U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172

1. Date 5 April 1948 2. Time N/S 3. Location Holloman Air Force Base 4. Name of observer Mr. Olsen 5. Occupation of observer Trained balloon observer, Geophysics Lab Section 6. Address of observer N/S 7. Place of observation From the ground 8. Number of objects One 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight 30 seconds 11. Altitude Very high 12. Speed Faster than any known aircraft 13. Diroction of flight N/S 11. Tactics Eratic - completing a large loop after its downward descent, then soaring upward and disappearing suddenly 15. Sound None 16. Size Large 17. Color Grey-white 18. Shape Rounded, indistinct form 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions C.A.V.U. 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Mannor of disappearance Disappeared suddenly 26. Romarks: This was evidently the one object, of two sighted by another witness, that veered to the right and down. Its vaguely