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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS oa
9 Juls 195! Laue AE ee 4 O Waos Balloon
ie a ee ANB, VOLOPSLO 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a Faas hy Sah sen
1,30 0 Was Aircraft
Local — ; & Ground: Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar DO Probably Aircraft
GMT 09 f 20302 0 Air Visual © Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE QO Was Astronomical
O Yes 0D Probably Astronomical
(Ne Military and Civilan O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B Other
be PeavEarel ane Data for Evaluction
35 Minutes {bb & Or 5 NW esl
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
L, Or 5 snining specks hovering in area for Sounds like cluster ballcon chservation.
35 minutes. Insufficient data for evaluation.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

UNCLASSIF1ED

EPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON

THE inSPEcrorR GENTPAL, osAF
TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF NFPECTAL | 4VESTIGATIONS

WRIGHT-PATTERSON 21" FORCE DASE, OHIO

carevaccen to: 5D 24—_{21-152 27 aususs 1954
SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
Sizhted at Lowry Air Force Base,
emnv: Dy, Color: ee on Y Jul y 1954

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TO; amander
Air Technicai Intelligence Center
dright—Pavterson Air Force Base,

Ohio
ATTN: ATIAS-20

1. Transmitted herewith for your information are two (2) copies
of a letter, dated 9 July 1954, from the 14th OSI District, Lowry
Air Force Bass, Denver, Colorado, concerning sudject matter.

2. Your attention is invited to the provisions of AFR 124-1,
ch prohibit the release of investigative information to unauthor-
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Plying Objects,

clond layer which at the time was estimated to be at 30,000 feet. The
objects were visible for approximately a ten second period, and avpeared
+o be traveling at an extimated rate of speed of 1500 miles per hour,
were oscillating and also avpeared to be descending.

( 4, A¢ 1430 hours ‘{r.6QQRM oo: Rtas -+0r-
interviewed by Special Azent RUSH at Air Traffic Control Center,
Stapleton Field, Denver, Colorado. QM (OONNMOUMMMED, vised thoy
had been watching a B=36 type aircraft making passes over the Denver
area at what they judged to be 30,000 feet. The 3-356 disappeared be-
hind seme clouds and in attempting to resizht the Be36 observed 4 or 5
shining svecksz at what they believed to be approximately 50,000 feet.

a angie 3.0%h advised that the objects appeared to be tri-
angular in shape and that they appeared to be capable of hovering in me
soot Por some period of time and then moving orf at a normal rate of
speed in a liortheasterly directim, Ths only thing musual they observed
about the objects were what appeared to be their ability to hover in
one place ?cr extended periods of time, GQQREAEEEs: ated +hey
ooserved the objects for approximately 35 minutes and the called the
Flight Service Center at Lowry Air Forse Base, Weither
observed any unusual rates of speed during their observ
jocts.

Se According to Cap the objects were obseryed him=
self and ist £ d Captai )
Pann ae . are Senior Pilots and the civilians

e been Plicht Dispatchers for tnited Air Lines

of these ob-

for same veriocd of time.

6. Information has reached this office to the effect that Operation
CHECK POINT are having some maneuvers in this vicinity and that various
air bases in this vicinity have sither no imowledge or very limited !mow
ledge or aircraft participating in the operatim, At approximately 2000
hours on 9 July 1954 a local radio station advised during a news broad-
cast that Operation CHECK POINT was being held in this vicinity md that
P=86 type aircraft was repelling the attack at exceptionally high alti-
tudes

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DEPARTMEN P§F THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ~*~: ' vis SIF:
WASHINGTON

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF
4TH OISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE, DENVER, COLORADO

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SUBJECTs Unidentified Plying obvjects

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YE Ae
TOs Director, Special Investigations  DECLASS.) wi te
Headquartera, United States Air Force i ee
Vashington 25, De Ce
1. At 1320 hours on 9 July 1954 this of received a telephonic
communication from Capt Operations

Officer, Flight Service, Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado, advising that
between 13500 and 1310 hours he had observed 6 or 7 objects flying sat a
very high altitude and rate of speed and that he did not believe the
odjects were conventional type aircrait.

2. Special Agent ZDWARD L. RUSH and ¥. L. iciABB conducted inter=
views with personnel of the 3933rd Radar Bomb Squadron (Detachment 3),
who advised that at about 1300 hours on 9 July a 2-36 aircraft was in
She visinity of Lowry iir Yorce Base flying at m altitude of approxi=-
mately 530,000 feet and was working a radar and radio jamming problem.
All personnel interviewed advised that no wmuseal formations or ob
jects had been sighted om the radar scopes at that time. However, the
jamming devises being used ty the 3-36 aircraft were very effective,

3. Speaial Agents MqJABB and RUSH ‘=terriewed Captain Se
approximately 1345 hours 9 July 1954 aud obsained the following infor-
mation. At approximately 1500 hours on 9 July 1954 Captain
telephonically contacted by ir. ig T1i cht Dispatcher,
Wnited Air Lines, Stapletm Field, Denver, Colorado, wno stated that
he snd leggguemiMhs, rlicht piscatcher, United tir Lines, had been
observing several odjects flying at a very hich altitude and requested
that GERMAN also make scme observations, Q@UEEMR immediately procesdsd
out of his orfice and from the ramp in front of Operations Building,
observed 5 or 7 odjects overhead which arpeared to be approximately
one half inch in diameter, 3 or 4 of which were in some semolance of
formation and were moving in a ortheasterly direction above a sirm)s

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