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f / R f CARSWELL FLIGHT SERVICE CEuTE Carswell Air Foree Base Port “erth, Texas MOG: lwb 14 April 1949 Kkeport of Unidentified Flying Objects Gommanding General Air Materiel Command Yright-Pattersen A¥ Base, Chic Attention: MCIAX0O-3 1. In complience with FS Regulation 200-4, subject "Unidentified Piying Objects" dated 2 November 1948, in reference to letter, Headquarters, DSAP, subject: “Reporting of Information on ‘Pilying Dises,'", dated 6 February 1946, the following report is submitted. 2. An unidentified flying object was seen over Fort “orth, Texas, om 18 April 1949, at approximately 2106¢, by lst Lt Rebert A. Francis, who ealled it to the attention of Captain Stenley Sorowski. ‘Soth officers are assigned to the Carswell Flight Service Center, Cerawell Mir Poree Base, Port Worth, Texas. 3. Subject officers had just returned from a legal flight and were stending by their aircraft on the flight line. The weather at time object was sighted reported by Carswell Air Force Base was clear and visibility of eight miles, Wo photocrephe are available. Object was round end in the shape of a ball, very silver in color. It was traveling at a tremendous rate of speed, estimated to be over 1660 miles per hour, altitude was very hard to judge and cannot be estinated correctly; sewever, object seemed to be clearly visibi¢. Lieutenant Francis saw the object appear om the horizon in the north nortiwest direction, it seemed to fly horizontally im the direetion ef south southeast. It did net appear to burn out, but suddenly disappeared. Ho sound was heard, ‘The exhaust trail seemed to bs «».-oximately three times the size of the object and alse was silver in cvier. The exhaust consisted of silver streaks and ster shaped figares. “he object definitely did not appear to be a jet or meteor, Its speed was far in oxeess of any jet speed witnessed by officors. The entire sighting took place in @ matter of a few seconds. A check of the Carswell Flight Service ‘Light following racks showed no jet airoraft flying im this area 6t time object was sighted, POR THE COMMANDISG OFFICER: , CC: ¢ FS, Attn A-2 MA Voc: C TS, Attn: Chief, Intelligence “ Section u. D. GENTRY c/s USAF, W25,D.C.,Attn: Director Oaptain, USAF of Intelligence Adjutant