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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 GUIDE TO INVESTIGATION UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS Incident No. _______ 1. Date of Observation: 20 Aug 49 Date of Interview: 21 Aug 49 2. Exact time of observation (local): 2035 3. Place of Observation: GP Crossville Mountains 913.9 - 858.6 (Map Coordinates) 4. Position of observer (air, car, bldg, location of - give details): Standing 5. What attracted attention to object: Moving light in sky 6. Number of objects and sketch of formation or grouping: One 7. Apparent size (compare to known object, i.e., sun, moon, thumb or fist at arm's length): Looked like the headlight of an old car in the distance 8. Color of object: Yellow to orange 9. Shape (give graphic description - compare with known object): No definite shape - just a moving light 10. Altitude (Angle of elevation above horizon - 0 degrees at horizon, 90 degrees overhead): Straight out from GP - elevation of which is approx. 150 ft above surrounding terrain 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): Initially sighted 1 to 2 miles from observer 13. Direction of flight of object(s): From North to South passing over Killeen Base 14. Time of sight: 2 to 3 seconds 15. Speed (time to cover given angular distance): 60° in 2 seconds Incl --- CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL FBI - SAN ANTONIO AUG 16 19... --- REGRADED UNCLASSIFIED ON MAR 26 1979 BY DED CDF USAIR:SCCM FO AUTH Para 1-503 DOD5200 --- 05-58300-72 EXCLUSION ---

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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.