commanding Officer of this installation.

ibe This intcormetion is submitted in conjunction with an exploe
sion of a revetment in Area D, Red River Arsenal, consisting of
fragmentation clustar bombs which occurred at 2:36 A.u., 3 June 195k.
The explosion consisted of two blasts in succession, with sparks
ascending approximately 150 feet. The explosion lsft a large hole
in the ground, anc soattered cans and fragmentation bamhbs w/f in the
vicinity of D4 igloo. Debris was scattered over Area D and a portion
of Area E, Ammunition storage division.

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STATEMENT 3Y MR. cn SUPPLY
DIVISION, RED RIVER ARSENAL
liy name is =e, 2nd I am smployed by General Supvly Divi-
sion, at present in Building 62.

My residence is in Hooks, Texas, north
of the high 3 choo 1 , ieee I have worked at the Arsenal
Since 15 May 19h1. '

Ot up approximately 1:00 A.M. thi

z is morning to taxes the children
o the cellar. A heavy cloud was coming upe I tock the children to th
cellar and put them to bed and Stayed with them. Ons was two ysars old
and was going to slesp. Then I went back to the house and stopped at the
1oOrtneast corner of tne house and WeLohen the cloud northeast of th
houses and pe ths lightning flash. All of 2 sudden i noticed a light
low behind the clo. ihining through the cloud and saw it was not a star,
peahpmie at first [ ‘hought it was. it kept approaching from the northeast
travelling directly ovar my residence. it came from under the cloud and
was a bright golden ysilow,
sound.

Without any tail following, snd
It passed dirsetly over my house travelling toward the southwest
and the light disapowserad from my sighte iI waliked to the northwest corner
ot the house, watenie. aud listening, wondering wnat it was. Some two
minutes after it disanusared from sightthere was an explosion in the

direction of the arseml southwest of my residence, which ir
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j -rigntened my
I carried her to the cellar and returned to the house to check
the time and turn the fan off in the residence. At

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that time it was
Are you familiar with @ comet in the sky?

I have seen two fall in my life.

s this object going cover your house have a tail similar to a comet?

No, it was strictly a tiackout behind it. It also had a noise and the two
canets I saw fall had no noise except for the explosion after they had
fallen.

Approximately how high would you say this object appearsd to you?

As nearly as I can guess, it was higher in the northeast and was lowering.

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Waen I first sighted it, it appeared to be avoroximately 3 or 19 thousand
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faet hizh and aoproacning from underneath the cloud. f+
at 2 rapid speed.

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id this object cass directly over your housa?

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Statement, Mc. Lloyd T. Prewitt, 3 June 195)
Qe What wes the weather condition at the time you saw the object going over?
Ae it was cloudy overhead with a heavy dark cloud in the northsast thet had

passed north of us, raining some out of it.

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Qe You have been in thse service?
Ae Noe I was called out, loaded up ready to go, but I did not go.
Qe Exactly what type of noise was it that the object made?

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Ae imilar to these sky rockets that co up and maks a Shhe-nh, only it was

mors praninent and had more bugz to ite

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Oe id anyone slse see the ob ject?

Ae ify wite only saw the licht. She became frightened from the light and th
explosion that followed.

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te Did you mention this to anyone elses in the morning?

Ae I mentioned it to the an wno rides with me. ir. iihite. He spoke of heare
ing the explosion ana it jarred his house, but he thought it was lightning
that had strucke He ms sleeping. I told him about seeing the light.

I believe he saic his wifa had noticed a light just befors the explosion.

I also mentioned it to lir. Harmon, supervisor in buildins 82. He said the

explosion rocked his house, He lives in East Hooks Courts, and hs thought

tne war had begun. iis has been in the services. And to a disvatcher who
ives about & miles ¢rem here. He said it shook his residence. He thought

it was lightning.

Qe A When did you know of the explosion on the Arsenal?

Aes. Definitely, I did not know until I turned in my insurence papers this
morning, other than hearing * rumor of a small explosion and knew something had
blown UD.

/s/ Lloyd T. Prewitt
TLOtD T. PonWir
Box 1275
Hooks ,Tsx=as

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