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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 16

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 169 pages · text by OCR, confidence 97%

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CONFIDENTIAL UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS Incident No. _______ 1. Date of Observation: 10 Aug 49 Date of Interview: 11 Aug 49 2. Exact time of observation (local): 2035 • 2207 • 2220 • 2240 3. Place of Observation: GP Groesville Mountains 923.3 • 858.6 (Map Coordinates) 4. Position of observer (air, car, bldg, location of - give details): Standing 5. What attracted attention to object: Unusual moving light in the sky 6. Number of objects and sketch of formation or groupings: One object at each time of sighting 7. Apparent size (compare to known object, i.e., sun, moon, thumb or fist at arms length): Appeared to be the size of a large flare 8. Color of object: White 9. Shape (give graphic description - compare with known object): Round blur • with trail 10. Altitude (Angle of elevation above horizon - 0 degrees at horizon, 90 degrees overhead): 30 to 45 degrees 11. Direction from observer (Angle clockwise from North): Due North 12. Distance from observer (Distance to town, bldg, etc., over which object appeared to be): Great distance unattainable 13. Direction of flight of object(s): East to West 14. Time of sight: 3 or 4 seconds or less 15. Speed (time to cover given angular distance): Greater speed than any observed plane --- REGRADED UNCLASSIFIED ON MAR 26 1979 BY DEP CDR USAIRNSCOM FOIC AUTH Para 1-603 DOD5200 --- CONFIDENTIAL FBI: SAN ANTO AUG 16 1949 ENCLOSURE 65-5836 ---

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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model (mean confidence 97%); expect the odd misread word. 169 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.