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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 10 Aug Date of Interview 11 Aug 49 2. Exact time of observation (local) 20:0 3. Place of Observation: Observation Post - Crawsville, N.C. (Map Coordinates) 911.3 - 858.6 4. Position of observer (air, car, bldg, location of - give details): Standing 5. What attracted attention to object: Moving light 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 arms length): 20 M. M. tractor ammunition 8. Color of object: Predominantly orange with white trail 9. Shape (give graphic description - compare with known object): Rocket 10. Altitude (Angle of elevation above horizon - 0 degrees at horizon, 90 degrees overhead): 30° 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): North to South 14. Time of sight: 3 to 5 seconds 15. Speed (time to cover given angular distance): Very great speed - similar to falling star --- REGRADED UNCLASSIFIED ON MAR 26 1979 BY DEP CDR USAINS COM FOIC AUTH Para 1-603 DOD5200 --- FBI - SAN ANTONIO AUG 16 1949 65-58300 ENCLOSURE --- CONFIDENTIAL ---

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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.